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Board of Appeals Adopts Proposed Budgets for FY2016-17 and FY2017-18
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Appeals adopted proposed budgets for FY2016-17 and FY2017-18 by a 5-0 vote after staff projected modest surpluses and recommended a small increase in surcharge revenue projections to cover mandatory cost increases.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on Feb. 17, 2016, voted 5-0 to adopt the board's proposed budgets for fiscal years 2016-17 and 2017-18.
Executive Director Cynthia Goldstein presented a rolling two-year budget proposal, noting the board continues on a rolling cycle after a proposal to move to a fixed two-year budget did not advance. Goldstein said the board projects appeal volumes near a 10-year average (about 180 appeals annually), recent surpluses in surcharge and filing-fee revenue, and estimated expenditure savings from vacancies and lower SF GovTV costs. She projected roughly $190,000 in combined surplus for the current year from surcharge and filing-fee surpluses and modest expenditure savings.
Goldstein recommended a small adjustment to surcharge revenue projections to cover anticipated mandatory increases in salary and fringe benefits and a small share of the city's financial-system replacement costs; she said any rate adjustments would be handled later in the process if needed and that the controller can adjust rates for inflation. Vice President Frank Fung moved to adopt the proposed budgets, and the motion passed unanimously.
The board will monitor permit-volume and appeal trends as the budget cycle continues and work with the Controller and Mayor's offices on any further surcharge analyses.
