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PRESS RELEASE: Kander Submits Smallest Operating Budget for Secretary of State’s Office Since Fiscal Year 1999

For immediate release:                  December 18, 2014

Contact:                                                         Stephanie Fleming, (573) 526-0949

                                                           

 

Kander Submits Smallest Operating Budget for Secretary of State’s Office Since Fiscal Year 1999

 

Jefferson City, Mo. — Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander announced that in his Fiscal Year 2016 budget, he is asking for the smallest amount of general revenue any secretary of state has requested for the office’s operating budget since Fiscal Year 1999.

 

“One of my goals as secretary of state is to run the most efficient office possible, so I’m proud we’ve been able to again cut our budget while continuing to provide a great level of service to Missourians,” Kander said. “Since I took office in 2013, we’ve re-examined every expense to make sure it was the best use of tax dollars. That work has allowed us to request fewer general revenue dollars for our office’s operating budget than any secretary of state has requested in 17 years.”

 

Kander has been able to reduce his budget by making his office more efficient by cutting spending and non-essential positions, along with shifting the burden of some of his office’s costs off of Missouri tax dollars and onto previously existing special funds. For example, by making a business registration reminder that goes out to all Missouri small business owners half the physical size it had been previously, Kander’s office was able to save taxpayers over $20,000 a year.

 

Kander’s average general revenue core budget request since he took office is 9.1 percent lower than former Governor and Secretary of State Matt Blunt’s average general revenue core budget request, and 5.4 percent lower than former Secretary of State Robin Carnahan’s average request.

 

 

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