COMMISSION 
AGENDA MEMORANDUM                        Item No.          11b 
BRIEFING ITEM                            Date of Meeting     September 27, 2022 
DATE:     September 9, 2022 
TO:        Stephen P. Metruck, Executive Director 
FROM:    Dan Thomas, Chief Financial Officer 
Michael Tong, Director, Corporate Budget 
SUBJECT:  2023 Central Services Preliminary Budget and Portwide Rollup Briefing 
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 
The purpose of this briefing is to discuss with the Commission the 2023 preliminary operating
and capital budgets for Central Services, as well as to provide a Portwide budget rollup to the
Commission. Staff would also like to seek the Commission’s feedback on the preliminary budgets. 
This is one of a series of budget briefings to the Commission starting from early June. Staff also
plans to discuss the three operating division operating and capital budgets on October 11, 2022 
and the Tax Levy and Draft Plan of Finance on October 25, 2022 prior to the formal Commission
reviews and approvals of the 2023 budget in November. 
ATTACHMENTS TO THIS BRIEFING 
(1)   Presentation 
PREVIOUS COMMISSION ACTIONS OR BRIEFINGS 
August 1, 2022 – Commission Budget Planning Retreat 
July 26, 2022 – 2023 Budget Development Briefing 
June 14, 2022 – Commission Budget Planning Retreat 






Template revised April 12, 2018.