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Council Member Brooks-Powers questions DOT on staffing and budget for Intro 1131

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Council Member Selvena N. Brooks-Powers engages in a discussion with Eric Beaton from the Department of Transportation regarding the staffing and budget implications of Intro 1131. The conversation reveals a discrepancy between initial information provided by DOT and estimates from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) about hiring needs.

DOT clarifies that they would need to hire one person at $67,000 per year to support the bill's implementation.
The first-year cost is estimated at $317,000, with a four-year total of $518,000.
The discussion highlights the importance of understanding financial impacts of proposed legislation, especially in light of new rules following the last election.

Selvena N. Brooks-Powers

1:50:39

Thank you.

1:50:39

I just wanna circle back to my question about the staffing on my bill, intro 1131.

1:50:45

I know you said that you would just use internal staff, but, I was just updated that OMB has indicated that DOT would need to hire a staff person, so that kinda contradicts what I just heard.

Eric Beaton

1:50:59

Yeah.

1:50:59

I think we would hope to to sort of backfill you know, we'll have to take someone off of other work to to be able to support the bill.

1:51:07

We would wanna hire someone to fill the role that that person was doing.

1:51:12

What I really mean is that we, you know, it can take a long time to hire someone.

1:51:17

We don't think we would need to wait for that person to start to be able to work on the task force.

Selvena N. Brooks-Powers

1:51:22

Okay.

1:51:22

Because it's important, as you know, especially with the new, I guess, rules after the last election, we need to, like, understand what the financial impacts will be with these legislation items that we consider.

1:51:36

So it looks like you get an update.

Eric Beaton

1:51:40

Yes.

1:51:40

So so in in the in the fiscal impact statement, we estimated that, we we would hire 1 person at $67,000 per year.

1:51:49

And then there would be, we think, you know, potentially some data collect additional data collection or consultant work.

1:51:55

So the the 1st year cost would be 317,000, all in expense, or a a 4 year total of 518,000.

Selvena N. Brooks-Powers

1:52:15

Majorie Lita Arias.

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