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Inos asks for 50 more employees for Executive Branch
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Posted on Apr 08 2014
Gov. Eloy S. Inos asked the Legislature to continue to provide him the flexibility to hire another 50 employees for the entire Executive Branch in fiscal year 2015, provided that these so-called “number of positions,” or NOPs, are restricted to positions that are essential to the delivery of public services.
The governor said no NOP shall receive compensation in excess of the government salary ceiling, “and as long as funding for the personnel expenditures of the Executive Branch does not exceed the appropriation level.”
Inos made the request in his proposed $134-million budget for fiscal year 2015 that he submitted to the Legislature.
“We request that a continued reprogramming flexibility be maintained to accommodate only those that may be faced with the most critical need,” Inos told the Legislature.
The Inos administration implemented the removal of all vacant positions not attached to an examination announcement and all new positions proposed by departments and activities in an effort to maintain normal government operations without forcing any reduction in hours.
Rep. Tony Sablan (Ind-Saipan), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, said the panel would thoroughly review the governor’s budget submission and would call in as early as this month some agencies for budget hearings. Speaker Joseph Deleon Guerrero (Ind-Saipan), meanwhile, would like to have a House budget bill ready for action in early July.
