Budget Amendments

[Colleen Pate]

Council Members:

I promised to lay out the budget schedule again and I'll do that. The date I most want to focus on for this post is next Monday, August 5th at 6:00. That's the goal for submitting proposed budget amendments and proposed budget IFCs. Because of the number of unmet needs and the limited funds, I hope everyone will post their ideas for amendments and IFCs on the message board as soon as possible so that we can all digest what's out there and it will allow budget staff to help with fiscal analysis.

As we consider the discussion so far, I want to flag the items that I currently prioritize as potential amendments:

1) Homeless Strategy Office: PSH Support Services--recurring funding of $2,100,000
2) Homeless Strategy Office: Bridge/Emergency Shelter--recurring funding of $2,864,494
3) EMS Downtown Area Command: One time funding of $816,000 and recurring funding of $992,900
4) Animal Services—2.5 FTEs--recurring funding of $207,704

Thank you all for your hard work.

Kirk

On behalf of Mayor Watson