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NVCOG board adopts fiscal year 2026 budget and organizational chart
Summary
The board unanimously approved the FY26 budget and a revised organizational chart, while noting hires may be contingent on the outcome of an expected housing bill.
The Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments unanimously adopted its fiscal year 2026 budget and an updated organizational chart at the board meeting. Executive Director Rick Dunn presented the budget package and said the organization is projecting a roughly balanced budget with a small surplus.
Dunn told the board the operating budget sits below expected 100% spend because of vacancies and delays in salary expenditures; that reduced spending affects the agency’s indirect cost rate and federal/state reimbursements; and that earlier-payback requirements resulted in a $35,000 repayment tied to a prior estimate. "The bottom line is, right now, our net position just about even — we're anticipating a balanced budget for the year, slight surplus of maybe a few thousand dollars," Dunn said.
The board also approved an organizational chart that adds several positions. Dunn said some of the newly created jobs are tied to anticipated funds in the recently passed housing bill (discussed in the legislative update) and that if those funds do not materialize the positions will not be filled. "Some of the money is in the housing bill. If that money doesn't materialize, we just won't be filling those positions," he said.
Board members had the opportunity to ask questions and the motion to adopt the FY26 budget and organizational chart carried unanimously by voice vote. No specific hires were authorized at the meeting beyond the adoption of the chart; Dunn said vacancies will be filled only as funding allows.
The budget presentation noted operating expenses were approximately 62% of budget for general and administrative lines at one point, and department-wide budget-to-actual at 77% ten months through the fiscal year. Dunn said new federal contract awards and higher interest income had improved the agency’s financial outlook.
The adoption was tied to the executive committee’s recommendation; staff said they would distribute the full budget package and the annotated org chart to members. The board did not take other budget-related votes beyond adoption and approving the workplan resolution for the flexible state grant later in the meeting.
