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DOC presents budget 'ups and downs' to Appropriations committee, flags vendor and program costs

2283592 · February 12, 2025
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Kristen Calvert, Deputy Commissioner of Corrections, walked the House Appropriations Committee through the DOC budget packet, highlighting salary annualizations, vendor fee increases, pretrial expansion funding and transitional housing line items.

Kristen Calvert, Deputy Commissioner of Corrections, walked the House Appropriations Committee through the department's budget packet and explained specific line items the department calls its "ups and downs."

Calvert identified several major budget categories: annualization of salary and benefits, a per‑shift differential and other compensation annualizations, a negotiated year‑three increase for the department's health‑services contractor (about $2,400,000), annual maintenance for a vendor management system, and an ongoing fee for a victim‑notification system in year five.

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