Mayor Muriel Bowser has submitted a request to the Council of the District of Columbia to reprogram $360,000 of Fiscal Year 2025 Special Purpose Revenue Funds within the Office of the Peoples Counsel (OPC). This reprogramming is necessary to support the agency's personnel services expenditures, specifically within the Consumer Services program. The funds will be reallocated from the Professional Services and Fees account to cover full-time positions and additional gross pay, as the agency has experienced lower-than-anticipated expenditures in professional services due to a spending freeze.

The Chief Financial Officer, Glen Lee, has reviewed the Mayor's request and indicated that while the reprogramming is below the $500,000 threshold requiring Council approval, it would result in a cumulative budget change for OPC exceeding that amount due to a prior approved reprogramming. However, the Office of Budget and Planning has confirmed that this reprogramming will not adversely impact OPC's budget or the District's financial plan, and the CFO has no objections to the request. The reprogramming is essential to prevent a deficit in the Personal Services budget for the Office of the Peoples Counsel.