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Board requests vehicle, staffing and rent adjustments in budget submission
Summary
The Community Review Board included a vehicle request (described as a Ford Expedition), additional compliance monitors, and the department’s rent returned from General Services in its budget modification packet to the mayor’s office. Staff said general services would handle maintenance if the vehicle is approved.
Officials said the Community Review Board included requests for a department vehicle, additional compliance-monitor positions and the department’s rent in its recent budget modification submission to the mayor’s office.
Keturah Barnett, who led the budget submission, told the board the vehicle request was routed through General Services Fleet Management and that staff identified a suitable spec similar to a Ford Expedition because the CRB needs to transport equipment and multiple staff members. “We submitted that to the department as a request of what we would need, why we need it,” Barnett said.
Barnett said if General Services approves the vehicle, General Services will handle maintenance; the board would need to ensure parking and any extra operating expenses are covered in the CRB budget. Barnett also said the department added a budget equity tool and categorized requested modifications under the mayor’s three priorities.
Board members confirmed the department’s rent line — which had been managed under General Services during a relocation year — was reallocated back to the CRB budget and that parking and rent are now part of the modification request. The board also asked that staff consider employee incentives; members discussed employee merit increases and how fiscal tools usually allocate merit rather than one-time bonus payments.
