A great group called "Making Oakland Better" had its first meeting on Sunday and just as this blogger returned from Georgia, and was running around taking care of personal matters. In other words, I missed the meeting.
The group made a number of decisions, listened to speeches by Oakland City Council Member Ignacio de la Fuente (District Five), City Attorney John Russo and City Auditor Courtney Ruby and as of this writing, is at the Oakland City Council’s Finance and Management Committee at Oakland City Hall. I repost a "recap" of the decisions the group made below, and give a link to their blog site:
For more information and videos, click here: Making Oakland Better.
The group made a number of decisions, listened to speeches by Oakland City Council Member Ignacio de la Fuente (District Five), City Attorney John Russo and City Auditor Courtney Ruby and as of this writing, is at the Oakland City Council’s Finance and Management Committee at Oakland City Hall. I repost a "recap" of the decisions the group made below, and give a link to their blog site:
Decisions Made / Positions Adopted By the Group
Police and Fire Retirement System: Make Oakland Better Now! urges the City to make the actuarially-required PFRS payment in the coming fiscal year, from the tax override reserve/surplus if necessary, and to examine all charter amendment and other options for reducing the cash flow impact of this obligation.
Rainy Day Fund: Make Oakland Better Now! supports a charter amendment instituting a rules-based Rainy Day Fund, similar to that proposed by the Budget Advisory Committee.
Budget Reform: Make Oakland Better Now! will promote adoption of performance based budgeting and budgeting for outcomes.
For more information and videos, click here: Making Oakland Better.