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Committee moves Clerk's draft budget forward; adds modest Youth Commission outreach funds
Summary
The Budget & Appropriations Committee voted to forward the Clerk of the Board's draft budgets to the mayor and controller and discussed a modest set of new Youth Commission funding lines — outreach ($5,700), meals ($3,750), and training ($7,000) — that together could raise the commission's budget by about $21,400 for FY2020—2021.
The Budget and Appropriations Committee on Feb. 12 moved the Clerk of the Board's proposed budgets for fiscal years 2020—2021 and 2021—2022 to the mayor and controller, and discussed targeted increases for the city's Youth Commission.
Angela Calvillo, Clerk of the Board, told the committee the Youth Commission has struggled to reach underserved students and recommended several modest funding lines intended to expand outreach. "We could recommend an additional $5,700 to boost their outreach efforts" for town-hall events, printed materials, advertising and promotional items, she said. Calvillo also listed possible support for meals at meetings and training opportunities as alternatives consistent with charter constraints on paying commissioners.
Calvillo said the commission requested $3,750 for meals to incentivize attendance and about $7,000 for training and conferences to develop youth leadership skills, and suggested small budgets for three issue-based committees to host events. "If all of these items were approved, it could increase the Youth Commission's budget by $21,400 in fiscal year 2020—2021," she said. The clerk also noted departmentwide proposed changes that would raise the Clerk's office expenditure budget by approximately $810,000.
Supervisor Walton expressed full support for the Youth Commission increases, saying the commission's members take the work seriously and the extra resources could attract a more diverse applicant pool. "I am a 100% in support of the increases for the Youth Commission," Walton said.
Public comment included remarks from the Youth Commission director, Kylie, who thanked the committee and described efforts to reach marginalized students. "We are in the very, very beginning process of figuring out how to do a long term campaign about changing the charter to see if we can actually change the charter to get stipends for our commissioners," Kylie said, noting the difficulty of recruiting and retaining student members when compensation is not allowed.
The committee also discussed administrative overtime in the Clerk's office: Calvillo reported 10 administrative assistants logged about 352 overtime hours collectively over eight pay periods (approximately 7.92 overtime hours per aide per pay period) and that one employee had reached a fiscal-year cap. Calvillo said some employees receive overtime pay and others receive compensatory time under union rules and that salary-line funds would be used if overtime budgets are exceeded.
After discussion and public comment, the clerk recommended the committee forward the proposed budget to the mayor and controller and to file the hearing; Chair Sandra Lee Feurer moved to take those actions, and the committee proceeded to forward the draft budget as presented for further action by the mayor and controller.
The Clerk said she will return in June if details change and to review any updates with the committee.
