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Supervisors probe Public Works budget, contracting and pandemic response in departmental hearing
Summary
The Budget & Appropriations Committee heard a detailed Budget and Legislative Analyst report and a Public Works presentation on organization, 10‑year budget trends, contracts, COVID-era services (pit stops, sleeping sites, handwashing stations) and workforce training; the BLA recommended a limited performance audit of sewer repair work orders to assess potential savings.
The committee’s departmental hearing on the Department of Public Works (DPW) opened with a comprehensive Budget and Legislative Analyst (BLA) presentation by Dan Goncher, who outlined DPW’s structure, 10‑year budget and staffing trends, contracting volume, and pandemic-related service changes. Goncher reported a current-year DPW budget of about $387 million and a general fund allocation of roughly $144,075,613; he said DPW entered approximately 359 contracts totaling about $1.4 billion over the last several years, with construction accounting for most of that value.
Goncher flagged oversight questions about contracting and procurement and noted that the City Attorney’s Office and Controller’s Office had ongoing inquiries related to conflicts of interest and gift acceptance; he recommended the Board could request a limited performance audit (by the Controller or BLA) of sewer…
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