Picking Up the Pieces of the FY 2010 State Budget‏

Piecing Together the State Budget Puzzle

On Friday, September 4, the Governor acted on the budget package that was sent to her on August 25 by signing all but one of the remaining bills and vetoing the other, as well as using her line-item veto to restore some funding to K-12 education and certain health services. Because of her vetoes, the budget that's left contains no direct financial cuts to Phoenix; but the package does include a number of real changes impacting city operations, such as impact fee administration and identification checks for certain public services. Government Relations staff will provide an update and more details at the Council Policy Session on September 15. Phoenix Channel 11 broadcasts the recorded Policy Session during the following week. Phoenix City Council Policy meeting agendas, reports and minutes can be found at phoenix.gov/PAGENDAC/index.html.

The Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC), the Legislature's budget analysts, summarized the FY 2010 budget status in the wake of the Governor's September 4th signatures and vetoes and concluded that the State still has a deficit this year of almost $1 billion. Those documents with their analysis are linked below:

9/4 Enacted Budget with Vetoes

Budget Status after September 4 Vetoes (9/8/09)
Budget Veto Impacts (9/9/09)
Budget Legislation Summary (9/9/09)
9/4 Budget Summary with Detailed List of Changes by Agency (9/10/09)
Statement of Revenues and Expenditures with FY 2011 Projection (9/10/09)
Congress Back in Session

Congress returned from a month-long summer recess on Tuesday, September 8. Some of the issues facing Congress this fall include health care (the highly-debated topic during the summer recess), a climate change bill, the FY10 appropriations process, surface transportation funding (authorization), and financial regulation legislation.

Source: P.L.A.N.