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MassDEP updates committee on FY26 budget prospects, hiring freeze and leadership changes
Summary
MassDEP staff summarized FY25 funding, reported differing FY26 budget proposals under consideration, described a hiring freeze effective May 27, 2025, and announced several Bureau of Waste Site Cleanup leadership transitions.
At the Wayside Cleanup Advisory Committee meeting, Millie Garcia Serrano, assistant commissioner for the Bureau of Waste Site Cleanup, briefed members on state budget developments, the administration's hiring freeze and recent leadership changes within the bureau.
Budget and hiring freeze: Garcia Serrano said the commonwealth's FY25 general appropriation was approximately $57.8 billion and that MassDEP was allocated about $87 million for FY25. She said FY26 budget…
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