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Additional concerns about one-shot funding for essential park services
2:53:28
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44 sec
Council Member Krishnan expands on the issues of one-shot funding, highlighting other essential park services affected by temporary budget allocations and calling for permanent funding solutions.
- Tree stump removal, green thumb funding, and forestry management are only given one year of funding
- Emphasizes the permanent nature of these services, especially in light of recent wildfires
- Calls for baselining funds to provide stability for workers and the Parks Department
Shekar Krishnan
2:53:28
These positions are not the only things that are only funded for one year.
2:53:33
Tree stump removal, green thumb funding, 3,000,000 for forestry management are only given one year of funding.
2:53:40
In other words, taking care of our trees, managing our urban forest is done on a temporary budget every year even though this work is permanent and even more crucial in our city when we have seen over two fifty wildfires in two weeks last fall.
2:53:58
These one shots must end.
2:54:00
We need to ensure that the administration, the agency, and OMB make sure that these funds are baselined or made permanent so workers can have the job stability they need to provide for their families.