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Notice of 5/1 Mark-Up on FY20 Budget and BSA
The Committee on Labor and Workforce Development will meet to consider its recommendations for the FY 2020 budget and Budget Support Act on Wednesday, May 1, 2019, at 4:00pm in Room 500 of the John A. Wilson Building (1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW).
A draft agenda, draft committee report, and draft Budget Support Act subtitles are available below:
2019 Budget Oversight Hearing: Dept. of Employment Services & Workforce Investment Council (government witnesses)
The Committee on Labor and Workforce Development will hold a budget oversight hearing on Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at 10:00am in Room 412 of the John A. Wilson Building (1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW) for the following agencies:
- Department of Employment Services (public witnesses)
- Workforce Investment Council (public witnesses)
The agenda, witness list, and Executive testimonies are available below:
Newsletter: A Personal Note
Dear Resident,
This morning, I bike commuted. I did it because of Dave Salovesh, who lost his life last Friday while doing the very same thing on Florida Avenue NE in our city.
I could have been Dave.
Or Malik Habib, who died while cycling on the 300 block of H Street NE just two blocks from my house. I pass his white ghost bike almost every day, and every time I think that I really could have been Malik. I have a permanent scar on my right knee because my bike tire got caught in the streetcar track just like Malik’s did, but I was lucky that after I flipped over my bike and lay on the street there were no oncoming cars or buses.
2019 Budget Hearing: Dept. of Employment Services & Workforce Investment Council (public witnesses)
The Committee on Labor and Workforce Development will hold a budget oversight hearing on Monday, April 22, 2019 at 1:00pm in Room 500 of the John A. Wilson Building (1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW) for the following agencies:
- Department of Employment Services (public witnesses)
- Workforce Investment Council (public witnesses)
The agenda, witness list, and DOES’s responses to common budget questions are available below:
Public Roundtable on AFGE 1403/District Agencies Collective Bargaining Agreement
The Committee on Labor and Workforce Development will hold a public roundtable on the collective bargaining agreement (PR23-226) between District of Columbia Nurses Association and District of Columbia Department of Health, Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services, Department on Disability Services, Department of Health Care Finance, Child and Family Services Agency, the Department of Corrections, and Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department.
The roundtable will be on Wednesday, April 10, 2019 in Room 123 in the John A. Wilson Building (1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW) beginning at 3:00pm or immediately following the preceding hearing. The draft witness list and agenda is available here.
2019 Budget Hearing: Dept. of Human Resources & Office of Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining
The Committee on Labor and Workforce Development will hold a budget oversight hearing on Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 1:00pm in Room 123 of the John A. Wilson Building (1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW) on the following agencies:
- DC Department of Human Resources
- Office of Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining
The draft agenda and witness list, along with executive testimonies, are available below:
Newsletter: It's Still Budget Season!
Dear Resident,
Budget season is in full swing! These are your taxpayer dollars, so please check the budget hearing schedule and budget office website to see when agencies and issues you care about will come before the Council. If you cannot make a hearing in-person and want to share your thoughts with me, please feel free to call my office or email me directly. Either way, remember that this is your time to let me and my colleagues know what investments matter most to you.
Public Roundtable on AFGE 1403/Public Service Commission Collective Bargaining Agreement
The Committee on Labor and Workforce Development will hold a public roundtable on the collective bargaining agreement between AFGE 1403 and the Public Service Commission (PR23-191) on Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at 10:00am in Room 120 of the John A. Wilson Building (1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW).
The draft witness list and agenda is available here.
2019 Budget Hearing: Public Employee Relations Board & Office of Employee Appeals
The Committee on Labor and Workforce Development will hold a budget hearing on Friday, April 5, 2019 at 10:00am in the John A. Wilson Building (1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Room 120) for the following agencies:
- Public Employee Relations Board
- Office of Employee Appeals
The draft witness list and agenda is available here.
Newsletter: It's Budget Time!
Dear Resident,
It’s officially spring! Sure, there’s the spring equinox yesterday and the soon-to-be-blooming
cherry blossoms, but at the Wilson Building spring means budget season! In fact, Mayor Muriel Bowser released her proposed Fiscal Year 2020 budget yesterday, which officially kicks off the Council's budget discussions over the next two months. Thank you to the many residents who offered testimony at the Council’s performance oversight hearings in February and March. Your insights and recommendations help shape our priorities for the budget next year.
If you didn’t get a chance to share your input at performance oversight hearings—and even if you did—I have good news! You get another bite at the apple during budget hearings throughout the rest of March and into April. Make sure to look at the budget hearing schedule and new budget office website to see when committees will be reviewing agency budgets and taking a closer look at whether funding is being put to its best use. These are your tax dollars. Tell us how you think they should be spent.