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Joint Fiscal Office outlines Budget Adjustment Act changes, $137 million available for FY2026
Summary
Emily Fern, Joint Fiscal Office fiscal staff, told attendees that Senate changes to the Budget Adjustment Act will add or shift funding for municipal grants, personnel positions and one-time transfers, and leave about $137,000,000 available to carry forward into fiscal 2026.
Emily Fern, Joint Fiscal Office fiscal staff, told attendees that Senate changes to the Budget Adjustment Act will add or shift funding for municipal grants, personnel positions and one-time transfers, and leave about $137,000,000 available to carry forward into fiscal 2026.
Fern presented four spreadsheets and said the Senate's changes include funding for a physician and solicitor positions in the Attorney General's Office, two positions for the Human Rights Commission (about $62,000), municipal grant appropriations intended to cover prior awards in Addison County and new flood-related municipal grants, a transfer to an emergency personnel survivors benefit fund, and an additional reversion from the Treasurer's Office.
Why it matters: the edits shift one-time resources and…
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