Council approves motion to track full Rampart costs; report timeline shortened to 30 days
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Summary
Councilmember Chick introduced a motion directing the budget and finance committee and relevant staff to track full costs associated with the Rampart matter — including salaries, rentals and settlements — and Councilmember Goldberg successfully amended the reporting deadline to 30 days; the council approved the amended motion.
Councilmember Chick introduced a motion that would direct the Budget and Finance Committee and relevant city staff to track the full court and administrative costs associated with the Rampart matter, including litigation settlements, salaries, rental and space costs and related budget allocations.
"This is a motion that allows us to track, carefully and accurately the full court costs ... not simply the more noticeable cost of lawsuit settlements, but salaries and associated costs and rental and space and the whole thing," Councilmember Chick said, urging accountability and transparency so taxpayers can see the full fiscal impact.
Councilmember Goldberg proposed a friendly amendment to shorten the reporting timeframe from 60 days to 30 days, asserting that "too much happens in two months" and that the council should receive the information sooner. Chick accepted the amendment.
The council prepared the roll and approved the motion as amended; the roll call was recorded as 10 ayes. The instruction directs Budget and Finance and city staff to compile and report total costs related to Rampart to provide a comprehensive accounting for the council and public.
The council did not at this meeting adopt policy changes or new appropriations; it requested a consolidated accounting and directed staff to furnish that information within the 30-day timeline.
