6 22-0397 Subject: FY 2021-23 Midcycle Budget Amendments
From: Finance Department
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution: (1) Adopting The Midcycle Budget For Fiscal Year 2022-23 And Appropriating Funds To Cover Expenditures Approved By Said Budget; And (2) Authorizing The City Administrator To Transfer Funds Between Departments, Programs And Funds As Necessary To Support Departmental Operations And Reorganization As Set Forth In The Adopted Midcycle Budget For Fiscal Years 2022-23
Steven Lavoie comments:
I am a 22-year employee of the City of Oakland - a Senior Librarian at the Oakland Public Library.
Please make the open labor contracts the top budget priority, keeping in mind the severe inflation which is impacting us workers particularly hard. Please also recognize and keep in mind the great risks we've endured serving the public during this pandemic and the sacrifices we've made over and over again to help the city keep its finances stable during the recession periods that we workers had shortened work weeks and have had to settle for cost-of-living increases that keep us nowhere near the CPI. We also need to deal with the serious problem of unfilled positions that is negatively impacting public service and the workload at our jobs. Thank you for the interest.
The Mayor's budget increases funds going to OPD when the data shows OPD is not focusing its current funding on violent crime . The Budget Advisory Commission voted unanimously to formally recommend the adoption of Recommendation #4 from the OPD Budget/Staffing Workgroup from Reimagining Public Safety Task Force. While this is a new data analyst position it does not need to be funded with new money. More and better data will assist council members in the next budget cycle to identify what OPD dollars can be moved to alternatives to public safety. Let's focus on increasing funds to MACRO, housing, youth programming and other things that address root causes of crime.
Steven Lavoie comments:
I am a 22-year employee of the City of Oakland - a Senior Librarian at the Oakland Public Library.
Please make the open labor contracts the top budget priority, keeping in mind the severe inflation which is impacting us workers particularly hard. Please also recognize and keep in mind the great risks we've endured serving the public during this pandemic and the sacrifices we've made over and over again to help the city keep its finances stable during the recession periods that we workers had shortened work weeks and have had to settle for cost-of-living increases that keep us nowhere near the CPI. We also need to deal with the serious problem of unfilled positions that is negatively impacting public service and the workload at our jobs. Thank you for the interest.
The Mayor's budget increases funds going to OPD when the data shows OPD is not focusing its current funding on violent crime . The Budget Advisory Commission voted unanimously to formally recommend the adoption of Recommendation #4 from the OPD Budget/Staffing Workgroup from Reimagining Public Safety Task Force. While this is a new data analyst position it does not need to be funded with new money. More and better data will assist council members in the next budget cycle to identify what OPD dollars can be moved to alternatives to public safety. Let's focus on increasing funds to MACRO, housing, youth programming and other things that address root causes of crime.