charlotteobserver.com, Feb. 3, 2009
N.C. Gov. Bev Perdue ordered state agencies to propose budget cuts in anticipation of a budget shortfall that could reach $2 billion – or nearly 10percent of the state's $21.5 billion operating budget. Here are some examples of programs, services and line items that agencies suggest cutting. The dollar figures represent the amount agencies believe they can trim. Perdue was unhappy with the proposals and has ordered deeper cuts.
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Reduce beaver management funds: $134,000
End aid to counties and cities for erosion control: $100,000
End aid to counties for mosquito control: $37,000
Fewer meetings of Marine Fisheries Commission: $5,500
No replacement of zoo trams: $208,000
Crime Control and Public Safety
Cuts to Guest Worker Program (designed to educate non-English-speaking population of North Carolina about their obligation to pay state taxes): $450,000
Close two regional offices of N.C. Council for Women & Domestic Violence Commission: $74,600
Reduce grants to rape crisis shelters: $211,000
Department of Correction
Reduce drug testing frequency among inmates: $130,000
Close McCain Correctional Hospital in Raeford: $15.5million
Eliminate program to train inmates in forestry work: $263,470
Close Gates Correctional Center near Gatesville, the Haywood Correctional Center in Waynesville and the Union Correctional Center in Monroe: $3.4 million
Close the Umstead Correctional Center in Butner and the Cleveland Correctional Center in Shelby: $4.6 million
Eliminate the Wilmington Female Residential facility: $514,854
Eliminate three chaplain positions: $155,264
Department of Transportation
Reduce funding for road repair and maintenance by 8percent: $54 million
Cut back on ferry operations: $2.2 million
Reduce funds for airports and railroads: $2.7 million
Department of Commerce
Cut funds for in-state travel, lodging, meals: $131,000
Reduce funds for out-of-state and international travel, lodging and meals: $137,000
Reduce gasoline purchases (for travel): $141,000
Cut advertising budget: $218,500
Department of Health and Human Services
Cut total of 50 beds from Broughton and Cherry psychiatric hospitals: $6 million
Close Wright and Whitaker schools for emotionally disturbed children and adolescents: $5.8 million
Reduce aid and public assistance for high risk maternity clinics: $250,000
Reduce Smart Start funding: $14.7 million
Eliminate senior center outreach and development program: $100,000
Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
End state sponsorship for after-school programs: $5.9million
End grant to Wake County Boys and Girls Club: $400,000
Department of Cultural Resources
Reduce funding to local libraries: $16.5 million
Cut local arts funding: $6.5million
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