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Budget committee reviews proposed work plan for new Budget & Legislative Analyst contract; consultants to refine hours and return
Summary
The committee heard presentations from the consultant team selected to provide the Board—s Budget & Legislative Analyst services beginning January 2010, discussed a proposed hours allocation and new policy-analysis responsibilities, and continued the item so the team can consult individual supervisors and return with a final work plan.
The Board—s incoming Budget & Legislative Analyst contractor (Harvey M. Rose Associates with Deborah A. Newman and Louie & Wong joint venture) presented a proposed scope of services and recommended 2010 hours allocation to the Budget & Finance Committee.
Scope and hours: The proposed scope included four main areas: budget analysis (recommended 3,000 hours), legislative analysis (8,400 hours), a new policy-analysis area (1,600 hours) and performance audits (3,900 hours). The team described plans to change report templates to include policy implications alongside fiscal impacts and proposed establishing a formal annual work plan and performance evaluation procedure with the Board.
Supervisors' requests: Members asked for clearer report templates showing options and effects of different policy choices, inclusion of prior controller reports and audits where relevant, and mechanisms for assigning a liaison from the Board (GAO chair, Budget & Finance chair or president) to manage work-plan shifts during the year. Supervisors also discussed a bank of hours each member could draw on for individual requests.
Decision: The committee left the hearing open and asked the consultant team to meet individually with supervisors, then return in January with refined scope and hours allocation; the clerk noted the committee could adopt the work plan by motion thereafter.
