Board continues budget items one week; approves police MOU ordinance

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on July 10 continued items that make up the consolidated budget and related salary/appropriation ordinances for the City and County to a week-long hearing scheduled for July 17, while formally approving a separate ordinance implementing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the San Francisco Police Officers Association (SFPOA).

Budget continuance - Items 9 through 41, which included the consolidated budget and annual appropriation ordinance for the City and County (fiscal year ending June 30, 2008), salary ordinance changes and several grant acceptance items, were continued one week to the July 17 meeting. The continuance was made by Supervisor McGoldrick and seconded by Supervisor Elsburn; colleagues approved by unanimous voice/consent in the meeting record. The Board noted Section 9.190.1 of the City Charter requires the Board not to approve a budget prior to July 15 and the Board customarily lets the proposed budget sit for one week before the first vote.

Police MOU ordinance - Item 8: The Board considered and passed an ordinance adopting and implementing the MOU with the San Francisco Police Officers Association. The roll-call vote recorded multiple ayes and at least one recorded no (Supervisor Daley cast a "No" on that roll call); the clerk recorded the ordinance as finally passed.

Why it matters - The continuance on the budget package is procedural but significant: it delays the Board's first budget vote to give members additional time to review changes and amendments and to satisfy the charter's customary one-week pause. The SFPOA MOU ordinance final passage affects police labor terms and departmental implementation for the coming fiscal cycle.

Clarifying details - Items 9'41 included the consolidated appropriation ordinance for fiscal year ending 06/30/2008, the salary ordinance enumerating positions, several resolutions and grant acceptances (including multiple Treasure Island sublease amendments and a workforce-development grant cited at $5,765,890 in the hearing text). The Board continued those matters one week to July 17. - Item 8, the SFPOA MOU ordinance, was approved on the record after a roll-call vote that showed at least one "No" vote (Supervisor Daley). The clerk stated: "The ordinance is finally passed." The transcript records a roll call immediately before that phrase.

Speakers and sponsors - Supervisor McGoldrick (mover to continue budget items) — government - Supervisor Ellsburn (second) — government - Other Board members participated in roll calls on multiple consent items that were read into the record by the Clerk.

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Provenance: transcript segments supporting this article - {"block_id":"440.835","local_start":0,"local_end":600,"evidence_excerpt":"Item number 9 is the consolidated budget and annual appropriation ordinance appropriating all estimated receipts and all estimated expenditures for the City and County of San Francisco for fiscal year ending 06/30/2008..."} - {"block_id":"890.99","local_start":0,"local_end":120,"evidence_excerpt":"Section 9.190.1 of the charter, says that the Board shall not approve the budget prior to July 15, and it has been our tradition over, many years to allow the budget to sit 1 week at the board prior to its first vote..."} - {"block_id":"374.73","local_start":0,"local_end":80,"evidence_excerpt":"Item number 8 is an ordinance adopting and implementing the MOU with the San Francisco Police Officers Association... The ordinance is finally passed."}

Discussion vs. decision - Discussion: Board members referenced the charter requirement and tradition to let the proposed budget sit one week before first vote; a number of specific budget-related ordinances and grant acceptances were read into the record for consideration on July 17. - Decision: Board continued items 9'41 to July 17; Board approved Item 8 (MOU) by roll-call vote.

Actions - Motion to continue items 9 through 41 one week to July 17. - Mover: Supervisor McGoldrick - Second: Supervisor Ellsburn - Vote: continued by unanimous voice/consent (no roll call recorded in transcript; described as "without objection") - Outcome: items continued to July 17, 2007. - Ordinance adopting and implementing the MOU with the San Francisco Police Officers Association (Item 8): passed by roll call; recorded "The ordinance is finally passed." (Roll call reflected a majority in favor with at least one recorded no.)

Ending: The Board will reconvene the budget and related appropriation items on July 17 for further consideration and first votes; the SFPOA MOU ordinance is enacted per the Board's vote.