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Legislative Coordinating Council approves agency budgets, adds 10% merit pay amendment for staff
Summary
The Legislative Coordinating Council approved revised legislative agency budgets including ARPA carryover for CALIS modernization and a late amendment directing a 10% merit salary increase for legislative agency staff; members raised timing and transparency concerns before passage.
The Legislative Coordinating Council on an unspecified date approved revised budgets for legislative agencies, including carryover ARPA funds for the CALIS modernization project and several items tied to a possible redistricting special session, and accepted a last-minute amendment to add a 10% merit-based salary increase for legislative agency staff.
Dylan, a legislative staff member presenting the budget overview, told the council the packet “summarizes the major adjustments to both the current year and the budget year, agency budgetary submissions.” He said carryforward ARPA funds for the CALIS modernization total about $2,600,000 and that the total all-funds revised estimate for the current year is $56.5 million compared with $55.2 million previously approved.
Why it matters: The budgets set staffing and program resources for the legislature’s operations and fund short-term needs such as redistricting support and technology modernization; several members said they lacked sufficient time to review the materials…
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