Calculation error puts Malloy’s budget over state spending cap

HARTFORD, Conn. – A calculation error acknowledged Tuesday by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s budget office puts the governor’s budget proposal $54 million over the state spending cap in 2016 and will force the administration to propose adjustments.

“On behalf of the agency, I personally apologize for this discrepancy, and commit to working with [Office of Fiscal Analysis] and the legislature to identify the adjustments necessary to ensure compliance with the expenditure cap,” Benjamin Barnes, Malloy’s budget director, said in a Tuesday afternoon statement.

According to the statement, the administration entered incorrect data when calculating the expenditure cap. Revised data shows the 2016 spending ceiling to be $60 million less than the administration thought when it submitted the budget to the legislature. The second year of Malloy’s two-year budget still falls $80 million beneath the spending cap.

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