FY 2024 Mid-Year Budget Update INFORMATION CALENDAR
March 26, 2024
Projected General Fund Budget Summary
The FY 2024 Adopted Budget anticipated the use of $10.13 million in fund balance to support increased expenditures that exceeded revenue projections, recognizing that revenues had not fully returned to pre-pandemic levels, the use of one-time federal funds from the American Rescue Plan Act would be exhausted, and that Measure P fund balance within the General Fund would be required to fund related programs and one-time expenditures such as the reservation for Project Homekey. Based on the projected decrease in General Fund revenue, and various assumptions related to non-personnel expenses incurred before June 30, 20024, the FY 2024 mid-year projection estimates an annual shortfall between $18.2-45.21 million, with the latter upward projection assuming all non-personnel expenditures authorized within the revised budget are fully spent by June 30, 2024. However, it is important to emphasize that the revenue and expenditure projections provided are the best estimates staff has at this time for how the General Fund is projected to close in FY 2024. Between now and the end of the fiscal year, a number of assumptions could change that will impact projections, including, but not limited to, changes in economic conditions that may impact revenue, status of vacant positions, any increased operational costs, as well as the likely underspending in non-personnel costs related to timing delays in implementing projects and programs that would significantly reduce the projected shortfall. The actual FY 2024 year-end status will be known sometime in late December 2024 after the completion of the financial audit. Any General Fund shortfall will be absorbed by existing fund balance and will impact recommendations regarding carryover and encumbrances requests in FY 2025.
All Funds Expenditures
The General Funds comprises about 32 percent of the total revised budget. The rest of the budget consists of various Special Funds. Special Funds are collected for a specific purpose; therefore, the projected balances are not considered to be discretionary and available to be re- allocated toward other programs, projects, and services. Included in the FY 2024 Mid-Year All Funds Expenditures by Department chart on the next page are both the General Fund and the Special Funds expenditures as of December 31, 2023. On an All Funds basis, the City is tracking on budget at 49.2 percent at mid-year and projected to close FY 2024 with a balance of $75.51 million using the revised budget as of December 31, 2023.
FY 2024 Mid-Year Budget Update INFORMATION CALENDAR
March 26, 2024
FY 2023 Mid-Year All Funds Expenditures (as of December 31, 2023) *FY 2024 Revised does not reflect as of December 31, 2023 all Council approved allocations included in the FY 2024 AAO #1. City Auditor, City Manager’s Office, City Clerk, Finance, Human Resources, Information Technology, Health, Housing, & Community Services, Parks, Recreation & Waterfront, Planning, Public Works, and Non-Departmental are anticipated to finish FY 2024 with balances compared to the Mid-Year FY 2024 Revised budget. The underspending is related to salary savings due to vacancies, as well as projects and grants that are not expected to be finished by the end of the fiscal year.
DEPARTMENT FY 2024
ADOPTED
BUDGET
FY 2024
REVISED
BUDGET*
(as of 12/31/23)
FY 2024
EXPENDED (as
of 12/31/23)
ENCUMBRANCES
(as of 12/31/23)
AVAILABLE
BUDGET
(as of 12/31/23)
TOTAL
PERCENTAGE
USED
FY 2024
PROJECTED
EXPENDITURES
FY 2024 PROJECTED
ENDING
BALANCE/(DEFICIT)
MAYOR AND COUNCIL 4,772,190 4,852,642 1,923,297 62,410 2,866,935 $ 40.9% 4,852,642 - CITY AUDITOR 3,231,099 3,316,710 1,436,197 102,047 1,778,466 $ 46.4% 3,185,336 131,374 RENT STABILIZATION BOARD 8,056,460 8,878,430 3,321,869 1,177,159 4,379,402 $ 50.7% 8,878,430 - POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY 1,142,593 1,310,290 515,732 159,357 635,201 $ 51.5% 1,597,102 (286,812) CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE 16,889,184 24,460,343 10,369,281 3,308,613 10,782,449$ 55.9% 23,849,537 610,806 BERKELEY PUBLIC LIBRARY 25,024,425 26,408,346 11,707,927 2,974,567 11,725,852$ 55.6% 31,726,777 (5,318,431) CITY ATTORNEY 8,106,984 9,855,499 3,859,904 848,178 5,147,417 $ 47.8% 10,253,763 (398,264) CITY CLERK 3,159,486 3,371,758 1,137,760 325,627 1,908,371 $ 43.4% 3,257,393 114,365 FINANCE 10,607,143 11,608,386 4,108,986 1,214,803 6,284,597 $ 45.9% 10,240,391 1,367,995 HUMAN RESOURCES 5,442,688 6,133,364 2,524,897 168,619 3,439,848 $ 43.9% 6,098,578 34,786 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 22,237,720 29,316,274 7,944,446 3,165,053 18,206,775$ 37.9% 25,820,790 3,495,484
HEALTH, HSG & COMMUNITY
SVC 99,683,536 163,577,083 39,384,181 38,369,815 85,823,087$ 47.5% 132,358,390 31,218,693 PARKS, RECREATION & WF 53,688,581 89,082,692 24,402,344 9,740,801 54,939,546$ 38.3% 69,503,725 19,578,967 PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT 31,267,162 36,767,666 12,207,816 1,955,917 22,603,933$ 38.5% 32,394,732 4,372,934 PUBLIC WORKS 188,326,163 292,296,250 71,665,023 67,247,968 153,383,259$ 47.5% 267,668,149 24,628,101 POLICE 88,188,161 88,587,883 43,419,654 1,496,074 43,672,155$ 50.7% 91,106,786 (2,518,903) FIRE & EMERGENCY SERVICES 62,316,809 69,373,228 31,462,153 7,817,721 30,093,354$ 56.6% 75,998,874 (6,625,646) NON DEPARTMENTAL 101,173,999 100,604,624 65,445,388 520,846 34,638,390$ 65.6% 95,504,624 5,100,000 GRAND TOTAL 733,314,383 969,801,468 336,836,857 140,655,573 492,309,038 49.2% 894,296,021 75,505,447
FY 2024 Mid-Year Budget Update INFORMATION CALENDAR
March 26, 2024
The Office of the Director of Police Accountability, City Attorney, and Police Department anticipates an ending shortfall from the FY 2024 Revised Budget. However, after accounting for all of the approved AAO#1 funding, anticipated shortfalls will be less or end with a balance.
The Fire Department is expected to end FY 2024 with a deficit due to high vacancy rate causing an increase in overtime expenses and underfunded fringe benefit costs The Berkeley Public Library shows a projected deficit of over $5.0 million. This is mostly due to increasing 0.5 Part Time employees to 0.75 Part Time employees. The Library plans to reconcile this late third quarter in FY 2024 and going forward.
Next Steps:
Staff is continuously monitoring the FY 2024 General Fund budget to make sure the City stays within budget and is also reviewing and analyzing data to make sure that the City remains agile should additional operating and capital needs arise in the fiscal year. Final FY 2024 year-end General Fund revenues and expenditures information will be included in the “FY 2024 Year-End Report and FY 2025 First Quarter Update” that will be presented to Council in December 2024.
The City’s annual Mid-Year Budget Update is a Strategic Plan Priority, advancing our goal to provide an efficient and financially-healthy City government.
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE IMPACTS
Actions included in the budget will be developed and implemented in a manner that is consistent with the City’s environmental sustainability goals and requirements.
CONTACT PERSON
Sharon Friedrichsen, Budget Manager, City Manager’s Office, 981-7000 Henry Oyekanmi, Finance Director, Department of Finance, 981-7300 Maricar Dupaya, Senior Management Analyst, City Manager’s Office, 981-7000 Attachments:
1. Table: General Fund Revenue and Transfer In FY 2024 Mid-Year vs FY 2023 Mid-Year Comparison
2. Table: FY 2024 Mid-Year General Fund Expenditures (as of December 31, 2023)
3. Table: FY 2024 Mid-Year All Funds Expenditures (as of December 31, 2023)
Revenue Categories Adopted Actual Variance % Received Adopted Actual Variance % Received Amount % (a) (b) c=(b) - (a) ( d) = (b)/(a) (e) (f) g=(f) - (e) (h) = (f)/(g) (i) = (b) - (f) (j) = (i)/(f) Secured Property $84,725,717 $42,904,620 ($41,821,097) 50.64% $75,664,920 $40,237,811 ($35,427,109) 53.18% 2,666,809 6.63% Redemptions -Regular 831,441 524,404 (307,037) 63.07% 831,441 461,026 -370,415 55. 45% 63,378 13.75% Supplemental Taxes 3,400,000 1,197,265 (2,202,735) 35.21% 2,000,000 1,229,929 -770,071 61.50% (32,664) -2.66% Unsecured Property Taxes 3,806,995 3,881,280 74,285 101.95% 3,516,000 3,151,771 -364, 229 89.64% 729,509 23.15% Property Transfer Tax 22,873,786 10,056,934 (12,816,852) 43.97% 34,462,172 16,676,308 -17, 785,864 48.39% ( 6,619,374) -39.69% Property Transfer Tax-Measure P (New December 21, 2018) 10,189,500 2,840,259 (7,349,241) 27.87% 14,073,750 8,363,823 -5, 709,927 59.43% ( 5,523,564) -66.04% Sales Taxes 19,654,225 9,305,556 (10,348,669) 47.35% 19,016,546 9,687,895 -9, 328,651 50.94% ( 382,339) -3.95% Soda Taxes 1,147,387 581,705 (565,682) 50.70% 990,210 642,874 -347,336 64. 92% (61,169) -9.51% Utility Users Taxes 17,454,320 7,801,328 (9,652,992) 44.70% 13,800,000 7,638,612 -6, 161,388 55.35% 162, 716 2.13% Transient Occupancy Taxes 8,374,588 4,393,772 (3,980,816) 52.47% 5,000,000 4,785,735 -214, 265 95.71% (391, 963) -8.19% Less: TOT rebates owed (3) (546,224) (498,566) (47,658) 9.56% Short-term Rentals 1,400,000 687,271 (712,729) 49.09% 1,000,000 712,661 -287,339 1,000, 000 (25,390) -3. 56% Business License Tax 21,560,783 1,592,902 (19,967,881) 7.39% 19,000,000 1,010,143 -17, 989,857 5.32% 582, 759 57.69% Recreational Cannabis 1,000,000 76,512 (923,488) 7.65% 1,400,000 237,669 -1,162,331 16. 98% (161,157) -67.81% U1 Revenues 5,900,000 181,607 (5,718,393) 3.08% 4,900,000 113,893 -4,786,107 2. 32% 67,714 59.45% Other Taxes (excluding Redemptions-Regular) 2,593,129 1,899,156 (693,973) 73.24% 1,800,000 1,500,099 -299, 901 83.34% 399,057 26.60% Vehicle In-Lieu Taxes 17,811,134 8,937,911 (8,873,223) 50.18% 15,926,168 8,329,833 -7, 596,335 52.30% 608, 078 7.30% Parking Fines-Regular Collections 5,800,000 3,253,087 (2,546,913) 56.09% 4,326,450 3,104,161 -1, 222,289 71.75% 148, 926 4.80% Moving Violations 132,600 96,254 (36,346) 72.59% 132,600 71,415 -61,185 53. 86% 24,839 34.78% Ambulance Fees 5,350,779 3,815,272 (1,535,507) 71.30% 3,880,779 2,479,368 -1, 401,411 63.89% 1, 335,904 53.88% Interest Income 8,826,211 6,619,791 (2,206,420) 75.00% 6,000,000 4,038,930 -1, 961,070 67.32% 2, 580,861 63.90% Franchise Fees 1,720,056 307,634 (1,412,422) 17.89% 1,613,283 335,043 -1,278, 240 20.77% (27,409) -8.18% Other Revenue 7,668,797 3,018,612 (4,650,185) 39.36% 6,729,977 3,902,132 -2, 827,845 57.98% ( 883,520) -22.64% IDC Reimbursement 6,104,970 3,259,079 (2,845,891) 53.38% 5,490,000 3,205,614 -2, 284,386 58.39% 53, 465 1.67% Transfers 8,091,924 4,045,962 (4,045,962) 50.00% 17,096,148 6,457,425 -10, 638,723 37.77% ( 2,411,463) -37.34% - 0 -
Total Revenue: $266,418,342 $120,731,949 -$145,686,393 45.32% $258,650,444 $127,875,604 -$130,774,840 49.44% ($7,143,655) -5.59% Notes: (1) This statement is presented on a budgetary basis (i.e., cash). (2) Current vendor no longer breaks out Regular and Booting Parking Fines Collections (3) Inc
ludes the amount of TOT rebates owed for the period
(4) Total Other Taxes includes Redemptions-Regular
General Fund Revenue and Transfer Mid Year FY 2024 vs Mid Year FY 2023 Comparison Attachment 1 FY 2024 FY 2023 Comparision FY24 vs FY23
DEPARTMENT FY 2024
ADOPTED
BUDGET
FY 2024
REVISED
BUDGET*
YEAR TO
DATE
EXPENDED
ENCUMBRANCES AVAILABLE
BUDGET
PERSONNEL
PERCENTAGE
USED
NON-
PERSONNEL
PERCENTAGE
USED
TOTAL
PERCENTAGE
USED
FY 2024
PROJECTED
EXPENDITURES
FY 2024 PROJECTED
ENDING
BALANCE/(DEFICIT)
MAYOR AND COUNCIL 4,772,190 4,849,542 1,923,297 62,410 2,863,835 40.5% 44.7% 40.9% 4,849,542 - CITY AUDITOR 3,136,323 3,221,934 1,391,210 102,047 1,728,678 43.9% 63.1% 46.3% 3,089,758 132,177 RENT STABILIZATION BOARD 550,000 651,588 302,231 349,356 1 0.0% 100.0% 100.0% 651,588 - POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY 1,142,593 1,310,290 515,732 159,357 635,201 34.4% 77.3% 51.5% 1,597,102 (286,812) CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE 13,150,234 16,294,107 7,458,276 2,303,030 6,532,801 45.4% 81.4% 59.9% 15,758,044 536,063 CITY ATTORNEY 4,304,039 5,003,419 2,038,057 395,637 2,569,725 39.6% 77.3% 48.6% 5,273,499 (270,080) CITY CLERK 2,547,276 2,759,548 972,288 325,627 1,461,633 48.0% 45.7% 47.0% 2,886,744 (127,196) FINANCE 8,179,370 9,110,602 3,281,701 1,063,527 4,765,374 39.6% 71.4% 47.7% 8,047,068 1,063,534 HUMAN RESOURCES 3,467,541 4,127,222 1,728,648 142,944 2,255,629 45.6% 44.8% 45.3% 4,125,275 1,947 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 1,526,760 2,233,165 891,132 308,646 1,033,388 0.0% 53.7% 53.7% 1,702,432 530,733 HEALTH, HSG & COMMUNITY SVC 31,429,102 47,457,711 16,578,721 9,486,685 21,392,304 40.7% 60.9% 54.9% 45,656,435 1,801,276
PARKS, RECREATION &
WATERFRONT
9,359,349 11,766,832 5,828,846 997,780 4,940, 206 49.7% 66.8% 58.0% 16,256,832 (4,490,000) PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT 3,277,246 6,494,510 1,469,787 171,732 4,852,991 43.4% 12.2% 25.3% 6,132,221 362,289 PUBLIC WORKS 6,558,529 12,160,727 3,144,927 1,972,562 7,043,238 30.8% 49.4% 42.1% 9,264,376 2,896,351 POLICE 83,606,570 81,617,830 41,085,284 1,081,010 39,451,536 49.5% 70.3% 51.7% 85,155,524 (3,537,694) FIRE & EMERGENCY SERVICES 39,546,063 43,205,216 22,830,487 4,951,735 15,422,994 62.6% 67.8% 64.3% 49,455,394 (6,250,178) NON DEPARTMENTAL 59,995,782 55,262,131 35,120,397 378,568 19,763,166 1564.8% 64.1% 64.2% 50,055,826 5,206,305 GRAND TOTAL 276,548,969 307,526,375 146,561,021 24,252,653 136,712,701 49.1% 62.7% 55.5% 309,957,660 (2,431,285) FY 2024 MID-YEAR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES (AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023) Attachment 2 *FY 2024 Revised does not reflect as of December 31, 2023 all Council approved allocations included in the FY 2024 AAO #1.
DEPARTMENT FY 2024
ADOPTED
BUDGET
FY 2024
REVISED
BUDGET*
(as of 12/31/23)
FY 2024
EXPENDED (as
of 12/31/23)
ENCUMBRANCES
(as of 12/31/23)
AVAILABLE
BUDGET
(as of 12/31/23)
TOTAL
PERCENTAGE
USED
FY 2024
PROJECTED
EXPENDITURES
FY 2024 PROJECTED
ENDING
BALANCE/(DEFICIT)
MAYOR AND COUNCIL 4,772,190 4,852,642 1,923,297 62, 410 2,866,935$ 40.9% 4,852,642 - CITY AUDITOR 3,231,099 3,316,710 1,436,197 102,047 1,778,466$ 46.4% 3,185,336 131,374 RENT STABILIZATION BOARD 8,056,460 8,878,430 3,321,869 1,177,159 4,379,402$ 50.7% 8,878,430 - POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY 1,142,593 1,310,290 515,732 159,357 635,201$ 51.5% 1,597,102 (286,812) CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE 16,889,184 24,460,343 10,369,281 3,308,613 10,782,449$ 55.9% 23,849,537 610,806 BERKELEY PUBLIC LIBRARY 25,024,425 26,408,346 11,707,927 2,974,567 11,725,852$ 55.6% 31,726,777 (5,318,431) CITY ATTORNEY 8,106,984 9,855,499 3,859,904 848,178 5,147,417$ 47.8% 10,253,763 (398,264) CITY CLERK 3,159,486 3,371,758 1,137,760 325,627 1,908,371$ 43.4% 3,257,393 114,365 FINANCE 10,607,143 11,608,386 4,108,986 1,214,803 6,284,597$ 45.9% 10,240,391 1,367,995 HUMAN RESOURCES 5,442,688 6,133,364 2,524,897 168,619 3,439,848$ 43.9% 6,098,578 34,786 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 22,237,720 29,316,274 7,944,446 3,165,053 18,206,775$ 37.9% 25,820,790 3,495,484 HEALTH, HSG & COMMUNITY SVC 99,683,536 163,577,083 39,384,181 38,369,815 85,823,087$ 47.5% 132,358,390 31,218,693 PARKS, RECREATION & WF 53,688,581 89,082,692 24,402,344 9,740,801 54,939,546$ 38.3% 69,503,725 19,578,967 PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT 31,267,162 36,767,666 12,207,816 1,955,917 22,603,933$ 38.5% 32,394,732 4,372,934 PUBLIC WORKS 188,326,163 292,296,250 71,665,023 67,247,968 153,383,259$ 47.5% 267,668,149 24,628,101 POLI
CE 88,188,161 88,587,883 43,419,654 1,496,074 43,672,155$ 50.7% 91,106,786 (2,518,903) FIRE & EMERGENCY SERVICES 62,316,809 69,373,228 31,462,153 7,817,721 30,093,354$ 56.6% 75,998,874 (6,625,646) NON DEPARTMENTAL 101,173,999 100,604,624 65,445,388 520,846 34,638,390$ 65.6% 95,504,624 5,100,000 GRAND TOTAL 733,314,383 969,801,468 336,836,857 140,655,573 492,309,038 49.2% 894,296,021 75,505,447 *FY 2024 Revised does not reflect as of December 31, 2023 all Council approved allocations included in the FY 2024 AAO #1.
FY 2024 MID-YEAR ALL FUNDS EXPENDITURES (AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023) Attachment 3
Homeless Services Panel of Experts
2180 Milvia Street, Berkeley, CA 94704 ● Tel: (510) 981-7000 ● TDD: (510) 981-6903 ● Fax: (510) 981-7099 E-Mail: [email protected] Website: https://berkeleyca.gov/
ACTION CALENDAR
October 29, 2024
To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Dee Williams-Ridley, City Manager
Submitted by: Peter Radu, Assistant to the City Manager, Neighborhood Services David Sprague, Fire Chief
Subject: Companion Report: Measure P Allocations, Fiscal Year 2025-2026
RECOMMENDATION
Approve the Homeless Services Panel of Experts recommendations for Fiscal Years 2025-2026, but continue to partially fund 5150 transports from Measure P until alternative sources can be identified.
POLICY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
On September 17, 2024, the Budget & Finance Committee adopted the following action:
M/S/C (Arreguin/Kesarwani) to refer the item from the Commission and the City Manager Companion Report item to the City Council with a negative recommendation that no further action is required, as the Council has already taken action through the adoption of the 2025-26 Bi-annual Budget. Vote: All Ayes.
FISCAL IMPACTS OF RECOMMENDATION
Based upon recommendations by the Budget and Finance Policy Committee, staff began to fund the transport contract with both Measure P and other General Fund revenues in Fiscal Years 2023 and 2024. As part of the proposed Fiscal Year 2025 and 2026 budget, staff have reduced the overall funding for the contract based upon invoiced calls (to a total budget of $1,357,170) and increased the percentage of the cost allocated to other General Fund revenues ($542,868). However, Measure P revenues are considered to be part of the General Fund. Shifting the allocation of the Measure P funded costs of the Section 5150 transports to other General Fund revenues would require reductions in expenditures across various programs and services that are already planned to be funded by General Fund revenues.
CURRENT SITUATION AND ITS EFFECTS
On April 10, the Homeless Services Panel of Experts (HSPE) voted to endorse the City Manager’s recommendations for Measure P funding in FY25-26, presented to the Budget and Finance Policy Committee on May 13. The one exception to this was that the HSPE voted to shift the 5150 transports line item to another general fund source.
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Measure P Allocations, Fiscal Year 2025-2026 ACTION CALENDAR October 29, 2024
Staff recommend approving the HSPE’s recommendations, except for the 5150 transports piece of their report, and instead continuing to partially fund 5150 transports from Measure P until alternative sources can be identified.
BACKGROUND
History of 5150 transports in Alameda County
Until 2019, the private ambulance provider for the Alameda County exclusive operating area (EOA) provided transport for non-emergency mental and behavioral health patients in Berkeley and the other three cities that have exclusive operating areas (EOA) for ambulance service in Alameda County. The four city EOAs correspond with the fire departments that started providing emergency ALS ambulance response and transport prior to 1980. When the new contract for Alameda County’s EOA ambulance provider went into effect on July 1st, 2019, the City of Berkeley was forced to assume responsibility for the transport of non-emergency mental and behavioral health patients in the City’s EOA without any financial assistance.
Current 5150 Transport Call Volume
The City of Berkeley Fire Department has historically been unable and continues to be unable to absorb the 5150 transport call volume within its system. Thus, in 2019, the City conducted an RFP and selected a vendor that has provided transport for mental health patients through a direct contract with the City. In calendar year 2023 the Department responded to 17,195 incidents, 10,560 of which were medical related. This does not take into account 681 mental health transports that were provided by the vendor contracted by the City.
Mental Health Transports by Month
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2020 33 42 48 76 62 67 78 84 73 57 69 77
2021 72 69 63 76 75 65 68 74 81 71 62 58
2022 67 67 71 58 50 60 65 55 59 74 53 55
2023 49 58 78 63 63 47 50 55 47 57 59 55
Ambulance System Stretched Beyond Capacity
Berkeley’s ambulance operations are as busy as the largest metro agencies on the West Coast and cannot absorb any additional call volume.
System performance is measured using Unit Hour Utilization (UHU). The UHU percentage is calculated using the number of responses and duration of the responses to show the percentage of time that an ambulance is committed to an active incident during a given hour of the day. A UHU of 30 percent or higher over multiple consecutive hours becomes the point at which other responsibilities, such as training, do not get completed.
Measure P Allocations, Fiscal Year 2025-2026 ACTION CALENDAR October 29, 2024
The following table illustrates a UHU summary for the City’s ambulances. Three ambulances have several hours of 50 percent utilization and two ambulances each have one hour over 60 percent utilization and at least 13 consecutive hours at or above 30 percent utilization. This demonstrates that the City must continue to contract with an external provider for 5150 transport services until the City can acquire a new ambulance deployment center and identify funding to hire additional personnel, purchase additional ambulances, equipment, and supplies to provide service to this community.
Hour MEDIC 5 MEDIC 2 MEDIC 1 MEDIC 3
00:00 22.87% 17.48% 12.56% 9.32%
01:00 22.85% 15.75% 19.46% 9.27%
02:00 17.34% 16.40% 17.53% 7.35%
03:00 13.61% 16.98% 10.92% 4.04%
04:00 8.71% 14.86% 18.86% 6.86%
05:00 13.06% 14.24% 8.26% 3.46%
06:00 8.95% 13.17% 16.14% 2.94%
07:00 25.50% 34.83% 33.70% 12.56%
08:00 48.33% 29.77% 33.16% 15.43%
09:00 44.71% 39.61% 38.97% 27.70%
10:00 48.82% 45.75% 42.94% 33.54%
11:00 51.40% 60.08% 41.92% 34.01%
12:00 49.60% 55.48% 42.34% 27.61%
13:00 51.46% 44.70% 54.43% 42.82%
14:00 65.37% 47.39% 56.38% 36.85%
15:00 45.36% 37.26% 52.01% 28.99%
16:00 52.28% 54.10% 44.79% 36.74%
17:00 41.93% 46.57% 42.89% 27.86%
18:00 48.24% 46.87% 35.45% 25.95%
19:00 31.61% 34.82% 42.09% 19.44%
20:00 30.19% 34.40% 38.01% 15.91%
21:00 22.49% 30.65% 26.78% 17.02%
22:00 26.16% 22.41% 23.65% 11.37%
23:00 21.09% 26.63% 25.70% 6.88%
Measure P Allocations, Fiscal Year 2025-2026 ACTION CALENDAR October 29, 2024
The Homeless Services Panel of Experts reviewed Measure P recommendations at its April 10, 2024 meeting and made the following recommendations as follows:
Action: M/S/C Jones/Meany HSPE does not recommend funding the 5150 transport out of Measure P monies.
Vote: Ayes: Meany, Marasovic, Kealoha-Blake, Jones, and Palmatier.
Noes: Segal. Abstain: None. Absent: Bookstein.
Action: M/S/C Marasovic/Meany the HSPE align with all of the city manager’s recommendations except for the $1.3 million for 5150 transport.
Vote: Ayes: Meany, Marasovic, Kealoha-Blake, Jones, and Palmatier.
Noes: None. Abstain: Segal. Absent: Bookstein.
Action: M/S/C Marasovic/Jones HSPE will incorporate in the report that the reasoning behind not recommending the allocation for the $1.3 million in 5150 transport is that the city should look towards alternative methods for funding and Measure P monies should be used for homeless services. This rationale is due to the diminished revenue needed for homeless services which do not make 5150 transport a priority for this stream of funding.
Vote: Ayes: Meany, Marasovic, Kealoha-Blake, Jones, and Palmatier.
Noes: Segal. Abstain: None. Absent: Bookstein.
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE IMPACTS
There are no identifiable environmental impacts associated with this report.
RATIONALE FOR RECOMMENDATION
While Measure P is generally used by the City for homeless programs, it is a general fund tax. Given the projected decline in Measure P revenue in Fiscal Years 2025 and 2026, other General Fund revenues are proposed to support programs that have been historically funded by Measure P. As there are many competing demands on the use of General Fund revenues, staff continued to fund transports from a combination of Measure P and other General Fund revenues. Shifting the approximately $814,000 annual cost from Measure P to other General Fund revenues will require reductions in other expenditures funded by the General Fund. It is possible to revisit the funding arrangement as part of the Fiscal Year 2026 Mid-Biennial Update.
ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS CONSIDERED
None.
CONTACT PERSON
Peter Radu, Assistant to the City Manager, Neighborhood Services, 510-981-7045.
Councilmember Kate Harrison
Councilmember District 4
2180 Milvia Street, Berkeley, CA 94704 Tel: 510.981.XXXX TDD: 510.981.6903 Fax: 510.981.XXXX E-Mail: [email protected]
REVISED
AGENDA MATERIAL
for Supplemental Packet 1
Meeting Date: December 5, 2023
Item Number: 12
Item Description: Budget Referral: Allocate the Existing $900,000 Transportation Network Company (TNC) Tax to Calm Traffic in Vicinity of Derby St., Increase Citywide Traffic Calming Budget, and Establish Ongoing General Fund Allocation Policy for the TNC Submitted by: Councilmember Harrison
• Revised the budget referral pursuant to the advice from the Agenda and Rules Committee to specify that recommendation #5 includes a referral to the Budget and Finance Committee.
• Clarified the item to highlight that the Council already budgeted $900,000 as part of the FY 2024 budget, and that the allocations suggested by this item in Recommendations A. 1-4 do not require any new budget outlays and do not have any impact on the General Fund.
• Clarified that the City’s Budget Office reports that the $900,000 in TNC funds budgeted in FY 2024 are not encumbered at this time. However, Public Works is actively planning to allocate $200k for traffic signal detection upgrades from analog to video detection at high priority bike/ped/high-injury intersections.
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Kate Harrison
Councilmember, District 4
2180 Milvia Street, Berkeley, CA 94704 ● Tel: (510) 981-7140 ● TDD: (510) 981-6903 ● Fax: (510) 644-1174 E-Mail: [email protected]
CONSENT ACTION
CALENDAR
December 5, 2023
To: Honorable Members of the City Council
From: Councilmembers Harrison (Author) and Taplin (Co-sponsor) Subject: Budget Referral: Allocate the Existing $900,000 Transportation Network Company (TNC) Tax to Calm Traffic in Vicinity of Derby St., Increase Citywide Traffic Calming Budget, and Establish Ongoing General Fund Allocation Policy for the TNC
RECOMMENDATION
A. Designate existing (already budgeted and not requiring new outlays) $900,000 in FY 2024 Transportation Network Company (TNC) Tax allocation as follows:
1. $100,000 in short, medium, and long-term traffic calming measures in the vicinity of 2023 Halloween Derby St. hit-and-run incident involving a minor to include speed tables, highlighting designation of crosswalks, and consideration of a stop sign on Mabel at Carleton and Derby.
2. $25,000 to purchase five additional portable speed radar trailers bringing the City’s total to seven for targeted traffic calming; and
3. $325,000 to increase the citywide Traffic Calming Budget on a one-time basis to $400,000 (up from the current $75,000); and
4. $450,000 to citywide to fund:
a. tier 1 protected bicycle lanes and crossings identified in the 2017 Bicycle Plan, including but not limited to quick-build projects; and b. priority pedestrian street crossings identified in the 2020 pedestrian plan, including but not limited to quick-build projects; and
c. priority quick-build public transit projects under the Street Repair Program; and
5. B. Refer to City Manager and the Budget and Finance Committee staff to consider establishing an ongoing General Fund policy of allocating 50% of annual TNC Tax revenues to a citywide traffic calming budget and the remaining 50% to tier 1 bike/pedestrian/transit priority projects as specified under 3. a-c.
BACKGROUND
A child was hit by a speeding car Halloween night 2023 while trick-or-treating on Derby Street in southwest Berkeley, resulting in serious injuries. The driver did not stop.
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Budget Referral: Allocate the Existing $900,000 Transportation Network Company (TNC) Tax to Calm Traffic in Vicinity of Derby St., Increase Citywide Traffic Calming Budget, and Establish Ongoing General Fund Allocation Policy for the TNC
CONSENT ACTION
CALENDAR
December 5, 2023
2 Miraculously, the child survived and is expected to make a full recovery, but not without significant trauma for the victim, family, and community. The hit-and-run suspect is still at large.
The family of the victim of this horrifying traffic violence incident started a petition to address the lack of adequate traffic safety measures, specifically the absence of speed bumps, daylighted crosswalks, and stop signs.
As Chair of the Facilities, Infrastructure, Transportation, Environment & Sustainability Policy Committee, Councilmember Harrison scheduled a hearing on November 15, 2023 to provide the family with an opportunity to speak about their experience and petition, and to provide Transportation Division and Berkeley Police Department staff with an opportunity to respond and consider traffic calming measures.
Specifically, the petition, which now includes more than 16,000 signatures, requests that the Mayor, Council, the Berkeley Police Department and the Berkeley Department of Public Works:
1. install speed bumps on all streets running east to west between Sacramento and San Pablo, and from Dwight Way to Ashby. These include Dwight, Blake, Parker, Carleton, Derby, Ward, Stuart, Oregon, Russell and Julia streets. Speed bumps have been proven effective in reducing vehicle speeds by 20-25% (source: Federal Highway Administration), making our roads safer.
2. establish brightly marked crosswalks at key intersections. Pedestrian fatalities are twice as likely to occur at unmarked crossings compared to those with crosswalks (source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration).
3. add stop signs at critical locations, specifically on Mabel at Carleton and at Derby. Stop signs not only regulate traffic flow but also prioritize pedestrian safety by forcing drivers to come to a complete halt.
This budget referral seeks to revise already allocated funds from FY 2024. In June 2023, the Council approved Councilmember Harrison’s budget referral, submitted in January 2022, to allocate up to $2 million in TNC revenues to tier 1 bike/pedestrian/mobility/transit projects.1 Councilmember Harrison had previously proposed allocating TNC revenues to such purposes in early 2021.2 1“Budget Referral: Allocate Projected Revenues from Voter -approved Transportation Network Company User Tax to Support Priority Mobility Infrastructure, Including Tier 1 Protected Bicycle Lanes and Crossings, Pedestrian Street Crossings, and Quick-build Public Transit Projects,” January 18, 2022, https://records.cityofberkeley.info/PublicAccess/api/Document/AYi hhfv5w8HzhLOFURtCVnuIzC%C3 %89L08MaMb7h8yezajQQXCe8nTt4CrnqA1hlk9fBiQvytqZyp9gxr22wMc75S00%3D/ 2“Budget Referral: Allocate Transportation Network Companies User’s Tax Proceeds and other General Fund Revenues to Support Priority Protected Bicycle Boulevards and the Street Repair Program,” March 9,
Budget Referral: Allocate the Existing $900,000 Transportation Network Company (TNC) Tax to Calm Traffic in Vicinity of Derby St., Increase Citywide Traffic Calming Budget, and Establish Ongoing General Fund Allocation Policy for the TNC
CONSENT ACTION
CALENDAR
December 5, 2023
3 Berkeley voters overwhelmingly passed the TNC User’s Tax (Measure GG) in 2020 with a 50-cent fee per rideshare trip specifically in order to generate “at least $900,000 annually to support general municipal services like paving streets and improving pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure.”3 City staff estimate that the tax will bring in approximately $1-1.5 million per year. As the legislative record demonstrates, it is difficult to budget on periodic basis based on revenues. Rather, as included in this item, the Council should establish a general fund revenue policy to ensure that the funding is allocated automatically.
Of the total $900,000 FY 2024 TNC allocation, this budget referral would designate $100,000 to short, medium and long-term traffic calming upgrades in the vicinity of the neighborhood where the traffic violence occurred. This includes $100,000 in dedicated funding for speed tables, daylighting and consideration of a stop sign and $25,000 for purchasing approximately five additional speed trailers that can be deployed across the City to calm traffic (bringing the City’s total to seven). All of these measures were discussed in detail during the November 15, 2023 FITES Committee meeting.
In addition, in recognition of the FITES discussion, the petition, and historic citywide concerns about the City’s woefully underfunded traffic calming budget, this item increases the citywide budget from $75,000 to $400,000.
Consistent with Council’s action in adopting Councilmember Harrison’s 2022 budget referral as part of the FY 2024 budget, this item allocates the remaining $450,000 to citywide priority bike/pedestrian/mobility/transit projects.
The City’s Budget Office reports that the $900,000 in TNC funds budgeted in FY 2024 are not encumbered at this time. However, Public Works is actively planning to program $200k for traffic signal detection upgrades from analog to video detection at six high priority bike/ped/high-injury intersections. Public Works has also been considering replacing existing analog detection at some intersections and adding leading pedestrian intervals and to support existing Bicycle and Pedestrian safety project(s) that have budget gaps. All of these measures are consistent with either A. 3 and A. 4 of the item’s recommendation.
Finally, this budget referral refers to the City Manager and Budget staff to establish an ongoing General Fund policy of allocating 50% of annual TNC Tax revenues to a 2021,https://records.cityofberkeley.info/PublicAccess/api/Document/ARkxRrGkx0%C3%89GGtZtKu8 TUcvBWPF1qgSC4d8o5Waq20km4RcyQp4H%C3%89q5seu%C3%8130xYc5NRj2NaGiW3uaJStC %C3%89NLo%C3%89k%3D/
3 “Argument in Favor of Measure GG,” Berkeley City Clerk, August 2020, https://www.cityofberkeley.info/uploadedFiles/Clerk/Elections/GG%20 - %20Primary%20in%20Favor%20-%20FINAL.pdf
Budget Referral: Allocate the Existing $900,000 Transportation Network Company (TNC) Tax to Calm Traffic in Vicinity of Derby St., Increase Citywide Traffic Calming Budget, and Establish Ongoing General Fund Allocation Policy for the TNC
CONSENT ACTION
CALENDAR
December 5, 2023
4 citywide traffic calming budget and the remaining 50% to tier 1 bike/pedestrian/transit priority projects as specified under recommendation 3. a-c.
It is in the public interest to immediately allocate these funds to protect children and other community members from traffic violence in West Berkeley, expand the historically underfunded traffic calming budget, and establish an ongoing policy of allocating TNC revenues consistent with voter intent to enhance low-carbon transportation infrastructure and mitigate for increase car traffic.
FISCAL IMPACTS OF RECOMMENDATION
No impact on the general fund as the Council already allocated $900,000 from TNC tax revenues as part of the FY 2024 budget.
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
Traffic calming measures enhance community safety and can enhance usage of low- carbon pedestrian/bike/mobility/transit trips consistent with the City’s Climate Action Plan goals.
CONTACT PERSON
Councilmember Kate Harrison, (510) 981-7140
Kate Harrison
Councilmember, District 4
2180 Milvia Street, Berkeley, CA 94704 ● Tel: (510) 981-7140 ● TDD: (510) 981-6903 ● Fax: (510) 644-1174 E-Mail: [email protected]
ACTION CALENDAR
October 29, 2024
To: Honorable Members of the City Council
From: Councilmembers Harrison (Author) and Taplin (Co-sponsor) Subject: Budget Referral: Allocate the Existing $900,000 Transportation Network Company (TNC) Tax to Calm Traffic in Vicinity of Derby St., Increase Citywide Traffic Calming Budget, and Establish Ongoing General Fund Allocation Policy for the TNC
RECOMMENDATION
Designate existing $900,000 FY 2024 Transportation Network Company (TNC) Tax allocation as follows:
1. $100,000 in short, medium, and long-term traffic calming measures in the vicinity of 2023 Halloween Derby St. hit-and-run incident involving a minor to include speed tables, highlighting designation of crosswalks, and consideration of a stop sign on Mabel at Carleton and Derby.
2. $25,000 to purchase five additional portable speed radar trailers bringing the City’s total to seven for targeted traffic calming; and
3. $325,000 to increase the citywide Traffic Calming Budget on a one-time basis to $400,000 (up from the current $75,000); and
4. $450,000 to citywide to fund:
a. tier 1 protected bicycle lanes and crossings identified in the 2017 Bicycle Plan, including but not limited to quick-build projects; and b. priority pedestrian street crossings identified in the 2020 pedestrian plan, including but not limited to quick-build projects; and
c. priority quick-build public transit projects under the Street Repair Program; and
5. Refer to City Manager and Budget staff to establish an ongoing General Fund policy of allocating 50% of annual TNC Tax revenues to a citywide traffic calming budget and the remaining 50% to tier 1 bike/pedestrian/transit priority projects as specified under 3. a-c.
POLICY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
On September 17, 2024, the Budget & Finance Committee adopted the following action:
M/S/C (Hahn/Arreguin) to refer the item to the City Council with a qualified positive recommendation to refer the policy to the 2026 Fiscal Year budget process for
Budget Referral: Allocate the Existing $900,000 Transportation Network Company (TNC) Tax to Calm Traffic in Vicinity of Derby St., Increase Citywide Traffic Calming Budget, and Establish Ongoing General Fund Allocation Policy for the TNC
ACTION CALENDAR
October 29, 2024
2 consideration alongside other available funds for traffic calming, bike, pedestrian, and transit priority projects. Vote: All Ayes.
BACKGROUND
A child was hit by a speeding car Halloween night 2023 while trick-or-treating on Derby Street in southwest Berkeley, resulting in serious injuries. The driver did not stop.
Miraculously, the child survived and is expected to make a full recovery, but not without significant trauma for the victim, family, and community. The hit-and-run suspect is still at large.
The family of the victim of this horrifying traffic violence incident started a petition to address the lack of adequate traffic safety measures, specifically the absence of speed bumps, daylighted crosswalks, and stop signs.
As Chair of the Facilities, Infrastructure, Transportation, Environment & Sustainability Policy Committee, Councilmember Harrison scheduled a hearing on November 15, 2023 to provide the family with an opportunity to speak about their experience and petition, and to provide Transportation Division and Berkeley Police Department staff with an opportunity to respond and consider traffic calming measures.
Specifically, the petition, which now includes more than 16,000 signatures, requests that the Mayor, Council, the Berkeley Police Department and the Berkeley Department of Public Works:
1. install speed bumps on all streets running east to west between Sacramento and San Pablo, and from Dwight Way to Ashby. These include Dwight, Blake, Parker, Carleton, Derby, Ward, Stuart, Oregon, Russell and Julia streets. Speed bumps have been proven effective in reducing vehicle speeds by 20-25% (source: Federal Highway Administration), making our roads safer.
2. establish brightly marked crosswalks at key intersections. Pedestrian fatalities are twice as likely to occur at unmarked crossings compared to those with crosswalks (source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration).
3. add stop signs at critical locations, specifically on Mabel at Carleton and at Derby. Stop signs not only regulate traffic flow but also prioritize pedestrian safety by forcing drivers to come to a complete halt.
This budget referral seeks to revise already allocated funds from FY 2024. In June 2023, the Council approved Councilmember Harrison’s budget referral, submitted in January 2022, to allocate up to $2 million in TNC revenues to tier 1 bike/pedestrian/mobility/transit projects.1 Councilmember Harrison had previously 1“Budget Referral: Allocate Projected Revenues from Voter-approved Transportation Network Company User Tax to Support Priority Mobility Infrastructure, Including Tier 1 Protected Bicycle Lanes and Crossings, Pedestrian Street Crossings, and Quick-build Public Transit Projects,” January 18, 2022,
Budget Referral: Allocate the Existing $900,000 Transportation Network Company (TNC) Tax to Calm Traffic in Vicinity of Derby St., Increase Citywide Traffic Calming Budget, and Establish Ongoing General Fund Allocation Policy for the TNC
ACTION CALENDAR
October 29, 2024
3 proposed allocating TNC revenues to such purposes in early 2021.2 Berkeley voters overwhelmingly passed the TNC User’s Tax (Measure GG) in 2020 with a 50-cent fee per rideshare trip specifically in order to generate “at least $900,000 annually to support general municipal services like paving streets and improving pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure.”3 City staff estimate that the tax will bring in approximately $1-1.5 million per year. As the legislative record demonstrates, it is difficult to budget on periodic basis based on revenues. Rather, as included in this item, the Council should establish a general fund revenue policy to ensure that the funding is allocated automatically.
Of the total $900,000 FY 2024 TNC allocation, this budget referral would designate $100,000 to short, medium and long-term traffic calming upgrades in the vicinity of the neighborhood where the traffic violence occurred. This includes $100,000 in dedicated funding for speed tables, daylighting and consideration of a stop sign and $25,000 for purchasing approximately five additional speed trailers that can be deployed across the City to calm traffic (bringing the City’s total to seven). All of these measures were discussed in detail during the November 15, 2023 FITES Committee meeting.
In addition, in recognition of the FITES discussion, the petition, and historic citywide concerns about the City’s woefully underfunded traffic calming budget, this item increases the citywide budget from $75,000 to $400,000.
Consistent with Council’s action in adopting Councilmember Harrison’s 2022 budget referral as part of the FY 2024 budget, this item allocates the remaining $450,000 to citywide priority bike/pedestrian/mobility/transit projects.
Finally, this budget referral refers to the City Manager and Budget staff to establish an ongoing General Fund policy of allocating 50% of annual TNC Tax revenues to a citywide traffic calming budget and the remaining 50% to tier 1 bike/pedestrian/transit priority projects as specified under recommendation 3. a-c.
It is in the public interest to immediately allocate these funds to protect children and other community members from traffic violence in West Berkeley, expand the historically underfunded traffic calming budget, and establish an ongoing policy of https://records.cityofberkeley.info/PublicAccess/api/Document/AYihhfv5w8HzhLOFURtCVnuIzC%C3 %89L08MaMb7h8yezajQQXCe8nTt4CrnqA1hlk9fBiQvytqZyp9gxr22wMc75S00%3D/ 2“Budget Referral: Allocate Transportation Network Companies User’s Tax Proceeds and other General Fund Revenues to Support Priority Protected Bicycle Boulevards and the Street Repair Program,” March 9,
2021,https://records.cityofberkeley.info/PublicAccess/api/Document/ARkxRrGkx0%C3%89GGtZtKu8 TUcvBWPF1qgSC4d8o5Waq20km4RcyQp4H%C3%89q5seu%C3%8130xYc5NRj2NaGiW3uaJStC %C3%89NLo%C3%89k%3D/
3 “Argument in Favor of Measure GG,” Berkeley City Clerk, August 2020, https://www.cityofberkeley.info/uploadedFiles/Clerk/Elections/GG%20- %20Primary%20in%20Favor%20-%20FINAL.pdf
Budget Referral: Allocate the Existing $900,000 Transportation Network Company (TNC) Tax to Calm Traffic in Vicinity of Derby St., Increase Citywide Traffic Calming Budget, and Establish Ongoing General Fund Allocation Policy for the TNC
ACTION CALENDAR
October 29, 2024
4 allocating TNC revenues consistent with voter intent to enhance low-carbon transportation infrastructure and mitigate for increase car traffic.
FISCAL IMPACTS OF RECOMMENDATION
No impact on the general fund as the Council already allocated $900,000 from TNC tax revenues as part of the FY 2024 budget.
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
Traffic calming measures enhance community safety and can enhance usage of low- carbon pedestrian/bike/mobility/transit trips consistent with the City’s Climate Action Plan goals.
CONTACT PERSON
Councilmember Kate Harrison, (510) 981-7140
Commission on Labor
2180 Milvia Street, Berkeley, CA 94704 ● Tel: (510) 981-7000 ● TDD: (510) 981-6903 ● Fax: (510) 981-7099 E-Mail: [email protected] Website: https://berkeleyca.gov/
INFORMATION CALENDAR
October 29, 2024
To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Commission on Labor
Submitted by: Andy Katz, Chairperson, Commission on Labor Subject: Commission on Labor Fiscal Year 2025 Work Plan
INTRODUCTION
The City of Berkeley Commission on Labor hereby submits a work plan for Fiscal Year 2025, which was adopted at the August 21, 2024 Commission on Labor meeting.
CURRENT SITUATION AND ITS EFFECTS
On August 21, 2024, the Commission on Labor adopted the attached work plan through the action detailed:
M/S/C (Arbaugh/ Bowen) Motion to adopt the Fiscal Year 2025 work plan formed by the commission during a public meeting.
PASSED
Ayes: Arbaugh, Bowen, Flegel-Mishlove, Katz, and Scantlebury; Noes: None; Abstentions: None; Absent: None
BACKGROUND
In 2016, the City Council adopted direction to commissioners to submit a work plan annually.
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE IMPACTS
There is no identifiable environmental sustainability or climate impact associated with the adoption of this work plan.
POSSIBLE FUTURE ACTION
None.
FISCAL IMPACTS OF POSSIBLE FUTURE ACTION
None.
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Commission on Labor Work Plan FY25 INFORMATION CALENDAR October 29, 2024
CONTACT PERSON
Emily Rose, Commission Secretary, HHCS, 510-981-7551
Attachments:
1: FY 2025 Commission on Labor Workplan
Commission on Labor
2180 Milvia Street – 2nd Floor Berkeley CA 94704 Tel. 510.981.5400 TDD: 510.981.6903 Fax: 510.981.5450 E-mail: [email protected]
Attachment 1
WORK PLAN for Fiscal Year 2025
Commission on Labor for the City of Berkeley
Research and gather information to report to City Council and support Commission’s recommendations to City Council:
a. Develop policies for recommendation to City Council in formal coordination with other City of Berkeley commissions to maximize the availability of subject matter experts and identify connections between labor and other relevant issues including, but not limited to, economic development and human rights. b. Examine City’s policies and practices regarding workplace sexual harassment, and other forms of discrimination and harassment.
c. Examine the University of California at Berkeley’s policies and practices regarding workplace sexual harassment.
d. Review and monitor Fair Workweek Ordinance implementation. e. Review the Community Workforce Agreement with the Alameda County Building and Construction Trades Council and examine opportunities for local workforce development
f. Examine workforce development opportunities and the First Source Program g. Review and recommend updates to the Labor Bill of Rights. h. Examine development of the City of Berkeley Just Transition Residential Electrification Pilot Project.
i. Examine and develop policies to promote employee ownership models of business.
Education:
a. Facilitate education of workers in Berkeley about their rights and the process for addressing workplace sexual harassment.
b. Facilitate education of children and young adults in Berkeley about the benefits and opportunities of organized labor.
c. Facilitate workforce development pre-apprenticeship opportunities working with Berkeley Unified School District.
Local labor disputes:
a. Hold public hearings on labor disputes as requested/required b. Submit recommendations to Council based on information gathered from both sides of disputing parties.
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