REMARKS
Council Member Farías remarks on board diversity and budget oversight
0:33:44
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Council Member Amanda Farías commends the addition of diverse members to the board who come from and work in the communities they serve. She emphasizes the importance of their role in overseeing the $3 billion budget of Health + Hospitals.
- Highlights the value of board members' local knowledge and experience
- Stresses the need for careful allocation and utilization of the budget
- Expresses expectations for the nominees to provide insights on investments and data-driven needs
Amanda Farías
0:33:44
Thank you both for being here today.
0:33:47
So I do just want to reiterate what council member at Salamanca stated.
0:33:51
I mean, it looks like we're having we're adding more diversity to the board.
0:33:54
And people that are coming from our communities educated and living in our communities that are working in the in our communities that can add a lot of value to what they're surrounding that they're working or living within can bring in highlight.
0:34:08
You know, the budget for h and h is over $3,000,000,000.
0:34:12
And so as much as we can push on where that money is going, how it's being utilized in correlation to you know, what investments are being made and how what the data is showing us.
0:34:23
So we're need needs to go.
0:34:25
We are hoping and expecting you folks to be able to do that for our institutions.
