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Committee hears finance advisory board role and warns sales‑tax revenue could constrain justice project scope
Summary
Members described the Facilities and Finance Advisory Board’s oversight role and urged frequent updates to JPOP and IPRTF after council member Dan Hamill and others raised concerns that lower sales tax revenues could limit funds for behavioral‑health programs in the justice project implementation plan.
Members of the Justice Project Oversight and Planning Committee spent significant time on April 7 discussing the role of the Finance and Facilities Advisory Board (FAB), how FAB and JPOP should coordinate, and whether current sales‑tax revenue trends require rethinking project timelines or scope.
Jack (member, FAB history speaker) and Heather Flaherty (co‑chair, Incarceration Prevention and Reduction Task Force) described the FAB as the entity focused on the project’s financial and facility decisions while JPOP provides oversight and accountability for the implementation plan’s values, equity and behavioral‑health goals. Jack said FAB’s mission includes advising the…
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