Financial Performance and
Budget Committee
TO: FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE AND DATE: JANUARY 10, 2024
BUDGET COMMITTEE
FROM: CITY MANAGER’S OFFICE WARDS: ALL
SUBJECT: APPROVE PROPOSED 2024 WORKPLANS FOR THE BUDGET ENGAGEMENT COMMISSON AND HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSON ISSUE:
Approve the proposed 2024 Workplans for the Budget Engagement Commission and Human Relations Commission.
RECOMMENDATION:
That the Financial Performance and Budget Committee approve the proposed 2024 Workplans for the Budget Engagement Commission and Human Relations Commission.
BACKGROUND
To ensure the work of boards and commissions align with the City Charter and Envision Riverside 2025 Strategic Plan, the City Manager’s Office requested each board or commission to develop an Annual Workplan. Each workplan will be taken to the respective City Council Standing Committee for review and approval with the workplans earmarked to begin in March 2024 and conclude in February 2025.
Resolution 23976 identifies the two boards and commissions under the purview of the Financial Performance and Budget Committee include the Budget Engagement Commission and the Human Relations Commission.
DISCUSSION:
Workplan development began in June 2023. Where possible draft workplans were reviewed with their respective board or commission, with approved copies attached to this report. Blueprints of workplan objectives are included for those boards or commissions that were unable to meet or unable to finalize a workplan due to lack of quorum or continued discussions.
Budget Engagement Commission
The Budget Engagement Commission was established to serve in an advisory capacity to the City Council on spending and policy priorities based on information received through quarterly financial and performance reports, including revenues from transaction and use tax, to work with City staff to maximize public engagement on municipal budgetary issues and to provide input on performance measures and reporting programs. 2024 Workplan Objectives and Goals for the Budget Engagement Commission include:
Ensure all Wards are represented at Budget Engagement Commission meetings by establishing a commissioner attendance of 80%.
Complete quarterly reviews of Measure Z revenue and spending benchmarks and make necessary recommendations related to the allocations of Measure Z funds to City Council.
Engage with the community by completing ward specific outreach efforts quarterly and City-wide outreach efforts no less than twice a year.
Maximize public engagement in municipal budgetary issues through the review of critically unfunded needs and proposed bi-annual budget.
Complete quarterly review of financial performance indicators and forward all recommendations to the Finance Committee for consideration.
Human Relations Committee
The Human Relations Committee was created to advise the Mayor and City Council on issues of discrimination and advocate for equal opportunity, justice, and access to services and opportunities. The Commission engages in activities designed to aid in the elimination of prejudice, intolerance, and discrimination against individuals or groups because of race, color, religion, national origin, language, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or cultural background. The Commission promotes an informed and inclusive multicultural society.
Riverside Municipal Code Section 2.16.030 identified the following powers, duties, and functions for the Human Relations Committee:
To advise the City Council on all problems of local inter-group relations; To study the problems of prejudice and discrimination in the community and the causes thereof; The work with other agencies, public and private, in developing programs to eliminate prejudice and discrimination; To sponsor and encourage educational activities which tend to promote interracial, interfaith, and interethnic harmony, progress, and integration; To foster mutual understanding and respect among all racial, religious, and national groups; To prepare and submit an annual report to the City Council concerning human relations by the end of the fiscal year; To recommend and coordinate effective systems to ensure justice and access for the City of Riverside. 2024 Workplan Objectives and Goals for the Human Relations Commission include:
Advocate for equal access to facilities, community programs, services, events; and provide feedback on how they can be enhanced.
Ensure all Wards are represented at Human Relations Commission meetings by establishing a commissioner attendance of 80%.
Support and advocate for efforts to address housing disparities within the community.
Support and advocate for efforts to address basic human rights and community well-being.
Engage with community by completing ward specific outreach efforts quarterly and City-wide outreach efforts no less than twice a year.
Support the City’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) efforts and advocate for actions to raise awareness, develop strategies, and promote change.
Prepared by: Megan Stoye, Principal Management Analyst
Attachment: RMC Chapter 2.90.020 – Budget Engagement Commission Budget Engagement Commission 2024 Workplan
RMC Chapter 2.16.030 – Human Relations Commission
Human Relations Commission 2024 Workplan
Presentation
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