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Advocacy push planned as museum awaits governor's budget
Summary
Committee members reviewed a pre-legislative advocacy plan: staff will prepare updated budget documents and briefings and the committee plans behind-the-scenes outreach to House and Senate appropriations committees and to introduce legislator budget amendments starting in January.
Members of the Waynesboro Advocacy Committee discussed preparations for state-level advocacy as the group awaits the governor's proposed budget.
Speaker 2 told the committee they are "waiting, obviously, for the governor to release his proposed budget" and summarized a staff analysis that projects one-time funds and significant deferred maintenance needs. The transcript notes a statement that "mandatory costs will exceed available revenues" and that there may be a large one-time "standover" cash balance that could affect how adjustments are proposed.
The museum staff will prepare updated budget documents, mission renderings and briefing materials to support advocacy. Speaker 2 described a plan to work quietly with the House Appropriations Committee and the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee and to arrange for "a legislator budget amendment introduction" to pursue adjustments in the upcoming session.
Why it matters: the committee is positioning the museum to seek capital or operating support for deferred maintenance and mission priorities. Members recommended constituent outreach (including attending local legislators' open houses) and offered to share legislative contact lists.
Next steps: staff will finalize the advocacy package and deliver it to the named internal contact (Preston in the transcript) and to local advocates; committee members agreed to monitor legislative events and participate in outreach early in the session.
The committee discussed partner outreach and event planning after the advocacy discussion.
