Budget Update
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As a member of the Appropriations Committee I am proud to join my House and Senate Republican colleagues in offering a balanced proposal to close the projected $321 million dollar deficit in 2019. We make long term investments to pay down our debt, balance the special transportation fund, stay revenue neutral and set priorities for government. Check out a summary of the proposal online at www.cthousegop.com/budgetfy19.
Key Recommendations:
- Balances the 2019 Fiscal Year Budget
- Balances the Special Transportation Fund
- Dedicates more dollars into paying down unfunded liabilities to the Teachers Retirement Fund and State Employees Retirement Fund
- Eliminates Funding to expand the CTFastrak busway to UCONN
- Funds $3.9 million more to Enfield Schools for Education Cost Sharing
- Funds the critical infrastructure protection unit, which oversees school security
- Across the board spending reductions of 5-7% to specified accounts, cuts were not made to vital services for vulnerable populations.
- Reduces the size of Government though public-private partnerships and reducing the number of deputy commissioners
- Eliminates planned fee increases of $20 million
- Enacts many of the recommendations from the Commission on Fiscal Stability and Economic Growth