Votes at a glance: Budget committee actions May 22
Summary
Summary of committee motions and roll‑call outcomes from the May 22 Budget and Appropriation Committee meeting, including the language-access ordinance, Proposition J concurrence, DBI fees, library grant, SFPUC bond authorizations, and continuances.
The Budget and Appropriation Committee took the following formal actions on May 22 (roll-call tallies as recorded in committee minutes):
- Item 1 (Language‑access ordinance): Forwarded to the full Board with a positive recommendation. Roll call: Melgar — Aye; Walton — Aye; Dorsey — Aye; Chan — Aye. Result: forwarded (4 ayes; one member excused).
- Item 2 (Resolution concurring with controller certification under Proposition J for contracting out services): Forwarded to the full Board with a positive recommendation. Roll call recorded as four ayes; motion passed.
- Item 6 (San Francisco Public Library: accept and expend Friends grant and related trailing legislation): Forwarded to the full Board with a positive recommendation. Roll call: five ayes. Result: forwarded.
- Item 7 (Port: retroactive acceptance and appropriation of DHS Port Security Grant ~ $118,000): Forwarded to the full Board with a positive recommendation. Roll call: five ayes. Result: forwarded.
- Item 8 (Board of Appeals surcharge adjustments): Forwarded to the full Board with a positive recommendation. Roll call: four ayes with one member absent. Result: forwarded.
- Items 10–12 (SFPUC capital appropriation and revenue bond authorizations for wastewater, power, and water enterprises): Forwarded to the full Board with a positive recommendation. Roll call: five ayes. Result: forwarded.
- Item 13 (SFPUC water revenue bond authorization): Amended to add $5,000,000 for the Pine Lake main-break emergency and continued to the next meeting to allow substantive edits; amendment carried by roll call.
- Item 9 (DBI building-code fee ordinance): Forwarded to the full Board with a positive recommendation. Roll call: four ayes, Member Dorsey absent. Result: forwarded.
- Item 3 (PUC budget hearing): Motion to file as heard carried; Items 4 and 5 were continued to the call of the chair to be considered as part of the larger budget process.
All items forwarded to the full Board will appear on the June full Board agenda unless otherwise noted.
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