Arkansas Legislative Council (ALC)

To start the day off with the first things fired representative andrews you would lead us in prayer this morning every good stand your problem and thank you for everything that you give us or thank you for allowing us to come together to make important decisions. Lower please bless these citizens or is what a side of arkansas boys bless his country off over all of us for gets her sense and crash name in. Thank you with that members would need a motion to approve meetings from last month or motion and I second. I have second orders if I were. I'll pose as habit with that we've got a point of personal privilege from representative very. You're supposed to be at your seat reading it's two after nine. I thought the military was punctual thank you mr chairman this is payback for my committee the other day when you skipped out but thank you and I appreciate you recognizing me and give me the opportunity to express some sincere gratificate our satisfaction and appreciation to all the emergency responders are national guard record workers ems state police local authorities that saw through her a couple weeks of severe weather and they're the ones that are out there that's providing for us and protecting and serving all of our kansas and we all my dedicated to that we really appreciate the argot workers driving in your trucks in the middle of the night and late in the morning. To clear the roads so with that being said I have a video that I would like to show in and then also recognize a one of our young troopers right after we see the video in case you haven't seen it thank you i'll cover that other size you can repair okay I won't want to know okay why provide the state police anything I do is how how long you been here yeah okay okay all right i'm just trying to figure out what I can do okay I want to help you with this into a hotel called some value for you you're not new issue to make sure that you give the way to try to go all right now is when the arkansas beliefs yes I am out with. They're correct yes okay he's been set on the side of interstate for a few hours and i've tried to figure out what's going on on I will try to see if he says here and they are thrown now and he asked if I would take you to a hotel room and your car in the morning you could do that so you're fine with it and I can take you to respect their way that way you want this walk back here to clearly go in okay I don't want you to go out yet put all that your pocket we're going to go right over here to the side of the grass okay the drive over here yeah there you go we're going to go right back here like I say you're not probably just so warm okay okay okay this is still back up it seems that i'm sorry i'm understanding that they will adopt the offer make you hear okay okay I would rather hear of we can check out the room okay okay. They got a room here and anything wrong now no yeah i'm decided to get your room for the last week saying a room with thirty eight year old loss of tv or something okay okay okay i'll i'll go here for your room okay yes okay just hang on and and obviously all right I get to the room okay i'll take your return and now i'll go your brother and they know where you're so you can't get in the morning okay okay ladies and gentlemen a triple brand and bird in the back of the room that's just one example of but the tremendous contributions at these men and women provide to the great state of arkansas every day so I appreciate your time committee and thank you mister chairman thank you representative thank you mister with that committee will move on to the president presentation of the december revenue report doctor seven. This is a year ago okay. The. Introduce yourself a record you recognize. Thank miss chairman carl silver bureau legislative research i'm he's presented december twenty twenty three revenue report. As of december twenty twenty three you have four thousand and ninety two million dollars in our gross revenue christian revenue collections which the decline of fifty two point three million dollars from last year as we are take the adjustments we're gonna have a total of three thousand four hundred twenty nine million dollars which the decline of five for sample last year and one hundred and eighty two point one million dollars difference there for less you should this year as we move to page number two we'll see a cumulative deviation from what will be expecting them to forecast we're gonna see a increase rate here from one forty four two two sixteen for this year so that's a increase when you look there are in the month december the biggest increase you have here in the past few months in debbing falling some of the transfer would have seen the other states having increasing cell stacks collections but this also declined some other things they have made some adjustments throughout the year as we we follow along here you're going to see from. Page number three two page number four have total general revenue collections and for page number five mb we had this special revenues as we talk less last month we are still taking a look into delinquency rates to understand what's going on there at the agricult agriculture level delicacy rate still lowered and prepandemic up as we start digging a little bit deeper we see a small increase in there are vehicles then in consumer and also in being cards and consumer financials when compared to prepandament so we keep you know a close eye on that but other than that there's no major difference that they have been going on from march your martians to have some of the issues with commodity prices but that is still following the training expect that you change the past a few months and with that will take out take for the questions thank you. Thank you not sure what could I can get sector hudson to take place. And you you may need someone else but i'll ask you a question. The. Jim ats and sector dfa my robert come up here even with the new sixty day requirement on collecting the self tax on vehicles are we are we seeing a greater delinquence now with a sixty day then we did when we had a thirty day. Yeah I think I probably had to go back in visit with commissioner revenue about that I think we saw some fluctuations point in time when the legislation became effective but I think that probably is worked its way through the system at this point I was doing have a conversation mis chairman get back to you on that I don't know okay if you would just get that to staff and get out to committee at us they put us into hammer you recognize thank you mister chair not it's a long line you're asking no such as seventy one percent drop on the temporary tag. So is that is that a failure for those who have the temporary tags to pay that is at what that's attributed to as far as the difference between the two. Again I probably have to get more information on that when I get back to you sender i'm sorry that that's okay if we have yet that thank you. See enough other questions thank you guys thank you mister chairman that will move to the report of the executive subcommittee so to rise you recognize thank you members the alc executive subcommittee made on thursday january twenty fifth and reviewed and approved and mercy rule concerning literature literacy tutoring grants or the department of the education in addition emotion was adopted recommend to alcee that special language be drafted for the upcoming physical session to require annual reporting from the department beginning july first twenty twenty four regarding eurostation of later that received tutoring gramps and provided student test results to show the effectiveness the grant program the subcommittee also heard from representatives of meters adams in lay concerning its steady on educational facility property the insurance the sub committee will meet again on paperwork fifteen to continue its studio school property insurance and I again encourage all you see members and often detained and participate our watch liabstream are reply at these meetings I think you're fine uh some of the things are coming together with information that is good again that thanks everybody across the state for our schools miss chairman I move adoption of this report as proposing to have second have second from sender all those favors they are all posed as have it. With that we moved to the standard committees administrative rules sender hammer they can share the mystery of real subcommittee met on thursday january twenty fifth the subcommittee filed a report from the executive subcommittee concerning this review and approval of mercy roles the subcommittee reviewed and filed quarterly reports by the department of corrections probably and pursuant to act five ninety five a twenty twenty one the subcommittee received agency updates on outside rule making from the twenty twenty one session five monthly written updates related to the twenty twenty three session and considered agencies request for exclusion from the act five ninety five reporting requirements so committee also considered a recommendation by group two agencies concerning the extension of repeal of rules percent to x seven eighty one of two thousand seventeen act sixty five twenty twenty one one rules held until the subcommittees february meeting although the rurals were reviewed and proved as noted in the report and chairman of move for the adoption of the report. That's probably motion to have second have second holders in favor say a post as have it with that will move to the employee benefits division oversight representative pillars and. Thank you mister chair the employee benefits a vision oversight committee met on wednesday the sealed group presented a report on a mental health and other co morbidity conditions and provide a cost analysis for a weight last medication I moved for adoption of this report. I have a second as propromotion orders and favor say I posed ours have it with that were moved to the game affairs and state police subcommittee representative fortner you're recognized thank you mister chairman the game and fish state public police subcommittee met wednesday january tenth and january twenty fourth to hear the testimony regarding concealed carry laws and rules concerning firearms. The following recommendations and comments were made by the chairman regarding the upcoming meetings public comment there will be an opportunity for the public to provide comments to the subcommittee on each of the topics we take up in the study. There will be a link on the general assembly website for public comment sign up and there will be a sign up sheet at the committee meetings only those members of the public who have signed up in one of those two ways will be allowed to come forward and present their comments to the subcommittee. Two member participation. We want to invite and encourage all members of the general assembly. To attend these meetings and participate as we work towards recommendations to present to the legislative council next year although only membership the subcommittee will be permitted to make motions and vote on the recommendations during this phase we welcome input from all members of the general assembly three are next meeting will be february twelfth at one pm in this room and we will begin hearing recommendations regarding hunting laws concealed carry laws and rules related to fires I move for adoption of this report as proposing I have a second all those in favor they are all posted as have it will move on to the highway commission review and advisory sender blake johnson's. The have a commission reviewed advantage of some committee met wednesday and her test money from the office of internal audit revised letter though engagement for our project and efficiency study our doctor virginia the december twenty twenty three in a january twenty twenty four efficiency study recommendations rules for implementation and move reduction to the report you. As promotion I have second orders in favor of they are opposed as have it will move on to the occupational license review representative meeks. Good morning the occupational licensing review subcommittee met on thursday to review reports on occupational authorizations from the following energies the architects all state board of dental examiners are so state bart of architects landscape park detects an interior designers the arch all state board of registered professional sanitarians yard software training academy in the arts all live stroke and poultry commission I move the adoption of the report. That's far promotion I have second oldest in favor sarposed as have it when we want to the peer represent of ubank's. Thank you mister chair the peer subcommittee met on tuesday january twenty third to subcommittee received reports reviewed request and approved the following various temporary appropriation american rescue plan act appropriation and perstructure investment jobs act appropriation and restricted reserve fund transfers one item in the report was held that is at three it was for a cash appropriation request of three point seven million by the northwest arkansas community college mister chairman before I make a motion to adopt the report I believe there's some members here that may want to speak to that item that was hell. The. Sir history recognize well maybe somebody else was prepared to speak on this but it's northwest or talk community college there they were just going to pay off some dead but they weren't here over you know we we move the meetings from one week to the next and for whatever reason they didn't come but I think someone's here today if if if we need to answer some questions to get that addressed I think we need to hear from them why they wouldn't hear one of the scheduled time as subcommittee so if the representative would come to the table that be nice. I. Good morning if you want to introduce yourself for the record name and thorough almost vice president of find his administration. Okay can you tell us why no one was here from your college on tuesday to answer questions about the transfer I apologize for that and it was a misunderstanding of the date because the committee was supposed to meet on january twelfth and based on that we received the list for the meetings and our college name was not on the list so I thought that was not the case so this is was this is why I wasn't here nor money we have myself or representative from the college to be on all meetings when we have any items on the agenda. So this is not an oversight and I apologize for that it's not a purpose and the weather obliged a big girl on that so were you here on january the twelfth no I wasn't here I got any of that january twelve has been possible but I did not know what what was alternative date representative make sure that ask for a question being in this chairman it's guess maybe more about a statement than a question so I was the one who had requested the the hold on the item because they were asking for four million dollars in appropriation for additional debt payments and the payments were coming from tuition and fees and my concern was is that the school was taking on more debt passing that costs long to students through that and my question was as you know why wasn't that previously counted for or handled in earlier preparations i've since learned and speaking with the college that they are attempting to pay off their debt early they have the money to do so so it's a good thing and so i'm completely satisfied in I hope we can move forward and II would release any hold that I have on on this item and appreciate you reaching out to me to answer my concerns with that thank you. Since you recognize yes just one thing that i'm fine with this since it's appropriation however I will say this I was not pleased with your initial ugh the way you answered the question whenever we said what was for because the letter that was sent to us was that it was because you had incremental payments principal payments of that bond which was the truth however you fell don't you fail to tell us that actually what you had done is went to interest only during covered because you're enrollment it dropped which you did come back and do that should have been explained the correct way that should have been explained the correct way. In the initial request so anyway I just don't want to let that go because and fan with it it's preparation i'm glad to see that your you all were your now but we should have been a little more forthcoming in my opinion the way that answer was done I appreciate for that but this is that the main issue was i'm not sure if you read my last response in the in the last two years I lost three controllers and this is sometime when you lose controllers the information get lost in the process and this is what led to this information and I measure that this is one of the struggle I have been I have been facing recently specially in northwest artists are recruiting at returning talented. To say no further questions. Reps in the view banks. The. The. I move adoption of the report net to proper time I will have a separate motion regarding the held item. Just proper motion I have second all those in favor of they are all posed have it with that reps and ubank's your recognized for your second motion. I move review of item f three the item that was held promotion I have a second all those in favor sa i'll pose as have it with that will move on to review subcommittee standard flipper. Thank you mister chairman to review some committee met on tuesday and reviewed agenda items including mof's grants and contracts the australia view to rf request approved but for a vehicle lease no items were held in the movie adoption of the report. That's a proper motion to have second have second others in favor say are both does have it. Would that members will move on to the second half of the agenda. The. I'm sorry margin the one in order for a personnel committee representative recognized thank you mister chairman. Personnel subcommittee available seeming january twenty third room a of the mac building the committee reviewed and approved items to through eight on the report item one was pulled from the agenda by the department in the chairs of the committee following discussion of revisions the committee then suspended the rules for the friday meeting allowing open additional time to revise the performance evaluation to pay system policy and provide it to the staff before the next meeting I moved for the the report to be adopted at their proper time. That's probably motion to have second have second auto's in favor say a posed as have it now we will move on to the second part of the report I need a motion to refirm the senate committee to a cynic committee on h two. Do I have that motion in the house committee also. I have motioned I have second second auto's in favor say I are post as have it out of three e needs a motion to approve. So moved but I have a second of second autos and favorite opposed as have it members all the other items are report will move on to the dhs report be the presentation about sector put. Good morning christie patnem secretary department of human services good morning jane at may and deputy secretary of programs and medicaid director member thank you for having us here today to present this report and as directed by section fifteen about two thirteen of twenty twenty two i'm reporting to alc the status of our efforts to increase reimbursement rates under the living choices assisted living waiver dhs is continuing the work necessary to implement act one ninety eight of twenty twenty three which authorized dhs to establish cost reporting for medicaid funded assisted living facilities. To date all cost reports were received and they were forwarded to myers and staffer as previously reported for inclusion in analysis. The analysis for rate setting is actually concluded and the letter that we sent to two lc chairs. At the beginning of january indicated that the analysis was under way but it has concluded we previously provided myers and stuffers cost reporting methodology and their anticipated timeline for completion both to alc and to all living choices providers and associations on december fifth twenty twenty three. We also requested myers and stopper to provide a draft report for review by all stakeholders which was provided prior to completion of the final version. In addition dhs's division of aging a don't behavior a whole services is updating the living choices provider manual to reflect the cost of reporting requirements of act one ninety eight these changes have been submitted for internal review with an anticipated submission to alc an early twenty twenty four the cost report with the fun of the final draft of the cost report was posted and shared with all providers and associations january sixteenth which at the fifteenth whist the deadline it was a state holiday we did provide at the very next business day. As of today no comments have been received on october first we posted for public comment the intent to petition cms for approval to implement the current appendix k waiver rates in use for alfree imbursements as the permanent rates for the duration of the current living choices waiver these rates are eighty one fifty nine for urban facilities and eighty five sixty seven for rural the amendment for these rates was formally submitted to cms october thirty first in addition were continuing our broadbased review of the entire medicaid system to assess for longterm sustainability of the program assisted payment assisted living payment rates are part of this process we look forward to sharing additional information with alc when this process is concluded. So members i'm going to. I'm going to allow questions but I want to make you aware of something without objection because of testimony not being taken place in legislative council so women session here we don't take test money from the public we're going to ask to refer this to the alc hospital in medicate subcommittee to take public comment on those rates and report back dalc in february and also grant the subcommittee the authority to meet outside of alc regular week so you you're welcome ask questions but just know there will be a father meeting where there will be public and a very broader opportunity for questions to be answered so if that are recognized sooner rise. And with what you've just heard in the in the motion will you be able to have a partnered staff there. To enter all questions at a subcommittee yes are we welcome appreciate that. Sender hammer your recognition thank his share as of this meeting this morning as of right now have you received any notification of thirtieth have you received notification of thirty days of closure of any assisted livings no sir we have not okay thank you. The. So enough other questions thank you for your prestation and look forward to here from unicef committee thank you very much. Members of follow me across to adam j. I'm gonna make an unusual announcement j one is a adam for instance it's been on our agenda now for two months the member has not been present to preset. So I will be without objects and removing this from the agenda and holding it in the queue once the member requests for it to be applied back to the agenda we will apply back to the agenda at that time so without objection that will be the task in hand see in no objection miscarried where you remove that item from the agenda adam too need a motion to approve a in on resolution and will recognize representative bentley and senator hammer to come down to the table and present their resolution. I thank you chairman will witness be here today i'll since i've been a member of the house we have recognized religious freedom day and a is a resolution joint resolution with the house and the senate this year did include whether we want to change the date from the sixteenth of the twenty third but as thomas jefferson said and the founding of our nation that religious freedom is a foundational freedom of our nation without it all the others crumble so without i'll keep it short and suite something we passed a similarly every year that i've been in the house. The. Sir hammer you have anything about just tim hammer state center district thirty three and agree senator a bentley a representatively appreciate good volume members with that I need a motion to approve a motion have second. See and no discussion out as favorite they are opposed as have it seemed no further business we stand journal. Oh well that was almost bad as the speaker miss speaker you recognize yet before we before we adjourn i'd like to see if we can update regarding the situation in helena concerning their water system. The. Some speaker I think we have director age against can come to table. The. If you guys would introduce yourself for the record and you're recognized to give the update. The. Good morning I jigary director of the arks on division of emergency management. Good morning jody lee deputy director of recovery and mitigation at the arkansas division of emergency management. I just stay yeah kind of a a quick update of everything we all know what what occurred during the the storm season we went from tornadoes in the morning to art it snow and and I said afternoon and now we're dealing with flights so it's been a pretty pretty couple weeks I know most of the conversation was concerned is is regarding the water missions I will say that uh in total and through this particular event we had about ten different water systems around the state that were reported to us and I want to clarify those who are the ones that were forty two s and that we worked with to get resources out to assist them I am aware that there are some other communities that had some issues but their local jurisdictions they either had the resources and did not need additional resources are those tian that we deployed resources to all with the exception of one other systems are our backup and running and they're they're doing uh doing well at this time the one that we are still working is phillips county helen west hill on a community uhm. And I will kind of back up just a minute when when we know storms like this are coming in we start doing coordination calls with our locals with national weather service and strong trying to determine what needs maybe are what may be needed when when the storm hits we also had a briefing with the governor before the storm came in also present during that breaking was national guard in the secretary of dps are we discussed with possibility what the possible needs were be would be she. Declared a state of emergency this freedom some money for for my agency that we could use to respond to paper to respond when things happen so we had that in place so we were able to start getting resources out pretty quick this past sunday with the information that we got from from phillips county and hell in the west element facilitated that the request of the governor facilitated a coordination call with the state agencies that were involved in this and also local authorities that was on sunday afternoon I believe it was included in that was rule water association. And our natural resources try the the purpose of that call was so that we could get all the players count on one call to get a good idea what all was was taking place within that community and what the needs were since then we have through donations working with our non profit organizations that we normally work with there's been quite a bit of a water that has been sent down palace of water truck loads of of water I think uh the first few days was like four truck loads that went down some of the latest staff we have additional resources in route actually we had delivered last night additional pallets too hell in a western palace of water we've got a another truck load that is in route today and we're also precuring additional water that's ready to go down so what we're trying to do is keep a pretty good flow of water down there until they can get the system up in going to to get the water system going so we're trying to take care of those immediate needs we are also precuring uh empty containers because only I fail to mention this we immediately test the national guard to bring a water hip oh which is a large water tank and down there they're continuing with the national guards continuing to keep it sealed. We know that containers would be a an issue that some people don't have the containers to be able to fill up with water so we've got we had a large number of containers that were donated and we are purchasing additional containers there should be going down there are in the area shortly. In addition to that we are procuring a wipes maybe wipes and stuff so that we get down to kind of help the citizens also that we are also working on. With a vendor to the secure a shower unit uh we hope that could be an route here shortly and this is a large sixteen stall unit that could be deployed there have to be able get the citizens you know and opportunity to take showers and things of that nature in were also in the process of laundry aligned reunit your washing driver unit that we can deploy there and logistical things of course that we've had to work out with their have in an area to put it uhm finding you know first of all's finding the vendor but the governor is given us to go ahead to spend what we need to spend to get the resources down there to help the citizens until we can get the water restore so chairman i'll I will stop their opinion in any questions i'm sure I left some things out but i'll try to cover those if there's any questions. The there are a few questions. Representative recognize thank mischairman again do we have a route the do they have one in fort smith do you know the rope you the large scale water purification system that the national guard has they used to have a couple in fort smith. We I think there are we do have access your through some vendors for that app that's not what's needed in this they have the facility to treat the water they don't have the water the treat so we don't you know they don't need a treatment and a mobile treatment facility we've got to get the the water to the in the tank and in to the house so they don't have a call under anything I mean that thing cleaned sewer water make it drinkable but you know you just stick a hose and a ponder ribber or whatever it cleans at all so they don't have access to something like that but we have water in in the hippose so we were for cleaning it that doesn't get it to the houses is my understanding and i'm going by what's what's been requested there from the locals and what the need from thank mister just feel you recognize yes thank you thank you mister cheering thank you being here I would be remissive I didn't say thank you for all the work you did in my district during the tornadoe that came through i'm very much concerned about hell on a west and I appreciate all that you sent but there is steal a tremendous infrastructure issue. In that area I know we send a hundred thousand down there for some mitigation some time ago but at the end of the day if we don't do something to create an infrastructure that allows them to have a water system that serves its citizens wish deal going to continue to have this kind of difficulty is there anything being done. To create a firm infrastructure we've got all this infrastructure money coming in is there anything being done specifically to address not just the the emergency but the ongoing needs of the individuals and help in the west yes ma'am so I will attempt to to answer that kind of in two parts because we're not we're we don't control that that part of it but I will take you that you know the one of the main purposes of that coordination call that the government put together it has got the you know the state people that do have that expertise arksaw real water is down there on the ground natural resources is very much engaged they could better answer your questions for us what is is needed on the long term but they are currently working through that I know the last report I got was the tank was filling up they've got some of the young areas shut off that were the lakes are cause that really that's kind of the other weather the frozen pipes a leaks is what's your it's increased the problem is there are it's a fragile system in that is it has made things even worse so they're they're going through the process of getting the legs fixed which brings a water pressure back up and they can they can then push that water out so the last report I got is that's looking better but I i'm not the one that can give you a timeline from that those long term fixes when my agency makes is really concentrated on is that immediate needs that take care of our citizens the best weekend to get that stuff following your again yeah I have I feel for all the citizens there and they're going through a lot with this it's it's none of it is going to be pleasant to go that long without water it's a letter basic need so we're just trying to get that immediate immediate needs fill the best weekend and work continuing to pick your you know water so we can try to keep that that flow of water going down there. And and once again thank you so very much for there is arkansas rural water and who else is working with a natural resources I know they they work with them before they've got and again they're they're better to speak on this but I will have grants long sister you know ways to assist mister chair yes i'd like a request for use I would like to know where the infrastructure money that is arkansas has gone or if indeed some infrastructure money has come in from the federal government because I know it was supposed to deal with pipes of supposed to deal with brown band that sort of thing I would like to know where those resources have gone. Will get your report thank you so much and thank you all once again for all that you do it's truly appreciate thank you ma'am. Representative ubank's. Thank you miss chair mister carrying out i'm over this desk sir questions probably not for you but it's my understand I saw report that natural resources and probably was more the rule water association was in hell on the west hell on a back during the summer I think around august time frame and they identified for the city a lot of the issues and. Apparently nothing was done to remedy those issues and that is the main reason why we the city finds itself in this situation now. I've had some people from that area contact me they don't seem to have much confidence in the administration and the direction of the water department and have actually recommended that that being taken over by the state to. Fix this problem do you have any comment on that or is there anybody from natural resources or the real water association here that could answer that so I can't answer the specifics again on how the system is what that long term plan is I know we are back in the summer we did respond with some resources down there so I am aware of some previous incidents but other than that I couldn't I would not be the one to answer that. Mr chairman is anybody from roll water here. To my knowledge they wouldn't notify to be here this was only about the emergency response okay. Thank you mr chair interest recognize. I may be covering some of the same ground but it was it's my understand that we sent a significant out of money to hell in the early in the year to figure out where they were at to study it and they chose to do something different with that money. Were you aware of that no sir I don't have any information on that okay yeah it is my understanding we sent a significant amount of money there they chose to do something other than what they asked for the money for and now they found themselves in a really bad spot thank you. Representative makes. Boy writer far far right so I just did two questions can you tell us what exactly in the system failed is it just a bunch of leaks all over the office access to water to pumping was it fell can you carry explain where the failures are and then do you have an eta of when it looks like the water may be restored. So. I will attempt to answer some of that based on the information that it that are going from the the coordination calls that we had there it is a structure it is you know a week infrastructure part of it is one of the wealth I think it's well number nine that is either fail or they had issues with so that's part of the problem is giving that water up there they're on the original call they were looking at you know to get the system up and going was about two to three weeks or for one week into that i'm not sure exactly what any update from that you know i've heard that that things are progressing fairly well but I really couldn't give you a timeline thank you sinner betty do recognize thank you mister chair along the lines of. Along the lands of some of the questions that were asked earlier and you may not know the answer to this but only because i'm familiar with my neighboring city for smith they are currently under some infrastructure consent decrease with the feds do you know if there's anything like that going on now they're in west telena because that has some other severe consequences to the the those that use the services in terms of significant rate increases and so forth do you do you have any one there no sir I don't again yeah what my agency where what we're dealing with there's an immediately so somebody else would would better enter those thank you back. The. Sir hammer you recognize thank you over here based on the amount of money that's been allocated and your determination of the like the time it's going to take to get them sustainable are you gonna have to come back and ask for more money in order to get them patched over until some of these change can be addressed so what we're what we're working with is that original emergency declaration the money that was put in there and so that's what we're using to purchase the water and there I think at this point I think we we have plenty of money there to to take care those immediate needs now if this for some reason goes on you know weeks longer which are add on anticipated to there may be a need for that ever right now say that I think we're good with that or are you dealing with any other minus penalties that have water issues like this forthcoming have you been asked to help anybody else to magnitude that you been asked to have help west hell on a hell thank you so eyes I mentioned earlier we had about ten communities that reported us all of those with the exception of philips county or back online I do know sender I got a call regarding another community last night that that's having water issues we reached out to the ambassador they actually that county has their own portable water takes all they don't need any additional resources from the state at this time but we're we're trying to track there and and certainly any other systems but as of now there's those who they all want to do. Sender have a new record. Thank you at a first I just want to say thank you secretary and my cake are he personally drove a record for have I think where we had ten pallets of donated water then drove it up to mountain view and it was very icn I met him they are but I was just really grateful and I just wanted everybody to know that secretary had our personally drove a with a accrue up to mountain view to deliver that water for us and so just speak so highly of him as the person in an individual but an u and your department I just from on behalf of my folks and mountain view and stone county eastern source of county northern clever and county and southern israel county were out of water for a week and then some places for a week and they worked around the clock but with that being sad there's the measures I think that we need to look at to ensure that these systems are doing exactly what they're supposed to be doing and making sure that they're using their resources to i'm not I don't want to mandate it but you know we all get the phone calls even though it weren't it's a city owned and operated systems are or what have you worse sometimes the ones that get the phone calls and get the blame for it but you know they they went to work and they did a lie but I really think that we we as a legislature needs a really kind of think through this because we can't continue kind of repeating you know what we've been through I think this past minutes with all these different water systems kind of collapsing for various reasons but I think we need to kind of put our heads together and think about how we make sure that our citizens have water it there were a lot of chicken props that were lost because people couldn't water their lives. Stark there were horses that died and cattle that died and it it became a real problem we were out of school and because we were under a county order bull order and so they couldn't have school at some of our rule campuses I mean it's a tremendous impact that that in sears and so I want our legislature really think through that with your agency obviously in the department of hell thank you so much not gilmore and everybody so my purpose mr chairs really just to be thankful and and say thanks but I do think we need to put our heads together at some point as well thanks and considered thank you for those car means we yeah I say many times that were really our blissed in our console because all of the state agencies all of our are our teams work very good good together when we were had the pallets of water that we needed to deliver young state police was one of those resources and and and colonel stephanie got that delivered are dot department transportation they helped last night giving the pallets transported from a federal surplus property down to hill in a west alan so it it team effort with everybody through through the winter storm the adam team you know we had the state emergency operations interactivated I heard about fifteen people that actually spent two nights sleeping on the floor so that they could be there in things you know were needed we had the coordination call will be too of my four area coordinators were in hell in a west lane a wednesday myself and one of my deputies drove down wednesday evening we met with the buyer we want to make sure that that we were getting all the information we could from a local so that we were you'll make sure that we're meeting their needs and whatever that is so we had some great conversations with them and we're continuing. Thank you mister chair i'm not going to believe with the point I just want to echo with senator urban said and just say thank you to you and all our emergency responders and how they respond to during the storms my question is really more directed I think to the chair I don't represent philips county or hell in a western up but I have been hearing from folks on the ground there who mentioned to me there was about eight hundred thousand initially given to fix infrastructure needs it might have been used for salaries and other things so my question to this body into the chair is it possible that we can hear a report at some point in the future as to how those monies were spent and perhaps even get folks from the community to hear to speak to that. I think the proper way place to make that motion is either in late save on executive committee are in jpr cherry quest. Perfect thank you yes sir. Sender mark johnson thank you miss chair just one respond to serious you more. Inquiry as he knows because their members have the city came in this pale subcommunity be meeting next thursday and I would certainly be glad since he's a member of he wanted me to add that to the agenda representative right would concur and we will make that inquiry I think that's. Important that we do that so I just we will go here and take that responsibility since we meet next week. Thank you mister. Soon of other questions and no other business we stand adjourned.