REMARKS
Concerns about incomplete audits and closing remarks
2:31:36
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Council Member Restler expresses concerns about the impact of incomplete audits on decision-making and appreciates the efforts to address the issue. He then concludes the session with closing remarks.
- Restler highlights the problem of not having audit results completed before the upcoming election cycle
- He emphasizes how this lack of information affects the board's ability to make informed decisions
- The council member acknowledges the complexities involved in changing rules and dealing with irregular election cycles
- Restler concludes by thanking the agency leaders for their testimony and expressing gratitude for their hard work
Lincoln Restler
2:31:36
Okay.
2:31:37
I I look, I I appreciate the complexity in changing rules midstream and how that could be unfair to certain candidates.
2:31:51
And I do appreciate that the irregularity of the 2 year cycle that we're dealing with right now also makes things a little more complicated.
2:32:00
But the overarching point that, you know, is that when we don't have the audit results completed in advance of the upcoming cycle, it provides gaps in information that I think the board really needs to have in making informed and thoughtful decisions.
2:32:20
We went back and forth at probably greater length than you would have liked that, you know, where we discussed that the board has the authority to make decisions on withholding funds anyway, based on the candidate's role.
2:32:33
But I do think this is a really problematic dynamic that unfortunately has bled into the 'twenty five cycle in ways that, you know, I really wish had been avoided.
2:32:45
And so I appreciate your attention to this issue.
2:32:48
I appreciate your plan moving forward and your commitment to speed up this process for future cycles.
2:32:55
I wanna thank you both for your patience and thoughtfulness in your testimony today, but more importantly, thank you for your leadership of both of your agencies.
2:33:05
We really appreciate the hard work that you both do and that your teams do, and we're grateful, for it.
2:33:10
So thank you both for your time today.
2:33:12
We are gonna go to our first panel, our second panel, excuse me.
