Public commenter Jim Miller asked the Redondo Beach Budget and Finance Commission to restore two items to its agenda: a sources-and-uses accounting of the city’s homeless program and a review of the city’s professional-services procurement procedures.

Why it matters: Miller said understanding the program’s funding mix and staff time devoted to homelessness services is necessary to secure additional grant reimbursement and to check costs associated with professional services, which he said can represent 10%–12% of total professional-services spending under current procurement habits.

What was said:
- Jim Miller told commissioners he “appeal[ed] to you to put this homeless project back on the agenda” and said the mayor urged a sources-and-uses analysis at a recent City Council meeting.
- Miller also urged a procurement review, noting the city’s procurement procedures provided by the finance director were dated 2011 and that municipal code currently excludes professional services from competitive bidding in some cases.
- Commissioner Jesse and other commissioners agreed the commission should receive the previously provided spreadsheet template and the staff-supplied analysis and revisit the item at a future meeting.
- Resident Eugene Solomon urged commissioners to consider how grant funds and interagency partnerships affect capital and operating project budgets when reviewing homelessness spending.

Action: Commissioners voted to add the homelessness funding sources-and-uses review and a procurement/professional-services review to the next meeting agenda. Staff indicated the commission had previously received a homelessness summary and that staff and the city attorney have materials available for periodic updates.

Ending: The commission asked staff to include the prior spreadsheet and related documents with the next agenda packet so commissioners can examine indirect labor accounting, grant restrictions and procurement rules ahead of the follow-up discussion.