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Finance Committee recommends $1.3 million transfer to cover projected New Haven police overtime
Summary
City staff asked the Finance Committee to transfer $1.3 million from police salary accounts to overtime after projecting overtime will exceed the FY2025 budget; the committee gave the item a favorable recommendation to the full Board of Alders by voice vote.
City budget staff told the Finance Committee on April 9 that the New Haven Police Department expects overtime spending to exceed the current fiscal-year budget and requested a $1.3 million transfer from police salary accounts to the department’s overtime line.
The request and rationale Director-level staff presented a year-to-date projection showing overtime averaging roughly $300,000 per week and an updated projection of about $311,000 per week through the remainder of the fiscal year; that trend led staff to ask the committee to authorize transferring salary savings from vacant positions into overtime to cover an…
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