Budget 101 from City of Mesa OMB

Published on Jul 11, 2016

Views: 198

Ever wonder how the budget for Mesa, Arizona, the nations 38th largest city works? This video helps break down where the money comes from and how it's spent.

 

City Council Study Session Thu 09 Feb 2017

Meeting Agenda - Final

Thu 09 Feb 2017 @ 07:30

Any citizen wishing to speak on an agenda item should complete and turn in a blue card to the City Clerk before that item is presented.



Mayor John Giles
Vice Mayor David Luna - District 5
Councilmember Mark Freeman - District 1
Councilmember Jeremy Whittaker - District 2
Councilmember Ryan Winkle - District 3
Councilmember Chris Glover - District 4
Councilmember Kevin Thompson - District 6


1 Presentations/Action Items:

1-a 17-0158
Hear a presentation, discuss and provide direction on a permanent Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) facility located at 2412 North Center Street, and discuss the benefits of the City's recycling and HHW programs
http://mesa.legistar.com/gateway.aspx?m=l&id=/matter.aspx?key=10285 

1-b 17-0126 Hear a presentation and discuss the major expenditure categories, current fiscal trends, and rising costs affecting the City’s General Fund.
http://mesa.legistar.com/gateway.aspx?m=l&id=/matter.aspx?key=10253

This is a 30-page PDF General Governmental Funds Expenditures by OMB

Total City Budget by Expenditure Categories $1.67B FY 2016/17
Personal Services $397.9

General Governmental Funds Budget by Expenditure Categories $400.0M*
PERSONAL SERVICES 72.5%
   Salary 185.3
   Pension 50.3
   Other 54.5

2 17-0184 Information pertaining to the current Job Order Contracting projects
http://mesa.legistar.com/gateway.aspx?m=l&id=/matter.aspx?key=10311

3 Hear reports on meetings and/or conferences attended.

4 Scheduling of meetings and general information.

5 Adjournment.


 

Time To Change The Channel >> Art Made of the Air We Breathe

Emily Parsons-Lord

Published on Feb 8, 2017

Views: 2,034

Emily Parsons-Lord re-creates air from distinct moments in Earth's history -- from the clean, fresh-tasting air of the Carboniferous period to the soda-water air of the Great Dying to the heavy, toxic air of the future we're creating. By turning air into art, she invites us to know the invisible world around us. Breathe in the Earth's past and future in this imaginative, trippy talk.

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Market Strategist Says the Dollar Is Driving Oil Market

Where's that 3rd Tech Revol?

Published on Feb 8, 2017

Views: 87

Feb.08 -- In today's "Futures in Focus," Bill Baruch chief market strategist at IITrader, and Bloomberg's Alix Steel examine potential downside in the oil market and the price impact of the U.S. dollar. They speak on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Americas."

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Arizona Bill SB 1342 Would Prohibit Warrantless Stingray Spying

Arizona Bill Would Prohibit Warrantless Stingray Spying
Hinder Federal Surveillance Program
 PHOENIX, Ariz, (Feb. 7, 2017) – A bill introduced in the Arizona Senate would ban the use of “stingrays” to track the location of phones and sweep up electronic communications without a warrant in most situations. The proposed law would not only protect privacy in Arizona, but would also hinder one aspect of the federal surveillance state.

Source: Tenth Amendment Center

Sen. Bob Worsley (R-Mesa) introduced Senate bill 1342 (SB1342) on Jan. 31.
The legislation would help block the use of cell site simulators, known as “stingrays.”

These devices essentially spoof cell phone towers, tricking any device within range into connecting to the stingray instead of the tower, allowing law enforcement to sweep up communications content, as well as locate and track the person in possession of a specific phone or other electronic device.
SB1342 would require police to get a cell site simulator device search warrant based on probable cause before deploying a stingray to locate or track an electronic device.
It would also require law enforcement agencies to obtain a warrant under existing wiretapping statutes before using a stingray to intercept, obtain or access the content of any stored oral, wire or electronic communication.

IMPACT ON FEDERAL SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMS
The federal government funds the vast majority of state and local stingray programs, attaching one important condition:
The feds require agencies acquiring the technology to sign non-disclosure agreements.
This throws a giant shroud over the program, even preventing judges, prosecutors and defense attorneys from getting information about the use of stingrays in court.
The feds actually instruct prosecutors to withdraw evidence if judges or legislators press for information. As the Baltimore Sun reported in April 2015, a Baltimore detective refused to answer questions on the stand during a trial, citing a federal non-disclosure agreement.
Defense attorney Joshua Insley asked Cabreja about the agreement.
“Does this document instruct you to withhold evidence from the state’s attorney and Circuit Court, even upon court order to produce?” he asked.
“Yes,” Cabreja said.

As privacysos.org put it, “The FBI would rather police officers and prosecutors let ‘criminals’ go than face a possible scenario where a defendant brings a Fourth Amendment challenge to warrantless stingray spying.”
The feds sell the technology in the name of “anti-terrorism” efforts.
With non-disclosure agreements in place, most police departments refuse to release any information on the use of stingrays.
But information obtained from the Tacoma Police Department revealed that it uses the technology primarily for routine criminal investigations.
Some privacy advocates argue that stingray use can never happen within the parameters of the Fourth Amendment because the technology necessarily connects to every electronic device within range, not just the one held by the target. And the information collected by these devices undoubtedly ends up in federal data bases.
The feds can share and tap into vast amounts of information gathered at the state and local level through a system known as the “information sharing environment” or ISE.
In other words, stingrays create the potential for the federal government to track the movement of millions of Americans with no warrant, no probable cause, and without the people even knowing it.
According to its website, the ISE “provides analysts, operators, and investigators with information needed to enhance national security. These analysts, operators, and investigators…have mission needs to collaborate and share information with each other and with private sector partners and our foreign allies.”
In other words, ISE serves as a conduit for the sharing of information gathered without a warrant.
The federal government encourages and funds stingrays at the state and local level across the U.S., thereby undoubtedly gaining access to a massive data pool on Americans without having to expend the resources to collect the information itself. By placing restrictions on stingray use, state and local governments limit the data available that the feds can access.
In a nutshell, without state and local cooperation, the feds have a much more difficult time gathering information.
Passage of SB1342 would represent a major blow to the surveillance state and a win for privacy.
UP NEXT
SB1342 was referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee where it must pass by a majority vote before moving on to the Rules Committee.

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