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Council presses health staff for clearer performance metrics and budget detail
Summary
Council members asked how program funds are being evaluated and requested disaggregated, program‑level metrics tied to measurable targets before making future budget decisions; staff said they are building data capacity and coordinating across initiatives.
During questions, council members asked staff to explain how awardees and programs are evaluated before grants are made and what data points will be used to judge return on investment.
One council member asked whether staff could share remaining FY26 budget balances; LHI said it had spent about 50–60% of RFP awards to date, AHP said it had roughly 41% of its contract budget remaining and AHI said about 90% of its grant funds had been committed. Council Member Friedson emphasized the need for programmatic, disaggregated metrics rather than a single, aggregated dataset: "I would love to see disaggregated metrics, not just data, but metrics, to say this is how we are judging..." he said.
Staff acknowledged limits tied to data availability and privacy concerns but said the new departmental structure gives better access to epidemiologists and shared data sources that should allow more refined evaluation going forward.
