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Supervisors add workforce development to budget goals and send motion to full Board
Summary
The Budget & Appropriations Committee voted to amend the Board's budget-process motion to add workforce development as a top priority and forwarded the amended motion to the full Board with a positive recommendation.
Chair Matt Haney called the Budget and Appropriations Committee to order and presented a motion establishing the Board's budget-process goals for fiscal years 2021–22 and 2022–23, emphasizing COVID‑19 recovery, housing affordability, and government accountability. Supervisor Suraj Marr moved to amend the motion to expressly include workforce development among the board's top priorities. Marr said the amendment reflected conversations with community advocates and asked colleagues to accept it.
The committee checked for public comment and none was received on the item before the body took action. The amendment was moved, seconded, and carried on a roll-call vote. The clerk recorded five ayes and no nays. After adopting the amendment, the committee voted to recommend the amended motion to the full Board with a positive recommendation.
The adopted change adds workforce development to the list of priorities supervisors asked departments to consider during upcoming hearings and town halls scheduled as part of the budget process. Chair Haney said the motion aims to promote a transparent, community-led budget process that targets resources to residents most affected by the pandemic.
Next steps: the amended motion will be transmitted to the full Board of Supervisors for consideration as part of the FY2021–22 budget deliberations.
