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Supervisor Haney seeks new Sanitation & Streets department and greater Public Works oversight; administration flags costs
Summary
Supervisor Matt Haney proposed splitting Public Works to create a Department of Sanitation and Streets plus two oversight commissions; Acting DPW Director DeGraff Reid raised concerns about added administrative costs and potential efficiency losses. Committee adopted technical amendments to phase costs and continued the measure to July 13.
Supervisor Matt Haney brought a charter amendment to create a Department of Sanitation and Streets to take certain duties now performed by Public Works, establish a Sanitation & Streets Commission and a separate Public Works Commission, and require annual performance and cost‑and‑waste audits.
Haney said the split would sharpen accountability for street cleaning, maintenance, and sanitation while the audit requirement would…
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