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Budget committee approves consent items and closes open session; roll calls recorded

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Summary

The Budget and Finance Committee approved a series of consent items (2–10, 12 and 13) and later approved item 14 after closed session. Item 13 was approved with an amendment specifying $2,345,000 of non–general-fund dollars be used to restore contractual services for the mobile hygiene centers program.

The Budget and Finance Committee on July 1 approved consent items 2 through 10, 12 and 13, and recorded votes on subsequent items later in the meeting.

Chair Garbowslowski recommended approval of items 2–10, 12 and 13 on consent with one small amendment to item 13. The chair asked to insert language instructing the City Administrative Officer, with assistance of the City Clerk and other staff, to identify $2,345,000 in non–general-fund dollars to restore contractual services for the mobile hygiene centers program; the amendment clarifies that the restoration be paid from non–general-fund sources. The clerk recorded the roll call for the consent slate as five ayes and the items were adopted.

After other items and a presentation, the committee moved to closed session and later reconvened. Item 14 was taken up at the end of the meeting and approved on roll call; the transcript records Yaroslavsky absent and four ayes recorded (Blumenfeld, Hutt, McCosker, Hernandez).

Votes at a glance (as recorded in the transcript excerpts): - Items 2–10, 12 and 13: Approved on consent (roll call: 5 ayes). Item 13 included an amendment to identify $2,345,000 in non–general-fund dollars for mobile hygiene centers. - Item 14: Approved after closed session (recorded roll: Yaroslavsky absent; Blumenfeld Aye; Hutt Yes; McCosker Yes; Hernandez Yes; 4 ayes).