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House Transportation resumes maintenance budget review; maintenance director outlines staffing and operational cuts
Summary
Maintenance director Ricky Patino told the House Transportation Committee that proposed FY27 reductions include workforce impacts, a $600,000 cut in stockpiles and a $500,000 overtime reduction; members pressed for details on vacancies, seasonal effects and service trade-offs.
The House Transportation Committee resumed its review of the maintenance budget on Feb. 17, hearing from Ricky Patino, director of maintenance, and other agency officials about proposed reductions and operational changes for FY27.
Patino said the agency is planning a package of reductions that includes staff impacts and lower stockpiles of materials. "We plan to reduce the size of our stockpiles to the tune of 600,000," he told the committee, listing culverts, guardrail and aggregates as the primary items affected. He said the state maintenance program spends roughly $100,000,000 overall and that, after fixed costs, about $24 million remains to fund roughly 130 maintenance codes.
Committee members pressed Patino and the agency about proposed reductions in force. The transcript records multiple related…
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