Candice Enquist, chief financial officer at the Agency of Transportation, told an unnamed committee on Jan. 9 that the agency is proposing two transfers totaling $360,050 to restore the Pilot Special Fund.

"So these two transfers total, one is from the general fund, one is from the transportation fund," Enquist said. "The total value is $360,050." She said the transfers are necessary because Town Highway Aid for nonfederal disasters exceeded the appropriation made last year.

The item appears in the Budget Adjustment Act (BAA) workbook (D section), listed as two line items labeled 21485 for the Pilot Special Fund. Enquist said last year's appropriation for the nonfederal disasters account was $1,150,000 and that approved projects in fiscal 2026 exceeded that amount, creating the shortfall.

Enquist said the Department of Finance and Management granted an excess-receipt request for $360,050 and instructed the Agency of Transportation to backfill the Pilot Special Fund. "They granted us an excess receipt request in the amount of $360,050, and they said, 'Agency of Transportation, you must backfill the Pilot Special Fund,'" she said.

She described the two funding sources: a general fund portion derived from the conclusion of the Mileage Smart program (which the presentation notes concluded in September 2025) and a transportation fund portion tied to Federal Highway Administration reimbursements related to the July 2024 flood, which Enquist said are expected in May.

Committee members asked for clarification about the pilot fund's mechanics and whether towns would still receive their formula funding for local roads; Enquist responded that towns' formula distributions were unaffected and that the transfers are intended to "make the Pilot Special Fund whole." She identified two towns that could not be funded under the original appropriation—Palm Street and Norwich—and noted the PONA REACH project is complete for one town.

No formal vote or motion on the transfers is recorded in the transcript of the presentation. The committee concluded the item after questions and thanks to the presenter.

The presentation is a discussion of administrative budget mechanics rather than a newly proposed statute or ordinance; it clarifies funding sources and timing for expected federal reimbursements and documents the administrative step (an excess-receipt request) used to cover immediate invoice needs.