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Discussions with OMB about budget cuts and hiring freeze
0:33:43
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Council Member Krishnan inquires about Commissioner Donoghue's conversations with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regarding budget cuts and the hiring freeze. Donoghue provides limited details about these ongoing discussions.
- Donoghue mentions continuous conversations with OMB and the mayor's office about PEG savings targets and new needs
- The commissioner emphasizes the dedication of agency staff despite challenges
- Krishnan presses for more specific information about the substance of these conversations
Shekar Krishnan
0:33:43
So 700 positions lost.
0:33:47
The inability to hire for many of those positions and the impact on the headcount as a result, the impact on the hiring of workers has been drastic.
0:33:58
Have you had conversations with OMB about both the cuts, the loss of positions as well as the hiring freeze, and how what have those conversations been like?
Susan Donoghue
0:34:11
You know, at this time of year, as you all know, council member, as the budget process moves forward, we're in continuous conversations with OMB and the mayor's office regarding our PEG savings targets and new needs, and that is an ongoing conversation and will be ongoing over the next few months, and I am incredibly proud of our dedicated workers and our agency staff who, as you mentioned, are out there every day delivering on our mission to take care of the parks department.
Shekar Krishnan
0:34:42
What have been the substance of those conversations with OMB about filling the 700 positions lost, lifting the hiring freeze on parks workers.
0:34:51
What has been what is the substance of those conversations have been with the budget office for city hall?
Susan Donoghue
0:34:56
It is continuous back and forth in conversations about new needs that we've we've put forward and areas where we're seeing challenges and just ongoing conversations as is always the case at this time of year.