Departmental Budget Recommendations
1. Mayor’s Department
a. Cut $500,000 from the General Fund for excessive personnel expenses (in general).
b. Reserve $301,270,125 in LCD money until further program specificity is provided (see pg 105 of the 2009 Budget Book, Program Nos. 2106-2167).
2. CAO
a. Cut $725,522 from the General Fund for the proposed PFM increase. (see pg 118 under program name: Budget Operations & Management Division, this $725,520 increase from 2008 to 2009 is solely for PFM).
b. Cut 15%, or $840,750, for vehicle fuel. (see pg 129, program no. 2298).
c. Cut 15%, or $673,902, for vehicle maintenance. (see pg 129, program no. 2297).
d. Cut by 50%, or $1,000,000, the EMD Equipment Account (see pg 128, program no. 2299).
i. Remaining $1,000,000 allocated for first responder vehicles.
e. Cut $1,000,000 for the crime camera expansion.
i. $1,593,000 was the proposed amount; the remaining $593,000 will go to existing camera maintenance. (see pg. 121, program name: Public safety Cameras).
f. Cut $379,391 for the Office of Municipal Investigations as this department duplicates the duties/investigations of the IG’s office (see pg. 122).
g. Place $479,935 in reserves for the program titled “Departmental needs and Initiatives” (see pg.122), pending further understanding of program scope/purpose.
3. NOPD
a. Reserve 50% of the budget from the General Fund pending a report from a third party auditor that the Brown recommendations have been implemented and that supplies/equipment are available to all district precincts.
4. Sanitation
a. Cut 15%, or $6,343,605, of the department’s general fund budget for contract savings.
b. Reserve 50% of budget pending resolution of contract compliance and house-count issues.
5. Property Management
a. Reserve 50% of general funds pending answers relative to:
i. Uniform expenditures;
ii. Surplus property plan.
6. Reserves for Contingencies
a. Cut $5,000,000
7. ORDA/Neighborhood 1
a. Reserve 100% of funds pending a comprehensive report in early January 2009 regarding (in part): non-disaster CDBG, HOPWA, HOME, and demolitions.
8. NHIF Funds
a. Reserve $6,804,934
9. Juvenile Court
a. Add $97,000 for two law clerks
10. D.A.
a. Add $2,325,948 to implement D.A. diversionary programs
11. Public Defender
a. Add $350,000, this will ONLY be a one time expenditure.
b. To ensure future funds are available, aid in petitioning the state to increase the traffic ticket and red light ticket allocation.
12. Criminal Sheriff
a. Cut $2,000,000 from General Funds;
b. This cut will be allocated to fund other criminal justice programs in other departments; specifically, diversionary programs, the D.A., and the Public Defender.
13. HDLC
a. Supportive of the $2,000,000 HUD grant to aid disaster areas, but a $500,000 allocation (from a source other than the General Fund) must be allocated to non-disaster areas in District B (i.e., the Irish Channel).
14. CDL
a. $10,000,000 from CDL
Cuts - 18,463,170 + 10,000,000 from CDL = 28,463,170
Additions - 2,772,948
Total = 25,690,222