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How Culver calculates budget savings | desmoinesregister.com | The Des Moines Register
Gov. Chet Culver balances his proposed budget based on ideas for government reorganization from a private consultant he hired last fall, plus some new ideas from state lawmakers. Here's how he broke down the savings:
- $88 million from Executive Order 20.
- $40 million from modernizing the state's unclaimed property search process.
- $59.8 million from a retirement incentives plan.
- $43.4 million from cost-cutting measures in a government reorganization proposal crafted by legislators, Senate Study Bill 3030. Some of these ideas equal savings for local and county governments, not the state.
- $115 million from about 50 more ideas from the private consultant, Public Works LLC.
- $5.7 million from potential savings from ideas the consultant says probably need further study.
TOTAL: $351.9 MILLION
Budgets to be slashed
Culver recommended slashing budgets to zero for some programs. A sampling:
SPORTS TOURISM: Regional sports authorities would no longer get $500,000 in grants to lure events such as Junior Olympics and a national wrestling championship.
RECREATION TRAILS: The state currently spends $3.5 million for recreation trails.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION: The state has dished out $1 million in grant money for each of the last two years.
DEAF: A program for interpreters for the deaf through the state education department got $180,000 this year.
DOWNTOWN SHUTTLE: A free shuttle runs every 10 minutes, providing service between the Iowa Capitol and Central Campus. Culver wants to cut off the $200,000 in annual spending.
AIRPORTS: General aviation airports would no longer get $750,000 a year from the state.
IOWA CAPITOL: The state is spending $5 million this year for work on the interior and exterior of the Capitol.
That's not enough, is it?
Gov. Chet Culver balances his proposed budget based on ideas for government reorganization from a private consultant he hired last fall, plus some new ideas from state lawmakers. Here's how he broke down the savings:
- $88 million from Executive Order 20.
- $40 million from modernizing the state's unclaimed property search process.
- $59.8 million from a retirement incentives plan.
- $43.4 million from cost-cutting measures in a government reorganization proposal crafted by legislators, Senate Study Bill 3030. Some of these ideas equal savings for local and county governments, not the state.
- $115 million from about 50 more ideas from the private consultant, Public Works LLC.
- $5.7 million from potential savings from ideas the consultant says probably need further study.
TOTAL: $351.9 MILLION
Budgets to be slashed
Culver recommended slashing budgets to zero for some programs. A sampling:
SPORTS TOURISM: Regional sports authorities would no longer get $500,000 in grants to lure events such as Junior Olympics and a national wrestling championship.
RECREATION TRAILS: The state currently spends $3.5 million for recreation trails.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION: The state has dished out $1 million in grant money for each of the last two years.
DEAF: A program for interpreters for the deaf through the state education department got $180,000 this year.
DOWNTOWN SHUTTLE: A free shuttle runs every 10 minutes, providing service between the Iowa Capitol and Central Campus. Culver wants to cut off the $200,000 in annual spending.
AIRPORTS: General aviation airports would no longer get $750,000 a year from the state.
IOWA CAPITOL: The state is spending $5 million this year for work on the interior and exterior of the Capitol.
That's not enough, is it?