File #: Res 0612-2006    Version: * Name: Resolution designating the Speaker as the Council Member chosen by the Council to serve on the special committee to appoint the director of the City’s Independent Budget Office.
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
Committee: Committee on Finance
On agenda: 11/15/2006
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: Resolution designating the Speaker as the Council Member chosen by the Council to serve on the special committee to appoint the director of the City’s Independent Budget Office, in accordance with section 259 of the New York City Charter.
Sponsors: David I. Weprin, Michael C. Nelson, Larry B. Seabrook, Lewis A. Fidler, Albert Vann, Simcha Felder, Vincent J. Gentile, Inez E. Dickens, Helen Sears, Leroy G. Comrie, Jr., Letitia James, Darlene Mealy
Council Member Sponsors: 12
Attachments: 1. Committee Report, 2. Press Release, 3. Hearing Transcript, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 11/15/06
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
11/15/2006*David I. Weprin City Council Approved, by CouncilPass Action details Meeting details Not available
11/15/2006*David I. Weprin City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
11/15/2006*David I. Weprin City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
11/15/2006*David I. Weprin Committee on Finance Hearing on P-C Item by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
11/15/2006*David I. Weprin Committee on Finance P-C Item Approved by CommPass Action details Meeting details Not available

Res. No. 612

 

Resolution designating the Speaker as the Council Member chosen by the Council to serve on the special committee to appoint the director of the City’s Independent Budget Office, in accordance with section 259 of the New York City Charter.

 

By Council Members Weprin, Nelson, Seabrook, Fidler, Vann, Felder, Gentile, Dickens, Sears, Comrie, James and Mealy

 

                      Whereas, Chapter 11 of the New York City Charter (Charter) provides that there shall be an Independent Budget Office (IBO) the duties of which shall include providing to the Comptroller, the Council, the Borough Presidents and the community boards information to assist them in discharging their budgetary responsibilities; and

Whereas, Section 259 of the Charter provides that the IBO is to be headed by a director; and

Whereas, The Charter provides that the Director of the IBO shall be appointed upon the recommendation of the Independent Budget Office Advisory Board, by a special committee convened for this purpose; and

Whereas, Section 259 of the Charter further provides that such special committee be comprised of the Comptroller, the Public Advocate, a Borough President chosen by the Borough Presidents and a Council Member chosen by the Council; now, therefore, be it;

Resolved, That the Council of the City of New York designates the Speaker as the Council Member chosen by the Council to serve on the special committee to appoint the director of the City’s Independent Budget Office, in accordance with section 259 of the New York City Charter.