Mm-hmm.

So if we start to say we wanna do a funded service package in, you know, council meetings in April, well, if we direct a funded service package, that means administration has no choice but that to come funded, and so we're already pre-debating without seeing the whole spectrum of what is causing pressures and what is in our budget.

So it makes it really limiting.

So the practice is to do unfunded service packages.

What's different this year, and has caused a little bit of confusion, is administration through this new results-based budgeting process is saying that rather than just if something is directed as funded or unfunded, we'll, we'll go forth and build it that way, they're saying even if something is unfunded as a service package, it will indicate to us that it's potentially important, and it will be weighed in advance of what the budget comes forward with.

So what that means is that you can say, "I want an unfunded package for X." If administration and through their prioritization and expertise says, "Yes, we agree that that should be funded," they will actually have the discretion to recommend it funded at the budget.

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And, and as somebody that's done this tw- this will be my second time round, I think that the key that makes this more unique is the, the building it with council.