Chair Lee questions OMB on new units of appropriation and transparency
Lee raises the council's call for new units of appropriation to improve transparency. Solomon lists new UofAs created for Office of Mass Engagement, City Council committees, and Office of Community Safety, and expresses willingness to discuss further.
Okay, so really quickly, moving to units of appropriation.
One of the ways to improve transparency and rebuild trust in the budget is to align the units of appropriation with the programmatic spending areas, especially where there are...
Real issues and cost containment.
In our budget response, we called for the creation of a number of new U of A's to increase transparency.
So does the executive plan include any of the new U of A's?
And if so, could you please provide a list of the new ones?
And also, what was the rationale behind the creation?
Sure, there were new units of appropriation in the executive plan.
The Office of Mass Engagement, for example.
There were also new units of appropriation for the City Council in the sense that there were committees, the Committee to Combat Hate, the Committee on Disabilities, etc.
Also, there were new units of appropriation for the Office of Community Safety that was created.
As always, we look forward to discussing with the Council new units of appropriation.
Okay.