Post by Logan on Feb 23, 2016 8:47:37 GMT -6
NDDOT cuts temporary workforce as gas taxes, other user revenues drop
BISMARCK – In another casualty of slumping crude oil prices, the North Dakota Department of Transportation is cutting back on temporary employees to help offset a projected $69 million shortfall in gas tax collections, registration fees and other user-based revenues, a spokeswoman said Monday.
Department spokeswoman Peggy Anderson said the layoffs, reduced hours and unfilled vacancies are not related to the 4.05 percent budget cuts the DOT and other state agencies had to submit last week to help cover a projected $1.07 billion revenue shortfall for the 2015-17 biennium that began July 1.
Rather, the cutbacks stem from a drop in what the DOT calls transportation user revenues: fuel taxes, motor vehicle registration fees and truck regulatory fees.
Anderson said the revenues largely depend on traffic, which has dropped off with the downturn in oil activity in western North Dakota. Last week, the number of active drilling rigs dropped below 40 for the first time since 2009.
Read more: www.inforum.com/news/3953920-nddot-cuts-temporary-workforce-gas-taxes-other-user-revenues-drop
BISMARCK – In another casualty of slumping crude oil prices, the North Dakota Department of Transportation is cutting back on temporary employees to help offset a projected $69 million shortfall in gas tax collections, registration fees and other user-based revenues, a spokeswoman said Monday.
Department spokeswoman Peggy Anderson said the layoffs, reduced hours and unfilled vacancies are not related to the 4.05 percent budget cuts the DOT and other state agencies had to submit last week to help cover a projected $1.07 billion revenue shortfall for the 2015-17 biennium that began July 1.
Rather, the cutbacks stem from a drop in what the DOT calls transportation user revenues: fuel taxes, motor vehicle registration fees and truck regulatory fees.
Anderson said the revenues largely depend on traffic, which has dropped off with the downturn in oil activity in western North Dakota. Last week, the number of active drilling rigs dropped below 40 for the first time since 2009.
Read more: www.inforum.com/news/3953920-nddot-cuts-temporary-workforce-gas-taxes-other-user-revenues-drop