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State controller asks for $15.2M to bring LUMA on‑budget; warns cuts would halve staff and slow payroll/reports
Summary
Controller Brandon Wolf told JFAC the Business Information Infrastructure Fund that paid for LUMA implementation expires June 30 and asked the committee to move sustainment costs onto the controller's budget for FY2026. He said the request funds staff and infrastructure needed to keep payroll and financial reporting functioning.
State Controller Brandon Wolf told the Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee on Feb. 17 that the state's enterprise resource system, LUMA, requires funding to move from a temporary implementation fund onto the controller's ongoing budget and warned that failure to fund the request would sharply reduce staff and jeopardize timely payroll and financial reporting.
Frances Lippett, the legislative analyst, told the committee that the controller's office requested $15,200,000 in FY2026 to bring LUMA sustainment onto the office appropriation. Lippett said the request includes 7 full‑time positions and $2,159,900 in personnel costs, $800,000 for LUMA infrastructure and overhead in the computer service…
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