Health Department 2027 Budget
At a glance
Based on auto-generated captions; names and details may be misheard.
- What: the proposed 2027 budget for the Health Department, which includes the Office of Homeless Services and Strategy, the Low Barrier Shelter, Family Connects, mobile crisis, violence prevention and the domestic violence AIR program.
- Where it stands: about $338,000 of personnel cuts (three to four positions) and an operating cut of about 87 percent once the Low Barrier Shelter (about $5 million) is counted; speakers put the general fund cut at over $10 million, or about 60 percent. The department would be about 90 percent grant funded.
- Council position: Council President Morrell said outside funders must commit for multiple years; the budget chair said the council is talking with possible funders; Councilmember Green said the whole council wants the shelter to continue. Willard and Councilmember McCarron (name as rendered) backed Family Connects.
- Next: the council decides what to restore before adoption; the department said the Ubuntu violence prevention contract was left out of the budget ordinance in error.
- Key people: Dr. Vegno, Taylor Dials, Ed Carlson.
Sources
Discussion time
About 132 minutes across 1 meeting (from transcript timestamps; approximate).
| Meeting | Minutes |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-08 - City Council Budget Hearings | 132 |
Log
- 2026-10-08 - City Council Budget Hearings - Budget presentation, council questions and dozens of public comments, most urging the council to keep the Low Barrier Shelter, Family Connects, violence prevention and trauma recovery funded.