Department of Public Health Response
Memorandum
Date: August 1, 2007
To: Severin Campbell
San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Budget Analyst's Office
From: Michelle Ruggels
Operations Director
Community Programs Division
Subject: Comment on Audit of Workforce Development Programs
Dear Severin:
In response to your request for comments on your audit of the City's workforce development programs, I do have one comment related to the following section:
1.1 Adopt an ordinance, amending the Administrative Code, to establish:
(a) The role of the Board of Supervisors in overseeing the City's workforce development programs, including consulting with the Mayor in appointing members to Workforce Investment San Francisco, and approving workforce development programs funded by local revenues.
In implementing this ordinance, the Department requests that the Board's approval of funding not occur on an individual contract-by-contract basis. Alternatively, the Department recommends that the approval either occur as part of the annual budget process, or as a collective approval process prior to the beginning of each Fiscal Year. The reason for this request is that most of our programs have a mixture of funding sources, and for many of our programs, the workforce development portion is only a small portion of their larger contract. Adding a step to the contract approval process will increase the time required for contract certification, which is against the direction we are trying to move (see Citywide Contract Streamlining), and will tie up the rest of a contract not related to workforce development. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at (415) 255-3404.