ITA just completed their budget hearing:
IT Consolidation: Committee chair Bernard Parks requested that ITA and the Mayors Office review and report back on the IT consolidation process and the estimated cost savings to the City before any consolidation can take place. Sally Choi, of the Mayor's Office, requested that ITA be allowed to move forward on the consolidation of CCYF and the Board of Public Works, but CM Parks rebutted that and asked that the review take place first (with ITA, the Mayors Office and the departments impacted all at the table). In the end it appears Choi and Randi's scheme is moving forward with the LAFD and City Clerk ITA consolidations on hold. For now.
Channel 36 and cable franchise oversight: Councilman Rosendahl and other board members discussed the funding cuts to Channel 36 and asked that ITA and the Mayors Office look at restoring that funding through the 1% franchise fee that the City will get from the State of California or perhaps by some other means. Citing Channel 36 as an invaluable asset to the citizens of Los Angeles. Rosendahl chided the State for taking cable regulatory control away from the local governments.
Other discussions: The committee focused on the Zero based budget process that ITA used for FY08-09 (CM's Rosendahl and Greuel lauded Randi for undertaking the budget tact). ITA was also praised for its mainframe print elimination project.
Randi and staff were not questioned on the reduction of 311 hours. All in all, Randi got off pretty easy.
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Anonymous said... I was there, Choi got more heat for the consolidation issue than Randi. Parks spoke about departments circling the wagons and digging in their heels to prevent the ITA take over. He also stated he was concerned that the issue created unnecessary rumor and false information. I don't think Roger or Kamton ever spoke.
Rumblings in ITA said... It's does seem Sally Choi has been the mouth-piece for ITA alot lately, if she wasn't slated for the GM position at LACERS, we wouldn't be surprised if she had ITA in her sights (XO?).
The View from 14 wonders why wouldn't you get a targeted departments buy-in before you undertake such a plan? We are sure LAFD and City Clerk are wondering the same.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
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I was there, Choi got more heat for the consolidation issue than Randi. Parks spoke about departments circling the wagons to prevent the ITA take over. He also stated he was concerned that the issue created unnecessary rumor and false information.
I don't think Roger or Kamton ever spoke.
It's does seem Sally Choi has been the mouth-piece for ITA alot lately, if she wasn't slated for the GM position at LACERS, we wouldn't be surprised if she had ITA in her sights (XO?).
It's because the CAO and Mayor work in a vacuum. ITA probably had no clue that it was even being proposed. Trust me...I'm an admin person.
From the looks of the budget hearing, it seems that Randi has the support of the City Council. I'm not sure if that's good or bad...
This consolidation is %100 the mayor's doing, ITA went along with it becuase it was too late and too political to argue otherwise.
Randi did thank everyone in ITA that helped with the budget process.
3-1-1 will remain 24X7, that issue was never came up because ITA had already backed off that budget item.
Obviously the Mayor's office is driving the initiative. Randi is not bright enough to come up with this on her own. IT consolidation is an industry best practice, particularly in large government (Liza was quite aware of it). It was suggested to the Executive team last summer, with the usual "mind you own business."
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