Government Operations on October 28, 2026

TODAY'S HEARING IS ON DOCKET 1099 AN ORDINANCE TO REQUIRE QUARTERLY REVENUE REPORTS TO BE PROVIDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

UM, WHEN I WAS WAIT I MEAN SHARE WE WOULD ASK FOR ALSO QUARTERLY REVENUE REPORTS AND THAT'S A PRACTICE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE UH, CODIFIED UH THAT'S WHY I FILED THIS ORDINANCE WHICH IS A BASIC EFFORT TO ACQUIRE TRANSPA

I DO THINK THIS IS A BASIC WIN WIN WITH TRANSPARENCY AND THE POWER OF DATA, AND I'M HOPING WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS ORDINANCE BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR FOR HOLDING THIS HEARING AND I THANK COUNCIL FOR WELL WELL WELL FOR FILING THIS UH ORDINANCE AMENDMENT IT'S TAKE IT'S CRITICAL UM DURING THIS PAST BUDGET CYCLE, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS EVERYONE KEPT A

IT'S MY PLEASURE TO OFFER THE RESEARCH BUREAU'S QUALIFIED SUPPORT FOR THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE.

SO I CLOSE BY AGAIN OFFERING MY THANKS FOR THE ABILITY TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS DISCUSSION AND TO RESTATE THE RESEARCH BUREAU'S QUALIFIED SUPPORT FOR THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE.

UM, I'M NOT HERE REALLY TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO YOUR ORDINANCE PROPOSAL, UH, BUT PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT NATIONAL CONTEXT THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER.

SO, UH, THAT MIGHT BE OF INTEREST IN BOSTON AND UM, AND AND OTHER RESEARCH THAT I'VE INCLUDED IN UH IN SOME UH ,WRITTEN TESTIMONY, UH, REGARDING CONTEXT WITH BOSTON UM, UH, KUDOS TO THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL FOR LAST YEAR,

UH AND THEN THE IDEAL CADENCE UH, I KNOW THAT THE ORDINANCE CALLS FOR QUARTERLY UM, WE HEARD FROM, UH, MR PATEK THAT MAJORITY OF OUR CITIES THEY DO IT MONTHLY.

UM, BUT I DO THINK IN GENERAL HAVING MORE INSIGHT TO BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY TRENDS THAT WE LIGHT IN CERTAIN AREAS ARE WE YOU KNOW, WE OVER COLLECTING IN OTHER AREAS ALLOWS US TO A IDENTIFY IN IN SOME CASES AND YOU KNOW T

THEY ACTUALLY HAVE AN INDEPENDENT COMMISSION THAT CAN MEDIATE DISPUTES BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND THE GOVERNMENT AND INCLUDING DEALING WITH VEXATIOUS REQUESTS, WHICH IS A BIG CONCERN TODAY WITH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.

MORE HELPFUL IN TERMS OF, UH, MOVING THIS FORWARD, THIS ORDINANCE AMENDMENT FORWARD?

REGARDLESS IF IT'S CONTROVERSIAL OR REGARDLESS IF IT SUPPORTS THE ADMINISTRATION OR OPPOSES THE ADMINISTRATION, THE THE DATA SHOULDN'T MATTER.

I MEAN WE'RE ON TO WE'RE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN ORDINANCE ENSURING QUARTERLY REVENUE REPORTS AND SO IT'S SEPARATE FROM A 17TH.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THE, UH THE ORDINANCE CALLS FOR 30 DAYS AND I THINK THAT'S A GENEROUS AMOUNT OF TIME FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO IT.

IT'S YOU TEND TO NOT WANT TO UH TO RELEASE THOSE UNTIL THEY'RE FINAL AND AND THAT'S THAT'S SORT OF BEST PRACTICE TO NOT UH ,ISSUE PRELIMINARY ONES ON ALL OF THAT BECAUSE IT'S IT'S SORT OF UM UH IT YOU KNOW, THEN THEN YOU