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VTrans finance division warns vacancy savings alone won’t cover $1M planned cuts
Summary
Vermont Agency of Transportation’s Finance and Administration division told the Senate Transportation Committee that a proposed $1 million reduction would likely require cutting positions beyond routine vacancy savings and that their FY26 budget is built on a 5% agency vacancy assumption.
Jayna Morse, division director for finance and administration at the Vermont Agency of Transportation, told the Senate Transportation Committee on Feb. 19 that the division’s FY26 budget request totals about $26.5 million and includes continued funding for limited-service positions and attorney general support staff.
Morse said the division’s budget “is $26,500,000 estimated, with just a small fraction of that being federal funds and a larger portion being transportation funds.” She told senators the $1.9 million increase (about 8%) in the division’s request is “attributable to the salaries and benefits that are included in the collective bargaining agreement for the employees within this division.”
The nut graf: committee members pressed Morse on whether routine vacancy savings…
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