Representative Douglas House

Meeting — Oct. 11, 2019 (23:49)

Can you discuss that with the body for that exception as far as being regarded as a

Meeting — Oct. 11, 2019 (23:40)

question. Recognize. A particular statute under which he was sentenced as a first offender has an exception, and it has to do with criminal history.

Meeting — Oct. 11, 2019 (22:47)

you, Mr. Speaker. Representative Shepard, would you confirm that the judge asked Mr. Gates twice in the court proceeding whether he had been promised, coerced,

Meeting — Oct. 11, 2019 (22:58)

or threatened in any way to accept this plea bargain? I've got the transcript. I

Public Retirement & Social Security Programs (Joint Committee) — Dec. 18, 2019 (10:36)

The actuaries say there will be no additional costs to the system. Is that

Joint Budget Committee - Pre-Fiscal Session Budget Hearings — March 4, 2020 (6:19:31)

we're looking at our first system level grant that would actually have both of these institutions in play um you know we just don't know what could come about we have lots of researchers that are doing lots of different grants there's lots of things happening um on the campuses and this is certainly the authority so you're telling me that we've given up 30 million dollars

Joint Budget Committee - Pre-Fiscal Session Budget Hearings — March 4, 2020 (6:19:15)

in in spending approval i don't realize right we

Joint Budget Committee - Pre-Fiscal Session Budget Hearings — March 4, 2020 (6:19:29)

looking at different ways that we could identify

Joint Budget Committee - Pre-Fiscal Session Budget Hearings — March 4, 2020 (6:13:28)

of whether these numbers are actual, because we've encountered some of the same challenges in our operating budget, as we've looked at it.

Joint Budget Committee - Pre-Fiscal Session Budget Hearings — March 4, 2020 (6:13:51)

so. That's correct. Yes, sir. We think that would probably be enough, Senator, we just don't know so much right now, right.

Joint Budget Committee - Pre-Fiscal Session Budget Hearings — March 4, 2020 (6:12:56)

498 745 so they had a budgeted amount higher than the appropriations amount so I think that's that's where we're just saying we there's a lot we've got to do to break this down and bring it I mean I can assure you we're not going to spend a dollar more than we have to spend there but the problem is just the unknown right now with that particular campus and us trying to get down to the heart of the matter and understand how some of these things were done whether they they were misclassified, whether they were misreported, so that we'll have a better understanding

Joint Budget Committee - Pre-Fiscal Session Budget Hearings — March 4, 2020 (6:12:45)

at page 46 for example um in your book on cash funds for henderson state yes you'll see that the authorized appropriation for 1920 was 52 million nine 89 056 their budgeted amount was 61 million

Joint Budget Committee - Pre-Fiscal Session Budget Hearings — March 4, 2020 (5:44:39)

And so unfortunately, I don't think we have the confidence level that what you have there in front of you in terms of

Joint Budget Committee - Pre-Fiscal Session Budget Hearings — March 4, 2020 (5:44:15)

was what Director Markham said where we don't have comfort level that that was even reported correctly in the way that it was put into ACES or sent in because they showed zero in cash appropriations for capital expenditures, which we know was not the case. And so a big piece of it is we simply don't know, I mean, are still trying to figure out what was accurate and inaccurate in the way that those were reported.

Joint Budget Committee - Pre-Fiscal Session Budget Hearings — March 4, 2020 (5:09:58)

It's a lot of work. Now, I'm also a little more supportive because I'm not there every day having to do that work, so my folks out there that are doing it. But I do believe it's the appropriate thing to do right now to ensure that everything is necessary to make sure that we don't have bloat, if you will, in some of the cost categories and try to get as firm an understanding on the absolutely essential parts of the budget that are needed because we know there's going to need to be additional cuts. There's going to be a need to be additional changes that are made to that budget, and we want to make sure we understand it before we start doing that.

Joint Budget Committee - Pre-Fiscal Session Budget Hearings — March 4, 2020 (5:09:49)

were underreported and revenues that were inflated. And so doing it this way gets us a 100% understanding of what the real revenues and expenses are.

Joint Budget Committee - Pre-Fiscal Session Budget Hearings — March 4, 2020 (5:09:08)

are all independently held with the independent appropriated and accredited institutions so it wouldn't be a liability of any

Joint Budget Committee - Pre-Fiscal Session Budget Hearings — March 4, 2020 (5:03:23)

I wish I had an explanation for why the decision, like for the capital cash appropriation, used to be $20 million. They cut it to $1 million last year. I mean, that's a boiler or a chiller. I mean, it was a very, I don't know. But this is really trying to get back to where it's historically been without understanding why it was ever cut that severely in the first place.

Joint Budget Committee - Pre-Fiscal Session Budget Hearings — March 4, 2020 (5:03:09)

reduced significantly a year or so ago by the previous administration to the point that we couldn't even operate under the level of the cash appropriation that we had. And so the request really is just taking back to what has historically been the norm.

Joint Budget Committee - Pre-Fiscal Session Budget Hearings — March 4, 2020 (5:01:14)

I can promise you that if there's any information you'd like to see in the way the budget's developed in the types of expenditures that we have the types of cuts that have been made the rationale for those where the money goes we're certainly an open book and are happy to