Governor Rendell Writes to Legislative Leaders, Other State Officials Regarding Need for Budgetary Reserves

HARRISBURG, Pa., Aug. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Edward G. Rendell today sent the following letter to legislative leaders and the heads of various state government agencies:

Aug. 18, 2010

The Honorable Joseph B. Scarnati, III

Senate of Pennsylvania

Room 292 Main Capitol

Harrisburg, PA  17120

The Honorable Keith R. McCall

PA House of Representatives

Room 139 Main Capitol

Harrisburg, PA  17120

Dear Senator Scarnati and Representative McCall:

We are fortunate that the U.S. Congress voted this month to provide additional federal stimulus funding to the states.  In spite of this good news, however, the commonwealth did not receive all of the federal stimulus funding we had anticipated in the enacted 2010-11 budget.  For that reason, on Aug. 12, I directed commonwealth agencies to place 1.9 percent of their discretionary budgets into budgetary reserve.

I am writing today to ask you to make the same spending reductions that our commonwealth agencies are making by identifying areas to reduce your department's 2010-11 spend by 1.9 percent. As soon as is reasonably possible, please send documentation as to how you will meet this goal.

Thank you for participating in this joint effort to keep the commonwealth's budget stable as we work to sustain our recovery from the Great Recession.

Sincerely,

Edward G. Rendell, Governor

cc:

The Hon. Dominic Pileggi

The Hon. Jacob Corman

The Hon. Robert J. Mellow

The Hon. Jay Costa

The Hon. Dwight Evans

The Hon. Todd A. Eachus

The Hon. Samuel H. Smith

The Hon. William F. Adolph Jr.

The Hon. Ronald D. Castille, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

The Hon. Tom Corbett, Attorney General

The Hon. Rob McCord, State Treasurer

The Hon. Jack Wagner, Auditor General

Mr. James Preston, President and CEO, PA Higher Education Assistance Agency

Mr. John Contino, Executive Director, PA Ethics Commission

Mr. Brian Hudson, Executive Director, PA Housing Finance Agency

Mr. Joseph Martin, Executive Director, PA Health Care Cost Containment Council

Media Contact: Gary Tuma; 717-783-1116

SOURCE Pennsylvania Office of the Governor

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