2025 Budget Recommendation / R50 / Information Technology Agency / Use of Artificial Intelligence to Create Savings and Efficiencies

2025 Budget Recommendation / R48 / Information Technology Agency / Creating Efficiencies / Departments Administering the Human Resources and Payroll System

Tenant Anti-Harassment Ordinance / Audit

Office Lease Portfolio / Office Space / Leasing Cost / City Resources / Civilian Workforce Telecommute / Lease Consolidation

City audit of office space needs as remote work persists; determines whether consolidating leases and renegotiating labor agreements could cut costs.

In progress — the City is analyzing whether it's leasing far more office space than needed as remote work has become permanent. All required reports are now in, but committees haven't yet scheduled hearings to decide what changes to make.

Damaged Street and Pedestrian Lighting / Repair Process / Inefficiencies

Street lighting repair backlog has ballooned to 33,000 cases with a year-long wait; copper theft surged 1,430% and is crippling the Bureau's capacity to respond.

Pending — the City Council unanimously directed the Street Lighting Bureau to fix its repair system after a backlog of 33,000 requests and a dramatic surge in copper theft. The Bureau's May 2026 report is now waiting on committee review.