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Supervisors put DTIS camera and website funds on hold amid questions over costs
Summary
At a June 28 Budget & Finance Committee meeting, supervisors agreed to reserve funds for ShotSpotter and a scaled website redesign while requesting DTIS and the budget analyst reconcile inconsistent line-item totals for community safety cameras and program maintenance.
City Chief Information Officer Chris Vien told the Budget and Finance Committee on June 28 that his department had negotiated about $642,000 in agreed cuts but remained at odds with the budget analyst over three items: $400,000 for ShotSpotter, a proposed website redesign, and $250,000 for digital‑inclusion funding. "We came up with about $642,000 in cuts that we did agree with," Vien said, adding that the website redesign would require both personnel and hardware/software work.
Supervisors pressed for limits and transparency. Supervisor Ross Mercarimi questioned a $971,331 general‑fund line for the community safety camera project and…
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