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Governor Romney Releases FY2007 Budget
January 25, 2006
Governor Romney released his state budget for the new fiscal year today. We do not see any cuts, and although many line items appear to reflect increased spending, they are in fact level-funded when taking into account moneys derived from the previous fiscal year expenditures such as salary reserve and the previous Turning 22 class. In keeping with past years' Governor's proposals, there is no salary reserve. Slight increases in DMR administration accounts would seem to reflect non-discretionary expenses such as collective bargaining agreements and workman's comp.
A significant addition is a new $2 million line item to address the rate disparity in residential contracts. Although the allocation is sparse, the inclusion of a completely new line item is unusual and is a testament to the hard work of DMR officials who have been working with the Romney Administration for a way to address the inequity in residential contracts. We hope to expand upon this important initiative with the Legislature, now that a line item is in place to rally support for.
In other notes, Rolland (nursing home) and Boulet (waiting list) are fully funded. The DOE/DMR account is funded at previous year's level at $8 million. The new DMR Autism Division is funded at previous year's level of $1.2 million. Once again, we should be thankful to DMR officials who worked to achieve levels for these two line items above and beyond amounts originally proposed by the Governor in FY2006 (the final amounts from FY06 reflect funds added by the Legislature).
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Line Item
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Description
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Governor's FY2006
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Final FY2006
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Governor's FY2007
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Difference FY06/Gov's FY07
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Line Item Language
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Comments
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5911-1000
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Administration
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12,780,909
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12,799,349
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13,121,897
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322,548
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Level funded - increases due to non-discretionary spending such as workman's comp
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5911-2000
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Transportation
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13,882,269
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13,891,791
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14,063,821
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172,030
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Consolidated with FY06 Salary Reserve
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5920-1000
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Regional/Area Offices
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53,853,237
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53,490,519
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55,914,599
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2,424,080
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Level funded - increases due to non-discretionary spending such as workman's comp
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5920-2000
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Community Residential
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499,491,126
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500,173,626
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524,560,531
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24,383,905
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Consolidated with FY06 Salary Reserve
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Includes full Rolland
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5920-2006
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Residential Rate Initiative
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N/A
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N/A
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2,000,000
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NEW
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For the implementation of a residential rate initiative.
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5920-2010
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State Ops.
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119,978,807
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119,556,581
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122,209,638
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2,653,057
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Consolidated with FY06 Salary Reserve
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5920-2020
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Boulet/Waiting List
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85,614,227
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85,614,227
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86,361,602
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747,375
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Consolidated with FY06 Salary Reserve
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Fully funded
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5920-2025
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Day/Employment
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113,106,979
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113,308,979
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117,434,430
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4,125,451
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Consolidated with FY06 Salary Reserve
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5920-3000
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Family Supports
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50,789,967
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51,289,967
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53,094,228
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1,804,261
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Consolidated with FY06 Salary Reserve
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5920-3010
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New Autism Division
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0
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1,200,000
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1,200,000
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0
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5920-5000
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Turning 22
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6,467,670
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6,467,670
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6,467,670
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0
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5930-1000
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State Schools
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166,072,065
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165,986,286
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167,390,121
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1,403,835
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5982-1000
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Templeton Retained
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100,000
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100,000
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100,000
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0
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TOTAL:
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1,122,137,256
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1,123,878,995
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1,163,918,537
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38,036,542.00
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