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State Comptroller Dan Hynes is saying there's still time to save payments to state workers in spite of the fact there's no budget and state lawmakers are waiting until July 14 to return to Springfield, one day before the next checks are scheduled to go out. Hynes says the payroll will be ready to go in case a budget is finalized. In addition, Hynes told WBEZ that social services won't be hurt until later in the summer since money is not immediately delivered, even when the state has a working budget: "If they provided services today, by the time they got their paperwork into the agency and it's submitted to our office, and with the cashflow delays we're having, we're talking several months. So that's why the day-to-day social services don't have a real, hard-and-fast deadline like a payroll does." It's the first time we've heard a "Don't Panic" from a state official, but it's being drowned out by the political posturing of those in charge of putting together the budget.
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Nice spin on the state sending out payments late!
So keep providing services that you may or may not get paid for? Every year there are some budget cuts so even if the budget ends up only being cut by 10 or 20%, what if you are the employee cut in the 20%?
This is complete BS. The state is already behind in its payments--in some cases, several MONTHS behind. It's not like everything up through June 30 has been taken care of. And many smaller agencies have programs that receive block grants, the funds for which are budgeted for receipt at the start of the fiscal year. If those grants don't arrive, the programs may not be able to float by on whatever meager reserves they have in the hope that the money MAY someday come through.