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CAO reports on CDBG administrative allocations; committee approves request for technical assistance
Summary
The city administrative office reported on Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) administrative and delivery cost allocations for fiscal year 2024–25, recommended no changes to a reported $11.9 million allocation, and said the office will request technical assistance to identify efficiencies; the committee approved the report 5–0.
The City Administrative Officer’s office presented a report on the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) administrative and delivery cost allocations for fiscal year 2024–25 and recommended seeking technical assistance to maximize program delivery and administrative efficiency. The committee voted to approve the report.
Julie Jacoby, representing the CAO’s office, told the committee that on June 8, 2024 the plan was adopted and the CAO’s office reviewed relevant regulations and administrative cost uses for CDBG. The office recommended no change to this year’s administrative allocation of $11.9 million and recommended obtaining technical assistance to help departments better understand allowable uses of administrative versus delivery costs and to maximize funds for program delivery.
“Es nuestra intención maximizar estos fondos y evitar cualquier incremento o impacto incrementado al fondo a los fondos generales,” Jacoby said in Spanish during the presentation. She said the CAO and partner departments have identified a need to evaluate administrative positions and to assess whether some duties can be charged to program delivery instead of administrative costs.
Rebeca Bronchion, identified in the transcript as the director of analysis at CIFT, said the office has secured technical assistance through a consultant (named in the record as Compes via AJAD/ADD) and that an initial set of meetings will begin; the team had designated 32 hours for the first phase and will request additional hours if needed.
Councilmember Rodríguez asked for clarification on the priorities for the initial allocation of consulting hours; Jacoby replied that the engagement will review individual positions, their duties, and how responsibilities might be reclassified so that delivery dollars rather than administrative dollars pay for program activities.
Committee members voiced support for the CAO report and the planned technical assistance. On roll call, Member Soto Martínez, Member Nezarian, Member Jurado, Member Rodríguez and Councilmember Padilla voted yes; the report was approved 5–0.
No precise timeline beyond “after next week” was given for drafting final recommendations; staff indicated they expected to know more following an initial meeting scheduled the week after the committee discussion.
The presentation and approval put the CAO and partner departments on a path to pursue consultant analysis and follow-up before the next budget cycle.
