Extension of February 25th
MEETING
Meeting Date: February 27th, 2002
Meeting Place: City Hall, The Mayor’s Conference
Room, room 201
Meeting Time: 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM (extended to 7:45
PM)
Call to Order
5:00
PM
Roll Call
See Attachment A. 21 council members
were present, 14 Yea votes are needed to pass; a quorum was established.
Review and
Approval of Agenda
The
Agenda was approved.
Michael
Shriver, Mayor’s Advisor on AIDS Policy, announced that the Mayor had approved
the reappointment of Jeff Byers, Catherine Geanuracos, and Alissa Riker, and
the appointment of new members William Blum, Felicia Elizondo, Tracy Neil,
Charlene Pugh, Charles Siron, and Norman Tanner.
Twenty
people gave public comments, including Baker Places and Instituto Familiar.
Reductions
Protocol Discussion
Proposal Q
1. Keep Levels 1, 2, & 4 cuts proposed in original
reductions protocol
2. Keep half of the housing reallocation = $227,000
3. 0.5% cut to the Department of Public Health (DPH)
administrative rate
4. No minimum thresholds for proportional cuts
5. Proportional cut across the board holding nothing harmless;
approximately 7%.
Proposal R
1. Keep half of the housing reallocation = $227,000
2. Keep levels 1 through 4
3. Planning Council Support cut = $50,000
4. 0.5% cut to DPH
5. Cut Complementary Therapy by 50%
6. Cut Methadone Maintenance by 100%
7. Cut Nutritional Counseling. 100%
8. Cut Congregate Meal by 100%
9. Partial cuts: 50%
Transportation, 50% Child Care, and $90,500 Legal and Immigration Assistance.
The
outcomes of the straw polls were that Proposal C would be discussed first.
Russ Zellers explained that Proposal C imposed Level
1 through 4 cuts. The council then
discussed Proposal C. Brad Hume opposed
Proposal C because of Housing cuts.
Russ Zellers and Laura Thomas clarified that the Housing line item
represents the loss of reallocation, plus 3.14% cut. Sam Kaplan and Charlene Pugh opposed Proposal C. Tracy Neil and Donald Frazier spoke in favor
of Proposal C.
Donald Frazier amended Proposal C to hold nothing
harmless, to collapse Level 3 back into the budget and then have proportional
cuts. Toni Butler accepted the
amendment, and Tracy Neil accepts as second.
Elyse Graham proposed a friendly amendment to fold
Proposals Q & C together, remove DPH, do not hold new programs harmless,
and to give back 50% of the cuts to the Housing reallocation. Toni Butler declined the friendly amendment.
Wayne Peace offered an amendment to hold harmless at
50% of the other cuts. Toni Butler
declined the amendment.
Catherine Geanuracos spoke against the proposal
unless 50% of Housing was added back.
Susan Shea insists that some categories must be held
harmless.
Edward Patterson called the question.
The council voted 13 No and 8 Yes, Proposal C failed. See Attachment A.
The council moved to extend the meeting until
7:45pm.
Jeff Byers proposed a new motion: Proposal C (same as previous) but with
$227,000 added back for Housing. Larry
Cruz seconded the motion.
Larry Cruz spoke in favor of the new motion. Elyse Graham, Donald Frazier, and Tracy Neil
spoke in favor of the new motion.
Wayne Peace spoke against the new motion. Catherine Geanuracos called the
question. The council voted 9 No and 12
Yes, the Proposal failed. See
Attachment A.
The council discussed why members voted No. Dirk Doepfner approved of the motion because
of Level 3 added back because of other non-CARE funding sources.
Alissa Riker wanted to know why Dental (centralized)
was held harmless.
Brad Hume wanted to make a friendly amendment to
increase Housing from $227,000 to the original number of $455,000.
Wayne Peace made a motion that held harmless
categories are at 50% of other proportional cuts to the previous motion of
Proposal C.
Margot Antonetty wants “held harmless” to remain
held harmless.
Wayne Peace’s motion did not receive a second, the
motion failed.
Donald Frazier suggested returning to the previous
motion, although someone who’d previously voted against it must propose it.
Jeff Byers asked DPH to speak in reference to the
Level 3 cuts. Michele Long Dixon
explained the rationale for Level 3 cuts as a result of intense analysis asked
for by the CARE Council.
Catherine Geanuracos proposed a new motion:
·
Level
1, 2, & 4 cuts,
·
hold
harmless Housing, Primary Care, and ISPs; and SPH list of new programs, etc.
·
Housing
reallocation at $227,500,
·
proportional
cuts with no hold harmless,
·
no
threshold.
Margot Antonetty seconded the motion.
Charlene Pugh proposed to add back Level 3
cuts. Catherine Geanuracos accepted
Charlene Pugh’s amendment.
Margot Antonetty does not accept the amendment as second.
The amendment is not accepted.
Discussion of the original motion continued.
Brad Hume spoke against the motion.
Alissa Riker stated that Primary Care should not be
held harmless.
The co-chairs facilitated several straw polls to
assess where the points of clarification and distinction needed to be
made. Upon clarification, Catherine
Geanuracos withdrew her original motion and offered a new motion based on the
feedback and input of the Council.
Catherine
Geanuracos proposed a new motion:
·
Implement Level I, II
and IV reductions per protocol approved 12/10/01;
·
Reduce the new
housing allocation from $455,000 to $227,500;
·
There will be no new
ISP allocation of $150,000;
·
Only the following
categories/subcategories will be held harmless:
Decentralized Dental services, Dementia Care (within the Residential Mental
Health subcategory), Planning Council Support, CBC programs;
·
After the Housing
allocation is added to that category, proportional cuts will be taken from all
remaining categories not mentioned in #4 above.
Edward Patterson
seconded.
The council voted 5
No and 16 Yes. The motion passed.
7:45 PM