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CFB staffing increase and budget allocation breakdown
2:37:15
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Council Member Lincoln Restler inquires about the significant increase in the proposed headcount for the Campaign Finance Board (CFB) for the upcoming fiscal year. Amanda Melillo, First Deputy Executive Director of the CFB, provides a detailed breakdown of where the 45 new positions will be allocated within the agency.
- 15 positions in the new Strategy, Products, and Innovation division
- 10 positions in the Public Affairs division for voter education and engagement
- 8 positions in the Technology division (now part of Strategy, Products, and Innovation)
- 6 positions in Operations and Finance
- 4 positions in People Operations for recruitment and onboarding
Lincoln Restler
2:37:15
You, Chair Brannan.
2:37:19
Just as the Chair noted, there's a significant increase in the proposed headcount for the CFB for the upcoming fiscal year, adding 45 positions and going from a budget headcount of two thirteen up to two fifty eight.
2:37:33
Could you provide a breakdown of where those positions will be within the agency?
2:38:31
So 15 in the strategy and product division, the new division you mentioned, 10 in the public affairs division.
Amanda Melillo
2:37:39
Certainly.
2:37:41
So in terms of the new positions that are request, I think I just mentioned a minute ago, 15 of those are in strategy products and innovation.
2:37:48
So that's the new division that I am currently starting up.
2:37:53
Positions are added to our public affairs division.
2:37:56
That's where voter education and engagement initiative, NYC Votes, is housed.
2:38:01
So there we're looking to add staffing for language access and to our partnerships and outreach team to expand our community engagement and partnerships that we're doing out in neighborhoods around New York City.
2:38:14
And we are also looking to add staff to our content team.
2:38:17
So they are creating everything from what you might see on social media to the emails that voters are receiving to the products that we are distributing out in neighborhoods like one pagers and palm cards and things like that.
2:38:36
And then eight requests in our Technology division.
2:38:40
I'll just make a note that since this budget was submitted, our Chief Technology Officer departed the agency in March and we actually folded technology into Strategy, Products and Innovation.
2:38:51
So right now I am taking a look at this part of the budget and how we can allocate our headcount to best achieve our strategy and what we think we need to do in terms of building new products.
2:39:04
Just very quickly, in addition to that we added six in operations and finances, Executive Director Ryan mentioned in his testimony.
2:39:14
That is to expand our infrastructure and really to support contracting and budget that have expanded as our agency has taken on new mandates over the years.
2:39:24
And then finally we are adding four to our people operations team to support recruitment, onboarding, learning and development for all of these positions.