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CORE budget overview and committee expectations
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Council Member Williams provides an overview of the Commission on Racial Equity (CORE) budget for fiscal year 2026 and outlines the committee's expectations for the agency's performance and growth.
- CORE's FY2026 budget totals roughly $4.8 million, a significant increase from FY2025
- The budget includes funding for 16 positions and substantial other than personnel services (OTPS) allocations
- Additional funding is provided for new full-time positions and interns, as well as a temporary office relocation
- The committee seeks information on how the budget increase will impact CORE and any unmet needs in the preliminary plan
- Williams notes this is CORE's first budget hearing as a relatively new agency
Nantasha Williams
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Lastly, we will hear from CORE.
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CORE is an independent commission dedicated to holding government accountable to advancing racial equity operations and increasing community voice in government decision making.
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CORE is a newer agency existing only since fiscal twenty twenty four.
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I'm excited to have them join us at their first budget hearing.
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Core's fiscal twenty twenty six budget totals roughly $4,800,000 which is roughly 3,200,000.0 more than at the time of the fiscal twenty twenty five adoption.
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The budget also includes roughly 1,800,000.0 in personnel services to support 16 positions.
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It also includes roughly $3,300,000 in other than personnel services.
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About 2,000,000 of CORE's OTPS budget is dedicated to local laws '91 and '90 '2.
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In the preliminary plan, CORE was allocated an additional a hundred and $26,000 in fiscal twenty twenty five and a baseline of $429,000 starting in fiscal twenty twenty six to support the hiring of four full time positions and two research and policy interns.
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Core's budget also increased by roughly 50,000 in fiscal twenty twenty five to support a temporary office relocation.
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The committee looks forward to learning about how the budget increase will impact CORE as well as the needs that we that were unmet in the preliminary plan.