Administration and Finance Committee

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Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024
5:30 p.m. — 7:30 p.m. EDT

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200 East Washington Street Indianapolis, IN 46204 (Directions)

City County Building, Meeting Room 260

The Administration and Finance Committee of the City-County Council reviews and approves all administrative functions of the City and County, such as human resources and employment, purchasing, legal counsel, constituent services, and internal audits.

Current Committee Members

Frank Mascari, D-District 19, Chair
Rena Allen, D-District 15
Paul Annee, R-District 22
John Barth, D-District 7
Dan Boots, D-District 3
Derek Cahill, R-District 23
Crista Carlino, D-District 11
Michael Dilk, R-District 24
Maggie Lewis, D-District 5
Brian Mowery, R-District 25
Andy Nielsen, D-District 14
Nick Roberts, D-District 4

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Live reporting by Breone Dupree

Regular meeting of the Administration and Finance Committee of the Indianapolis City-County Council.

Bréone L Dupree, MSA

Hi everyone, I’ll be live tweeting the Administration and Finance Committe Meeting at 5:30pm for #IndyDocumenters. Media Partners: @indydocumenters @mirrorindy

04:29 PM Aug 20, 2024 CDT

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 2/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy The meeting agenda can be found here: indy.gov/activity/counc…

indy.gov/activity/counc…

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 3/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy My apologies. Just getting into the room. The time is 5:39 PM

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 4/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy I've entered at the end of the presentation of PROPOSAL NO. 282, 2024. Questions from the council are going on now.

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 5/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy There were no questions from the audience. The proposal passed unanimously.

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 6/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy Up next we have the budget hearings. First will be the Marion County Election Board.

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 7/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy This is the budget breakdown.

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 8/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy Here we get a breakdown of the budget and the budgeting for equity piece that the previous board hearings focused on.

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 9/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy These community members served on different committees for the Marion County Election Board

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 10/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy Councilor Boots asked for an elevator pitch on what Extension is and does.

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 11/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy That was Extension' budget presentation. We'll now hear Marion County Election Board budget by Sweeney Bell and Becker.

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 12/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy County Clerk Sweeney Bell describes what the Election Board does and you get a glimpse of the budget breakdown.

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 13/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy With next year being a non-election year there is about a $3M reduction to the budget year over year (YOY)

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 14/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy Voting opens October 8th

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 15/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy Sweeney Bell fields questions on why there is a nearly $1M request in 2025 for equipment and Boots suggests looking at devices other than Apple.

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 16/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy Voter Registration board is up.

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 17/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy Here are the figures.

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 18/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy When the election board isn't busy the voter board keeps chugging along.

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 19/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy The Budgeting for Equity piece for the Voter Board

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 20/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy Barriers to equity facing this board

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 21/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy It's great that the board is bipartisan but that can lead to barriers. Currently there is a Republican and Democratic representative here presenting the budget. I only caught one name so I apologize.

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 22/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy Community involvement. As a reminder, you must register to vote by 10/7/24!

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 23/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy Up next we have The Marion County Building Authority budget presented by Mark Peterson and Charlie Richardson

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 24/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy Budgets by property

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 25/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 26/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy Equity..

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 27/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy "It's hard to find good people with good experience" - Richardson

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 28/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy The department is 9:1 male to female

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 29/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy Recruitment is a key initiative for the Building Authority

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 30/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy Richardson responds to the council's questions..

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 31/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy 6:30 PM: Meeting Adjourned

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Live reporting by Breone Dupree

Regular meeting of the Administration and Finance Committee of the Indianapolis City-County Council.

Bréone L Dupree, MSA

Hi everyone, I’ll be live tweeting the Administration and Finance Committe Meeting at 5:30pm for #IndyDocumenters. Media Partners: @indydocumenters @mirrorindy

04:29 PM Aug 20, 2024 CDT

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 2/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy The meeting agenda can be found here: indy.gov/activity/counc…

indy.gov/activity/counc…

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 3/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy My apologies. Just getting into the room. The time is 5:39 PM

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 4/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy I've entered at the end of the presentation of PROPOSAL NO. 282, 2024. Questions from the council are going on now.

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 5/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy There were no questions from the audience. The proposal passed unanimously.

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 6/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy Up next we have the budget hearings. First will be the Marion County Election Board.

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 7/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy This is the budget breakdown.

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 8/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy Here we get a breakdown of the budget and the budgeting for equity piece that the previous board hearings focused on.

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 9/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy These community members served on different committees for the Marion County Election Board

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 10/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy Councilor Boots asked for an elevator pitch on what Extension is and does.

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 11/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy That was Extension' budget presentation. We'll now hear Marion County Election Board budget by Sweeney Bell and Becker.

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 12/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy County Clerk Sweeney Bell describes what the Election Board does and you get a glimpse of the budget breakdown.

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 13/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy With next year being a non-election year there is about a $3M reduction to the budget year over year (YOY)

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 14/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy Voting opens October 8th

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 15/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy Sweeney Bell fields questions on why there is a nearly $1M request in 2025 for equipment and Boots suggests looking at devices other than Apple.

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 16/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy Voter Registration board is up.

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 17/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy Here are the figures.

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 18/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy When the election board isn't busy the voter board keeps chugging along.

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 19/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy The Budgeting for Equity piece for the Voter Board

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 20/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy Barriers to equity facing this board

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 21/31

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 22/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy Community involvement. As a reminder, you must register to vote by 10/7/24!

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 23/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy Up next we have The Marion County Building Authority budget presented by Mark Peterson and Charlie Richardson

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 24/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy Budgets by property

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 25/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 26/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy Equity..

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 27/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy "It's hard to find good people with good experience" - Richardson

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 28/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy The department is 9:1 male to female

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 29/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy Recruitment is a key initiative for the Building Authority

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 30/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy Richardson responds to the council's questions..

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 31/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy 6:30 PM: Meeting Adjourned

View thread

Live reporting by Breone Dupree

Regular meeting of the Administration and Finance Committee of the Indianapolis City-County Council.

Bréone L Dupree, MSA

Hi everyone, I’ll be live tweeting the Administration and Finance Committe Meeting at 5:30pm for #IndyDocumenters. Media Partners: @indydocumenters @mirrorindy

04:29 PM Aug 20, 2024 CDT

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 2/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy The meeting agenda can be found here: indy.gov/activity/counc…

indy.gov/activity/counc…

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 3/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy My apologies. Just getting into the room. The time is 5:39 PM

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 4/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy I've entered at the end of the presentation of PROPOSAL NO. 282, 2024. Questions from the council are going on now.

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 5/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy There were no questions from the audience. The proposal passed unanimously.

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 6/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy Up next we have the budget hearings. First will be the Marion County Election Board.

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 7/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy This is the budget breakdown.

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 8/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy Here we get a breakdown of the budget and the budgeting for equity piece that the previous board hearings focused on.

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 9/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy These community members served on different committees for the Marion County Election Board

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 10/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy Councilor Boots asked for an elevator pitch on what Extension is and does.

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 11/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy That was Extension' budget presentation. We'll now hear Marion County Election Board budget by Sweeney Bell and Becker.

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 12/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy County Clerk Sweeney Bell describes what the Election Board does and you get a glimpse of the budget breakdown.

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 13/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy With next year being a non-election year there is about a $3M reduction to the budget year over year (YOY)

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 14/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy Voting opens October 8th

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 15/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy Sweeney Bell fields questions on why there is a nearly $1M request in 2025 for equipment and Boots suggests looking at devices other than Apple.

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 16/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy Voter Registration board is up.

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 17/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy Here are the figures.

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 18/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy When the election board isn't busy the voter board keeps chugging along.

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 19/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy The Budgeting for Equity piece for the Voter Board

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 20/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy Barriers to equity facing this board

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 21/31

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 22/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy Community involvement. As a reminder, you must register to vote by 10/7/24!

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 23/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy Up next we have The Marion County Building Authority budget presented by Mark Peterson and Charlie Richardson

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 24/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy Budgets by property

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 25/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 26/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy Equity..

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 27/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy "It's hard to find good people with good experience" - Richardson

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 28/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy The department is 9:1 male to female

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 29/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy Recruitment is a key initiative for the Building Authority

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 30/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy Richardson responds to the council's questions..

Bréone L Dupree, MSA @Dupreezine 31/31

@indydocumenters @mirrorindy 6:30 PM: Meeting Adjourned

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The Indianapolis City-County Council is the legislative branch of our local government. In addition to adopting budgets, levying taxes, and authorizing financial appropriations to fund city and county operations, the council is responsible for enacting, repealing, and amending local laws. The Council appoints members to boards and commissions that serve the community, and all meetings are open to the public.

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