Representative Jim Wooten

ALC - Personnel — Dec. 17, 2019 (55:38)

stand adjourned, and thank you. Merry Christmas.

ALC - Personnel — Dec. 17, 2019 (55:22)

Okay. You've heard the recommendation. Do I have a motion? Motion. Motion. Second. All in favor, indicate by saying aye. Aye. Opposed, likewise. Motion passes. Thank you, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee. We

ALC - Personnel — Dec. 17, 2019 (55:16)

Mr. Chair. Thank you. Any further questions or comments?

ALC - Personnel — Dec. 17, 2019 (52:14)

you'd explore that. I can

ALC - Personnel — Dec. 17, 2019 (44:49)

do i have motions okay okay second all in favor say aye spin the rules all in favor of the motion aye opposed likewise okay all

ALC - Personnel — Dec. 17, 2019 (44:23)

questions of miss lurcher or k okay we have

ALC - Personnel — Dec. 17, 2019 (41:54)

but it gets discouraging to me whenever Sunday morning I open a newspaper and there's a big article about some state agency that's in trouble, an institution of higher learning, a youth treatment center. It's just continual. and uh you know folks folks are looking at that today as it relates to to the overall operation of government senator hammers you have something you want to add thank mr chair my question is this

ALC - Personnel — Dec. 17, 2019 (41:18)

And I don't mind having a number of employees if you need them.

ALC - Personnel — Dec. 17, 2019 (41:41)

think is crucial. I think it's critical, and I hope you all are seeing all of them. And, you know, it gets discouraging to me, and this doesn't have anything to do with you,

ALC - Personnel — Dec. 17, 2019 (41:35)

number of positions. All right, and Senator Hickey's point relative to the plus and minuses, I

ALC - Personnel — Dec. 17, 2019 (40:40)

a difference. But this is not just for transformation. It's been going on for some time relative to the size. And I know there's been efforts to reduce the number of employees, Kay, and cut it back. But when we continually see what we're seeing here at each meeting, and I think you can tell from the comments by other committee members that we've got a real source of concern relative to the future and relative to the number of employees.

ALC - Personnel — Dec. 17, 2019 (40:36)

with their staff. Well, and I understand that, that there's

ALC - Personnel — Dec. 17, 2019 (40:06)

going to need and i don't see that

ALC - Personnel — Dec. 17, 2019 (40:01)

positions and when we did our budget we budgeted for exactly what we were

ALC - Personnel — Dec. 17, 2019 (39:30)

Whether you can equate the one with its cost, its dollars, its money, its taxpayers' money. and it just seems to be unending as it relates to the constant position swapping and that type thing. I don't understand why an agency, I knew how many I had in DFA, I knew how many I had in commerce, and we didn't run up and down the road trying to find additional personnel or field

ALC - Personnel — Dec. 17, 2019 (38:59)

is another good dose of zero-based budgeting to make every one of these agencies go back to bare bones zero and start over and build their budget to look at them. I see higher ed keep adding, keep adding. DHS keep adding. Department of Parole and Corrections. At some point in time, this is going to have to come to an end. I know we're putting more people in the penitentiary, but we're taking fewer kids into college.

ALC - Personnel — Dec. 17, 2019 (38:26)

It is becoming very clear that this movement of personnel and this budgeting of unfunded, funded, unfilled, filled positions is getting out of hand, and I do hope that y'all are keeping up with it because we are looking for that $15 million in savings. I mean, you know, I'm going to go back to antiquated times, but, you know, what we may need in state government right now

ALC - Personnel — Dec. 17, 2019 (38:14)

Fetcher, we'd like to have you back up here.

ALC - Personnel — Dec. 17, 2019 (38:07)

renounced. Thank you. Other business. Mr.

ALC - Personnel — Dec. 17, 2019 (37:55)

Senator Bledsoe, a second. Second, Lowry. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed, likewise. We're all