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Addressing delays in payments to nonprofits
1:19:35
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Council Member Brannan raises concerns about timely payments to nonprofits, referencing the administration's previous success in clearing backlog payments. OMB Director Jiha acknowledges the challenge and outlines efforts to address the issue.
- Brannan emphasizes the need to pay nonprofits on time without additional laws or task forces
- Jiha suggests a briefing from the Mayor's Office of Not-for-Profit to update the council on progress
- He assures that significant resources are being devoted to addressing the payment delays
- Jiha mentions improvements in staffing and process reengineering to tackle the problem
Justin Brannan
1:19:35
And I I just wanna reiterate something the speaker brought up and something that I think you know is a priority for this council as far as getting our nonprofits paid on time.
1:19:44
I know that you can do it because when the mayor first came into office, I think you cleared out about $6,000,000,000 in backlog payments.
1:19:53
I'm worried that we have a case of government ADD where we can't focus on that long enough to do it again, but we would like to see that happen.
1:20:01
I don't think we need any more laws or task force or working groups.
1:20:05
I just think we need to pay these guys on time.
Jacques Jiha
1:20:08
I think we should probably have the office of mayor's office of not for profit probably with you guys so you know the progress that we're making.
1:20:17
We devoted a lot of time and resources trying to make this right.
1:20:23
It's a challenge, but we are addressing this challenge head on because trust me, the number of phone calls that I receive is as much as you are getting.
1:20:32
Okay.
1:20:33
Trust me on this.
1:20:34
I mean, council member Steven sitting right there looking at me.
1:20:37
She's laughing because she calls me daily about this problem.
1:20:41
So trust me.
Justin Brannan
1:20:42
Yeah.
Jacques Jiha
1:20:43
Alright?
1:20:43
It's a challenge, and we are putting a ton of resources toward it and our objective is to address it, but I believe they should give you a briefing because they're making significant progress and I think you hear from them directly, okay, so you could know exactly what is it that they're doing.
1:21:03
Because not only staffing, process reengineering, they're doing a lot of stuff, okay?
1:21:08
And I think you should be fully aware of all the work that they're doing.
Justin Brannan
1:21:13
Okay.
1:21:13
I'm gonna turn it over to my colleagues for some questions.
1:21:16
What's the list?
1:21:18
We're gonna start with council member Ayall, deputy speaker Ayall.
Gale Brewer
1:21:24
You know who you're talking to.