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Committee forwards port, airport and IT grants and contract increases; IHSS fraud plan approved for state submission
Summary
In a single session the committee sent multiple accept‑and‑expend grant resolutions and a large IT contract amendment to the full Board, and authorized HSA to submit an IHSS fraud‑investigation plan to the state. The Port and airport items carry program details and follow‑up reporting requirements.
The Budget & Finance Committee on Nov. 4 cleared several non‑controversial accept‑and‑expend resolutions and a contract amendment, while approving a Human Services Agency plan to pursue state funds for IHSS program integrity work.
Port: Item 6, a resolution authorizing the Port Commission to accept and expend $5,771,340 from the California Emergency Management Agency for port security enhancements, was presented by Sydney Sanson and forwarded to the full Board with the budget analyst noting no matching requirement and no fiscal threshold reporting requirement.
Airport: Items 9 and 10 were presented together by airport staff. Item 9 authorizes acceptance of $1.7 million from the California Air Resources Board to run a hydrogen fueling station pilot; Item 10 bundles approximately $1.4 million from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District for vehicle retrofits and clean‑air infrastructure. Both resolutions were sent to the full Board with a recommendation.
IT contract: The Office of Contract Administration requested an increase to the ExTech requirements contract cap from roughly $12.5 million to $40 million to accommodate-as‑needed citywide IT purchases. The budget analyst projected need near $39.1 million and recommended approval; the committee forwarded the amendment to the full Board.
IHSS fraud/integrity plan: HSA Deputy Phil Arnold presented a joint plan with the District Attorney’s office to use the state allocation for expanded IHSS investigations and program integrity work. The county’s allocation (about $1.4 million) was discussed; HSA sized its initial plan at roughly $835,000 for the remainder of the fiscal year (annualized within allocation) to add investigators, an analyst, a clerk and IT positions. The committee authorized submission of the plan and the administration will send a revised plan if the committee’s approval is granted; HSA will bring a supplemental appropriation and ordinance amendment to the Mayor to fund the positions.
Reward ordinances: Two reward ordinances (items 13 and 14) offering $10,000 each for information leading to convictions in specified homicide cases were amended and forwarded to the full Board.
Next steps: The full Board will consider the forwarded grant acceptances, the ExTech contract cap increase, the IHSS plan and the reward ordinances. HSA will submit a revised IHSS plan to the state and bring the required supplemental appropriation and personnel ordinance changes to the Mayor and then back to the Board.
