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Manhattan CB2 begins district needs and budget consultation work, flags limited transferability of street‑fair proceeds
Summary
District manager Mark outlined the charter‑mandated district needs statement and the OMB budget consultation timeline; he also warned that board funds from a recent street fair may be needed to cover consultant pay because city rules limit PS-to‑OTPS transfers above $50,000 until City Council action.
At the June executive committee, Mark, the board’s district manager, laid out the timeline for the district needs statement and related budget consultation process that will feed the Office of Management and Budget and City agency planning ahead of Fiscal Year 2027.
"The district need statement is a charter‑mandated report from the community board to the Department of City Planning," Mark said, adding that beginning with FY27 priorities will be organized by city agency rather than split into separate expense and capital lists. He said the board will reuse a Google Drive with last year’s priorities and agency responses as a starting point and expects agencies to submit written responses beginning in September ahead of three days of budget consultations.
Mark also reported on the board’s recent street fair: "the street fair netted CB2 over $9,000," but noted a technical budget constraint from the city that prevents transferring more than $50,000 from Personnel Services to OTPS without City Council approval on June 30. Because some staff are paid as consultants and classified as OTPS, the board may need to rely on available fair proceeds to make consultant payments in July rather than transfer budget lines immediately.
He reminded members that the Open Meetings Law extension mentioned during his report only delayed the sunset date by two years and did not change quorum rules. The extraordinary‑circumstance and disability forms remain available on the board website under committee materials.
Officials asked chairs to review agency responses in the shared drive and to coordinate with the district manager and committee staff on questions for the OMB consultations. Mark said he will finish populating the drive for July and encouraged committee chairs to prepare rankings within agencies for submission.
Next steps: staff will finalize the Google Drive and distribute instructions for submitting agency‑specific priorities; the board will prepare questions for the boroughwide OMB consultations in mid‑July and aim to receive agency written responses in early September.
