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Jun 9, 2026

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Committee approves fiber partnership

Finance & Management Committee convened at 9:30 AM with four members present. The committee accepted prior minutes and its outstanding items schedule, continued the Prompt Payment Policy informational item to 9/22/2026, and approved staff’s OaklandConnect fiber partnership recommendations to forward to the City Council on consent.

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Finance & Management Committee meeting summary

Committee met May 26, 2026 and approved draft minutes and the schedule of outstanding items. Staff presented and the Committee received the FY 2025-26 third quarter revenue & expenditures report and the third quarter cash management report. The Committee approved the City investment policy and a delegation of successor agency investment authority and forwarded both items to the June 2, 2026 City Council consent agenda. An item to amend the Vacant Property Tax was withdrawn and placed on the pending list.

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Finance & Management Committee — May 12, 2026: approvals on LLAD, tax notes, and annuitant exception; several items continued or rescheduled

Committee convened at 9:33 AM with Chair Janani Ramachandran and four members present. The committee approved draft minutes, accepted an amended schedule of outstanding items (with an agenda-order change), received an audit report, approved actions on a Landscaping & Lighting Assessment District and an annuitant exception, and authorized forwarding Fiscal Year 2026-27 Tax and Revenue Anticipation Notes (up to $200M) to the May 19 Council meeting. Several items were continued or withdrawn and rescheduled for later committee consideration. Meeting adjourned at 11:29 AM.

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Finance & Management Committee — Draft Minutes, March 24, 2026

Committee convened at 9:31 AM in the City Council Chamber with Chair Janani Ramachandran and Members Rowena Brown, Zac Unger, and Charlene Wang present. The committee approved prior minutes and its outstanding schedule; received informational reports on FY2025-26 Q2 revenues/expenditures and the PFRS investment/actuarial reports; forwarded the City‑wide staffing report to the April 14 Special City Council meeting as a public hearing; continued the salary survey item to April 21; and approved several salary‑ordinance related items as amended while withdrawing the Parking Administrator component. The meeting adjourned at 11:22 AM.

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Finance & Management Committee — March 10, 2026 meeting summary

The Oakland City Council Finance & Management Committee met March 10, 2026 at 9:30 AM with four members present. The committee approved draft minutes from Feb 24, accepted the schedule of outstanding committee items, received and filed an informational report on Measure Q, and received and filed the OPD overtime report while requesting additional overtime-threshold staffing data for the next quarterly report. The meeting adjourned at 11:08 AM.

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Finance & Management Committee minutes — Feb 24, 2026: cooperative purchase agreements approved for council review; parcel tax item withdrawn; cash management report received

The Committee convened at 9:30 AM with Chair Janani Ramachandran presiding and four members present. The Committee: approved draft minutes from Feb 10, accepted the outstanding items schedule (with the Budget Advisory Commission parcel tax item withdrawn to the pending list, no date), approved staff’s recommendation on citywide cooperative purchase agreements (up to $8,040,000) and forwarded it to the March 3 City Council agenda as non-consent with a request for supplemental vendor/department information, and received and filed the FY 2025-26 second quarter cash management report. The meeting adjourned at 10:10 AM.

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Finance & Management Committee — Meeting Minutes (Feb 10, 2026): ACFR, ORSA audit, Q4 results, and multi‑year staffing plan

The Finance & Management Committee met Feb 10, 2026 at 9:30 AM with Chair Janani Ramachandran and members Rowena Brown, Zac Unger, and Charlene Wang present. The committee approved the Jan 27, 2026 draft minutes; accepted the schedule of outstanding items; received and filed the ORSA audit, FY 2024-25 Q4 revenue & expenditures report, and the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report and auditor management letter; and approved forwarding the Multi‑Year Plan to Meet Voter‑Mandated Staffing and Service Level to the Feb 17, 2026 City Council consent agenda. The meeting adjourned at 11:31 AM.

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Finance & Management Committee — Meeting Minutes (Jan 27, 2026): Unanimous acceptance of minutes and schedules; informational reports received on PFRS investments, GO bond ratings, and strategic plan update

The Finance & Management Committee convened at 9:30 AM with Chair Janani Ramachandran and Councilmembers Rowena Brown, Zac Unger, and Charlene Wang present (4-0). The committee: accepted the draft minutes from Dec 9, 2025; accepted the schedule of outstanding committee items; received and filed informational reports on the Oakland Police and Fire Retirement System (PFRS) investment portfolio (as of Sept 30, 2025) and on ratings for the General Obligation Bonds, Series 2025 (Measure U) from Moody’s and S&P; and approved staff recommendations to receive and forward the FY 2025–2028 Citywide Strategic Plan six-month update to the Feb 3, 2026 City Council agenda on consent. Three speakers spoke during open forum. The meeting adjourned at 11:01 AM.

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Finance & Management Committee minutes — December 9, 2025: audit received, salary ordinance amendments, vendor contracts, RDA schedule approved

The Finance & Management Committee met December 9, 2025 at 9:30 AM in the City Council Chamber (Chair: Councilmember Janani Ramachandran). Members Brown, Unger, Wang and Ramachandran were present. The committee approved past minutes, accepted the schedule of outstanding items, received a performance audit of the Kids First Oakland Children’s Fund and forwarded it to the December 16 City Council consent calendar, approved multiple Human Resources salary ordinance changes (including adding Payroll Administrator and Procurement & Contracts Administrator classifications and raising the Senior Aide, PT rate from $16.89 to $20.00) and forwarded those items to the December 16 Council (non-consent). The committee approved contracts with HdL Software, LLC (five-year, not to exceed $1,670,000) and a professional services agreement with Francisco & Associates, Inc. (three-year, not to exceed $550,000) with amendments removing SLBE waivers, and approved the Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule for FY 2026–27 for transmission to oversight entities. An informational item on GO Bonds ratings was withdrawn and rescheduled to January 27, 2026. The meeting adjourned at 11:05 AM.

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