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News Agency budgets slashed, Office of Quality abolished, e-government reinserted; Take action, call Senate Finance Committee April 17, 2003 - There is good news and bad news about the budget. Okay, there's a little bit of good news and a whole lot of bad news. But you can take action, and let your voice be heard by members of the Senate Finance Committee before April 28. First the good news Rep. Steve Buehrer (Delta) and other conservatives did not get to turn the budget bill into their own personal anti-civil service diatribe. OCSEA lobbied successfully to keep civil service “reform“ language out of the bill. Now the bad news House members cut the budget even more than Gov. Taft did, taking with them the Office of Quality and millions of dollars in service cuts. Cutting the Office of Quality makes no sense since Quality initiatives saved the state $350 million last year. They also put back in e-government provisions OCSEA fought off during last General Assembly that requires the state to privatize Information Technology Services, which would ordinarily be performed by bargaining unit members. All the major agencies including DR&C, ODJFS, MH and DYS are taking heavy hits in the House version of the budget. Facilities are set to close. In spite of the House passing a temporary 1 cent increase in sales tax for one year, the agency cuts are disastrous. take action now OCSEA is developing a game plan to encourage legislators to do the right thing by coming up with increased revenues instead of cutting services. These strategies will focus on the Senate, which will have its own version of the budget OCSEA Government Affairs Director Kim Fellinger is urging union members to call members of the Senate Finance Committee before Monday, April 28. Voice your opposition to the budget cuts, and demand that public services are adequately funded. The committee is responsible for balancing the state's operating and capital (construction) budgets.
The Senate Finance and Financial Institutions Committee focuses on bills, policies and issues that directly impact the expenditure of state funds and the regulation of financial institutions, including banks, credit unions and savings & loans. In addition, the committee also makes recommendations to the full Senate for the advice and consent of governor's appointments to financial boards, commissions, and university trustees. |
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