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Legislative panel reviews Department of Administration budget, flags governor's housing stipend shortfall
Summary
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee reviewed the Department of Administration's FY2026 budget request, including a plea to stabilize the governor's housing fund and ongoing concerns about dedicated fund accounting and deferred maintenance funding.
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee in Boise reviewed the Department of Administration's fiscal 2026 budget request and heard that the governor's housing fund lacks a sustainable revenue source and will be exhausted without new appropriations.
Frances Lippitt, a budget and policy analyst with Legislative Services, told the committee that the governor's residence fund "provides a monthly housing stipend to the governor currently set at 4,551," and said the fund had no consistent revenue source. Lippitt told the panel the department had requested a $30,000 general fund appropriation for fiscal 2025 (which the Legislature did not grant) and that the department was now seeking funding for fiscal 2026; the presentation included a $60,600 figure but later slides referenced $660,600. The department did not resolve…
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