QUESTION
Are staff roles related to administering contracts, and will these positions continue in future years?
1:35:03
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Council Member Crystal Hudson queries about the relationship of staff roles to contract administration and the sustainability of these positions, to which the Department for the Aging responds with plans for future negotiations.
- Staff roles involved in contract administration are connected to the expansion of Older Adult Centers (OACs) and the contract management process.
- The Department for the Aging commits to providing a detailed list of these positions.
- Hudson expresses concern over the temporary funding for these positions and inquires about their sustainability.
- Commissioner Cortes-Vasquez exhibits confidence in future contract negotiations with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) about continuing these roles.
- The possibility of getting OMB to baseline these positions is discussed, with Cortes-Vasquez acknowledging it as a potential option.
Crystal Hudson
1:35:03
Do any of these positions relate to staff tasked with administering contracts?
Lorraine Cortes-Vasquez
1:35:10
Most of our staff goes through program officers and things of that nature.
1:35:15
All of these were related to the growth in the OACs and the contract management process.
1:35:22
If that's the question, if I'm understanding the question correctly.
Crystal Hudson
1:35:28
Yeah, just whether they're tasked with administering contracts.
Jose Mercado
1:35:30
Right?
1:35:30
We'll get we'll get you the list, like you mentioned.
Crystal Hudson
1:35:32
Okay.
1:35:33
Okay.
1:35:36
And then this goes back to your earlier point about having to ask, you know, 15 and 15 out, always having tasks with 15 since they're not baseline.
1:35:43
But do you plan to keep these positions in the out years since the funding was only added in 1 year?
Lorraine Cortes-Vasquez
1:35:51
I have confidence in the con track and the negotiations with OMB.
Crystal Hudson
1:35:56
Okay.
1:35:56
So you're relying on OMB?
Lorraine Cortes-Vasquez
1:35:58
I believe that OMB knows that the growth and the and the need of this agency, and they've honored it all along, and I and I have confidence in that.
1:36:07
Okay.
Crystal Hudson
1:36:10
Do you think we can get OMB to baseline those positions?
Lorraine Cortes-Vasquez
1:36:18
I have to I have to look at it.
1:36:20
It's part of a a total package, I'm sure.
1:36:22
Yeah.
Crystal Hudson
1:36:23
I mean, but they're giving you the money for it year after year, I would assume
Lorraine Cortes-Vasquez
1:36:30
That's a possibility.
1:36:31
Yeah.
Crystal Hudson
1:36:31
Okay.