FY2022

HIGHLIGHTS The Cable TV Office merged into the Communications Office six years ago, which has allowed the Communications Office to provide a coordinated and broad range of services and expertise to our City-produced news, streamlining efforts, and reducing overlap and expenses. Cable TV operations were previously accounted for in an Enterprise Fund but were transferred to the General Fund in fiscal year 2016. Recent Accomplishments Upcoming Challenges • Changing how the City does business and communicates with the public during COVID • Administer the City Zoom account to make virtual meetings accessible to the public; provide staff support • Creation of weekly Community • New website • Increased engagement with marginalized community • Increased engagement with our student population • Creative solutions for video coverage of virtual events • Adding closed-captioning to online videos • Increased Equity & Human Rights focus on initiatives – Equity toolkit • Continued conversion of forms to Connection, a video series with the Mayor to share relevant information through the COVID crisis, and other events • Created Facebook Live video

updates in multiple languages during pandemic onset

ADA compliant forms with IT help, will improve website accessibility • Improve public safety messaging

• Helped to create and implement City’s First Climate Action Expo • Reimagined annual events to provide virtual experiences • Implemented ADA accessible web forms to continue business online • Grew the City Channel 4 YouTube channel’s subscribership by 60 percent since January 2020 • Increased video content for the City’s Instagram account

Staffing:

FY2020

FY2021

FY2022

Total FTE’s

6.00

7.89

8.89

Staffing Level Change Summary: The fiscal year 2022 budget includes the addition of a 1.0 FTE Public Safety Specialist position.

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