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Committee approves supplemental appropriation request; staff outline multi-million-dollar revenue shortfall and vacancies
Summary
The Ways and Means Committee approved a supplemental appropriation to cover anticipated overages and heard a budget presentation outlining a multi-million-dollar revenue deficit, federal-aid shortfalls and hundreds of vacant positions reducing personnel costs.
The Ways and Means Committee approved a supplemental appropriation request intended to cover anticipated overages and fund the employment reserve during year-end closeout. Budget Director Douglas Wazinski and Deputy Budget Director Dean Messina presented the request and the committee voted to approve the appropriation.
Wazinski and Messina then reviewed the office’s year-to-date fiscal picture. They reported an overall revenue deficit for the period described in the materials (the transcript references multiple figures): a large deficit in total revenues (discussed as…
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