I have been meaning to post this link for a while now. I don't really know what took me so long. It might have to do with a certain seriously teething 17-month old.
Anyway, most of you have seen the posts I've put up in the past about how Arizona is in a serious budget crisis right now. Most agencies have laid off employees throughout this year in an effort to reduce costs. I've been lucky enough to make it through two rounds of lay-offs at my agency.
Just recently the Governor asked all agencies to put together a proposal for what they would cut should they be required to reduce by another 15%. These can all be found on the Office of Strategic Planning & Budgeting's website. My agency is Administration. To go directly to ADOA's proposal click here. Go to page 62 for the Human Resources Division section. The gist of the document for HR says that if ADOA were to cut the amount requested in the proposal then HR would essentially go away completely.
If that happened all the agencies would be required to handle the HR duties that ADOA currently does (HRIS entry, recruiting, employee relations, etc.). The problem, though, is that the agencies that we help out are saying that if they have to cut 15% they will cut their HR department as well and give everything that we aren't already doing back to us. Ummm, hello? There is going to be no HR anywhere! It just can't work!
It still remains to be seen if something will come of these proposals. Our Governor is still pushing for a temporary tax increase to help offset the deficit we have but the Legislature isn't having any of it. There still is not a budget passed for FY2010 (which started July 1). I think that they are getting ready to start a 4th special session to try to get things worked out.
So that's where we are. Who knows when we'll ever get in the black again.
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