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Controller certifies contracting-out savings for multiple services; committee forwards certification to full Board
Summary
The controller's office presented Proposition J certifications estimating substantial savings from contracting certain recurring services (convention facilities, security, janitorial, jail food services, etc.); the committee voted to forward Item 9 to the full Board with the controller's recommendation.
Item 9 asked the committee to consider controller certifications that a set of recurring services can be performed by private contractors at a lower cost than city employees (a Proposition J certification). Monique Zamuda of the Controller's Office presented an analysis estimating combined savings across service areas (convention facilities, central shop security, janitorial, security services, body removal/medical examiner services, budget analyst contract, public works security, police Project Safe, and sheriff food services).
Estimated savings cited in committee remarks included roughly $4.2 million for convention facilities, $128,000 for central shop security, $1.16 million for janitorial services, $733,000 for certain security services, $76,000 for body removal services (medical examiner), approximately $550,000 for contracting board of supervisors budget analyst services, and $1.3 million for sheriff food services; the transcript aggregates these items as approximately $12 million across listed services. The Controller's Office noted prior contracting in many of these areas and said specific contracts exceeding $10 million will return to committee for further review.
Committee members indicated intent to act on the certification and send the item to the full Board; the committee transmitted Item 9 with recommendation.
What happens next: The Board will receive the controller's certification and the committee's recommendation; individual contracts exceeding applicable thresholds will return for more detailed review as required.
