ALC-Executive Subcommittee

Represent fargers and you want to open us with prayer if you would stay. Some members were that will go ahead and get started we have miss carl here from the department of commerce. The. Where there are you guys are recognized to explain your mark. Yes sir so this rule my next case enterprise on the director of arkansas always commission alice and hatfield cheaper staffer commerce. And we have the architect port in our model in waterways development grant program. Um eighty one of twenty twenty three. Changed the way that our grant program is a minister basically changed the way that the advert taxes that find the grant program or divide up so they're all going under one pot now and the purpose was to make the program more inclusive so that all arkansas public ports in public intermittent authorities can apply for a brain program and so that's what the emergency rule is to allow the arkansas river folks who are excluded in twenty nineteen. To be eligible to apply for the grant p. Any questions for the committee. So you're known without objection of rosemark's rule his reviewed and approved and the review and approval shall be effective at twelve oh one am thursday april twenty fifth two thousand and twenty four thank you guys for your presentation with that move on to the department of education is mr roads here. Mistrose of you in your team would introduce your suffered record you recognize to proceed with your rule. Good morning chair and members of the committee under israel's chief legal council for the department. Significant assisted director of division of education. Ross white director for the division of current technical education so good afternoon cheers and members of the committee before using emergency role by the division of career and technical education to implement the adult permit the plumber program person to act five forty six of twenty twenty three the program is open to residents of the state of arkansas were over twenty one years of age they have yet to attend a high school diploma the purpose of this program is to reimburse approved vendors as they help participating or cancels reach certain mouse terms with the ultimate wall of helping them attain a high school diploma. Funding comes from the office of school development and department of commerce which totals are budgeted seven hundred fifty thousand dollars and proof providers must demonstrate a minimum of two years experience and providing a dog drop out recovery services. Much short at least fifty percent graduation rate for annual cohort of students and limit average costs of student per student to seven thousand dollars or less confirming his first conference serve as these students attain certain milestones and the vendors are request for reimbursements. They goes to a quicker cancer who have dropped out of dropped out of school with courier skills credentials and at the plumber to hold them find success in the workplace the screening can occur in person online or an employment environment these providers have already been working with these adults to attain the plumbers prior to the passing of at five forty six this is an opportunity for the state to help sustain these phone traffic efforts and educate adult or kensans were available for questions. So you increase the amount from. Five hundred to a thousand. Can you elaborate on what that does to availability for our candidates. That's correct so both and public comment in this and the sponsor of the bell process about putting the reimbursement rates better in line with other states where i'm a nation one example as michigan for example. As there is a total budget of several seven hundred fifty thousand dollars and we're getting reimbursed that request from vendors. Obviously that money will be utilized more quickly as reimbursements come in and there are more most with a higher reimbursement. So say that again we reimburse from who known enough so the vendors are reimbursed so as they're providing these services we're not reimbursed and our budget seven and fifty thousand so by doing that seven hundred and sixty eight people will lose the opportunity of having access to the fines is that correct. So that vendors were the people are still again these vendors are already providing these services even without the state participating and it happened and multiple states uhm a lot of this is being funded through nonprofit efforts again this is just simply away from the state to partner with those non profits to help educate some of these adulter canceled now I believe what you're referencing. There's the question that was brought up to us and again if we're taking the budget of seven hundred fifty thousand dollars and there is an increase to the reimbursement rates to the vendors as people achieve certain milestones then yes you're going to have less reimbursements total that does not necessarily mean that there are less our cancers just that there are less reimburses. From courtney says my. In she's referring to the seven hundred fifty thousand dollar mouse I don't know where you're talking about vendors because this doesn't talk about vendors so somewhere there's a disconnect but it says as result. But the increase seven or sixty eight less students will be served by the project. Bright so again by this project as were reimbursing vendors who help our kids correct. Those are going to be recognized introduced yourself and try to answer this thank you representative or law quoting sellers forward cheapest for the department of education so yes as was requested were you trying to project how many adult learners would not be able to receive this funding for the program I think the point that on race is trying to make is that obviously they could still access the program they just would not have the state funding that would pay for that programming and so by increase it would be app to the the individual adult learner okay so there's non profits that mister rose referred to they do not contribute to those folks learning. I'm not familiar that may be a question are you aware of any other opportunities that the vendors make available to the adults if they can't pay. So it would be dependent upon the structure for that provider so with as they are providing the services to students and if they are allowed those costs to not be passed on to the students then they wouldn't have to pick up those costs individually so then back to the the point of the previous responses that as we looked at the projections the seven hundred and sixty eight students could still receive services potentially at no cost from the vendor if that's how they are set up they just would not be able to utilize the funds from this grant to reimburse be reimbursed for those services. Represent various and you recognize thank you for secure could you have me to understand that what you're saying is that those participants may not be able to. You've last thought services and unless they pay them pay for them themselves and less the venture has some sort of structure of some sort of problem. That they could you last yes that is correct. And so if the dinner doesn't have. A structural program that they can utilize. That participant has to pay himself and herself or so that is correct. It's a little they could receive the services. Correct. Correct thank you thank you misses you. In the reason this rules and emergency is it was late to hit a mouse on the bill required to be hit that correct. That is correct. Okay so you know for the questions from members without objection to proposed rule is reviewed and approved and the review and approval should be effective at twelve one AM midnight on thursday april twenty fifth two thousand. Thank you with that members will move on to our chief legal council in the star for a presentation on some bid proposals. The. The. Yeah. Yeah. You guys if you would introduce yourself a record in your recognized to make your presentation thank you mr chair jill they are bureau of legislative research adam lens administrator network pc support services matterfield production assistant bill are. Eric sanders blr chief information officer. So you should all have in front of you bonders that contain the proposals that we received and response to the audio visual at services and equipment rfp that was put out on february twentieth and we receive three proposals I am just briefly going to let you know that I reviewed these only for the purposes of making sure that the response is met all the legal requirements in the you can see in your bonders the second page has a table a summary chart that shows what all we receive from them and when everybody had a couple things we had to request but we've received all the information and so on it's face there's no basis for dismissal for those reasons or attest after view the proposals for the technical responses and they are going to present to you and what they found I will say that the action for the subcommittee today is just to decide which vendors you want to bring in to make oral presentations to you at your next meeting alternate over to them. First of all i'd like to think all for the opportunity to review the current absolution and allow us to weigh in on the submitted rfps. Our current solution is fourteen years old all of the equipment in the control room is end of life which means if it dies and there will be without that the house is sending to have the same devices that died on them and we're trying to avoid that situation. Uhm. I wanted to are also not really quick that that the location of where the of these rp's vendors is very important. Regarding the support and ability to be on sight quickly. Is that critical for us just to know that avi has a regional office in tolso cti has a regional office off twelve street about five miles away in the field shop is a west sixty first street about seven miles away. So the main differences. Lie and how the binders decided to quip each room and you can see a a breakdown of the equipment comparison on page three of your packet. And are a p we specified the desired for upgrading the system from top to bottom with new technologies new incurrent technologies I create a spreadsheet and that broke down everything that we asked for in each room and you can find that on page three or right after the questions. The. And the dark green is better like green as good ember yellow it'll work and the red is doesn't meet our needs uhm abisples are most expensive bid and gives us the highest burden of work. And the longest timeline and reusing. Most of the existing equipment. C t I in the field truck provided their solutions pretty much check all the boxes. And both city on the field shop quoted upgrading four k displays throughout the project space while he avis reusing the existing monitors. And only adding new where we didn't have them in the first place. Uhm as far as audio. The speakers are poorly optimized with the bandit solution of turning most of them off leading legislators and not as members too not be able to hear presentations or our questions being asked. And set on the field trop of quoted a solution that provides new ceiling speakers and telecom devices while avis proposing to reuse existing speakers and telecall devices. Both field shop coded twenty eight increase next. Cti has sixteen inch mikes for members and twenty three to my expor. If you have any any questions. The. Represent first. Thank you mister just a quick question you mentioned reared green and I guess yellow yes and the comparison spreadsheets and is a blue in here. On what are the presentations of their meetings and I look at it. Which which one are you referring to uh c t r. With their green and I think it's. The. Everything i'm seen as is a shade of green or yellow rep okay all right. Is the answers to the questions on ct look at the same answers on aviator yeah they read I think that's why it's asking that question the let's just. Differentiate the different answers that we got back so they shade as meaning today now that is booking or I thank you thank you not on the non the text thank you. Soon right chairman right you mentioned I thank you there would be some. Reuse of certain equipment can you. Department again yes with with abi sop they they broke most reasoning existing monitors code or displays and the current speakers that we have of the three is the wiring reuse to and we had any wiring trouble all going to be brand new. Good morning going to wireless now that all be wired. We thought that with in order to speed up the process and I have to diagnose where all the wires go just be easier to written replace. To replace the war upgrade that and I would have done this and been is that what i've done they tend to blind that out with the reuse the wire where that was a problem but I meant thank you for that clarification. I appreciate your guys hard work I look forward to the new system it be more compatible with today's technology appreciate the way that you've included the conference rooms in this as well because we've had so much trouble with zoom meetings and teams meetings and and so on so it that I recognize second representative cozard for motion. And move that we about the t f s to come in on thursday may the second to provide oral presentations of their proposals. Has proper motion a second he discussion on the motion. Cnn also fair as they are closed as have it so if that will hear presentations from field shop and sink to your own thursday at noon thank you guys you know for the business. We stand adjourned. Yeah.