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Committee grills mayor’s office and departments on $62M overtime supplemental; ordinance continued to April 26
Summary
The Budget & Finance Committee reviewed an ordinance to reallocate salary funds to cover projected overtime across multiple city departments; staff described vacancy-driven overtime, storm response, and recruitment efforts. The committee continued the substantive amendment and the item to April 26 to allow BLA follow-up.
The Budget and Finance Committee on April 19 reviewed an ordinance that would reallocate salary dollars and appropriate additional revenue to cover projected overtime costs across several city departments for fiscal year 2022–23.
Budget Director (Mayor’s Office) explained the ordinance frames shifting roughly $49.5 million from permanent salaries into overtime budgets for six departments, with additional appropriations for ambulance revenue and materials and supplies in the Fire Department. A late, substantive amendment circulated the morning of the hearing would increase some transfers and add Recreation & Park (moving $1,050,000 from permanent salaries to overtime) and adjust transfers for DPH, PUC and DPW.
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