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            Overview of DEP's fiscal year 2026 preliminary budget
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Council Member Restler provides an overview of the Department of Environmental Protection's fiscal year 2026 preliminary budget.
- The budget totals $1.6 billion with funding for 6,307 positions
- It has decreased by $36.8 million since adoption
- The plan includes five new needs totaling $1.6 million in FY25, covering areas such as stormwater resiliency mapping and flood sensor expansion
                                
                                    Lincoln Restler
                                
                            
                            
                                            
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                                        The Department of Environmental Protection's fiscal year twenty twenty six budget in the preliminary plan totals 1,600,000,000 and includes funding for a headcount of 6,307 positions.
                                    
                                            
                                            0:03:31
                                        
                                        The department's fiscal year twenty twenty six budget has been relatively unchanged since adoption decreasing by only $36,800,000.
                                    
                                            
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                                        The preliminary financial plan includes five new needs totaling only $1,600,000 in f y twenty five for the department and it ranges from storm water resiliency mapping to an expansion of flood sensors.
                                    