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Committee removes $1M food-restoration line item, combines language-access items; callers press for transcript access and criticize police spending
Summary
By unanimous consent the committee removed a $1 million food-restoration line item, combined two language-access items for the closing resolution, and approved a $135,000 holiday installation allocation; during public comment callers criticized BZA transcript access and questioned the $20 million police vehicle request.
The Budget, Finance and Audit Standing Committee handled several discrete actions and heard a series of public comments during its abbreviated public-comment period.
Actions taken by unanimous consent: - Pro Tem Coleman Young moved to remove $1,000,000 from the food restoration pilot program (line item 191); the chair asked for objections and, seeing none, the committee removed the item from the spreadsheet. - Council member Gabriela Santiago Romero moved to combine line items 71 and 73 (both related to language access) into the closing resolution so the amounts and language would be included in the administration's closing document; the committee…
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