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MOIA officials detail budget allocations and current staffing vacancies
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Chair Alexa Avilés questions MOIA officials about the agency's budget allocation and staffing vacancies. Deputy Commissioner Jasniya Sanchez provides details on MOIA's budget structure and current vacancies across different city agencies.
- MOIA's budget is spread across three agencies: Mayor's Office, DCAS, and DSS
- The agency currently has 11 vacancies, with positions ranging from director roles to program managers
- Officials assure that they are actively working to fill these positions and do not anticipate challenges in recruitment or retention
Alexa Avilés
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Thank you.
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Okay.
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So let's let's get into some of the preliminary budget numbers.
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So the preliminary plan includes 781,692 for Moya in fiscal twenty six, mainly for five actual positions.
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This is a funding reduction of 62,000 compared to last year's adopted budget due to a loss of one position.
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So which position is vacant and since when has it been vacant?
Manuel Castro
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I'll let deputy commissioner respond to it.
Jasniya Sanchez
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Thank you so much, chair, for the question.
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If I may, I would like to clarify.
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Moya's budget is actually spread between three different agencies under the mayor's office, DCAS, and DSS.
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So what you're referring to, that's the headcount that's allocated under the mayor's office.
Alexa Avilés
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Yes.
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That's
Jasniya Sanchez
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what we're talking about.
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So specifically, that position is not a position that that we have.
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Currently, all of our mayor's office lines that are allocated to our office are are completely completely staffed.
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Most recently, as of about two weeks, we welcomed our chief of staff.
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That was the only vacancy that we had, you know, reflected there.
Alexa Avilés
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So only two weeks ago, this this particular position was vacant?
Jasniya Sanchez
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We had one vacancy under Moya, under the mayor's office of mayor's office budget that was vacant, and that was backfilled as of two weeks ago.
Alexa Avilés
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And that was for a chief of staff position?
Lois Torres
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Correct.
Alexa Avilés
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So you filled the the legal position.
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I understand the legal I forgot his name.
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Is is no longer with Moya?
Jasniya Sanchez
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We still have other vacancies at other agencies, and we're actively working with our partners at those sister agencies to to post and backfill those vacancies.
Alexa Avilés
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So Moya is currently six positions, the Moya office, not the DCAS and all the other positions.
Molly Schaefer
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We
Jasniya Sanchez
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have no.
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We have five head headcount, five lines under the mayor's office.
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All of those are now fully staffed.
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They're filled.
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The other vacancies that we do have are with DCAS and DSS.
Alexa Avilés
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How many vacancies do you have at DCAS?
Jasniya Sanchez
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In total, we have 11 vacancies.
Rita Joseph
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Give me one sec.
Alexa Avilés
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Can you provide to the council an itemization of all the vacancies?
Jasniya Sanchez
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Sure.
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So currently, we have 11 vacancies.
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Vacancies.
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So the director of intergovernmental affairs, which is currently posted, we're actively recruiting for that position.
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We also have a vacancy for assistant commissioner of administration and strategic initiatives, operations manager, graphic designer, two program managers, a community liaison, two language specialists, a language access help manager, and one communications coordinator.
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And we're actively working with this sister agency to backfill.
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Currently, we have four candidates that are in the vetting and onboarding process.
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And we hope to have them on board.
Alexa Avilés
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So these are positions that you're directly overseeing?
Jasniya Sanchez
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Yes.
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These are positions that have been allotted to Moya's budget under these agencies.
Alexa Avilés
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Okay.
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And for DSS, how many vacancies do you have there?
Jasniya Sanchez
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Sorry.
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These are all listed.
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The both these are all DCAS and DSS.
Alexa Avilés
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Collective.
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Collective.
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Okay.
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And are you are you anticipating any challenges in recruitment or retention related to those positions?
Jasniya Sanchez
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Not at this moment.
Alexa Avilés
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Okay.
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And you're you have four people in the pipeline.
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Great.
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Okay.
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So what additional funding has Moya requested for headcount in this fiscal year and the out years?
Jasniya Sanchez
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I mean, right now, you know, we continue to monitor the needs of the office, and we continue to work closely with with OMB on on on the needs of the office.
Alexa Avilés
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Does that mean nothing?
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You haven't you haven't requested any additional headcount?
Jasniya Sanchez
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We continue to monitor the needs, and we're focusing on backfilling the
Alexa Avilés
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Do you think you're meeting the needs of your mandate?
Jasniya Sanchez
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We're doing what we can with what we
Alexa Avilés
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have.