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Committee lays over budgetary-control policy after wide-ranging debate; restores auditor positions
Summary
The Budget Committee debated a major set of budgetary-control policy changes intended to increase transparency around council earmarks and department overspending, and members voted to restore and add auditor FTEs. The policy was laid over for amendment; audit staffing received unanimous support.
The Minneapolis Budget Committee spent a substantial portion of its meeting on governance and oversight items, including a set of proposed changes to budgetary controls and an amendment to expand the auditor—s office.
Chair Ayesha Chugtai introduced a multi-part, zero-dollar amendment (Amendment 38) that would clarify the legal level of budgetary control, create a defined category called "council dedicated funds" for earmarks with required reporting (an April 30 spending plan and an August 31 status report), add reporting on anticipated overspending (including corrective-action plans where necessary), and restate rules on lapse and…
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