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Trustees press staff on rising wildfire and cost‑allocation charges in updated budget memo
Summary
Board members questioned increases in open‑space costs tied to wildfire staffing and a new cost‑allocation model; staff said higher charges are driven by internal service cost allocations and that the program is forecasting a multiyear step‑up to meet a new target by 2027.
During the Sept. 10 Open Space Board of Trustees meeting, trustees raised questions about recent budget changes, especially increases tied to wildfire positions and a new city cost‑allocation model.
Trustee Brady asked staff how much open‑space spending for wildland fire had increased and requested more transparent, comparable spreadsheets showing the changes. "How much did our our spend for wildfire go up? What was the delta on that?" Brady asked.
A staff member responding to the board said a share of wildland fire positions is charged to the open‑space fund.…
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