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QUESTION

Why is there a reduction in overtime funding for fiscal year 2024 despite historical underbudgeting?

3:46:30

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64 sec

The Department of Correction plans to reduce overtime funding for fiscal year 2024 by implementing initiatives to lower staffing needs and enhance savings through accruals.

  • Deputy Commissioner Mala Srinivasan explains that the reduction is due to lower headcount than authorized and initiatives aimed at reducing overtime.
  • Planned overtime savings to be achieved through reassignment of posts, reducing sick time, and civilianization.
  • The department's strategy includes accrual savings resulting from a strategic decrease in staff headcount and focused overtime management efforts.
Sandy Nurse
3:46:30
DOC has a history of under budgeting, uniform overtime spending while using accruals to cover the shortages.
3:46:37
In this plan, your agency has a new need of 161,100,000 for additional personnel services, primarily driven by overtime for fiscal year 2024.
3:46:49
Can you please clarify why the department also included a peg in this plan that reduces overtime funding in FY 24 by 58,000,000.
Lynelle Maginley-Liddie
3:46:57
Thank you for that question.
3:46:58
I'm going to turn that question over to DC, Sorentine.
Gale A. Brewer
3:47:02
Yes.
Mala Srinivasan
3:47:07
Yeah.
3:47:07
So we I'll planning, we did take accrual sales as a result of lower headcount and the authorized headcount and also one of the initiatives over time reduction.
3:47:20
And we plan to achieve this overtime savings through a reassignment of post reducing the sick time as well as civilianization.
Sandy Nurse
3:47:33
Okay.
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