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Budget committee forwards Sheriff—s $3.75 million supplemental after amendments
Summary
The San Francisco Budget & Finance Committee agreed to forward a $3,749,644 supplemental appropriation request from the Sheriff—s Department to the full Board with amendments from the Budget Analyst and the Sheriff that reallocated certain overtime and salary lines and identified $181,065 in savings.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors' Budget & Finance Committee on Wednesday voted to forward to the full Board a supplemental appropriation request from the Sheriff's Department totaling $3,749,644, after adopting recommended adjustments from the Budget Analyst and the Sheriff.
The supplemental covers three primary shortfalls: an estimated $500,000 revenue shortfall, about $1.1 million in workers' compensation over-expenditures and roughly $3.2 million in overtime costs, the department's chief financial officer said. "The revenue shortfall is due primarily to funds that did not come from the state because prisoners that were intended to be transferred here to San Francisco for the last 60 days of their incarceration were not remanded by the state," the CFO told the committee. She also pointed to a large workers' compensation claim of about $500,000 and a higher-than-anticipated number of retirements and leaves that have left hiring gaps.
Budget Analyst Mr. Rose recommended amending the ordinance to shift some amounts into permanent salaries and materials and supply lines, and to reduce the overtime and workers' compensation supplemental by targeted amounts. Mr. Rose told the committee his office recommended increasing funding sources by $88,998 and reducing the supplemental by $92,067, yielding offsetting savings of $181,065 to the city—s general fund reserve.
Sheriff Ross McRaeemie and the department's CFO told the committee they have also deferred $277,000 in material and supply spending and held hiring in the non-sworn ranks, saving $905,000, and implemented operational changes that produced additional efficiency savings. The Sheriff said the department will prioritize hiring lateral deputies and hold an academy class in November 2013 to begin reducing overtime pressures.
"We concur," Mr. Rose said when asked whether the department could combine certain line items to provide more internal flexibility while preserving the bottom-line savings to the general fund.
With no public speakers on the supplemental, the committee chair moved to accept the Budget Analyst—s amendments as modified by the Sheriff and to forward the item to the full Board with a recommendation. The committee adopted that motion without recorded opposition.
The action will appear on the Board of Supervisors' agenda on April 16, 2013, unless otherwise stated.
What—s next: The item was forwarded as amended to the full Board; the Sheriff's office plans to accelerate lateral hiring and to implement stronger internal controls on overtime next fiscal year.
