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Subcommittee recommends budget-limit increases for veterans homes, housing, paid leave and agency IT projects
Summary
The Ways and Means subcommittee on transportation and economic development on Jan. 14 recommended forwarding a suite of budget-reconciliation expenditure-limit changes — affecting veterans homes, the Cultural Trust, SSBCI, housing recovery funds, Paid Leave Oregon and several agency IT and compensation items — to the full committee.
The Joint Interim Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Transportation and Economic Development on Jan. 14 recommended that the full Ways and Means Committee consider a series of expenditure-limit changes and related actions across multiple state agencies.
Cochair David Gomberg moved each LFO-recommended item after agency presentations and DAS CFO recommendations. The subcommittee voted to forward all items discussed, with roll-call votes recorded for each measure and the responsible legislators asked to carry the items to the full committee.
Key outcomes at a glance: all measures discussed were recommended to the full committee. Highlights include a $7.1 million other‑funds capital construction limit for an HVAC life‑safety project at the Lebanon Veterans Home and a $134,000 federal funds limit to accept a federal grant for nurse hiring at the Dallas Veterans Home; an increase to the Oregon Cultural Trust expenditure limitation (LFO recommended…
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