At 5:30 PM, the Special Committee on Ways and Means convened with Chair Sanchez, Vice Chair Taylor, and Councilwoman Peterson present; Councilman Antigua and Councilman Graves absent. The committee reviewed the proposed fiscal year 2027 budgets for the Public Property, Sustainability, and Housing and Human Services departments. Discussions covered fleet management, electric vehicle usage, energy efficiency, housing stabilization, and new program proposals.
Hi, good evening. This is uh calling to order committee, uh special committee on ways and means it is 530 blonde. Uh city clerks can you take roll call, please? Chair Sanchez present. Vice Chairman Taylor. Yes. Counselor Antigua is absent. Councilman Graves, absent. Councilwoman Peterson. We have three present and two absent. We have a form. Awesome. Thank you. I just want to recognize that Councilman Vargas is uh here with us. Um we have the law department, we have clerk department, council staff, and a lot of funding spaces from the administration. So noted. Uh how do you want to do the display role? Um, and then if it's okay, I'd like to start with public property since they've kind of been a few nights already, and then move on to sustainability and housing and human services. Yeah, that works. That's good. I feel like sustainability is here. They have been in here too, yes. For good stuff. There's your right hand. We clear the channel treasury that are about big not be above. Uh Piselberg, Deputy Finance Director and Budget Officer. Okay. Uh Kate Ross, sustainability department. Uh personal proofs for right to sustainability. Sure. Rachel Frara, human services director. Alyssa McDermott has a new paying development division director. Anything else that you can direct about for meeting direct public property? Superview of senior services directly. Uh this time I'll take a motion to entertain uh take motion uh to entertain exhibit sixteen into the record. Uh motion here by council. Okay, Taylor, all those in favor. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. Um at this time I'll take a motion to waive the reading of items one through six. Okay. Uh motion made by council uh one through five, actually. Uh motion made by councilman Peterson second by councilman Taylor, all those in favor. I have it. Um by Christian John Resident Meeting and Deputy Director of James Dean House. Uh the department public property is considered a revenue centering department. They generate revenue from um building fees as well as insurance proceeds from claims filed on behalf of the city. Uh the fiscal year 2027 budget represents a five thousand dollar increase over the fiscal year 2026 budget, which is supported by the historical fund. And I was in remiss in letting you know that they're budgeted in from page 263 in their budget book. So if you go specifically.