Proposed FY2027 budget for ASG totals $789.3 million

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Proposed FY2027 budget for ASG totals $789.3 million

ASG’s proposed Fiscal Year 2027 budget totals $789.3 million, 2% lower than the FY2026 budget.

Local revenues are pegged at $137.9 million, which is 2% lower than this year’s budget, Enterprise Funds total $338,021,557, federal grants come in at $301.4 million and Capital Improvement Projects total $11.9 million.

Of the $137.9 million in the local revenue portion of the budget, $98.4 million (71.4%) would go to Personnel Services, $19.4 million (14.1%) is allocated for Contractual services, All Others is budgeted at $13 million (9.5%), Materials and Supplies at $3.9 million (2.8%), Travel at $2.3 million (1.7% ) and Equipment at $594,725 or .4%

The proposed budget for the executive Branch is reduced by .6% compared to the FY2026 budget dropping from $104.1 million to $103.5 million.

The Judicial Branch budget is reduced by 18.4 percent dropping from $4.2 million in FY 2026 to $3.4 million for FY2027.

The Fono’s budget remains at the FY2026 total of $11.7 million.

The Special Programs budget is down 7.1% dropping from $20.6 million to $19.1 million.

The total government workforce covered in the proposed FY2027 budget is 7,006.7 which is 6% less than the FY2026 total of 7,492.04

The number of Career Service employees drop 8% from 5,895.78 in the FY2026 budget to 5,425.77 in the new fiscal year budget. Meanwhile contract employees drop slightly by 1% from 1,596.26 to 1,580.40

The proposed budget was submitted this week to the Fono.

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