Governor Malloy gave his budget address to the General Assembly today. Not surprisingly, his proposed budget is balanced on the backs of state employees. His two year proposal reflects $700 million in "savings" from state employees in 2018 and an additional $860 million in "savings" in 2019. While his speech provided no details of where these "savings" would come from, his reference to revisiting the SEBAC contract makes clear his intentions. To put this in perspective, according to OPM Secretary Ben Barnes, in the first year, "savings" of $700 million could require a 10 percent reduction in the state workforce, or about 4,200 state employees.
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- Text of the Governor's speech (link)
- Office of Legislative Management Budget Summary (link)
- PowerPoint of Governor's recommended budget (link)
posted 2/8/2017