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Commission on Sentencing approves FY 2025–26 operating budget and several service contracts, flags reserve shortfall
Summary
At its quarterly meeting the Commission on Sentencing approved a proposed FY 2025–26 operating budget and multiple service contracts, while staff warned that flat appropriations and prior encumbrances could exhaust reserves within the coming fiscal year.
The Commission on Sentencing approved a proposed fiscal year 2025–26 operating budget and multiple service purchase contracts at its quarterly meeting, while staff warned the commission that existing reserves could be nearly exhausted if requested funding is not received.
Commission members voted to approve the proposed operating budget for FY 2025–26 after staff described a plan that assumes a 3% staff salary increase, continuation of existing cost-savings measures and use of previously encumbered JRI funds for IT work. Executive Director Matt Wyman said the commission requested an operating appropriation of $3,400,000 from the legislature but that the draft operating budget carried a notional total of about $3,800,000 that includes work on web application development.
Why it matters: commissioners and staff said the commission’s appropriations have been flat-funded since 2019–20, forcing staff vacancies and…
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