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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 17,2023 Page 7 Mayor Roe recapped the discussion and indicated more work is needed to be done by staff and the Council moving forward. He thanked the staff for going through this with the Council. b. Receive Presentation from Tubman Regarding Request for Financial Assistance City Manager Patrick Trudgeon briefly highlighted this item as detailed in the Request for Council Action and related attachments dated July 17, 2023. Ms. Jennifer Dickinson, Director of Legal Services and Ms. Leta Morgan, Ramsey County Legal Advocacy Manager, made a presentation to the City Council. Councilmember Strahan asked for an estimate on how many hours per week Tubman would dedicate to Roseville. Ms. Morgan thought it would be forty hours or even more. Ms.Dickinson explained Ms.Morgan covers Roseville,Vadnais Heights,North St. Paul, and White Bear Township. She explained Maplewood is the busiest city in terms of how many domestic cases, Roseville is second. She indicated when Ms. Morgan is in court for Roseville cases, she is often there for other cities cases as well. She was not sure if it was forty hours but the majority of it is working with Roseville clients. Councilmember Etten thanked Tubman for all the work being done. He assumed Tubman is going to all cities and asking for some financial assistance using that same kind of ratio, and wondered what kind of revenue Tubman anticipated bringing in if every city said yes. Ms. Dickinson explained if every city said yes, she would anticipate approximately two hundred thirty thousand to two hundred forty thousand dollars from the cities that have already been approached. Councilmember Etten indicated the 2022 report states the revenue remained stable, the operating expenses remained stable, he asked what the change was. Ms. Dickinson explained Tubman recently put in some money for staff incentives, some compensation pieces, to try to retain staff There have been a lot more costs related to inflation and things like that. She indicated this is her first year doing the budget, so she is getting up-to-speed on all of this. The decision was made that the operating funds Tubman had did not cover or a decision was made that it was to be placed elsewhere and not within the Ramsey County program and that is where the funding was lost.