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Supervisors press controller and DPH over late overtime supplement tied to rising overtime costs
Summary
The Board of Supervisors voted to approve an ordinance reallocating salary savings to cover roughly $65.4 million in overtime and related costs, but not before supervisors pressed the controller and Department of Public Health about why the city failed to seek a required supplemental appropriation before departments exceeded overtime budgets.
The Board of Supervisors on May 2 considered an ordinance (Item 19) that would deappropriate approximately $62.3 million from permanent salaries and mandatory fringe benefits and appropriate roughly $65.4 million to overtime across multiple departments, plus about $4.2 million in ambulance service revenue for the Fire Department. The ordinance requires an eight-vote threshold under Charter section 9.113(c).
Supervisor Preston asked why departments — particularly the Department of Public Health (DPH) — did not bring a supplemental appropriation before exceeding overtime appropriations as required under Administrative Code section 3.17.B. Preston said the…
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