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House Corrections & Institutions reviews expiring cash reallocations, flags DCF funding questions
Summary
The House Corrections & Institutions committee examined proposals to reallocate general fund cash appropriations that expired after three years, discussed major projects including 120 State Street and a DCF stabilization facility, and asked DCF to clarify operating plans before design funds are released.
The House Corrections and Institutions committee on April 1 held a detailed review of section 18 of the capital spreadsheet — a list of cash-funded projects that have reached the three-year expiration window and require reallocation to remain available for FY27 work.
For the record, Joe Aeria, director of design and construction at Buildings and General Services, told the panel the issue stems from how cash funds were tracked. "The 900 is what was developed with the commissioner and finance office … those were cash funds," he said, adding that staff had not consistently spent cash dollars first and that department IDs beginning with "900" made those funds harder to track. Aeria said removing the 900 workaround will help accounting going forward.
Why it matters: the committee must move expiring cash authorizations back into the capital plan or the money lapses. Members pressed BGS on projects that have stalled while cash authorizations sat unused, and on whether…
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