More common-sense reforms could save millions
The Department of Corrections is moving two of its training facilities to an Oklahoma City location operated by the Department of Public Safety in a measure House leaders say will save about $600-thousand. Not only does it allow the closure of the DOC facilities, but it allows those who worked at the training facility to be placed in other areas where Corrections is short-staffed because of budget cuts.
State agencies and elected officials need to find more examples where duplicative services can be combined in order to get the most for the taxpayer’s dollar. Every dollar that’s saved is a dollar that does not need to come out of the Rainy Day Fund right now. It is crucial to save that money for FY 2012 when stimulus dollars will be gone, leaving more holes in the state’s budget.