Q&A
Debate over empty 3K seats and resource allocation
7:05:03
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Director Jiha and Council Member Restler engage in a heated debate about empty 3K seats and resource allocation, with Jiha defending the administration's approach and Restler challenging it.
- Jiha explains that the city is currently paying for 23,000 empty seats
- He argues that it doesn't make sense to add more seats when there are already empty ones
- Restler contends that the issue is not about empty seats but about meeting demand in areas where there aren't enough seats
Jacques Jiha
7:05:03
Yes.
7:05:04
Like I indicated to you earlier, when the $170,000,000 at the time, we had about 35,000 empty seats that the city was paying for.
7:05:13
With the PEG, we're down to about 23,000 empty seats that we're still paying for.
7:05:19
The city is in need of a lot of resources right now.
7:05:23
And imagine the city is paying for 20, 3,000 seat, and you're asking the city to pay for an additional additional
Lincoln Restler
7:05:31
empty seats for empty seats.
Jacques Jiha
7:05:32
You're asking to make sure
Justin Brannan
7:05:33
that we fill
Lincoln Restler
7:05:34
meet the demand.
Jacques Jiha
7:05:35
But this is exactly what you're saying.
7:05:37
What we're saying to you, we're saying to you, okay, we're going to an exercise of reallocation of seats, matching seats with needs.
7:05:46
Once that application once that exercise is completed, if there is a demand for additional seat, additional capacity, we'll address it at that point in time.
7:05:56
What you're saying to us is, okay, you haven't even done the analysis.
7:05:59
You have $20 in empty seats.
7:06:01
Just add keep adding more.
7:06:03
Makes actually no sense.
Lincoln Restler
7:06:04
To be clear, the Accenture has
UNKNOWN
7:06:06
a business that we talked about that was That's what you're saying, first of all, Maximo.
Lincoln Restler
7:06:09
It's not at all, Maximo.
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It really is not.
7:06:11
But I responding to the things that I'm articulating.
Jacques Jiha
7:06:14
We wanna go to the exercise first, sir.
7:06:16
We wanna go to the exercise first.
7:06:17
It's been 3
Lincoln Restler
7:06:18
school years of this new may of this mayor in office, and we haven't seen the right go ahead, Latanya.
