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Governor's office shifts 3 mansion positions, takes $500,000 core reduction; National Guard emergency line remains
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Summary
The governor's FY27 presentation explained a $500,000 core reduction and reallocation of three existing positions to the Mansion Operating Fund to better reflect duties; the National Guard emergency appropriation remains to pay activation expenses, and DESE and legislators asked for detail on spending to date.
Adam Gresham, presenting the governor's FY27 request to the House Budget Committee, said the administration reallocated three existing full‑time positions from the governor's core to the Governor's Mansion operating account and took a $500,000 core reduction in the governor's office.
"Including the office and, the Governor's Mansion, we've got 29 employees," Gresham said when asked about staffing. He told the committee the reallocation places staff costs where their work actually occurs and makes mansion expenses more transparent in the budget.
Gresham also described a standing appropriation labeled 'National Guard emergency' that stops the state from having to seek new emergency authority every time the governor activates the Guard for state disasters. He told the committee the line is intended to cover real activation expenses: "It looks like we spent $63,457 ... We have not hit the $4,000,000 mark," he said when asked how much of the $4 million appropriation had been spent through 11/30 of FY26.
Why it matters: lawmakers pressed whether the governor's 11% cut of the office's operating request was sufficient leadership by example while other agencies face trims. Several members wanted more detail on the National Guard line, given recent activations and weather events.
Other program notes: Gresham said an agricultural resiliency transfer exists to move unspent Guard emergency dollars into a fund for agriculture disasters, but that no transfers had been made and the balance is zero. He described job classification details and other operating tabs before concluding his presentation and answering committee questions.
Next steps: Committee members asked for follow-up clarifications on staffing (which positions were existing versus new) and on the National Guard spending since the administration took office; Gresham agreed to follow up.
