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MOCJ staffing increases and new positions
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Council Member Yusef Salaam inquires about MOCJ's plan to hire new positions, including a fiscal manager, senior fiscal analyst, and contract manager. MOCJ officials explain that these positions are intended to improve efficiency in contract management and financial operations.
- The new positions are expected to help with contract delays and invoice turnaround time.
- MOCJ has a total expenditure budget of $967 million devoted to contracts in fiscal year 2025.
- The agency has 164 active contracts with 70 unique vendors.
Yusef Salaam
7:44:27
Thank you for your testimony.
7:44:30
Just have a few questions regarding the plan.
7:44:36
The preliminary plan includes an increase of $135,000 in fiscal year twenty five and a baseline increase of $270,000 in the out years to hire a fiscal manager, a senior fiscal analyst, and a contract manager at Mach J.
7:44:54
Will these positions help alleviate the contracts, the contract delays that Mach J is currently experiencing and what recruitment strategies are being implemented to hire and fill these positions?
Deanna Logan
7:45:10
Thank you very much for the question chair.
7:45:12
Yes, the the new positions that we have listed are ones that are to assist in the efficiency, and I would turn to our chief operating officer to talk about the specifics of the individuals, and then our chief financial officer to explain further.
Candice Julien
7:45:31
Thank you for the question.
7:45:34
Yes.
7:45:35
As far as recruitment efforts, we've been utilizing the hiring halls through recruit, the expertise needed to move on contract and finance actions.
7:45:48
Of those three positions, we actually have two candidates in the approval process, and we'll turn it over to our Chief Financial Officer for additional details.
Robert Fiato
7:45:58
Thank you.
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Our total expenditure budget in fiscal twenty five is $967,000,000 that's devoted to contracts.
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So we anticipate the new fiscal analysts that are being hired to ensure that we're having adequate invoice turnaround time.
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We also have total active contracts of 164 with 70 unique vendors.
7:46:28
So we envision the contract manager that will be coming on board to ensure that we are meeting our timely registration goals and ensuring that our nonprofit providers get paid in a timely and appropriate fashion.