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Supervisors advance ordinance to require Board approval for overtime above operating budgets; urge SFMTA to craft a plan
Summary
The committee advanced an ordinance to require Board approval for overtime spending beyond annual operating funds, amended to limit the rule to operating funds; the committee also adopted a resolution urging SFMTA to develop a plan to manage overtime, with SFMTA promising to return within about 60 days.
The Board of Supervisors’ Government Audit and Oversight Committee moved forward on Sept. 8 with an ordinance to tighten oversight of overtime spending and adopted a companion resolution urging the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency to develop a plan to manage overtime.
Chair David Campos and co-sponsor Supervisor Mark Farrell said departments exceeded budgeted overtime by roughly $40 million in the prior fiscal year and that the ordinance would require Board approval for any overtime expenditures above what was budgeted. Monique Smuda of the Controller’s Office told the committee the proposed…
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