Fiscal Year 2013-2015 Special Budget Meeting

TO: Oakland Ci?5^?:flMc3membe^s and Members of the Public FROM: Pat Kernighan, City Council President DATE: May 30, 2013 COUNCIL PRESIDENT'S PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE MAYOR'S FY 2013-2015 PROPOSED POLICY BUDGET I submit for your consideration my recommended amendments to the Mayor's proposed FY 2013-2015 City Budget. The detailed amendments appear in the-^ attached spreadsheet. At the outset, I want to acknowledge the excellent work done in the Mayor's Proposed Budget, which did a fine job of balancing many competing needs given the fiscal constraints which still exist. My recommendations are primarily additions to the service levels proposed in the Mayor's budget, which are possible because of new projected revenues. I arrived at these recommendations based on the following considerations: Top unaddressed needs of the Community The service additions in my amended budget are those items that were identified by multiple Councilmembers as the most urgent needs of their communities, and expressed as such at the May 23rd Budget meeting and other public meetings. These include the extra Public Works staff to pick up Illegal Dumping, filling the frozen Animal Control Officer position, staffing the Crime lab with civilian technicians and hiring 4 new Police Evidence Technicians to work in,the field. The crime lab positions will enable investigators to use fingerprint and DNA evidence to solve crimes. They are also those recommended as top priority by the Police Chief and Compliance Director. Other high priority items include: two code inspectors, a street patching crew, restoration of 34 Head Start slots, one Neighborhood Service coordinator (giving us a total of ten, two for each new police service area), gap funding for the West Oakland lob Center, second year funding for Affordable Housing staff, DACA Teen Center staff funding, reduced cuts to elected official offices, and several small dollar restorations. On-going vs. One-Time Revenue The cost of all service additions should be covered by projected on-going revenue that is additional to what was assumed in the Mayor's Budget. The latest reyenue SPECIAL MEETING OF e 13 2 a i THE OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL ^^^^^^ tl^'t^^