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Senate appropriations leaders report modest revenue gain, eye 6% pay package and tough budget choices
Summary
Appropriations leaders told the Utah Senate that updated revenue estimates put the state closer to the governor's plan and could support a 6% pay package for FY1991, but transportation and motor-fuel receipts are down and committees will need to trim fiscal-note requests before Friday's deadline.
Senator Lyle W. Hilliard, the Senate Appropriations chairman, briefed colleagues on new revenue estimates that modestly increase the state's available money for the current and next fiscal years and could allow a 6% compensation package for state employees if leadership and committees accept the projection.
Hilliard told senators the analysts' and the governor's figures differ but recent updates add roughly $13 million to earlier projections. That adjustment, he said, would move the compensation recommendation from 5% to 6% for…
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