MMB presents governor's 2025 budget requests including oversight staffing, DCYF re‑appropriation and carry‑forward authority

Erin Campbell, commissioner of Minnesota Management and Budget, told the Senate Committee on State and Local Government on March 6 that the governor’s 2025 budget recommendation for MMB focuses on covering growing operating costs, strengthening oversight and providing flexibility to agencies facing future budget pressure.

"At MMB, we serve as stewards of the state's financial and human resources," Campbell said, summarizing the agency’s role and the scope of its work. She and Deputy Commissioner Bridal Rayton walked senators through a package that includes operating adjustments, new internal controls staff, payroll compliance positions, and a proposal to permit agencies to carry non‑expended operating appropriations into the next biennium.

The package seeks additional staffing across several units: three full‑time positions for the internal control and accountability unit, four FTEs for statewide payroll services to address a recent Office of Legislative Auditor audit, two FTEs for enterprise labor relations and two for accounting services to revise statewide financial policies. Rayton said the payroll positions would support a certification program for payroll specialists and increase compliance reviews of agency payroll practices.

Campbell described the agency’s scale and recent performance data to frame requests: MMB…