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Committee approves budget analyst recommendations, hears landfill planning plea and restores small urban-gardening funding
Summary
The committee accepted budget analyst recommendations for multiple departments, approved releasing $727,500 in reserves for sheriff overtime, heard a public plea to set aside $200,000 annually for Altamont landfill planning and indicated support for restoring roughly $146,000 for urban gardening programs.
The Budget & Finance Committee accepted numerous budget analyst recommendations, approved a reserve release for sheriff overtime and heard several public comments urging targeted projects.
Deborah Newman of the Budget Analyst Office summarized recommendations totaling $191,541 in reductions for the Department of the Environment, including $138,536 from the solid waste impound account; the department agreed with the recommendations except for one nonfinancial item. Supervisors accepted the analyst’s recommendations without objection.
On a separate item, the committee approved a motion to release $727,500 from reserves to cover sheriff overtime expenditures so the department would end the year on budget. The motion to release reserves was moved by Supervisor Dufty and seconded by Supervisor Mercarimi; the committee approved the request without objection.
During public comment Nancy Orfel requested the committee set aside $200,000 per year from the impound account for five years (a continuing project) to plan a replacement for the Altamont Landfill; she also asked the committee to allow $14,000 for an urban forestry brochure to reach residents without internet access. Several supervisors expressed support for restoring an ad-back of approximately $146,000 to fund urban gardening operations (Garden for the Environment was named as a beneficiary).
What’s next: PUC and departments will return with follow-up data on budget analyst recommendations and project invoices; supervisors directed staff to work with departments to schedule follow-up hearings and to provide requested documentation.
