Municipal Aid to Decrease by 2.4 Percent under Gov. Malloy's Deficit Reduction Plan

A statement from Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's office includes suggested personnel cuts from state agencies and a decrease of 2.4 percent for municipal aid across the board.

"These are the recommendations that were sent to the legislature, and if enacted, it will be left to each Commissioner to determine how to achieve the savings outlined," reads the statement.

"They will have to reduce their agency budgets by the dollar amounts you see, and OPM (Office of Policy and Management)  thinks the number of suggested layoffs will help them get there. Some commissioners might choose to lay off more people to get to that number, some might choose to lay off a lower number -- and find additional savings elsewhere.

The total proposed number of personnel reductions (6,466) include 1,000 positions which are vacant and will be eliminated, in addition to 5,466 layoffs.

Malloy's plan can be seen in the attached pdf file.