Council adds multiple budget items to executive session, including $2M participatory budgeting and pilot program allocations

Mar 26, 2025

Council unanimously added several items to the closing executive session and approved funding motions by unanimous consent or "hearing no objections," including a $2 million participatory budgeting pilot, a $250,000 anti-poverty pilot tied to HOPE data and multiple departmental adjustments requested during the OCFO hearing.

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During the OCFO budget hearing, council members moved and the body approved by unanimous consent a series of executive-session additions and targeted funding motions. Members used the closing-resolution process to preserve flexibility for final budget negotiations.

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