Q&A
Clarification on DOB budget cuts and affected positions
2:50:04
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Council Member Sanchez requests a breakdown of the budget cuts and affected positions. Commissioner Oddo and Assistant Commissioner Ugarte provide detailed information on the reductions in various job categories, including inspectors, technical staff, administrative, and clerical positions.
- November plan: $9.5 million cut, 117 positions (47 inspectors, 28 technical, 30 administrative, 12 clerical)
- January plan: $9.4 million cut, 90 positions (28 inspectorial, 13 technical, 27 administrative, 12 clerical)
- Total reductions across both plans: 75 inspectorial, 41 technical, 67 administrative, and 25 clerical positions
- Council member indicates future questions about specific shortages in plan examiners and different types of inspectors
Pierina Ana Sanchez
2:50:04
I'm going to ask you just could you just repeat the numbers for the 10,000,000 peg and the 9,400,000 peg?
Jimmy Oddo
2:50:10
Yes.
2:50:11
So 9,500,000 in the November plan was 117 positions.
2:50:17
Those 117 positions were broken down, 47 inspectors, 28 technical staff, 30 administrative, 12 clerical, The January plan was 9,400,000 90 positions broken down again, 28 in Spectorial, 13 technical, 27 administrative, and 12 clerical.
2:50:48
Do you wanna add anything on anything to
Gina Ugarte
2:50:54
Hi, madam chair.
2:50:55
I would just like to add that again while the inspectors were exempt from the hiring freeze, the agency was unable to achieve its hybrid reduction targets without including those inspectorial vacancies.
Pierina Ana Sanchez
2:51:13
Thank you so much.
2:51:14
That's that's helpful clarification.
2:51:18
So 47+20, I shouldn't try do math at the day.
2:51:21
That's a bad idea.
2:51:23
But but close to 80 inspectors we're talking about.
2:51:26
And then 40 roughly 40 some odd technical staff.
2:51:32
When you when you meet when you say technical staff commissioner, can you describe what those titles are?
Gina Ugarte
2:51:38
The technical staff would be our plan examiners.
2:51:43
If you'd like, I can give you the combined reductions for both plans.
2:51:48
I guess that you were referencing that.
2:51:50
So for an inspectorial titles with 7 five positions.
2:51:54
The technical titles, 41.
2:51:58
Administrative titles, 67, and clerical title, 25 for a total of 207.
Pierina Ana Sanchez
2:52:07
Yes.
2:52:08
I can do math at the day.
2:52:09
It's okay.
2:52:11
Thank you.
2:52:12
Thank you so much.
2:52:16
I'm I'm gonna hold my questions, but so that you know it's coming and and you can prepare.
2:52:21
I'm gonna ask specific questions about plan examiners, inspectors of different kinds.
2:52:28
We've heard my office staff working with the constituent my constituent staff and your community staff have worked together and we've heard reports of shortages in in certain areas.
2:52:38
So we're gonna be asking about those just so so that you know it's coming.
2:52:41
But I wanna turn it over to Council member Brewer.