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Supervisors Hear Mayor—s Budget Priorities; Labor Concessions and Police Cuts Presented as Contingencies
Summary
Mayor—s budget director told the Budget & Appropriations Committee the administration faces a roughly $250 million midyear gap and is asking labor to defer wage increases while planning department reductions; police reductions of about $23 million were offered by the department but further cuts are framed as contingent on labor concessions.
The Budget & Appropriations Committee on July 15 heard the mayor—s budget priorities as the city continues to address an estimated $250,000,000 midyear shortfall caused by the COVID-19 crisis. Ashley Grafenberger, the Mayor—s budget director, said the mayor—s goal is to protect jobs and services while balancing the budget and that the administration is investigating all levers, including new revenue, reserve use and deeper departmental reductions.
Grafenberger told the committee the administration has asked labor partners to defer scheduled wage increases and that the May budget update assumed a six-month wage deferral in accordance with MOU…
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