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Committee Narrows Audit Priorities, Directing Budget Analyst to Focus on Wellness, Cash Handling, Harbor Funding and Jail Staffing
Summary
The committee amended and approved a proposed schedule of audits to focus the budget analyst's office on targeted reviews including employee wellness programs, cash handling practices, Marina Yacht Harbor funding, and fixed jail staffing levels, after debate over prioritizing large departmental audits.
Chair Sean Ellsburn introduced a motion to adopt a proposed schedule of audits to be conducted by the Budget Analyst’s Office. Severn Campbell (Budget Analyst Office) and Peg Stevenson (Controller’s Office) described current assignments and capacity: roughly 5,000 staff hours annually and a recommendation that the budget analyst focus on targeted, high-value audits rather than large, department-wide reviews.
Ellsburn proposed a narrowed list for the next fiscal year: an evaluation of employee wellness-related programs, a citywide review of cash handling practices (including golf fund questions), an audit of Marina Yacht Harbor funding, and an assessment of fixed post staffing across jails. The budget analyst and controller agreed to work with committee staff to refine scope and estimated hours. The committee voted to send the amended audit schedule forward as recommended (roll call: Alleola Pier aye; Daley no; Ellsberg aye).
Members debated whether the budget analyst or the Controller’s Office was the proper home for large departmental reviews; some supervisors urged prioritizing broad audits of SFPD, MTA and Department of Public Health, but the committee majority favored a targeted slate to produce actionable, quicker audits.
