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Legislative staff outline statewide budget choices: two revenue forecasts, benefit adjustments and competing compensation packages
Summary
Legislative staff presented statewide decision packets including two general‑fund revenue projections, options for personnel‑benefit cost adjustments, contract inflation and competing change‑in‑employee‑compensation (CEC) packages to be set by the committee ahead of agency program budgets.
Keith Bybee, Division Manager of Budget Policy Analysis for the Legislative Services Office, and other staff walked the committee through the statewide decision packet that the Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee must set before agency program maintenance budgets are finalized.
The packet offers two revenue forecast options for FY2026: the governor’s recommendation at $6.26 billion and the Economic Outlook and Revenue Assessment Committee’s (EORAC) recommendation at $6.40 billion. Bybee explained the committee will need to select one forecast to frame appropriations.
Personnel benefit costs are a primary item. The governor’s personnel benefit recommendation included a larger health‑insurance adjustment…
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