Chair Lee questions DYCD on vacancy reduction and savings targets
Lee asks about the $3M vacancy reduction of 27 positions and which programs will be affected. Officials say locations haven't been identified yet but the goal is no service disruption. Lee also asks about Executive Order 12 savings, which came from surplus and unobligated funding with no service cuts.
And then in terms of the vacancy reduction, a reduction of $3 million in FY26 to FY30 for a headcount of 27 in each fiscal year.
Which programs will see a headcount reduction and what is the amount for each?
At this time, we have not identified the locations where we'll have the reductions.
We were just notified of it, and as you know, the agency has all our hands full with the implementation of these new initiatives.
Yes.
And so we intend to, in short order, start to look at where we will apply these reductions.
Okay.
If you could keep us updated on that, that'd be awesome.
Sure.
And is this just a reduced vacancy for each of the programs?
If so, what is the remaining vacancy for each of the programs and the overall percentage?
I know you're still working this out, but just some of the questions in terms of the alignment of where we're going.
And then also, would this headcount reduction impact services provided by the agency?
Hopefully the answer is no.
The answer is no.
Ultimately, as the commission has indicated in our first hearing, she's doing an assessment of the
the organization and so at this time we have not necessarily identified the total impact of it but the ultimate goal is to ensure that there's no disruption to services and so we are confident that with the remaining vacancies that we have and our existing staff that we'll do our best to make sure that you
do appropriate oversight in the program areas and ensure contracts are registered and paid.
Okay, perfect.
And what other savings, if any, were identified in the executive budget due to the mayor's Executive 12 order?
Sure.
And so as part of the Executive 12 order, we looked at the new organization to see where we can find efficiencies and how funding is utilized.
And we identified surplus as well as unobligated funding in a number of program areas.
And with that, we submitted that and that was accepted.
And as a result, we did not do any service cuts for any of our programs.
And so we were just prioritizing that.
Okay.