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MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 9, 2001 FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING


1. (ACTION) Roll Call
The meeting was called to order at 8:08 am. by the Chair, Comm. Jackson-Drake. Comms. Hale and Julian were present at the gavel. Chief Williams, Ed Lopatin, Jane Kinsler, Mark Lui, Cassie Coleman were present for the Dept. Aimee Exnicios, Margaret Brodkin were also present.
2. (ACTION) Review and approval of Finance Committee meeting minutes of January 11, 2001.
The minutes were approved as written.
3. (ACTION) Consideration and possible recommendation to full Commission, adoption of the FY 2001-02 Department Budget.
Lopatin briefly stated that as in the past, the Mayor is only accepting a baseline budget from Depts. This means that whatever level of spending was approved last fiscal year, that will be the same level accepted this year, with no increases except for whatever additional revenues a Dept may generate. He said that the Mayor may consider letting the Dept increase their budget to whatever level of new revenues the Dept could secure.
There are increases in costs in the new budget which will not be covered by general funds. 2% COLAs will be absorbed by the Dept through reductions in other budget categories. There are increases in work ordered services from other city Depts.
He mentioned a number of position upgrades which will increase personnel costs for the Dept.
There was a question of what "4e" revenues were. Lopatin gave a short answer. There may be a $500K "surplus" available to the Dept, but this is still unclear.
There may also be funds available through the State’s Probation Officers’ Bill of Rights legislation to pay for the internal affairs division.
There are a number of items which will be listed under health and safety concerns.
They have a request for training monies so that more of the professional staff and management can get more training.
He further pointed to the "additional" budget needs of about $6 million that is being requested, including the following items:
There are enhancements to the amounts for CBO programs. In the past, TANF funds haven been used for this, but it eventually will need to be incorporated into the general fund.
There is a request for $140K to bring mental health services (contracted through Public Health) to the Ranch.
The Ombudsman will be expanded to one for the Ranch in addition to the one in juvenile hall.
The Robeson/Rivera academy is not totally covered by BOC funds. They want to include this in the general fund.
There was a short discussion regarding the communication system needed for the Ranch, in event of emergencies. The Committee asked the Dept to look into neighboring operations from San Mateo to see how they deal with this, or if there can be some tie-in/shared operation.
Lopatin mentioned the increased costs to the Dept during the juvenile hall transition period, which will not be covered by the BOC grant.
Time frame for the budget. Submission to the Mayor on Feb. 21. End of May, it goes to the Bd of Supervisors, and the Bd approves it by June 28.
Lopatin emphasized that this document was just a draft, and that figures may change even between the Finance Committee review, to the full Commission action, and to the submission to the Mayor.
It was moved and seconded to recommend this budget to the full Commission.
Public Comments: Margaret Brodkin expressed her disappointment that given the restrictions on available funds, there wasn’t more thinking about how to change the way things were done so that priorities were accomplished, that more can be done with less; to work more efficiently. She also expressed concern that the AB 1913 were already "pre divided" or earmarked.
Her final comments were about the Juvenile Justice Action Plan. She encouraged more investment of funds in that.
There were no other comments. The question was called and upon voice vote, passed unanimously 3-0.
4. (DISCUSSION) Public Comment on any matter within the subject matter jurisdiction of the
Juvenile Probation Commission.
Brodkin asked about the sunset on TANF. There is a 2003 sunset, unless it is re authorized.
She also asked about the Beacon Centers and how the Dept is ending its support of them.
6. (ACTION) Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 9:50am.