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Representative DeAnn Vaught Chair Unverified 0:00
We're going to go ahead and call this meeting to order. Good morning. Welcome to Pierre on this kind of rainy morning. We're sorry for the confusion of the rooms. We were having audio problems in Big Mac, so that's why we got moved to over here. We know that we're quite crowded over here, but we'll make do. I want to take a minute and welcome some students from Foreman High School that are here today visiting with us. They want to see how government works, and so they, you know, we don't have session going on, so they decided to come to PEER today. We'd like to welcome their teacher, Mrs. Davis, and Mr. Olin Anderson, their bus driver. So help me welcome them. And with that, we'll move right on. Mr. Billy? Thank you,
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Chair Unverified 0:58
Madam Chair. Section B are cash fund appropriation and increase requests. These are requests by agencies to increase the spending authority for line items that are supported by a cash fund account. The request for appropriation only, the agencies have existing funding to carry out the requests. The first item, B1, is a letter from the Department of Commerce, Division of Workforce Services, and at this time, the agency requests pooling this item. The next item, B2, is a letter from the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism. This is for Hobbs State Park. The request is to increase appropriation by $200,000 to a construction line item. The increase will allow construction of an education pavilion, and construction is supported by donations by the group Friends of Hobbs State Park Conservation Area. The last item, B3, is a letter from the Department of Labor and Licensing, Arkansas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board. This is a request to increase appropriation by $100,000 to an operating expenses line item. The increase will allow the board to send additional pass-through fees they have collected to the appraisal subcommittee. The new pass-through fees are required by federal law when states elect to register and supervise appraisal management companies. At the time the fiscal year 20 budget was set, they were unsure how much the fees would produce. Madam Chair, those
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Representative DeAnn Vaught Chair Unverified 2:06
are all the cash letters on today's agenda. Are there any questions? Seeing no questions, without objection, these will stand reviewed.
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Chair Unverified 2:15
Next item. Madam Chair, item, I'm sorry, section C begins the items for approval, and C1 is a reallocation of resources for the Department of Human Services. For flexibility, special language in the DHS bill allows four reallocations in a fiscal year TO RESPOND TO CHANGING CLIENT NEEDS AND MAKE THE MOST EFFECTIVE USE OF RESOURCES AUTHORIZED. THIS REQUEST IS A SECOND REALLOCATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 20. ON THE FOURTH PAGE IS A TABLE SHOWING ALL TRANSFERS. THE DEPARTMENT REQUESTS TRANSFERRING $3.5 MILLION IN APPROPRIATION FROM VARIOUS LINE ITEMS IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY SERVICES TO THE NURSING HOME CLOSURE COST LINE ITEM IN MEDICAL SERVICES. THE TRANSFER AND SPENDING AUTHORITY WILL ALLOW THE DEPARTMENT TO COVER COSTS ASSOCIATED with current and any additional nursing home closures. Madam Chair, this is an approval item. Senator Matlick, you're recognized. Thank you,
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Speaker 15 3:11
Madam Chair. Members, I'm in favor of this, but I just wanted to point out that, of course, we all know the difference between appropriation and funding. I've always been very concerned with our funding of our developmentally disabled providers, our human development centers, and other DDS providers. And so I'm just pointing out that this is a transfer of appropriation. We know that it's needed because of the state having to take over the nursing homes. They needed additional appropriation, but this does not cut any funding to DDS. It cuts the appropriation, but it will not affect their funding. I did check with staff and with DHS on that, and I just wanted to make that point because it was something I was concerned about, and I know some of you may have been, and I just wanted to make that a part of the
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Representative Jim Dotson Unverified 4:02
public record. Representative Dodson, you're recognized. Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm not sure if staff has this or maybe DHS, but how much excess appropriation does it still leave remaining in DDS? I would have to
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Speaker 21 4:09
defer that to the agency. Can someone from the agency please come to the
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Representative Jim Dotson Unverified 4:16
end of the table? please state your name and who you're with
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Speaker 24 4:27
misty eubanks i'm with the department of human services
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Speaker 27 4:36
mark white with dhs you're recognized and i'm sorry i don't have that number with me today but i'd be happy to send it to staff and you all could send it around i do know that dds has some remaining unfunded appropriation, both in their 1D construction funding as well as their regular operating expenses. I'm sorry, I just don't have that number with me today.
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Representative Jim Dotson Unverified 4:58
If you would, when you send that, if you could send what your total appropriation was as well as your prior year expenditures and those line items that you're transferring out of. So we kind of have an idea going into the next year's budget session or this fiscal session, I guess, next month. where those things are at and what your anticipated needs are for
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Speaker 27 5:21
the next fiscal year. Yes, absolutely. And, you know, in the last session, we got down to that 10% mark, and so that's one of the reasons why we're actually asking to move appropriation from one division to the other division to cover unanticipated expenditures this year. Thank you very much.
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Representative DeAnn Vaught Chair Unverified 5:39
Thank you. Are there any other questions? Thank you all so much. I need a motion. Second. All in favor say aye. Those opposed say nay. Motion passes. Next item. Thank
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William Parrish Unverified 5:57
you, Madam Chair. C2 section is for various temporary appropriation requests. This is a
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Chair Unverified 6:01
new agenda section for PEER that requires committee approval. For agencies to operate off of cash fund accounts for federal revenue and have a shortfall in appropriation, there's always been an opportunity to request additional spending authority in cash requests or a miscellaneous federal grant request. request. There was no similar mechanism for agencies to operate from general, special, miscellaneous, trust fund, or mixed fund accounts. In the 19th session, a new appropriation holding account was added to transfer spending authority for various temporary appropriation requests. There's only one item on the agenda. It's C2A. It's a letter from the Department of Health. This is a request to increase appropriation by $2.8 million to grants an aid line item. And we spoke with the Department and learned that due to late federal grant awards that were not included in the requested budget, the Department needs increased spending authority to make sub grants for a range of different programs. The grant programs include charitable clinics, rural health improvement, hospital preparedness, diabetes prevention and management, and even marine sanitation grants. These programs are supported overwhelmingly by federal revenue, but at least one grant will use state funds in the form of general revenue. Madam Chair, this is
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Representative DeAnn Vaught Chair Unverified 7:01
an approval item. Are there any questions? Seeing no questions, do I have a motion? Motion Second. All those in favor say aye. All those opposed say no. Motion passes. Next item.
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Chair Unverified 7:18
Madam Chair, Section D or appropriation and or fund transfer requests. There's only one item. It's a letter from the Secretary of State and special language allows the office to transfer spending authority from any line in their operations section to any other line in the same section after receiving prior prior review by ALC. This is a request to transfer $28,000 in appropriation from their professional fees line item to their conference and travel line item. The transfer will allow continued professional development and expertise
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William Parrish Unverified 7:43
in election infrastructure. The operations section is supported by the State Central Services Fund. Are there any questions? Seeing
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Representative DeAnn Vaught Chair Unverified 7:50
no questions, without objection, these items will stand reviewed. Next item. Section E are the budget classification
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Chair Unverified 8:03
transfer requests. These are REQUESTS BY AGENCIES TO MAKE A TRANSFER AMONG THE FIVE SUBITEMS OF MAINTENANCE AND GENERAL OPERATION. THIS IS IN THE EVENT A CERTAIN LINE ITEM DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH SPENDING AUTHORITY FOR AN EXPECTED EXPENSE, BUT ANOTHER LINE ITEM IN THEIR MNO HAS EXCESS OR SPARE APPROPRIATION. THERE ARE THREE REQUESTS IN TODAY'S AGENDA AND THEY ARE ALL FROM DIFFERENT PROGRAMS WITHIN THE DIVISION OF PARKS AND TOURISM. EACH REQUEST CITES THE SAME NEED FOR AN ACCOMMODATION. I SPOKE WITH THE AGENCY AND LEARNED AFTER TRANSFORMATION THE SECRETARY WISHES TO TRACK and measure travel costs uniformly across every division. These related transfers will standardize in their budget how these activities are expended. The first item is E1, the Great River Road. It's a request to transfer $6,540 from operating expenses to conference and travel. According to the request, the transfer will put spending authority in the correct line item for planned activities like travel for board meetings, attending conferences, and commission meetings. The next item, E2, is for parks division. It's a request to transfer $3,000 from operating expenses to conference and travel. The transfer will allow spending on law enforcement training and various conferences and meetings. And the last item, Parks, I'm sorry, the Tourism Division. This is a request to transfer $27,300 from operating expenses to conference and travel. The transfer will
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William Parrish Unverified 9:15
allow spending on sales missions, partner meetings, and conferences.
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Representative DeAnn Vaught Chair Unverified 9:19
Are there any questions? Seeing no questions, these items will stand reviewed. Next
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William Parrish Unverified 9:34
item. Madam Chair, Section F are the miscellaneous federal grant appropriation requests. These are
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Chair Unverified 9:38
requests by agencies to increase spending authority for federal funds resulting from an unanticipated federal grant award. The first item is a request for the Department of Correction, Division of Community Correction, and this is a request to establish three positions. The Department has sufficient spending authority but needs to establish three positions to execute a grant from the Department of Human Services for medication-assisted treatment services through the state opioid response grant. The title, class, and grade for each position will be reviewed by the personnel subcommittee when they next meet. This item is 100% federally funded. The next item is for the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism, Division of Heritage. It's a request for $60,256 in federal appropriation for the Arkansas State Archives. They have a grant for the National Endowment for the Humanities for a digitization of historic newspapers, and this item is also 100% federally funded. The last item is for the Department of Public Safety. It's a request for $205,744 in federal appropriation. They have a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice
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William Parrish Unverified 10:39
to enhance payments to eligible victims of crime, and this item is also 100% federally
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Representative DeAnn Vaught Chair Unverified 10:46
funded. Are there any questions? Seeing no questions, these items will stand reviewed.
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William Parrish Unverified 10:52
Next item. Madam Chair, Section G are the pay plan holding account transfer requests. These are requests by agencies to
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Chair Unverified 11:05
increase spending authority to pay regular salaries, extra help, and personal services matching. There's only one request on today's agenda is for the Department of Health Board of Hearing Instrument Dispensers. They have a request to increase appropriation by 2100 to their personal services matching line. According to the request, an extra help employee worked more hours than originally budgeted,
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Representative DeAnn Vaught Chair Unverified 11:23
requiring additional retirement expenses. Are there any questions? Seeing no questions without objection, these items will
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Chair Unverified 11:37
stand reviewed. Next item. Section H is the Department of Human Services carried forward. It's a special, I'm sorry, special language in the department's bill requires a report showing how much general revenue will be carried forward and how it will be distributed to senior citizen centers. The second page shows the $500,000 the agency carried forward from fiscal year 19 to this fiscal year. Pierre originally reviewed this amount carried forward with other carried forward reports in September. The third page shows how the amount will be distributed as required by special language. A total of eight area agency on aging offices across the state will receive a share of the $500,000 as prescribed by the Federal Older Americans Act funding
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Speaker 15 12:21
formula. Senator Malik, you're recognized. Thank you, Madam Chair. Members, I sponsored special language that would recover any balances in certain accounts within the Division of Aging Adult Behavioral Services at year end and up to $500,000, which it did. And we all know that our senior centers have been cut back. Representative Fite's been working on this issue as well as many of you. So we were just very pleased that at least this is $500,000 that can go to our senior centers around the state, which are certainly in dire need. Thank you. Representative Dotson. Thank
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Representative Jim Dotson Unverified 12:55
you, Madam Chair. Just a question on why is this coming to us now and why wasn't it relayed in September when
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Chair Unverified 13:03
the rest of it was approved? In September, that was the carry-forward amount that was reported. This special language is different from the other requests to report. This also has a requirement to report how much will be distributed to each area agency on aging, or I'm sorry, just Senior Citizen Center, and the actual language of the report says it has to be presented 30 days prior to the time the department presents its budget request, so we're leaving well before that. So it just
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Representative Jim Dotson Unverified 13:28
has to be before the next fiscal year budget requests are submitted.
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Senator Missy Irvin Unverified 13:32
Before the next budget request, correct. Thank you. Senator Irvin, you're recognized. Thank you. What was the original amount of funding they received? I'm sorry, Senator Irvin, I have to defer that to the
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Speaker 54 13:56
agency. good morning state your name good morning dfa office of budget i do not have that with me senator but it'd be something we'd be more than happy to get with you and the committee on
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Representative DeAnn Vaught Chair Unverified 14:04
can you please get it to us before friday we can
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Senator Missy Irvin Unverified 14:17
get it to you by the end of the day thank you Are there any other questions? Does somebody? Well, yes, if you could just get it to me by the end of the day, that's fine. I just think it's important information to have before us. I mean, I agree 100% with what we're doing here, and I appreciate Senator Malik and the special language, and obviously there's a lot of folks I know that represent and fight and others are working on this. So I'd really like to know the financial history here and how much they received and then how this is going to flow and work. Thank you. Yes, ma'am. Are there any other questions? Yes, we'll get
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Representative DeAnn Vaught Chair Unverified 14:57
it sent to everybody by the end of the day. We can do that. Are there any other questions?
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Representative Jeff Wardlaw Unverified 15:05
Representative Wardlaw, you're recognized. Just a request to the chair. I came in late, but it's my understanding that we've had DHS at the table two times today on agendum items, and they cannot answer it when it comes to numbers. These items are going to leave here basically reviewed for Friday for council. That's unacceptable. When these items are on the agenda, you are to come prepared with the numbers and the spreadsheets available to be explained to members that we can make informed decisions. And for that, I'd make a motion that we hold these items in the agenda so that Friday we can discuss these numbers in a whole committee area and not off to ourselves. Is that a form of
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Representative Jim Dotson Unverified 15:44
a motion? Yes, ma'am. A second? Second. All those in favor
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Representative DeAnn Vaught Chair Unverified 15:49
say aye. All those opposed say no. These will be held until Friday before we can discuss it Friday. Thank you. Next item.
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William Parrish Unverified 16:07
Thank you, Madam Chair. Section I is the Buffalo River Watershed Report. In July, ALC approved the release of up to $6.2 million from the Rainy Day Fund to the Department of Heritage to place a conservation easement within the Buffalo National River
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Chair Unverified 16:19
Watershed. A condition of approval was a full accounting of the period of the amount transferred, the amount privately donated, as well as an accounting of all closure costs by ADEQ. A first report was made in August, and this is an update. The report says the Department of Parks and Tourism anticipates incurring no additional costs. The Department of Energy and Environment exercised an existing contract with Harbor Environmental to do a site assessment and is now working to contract with a separate vendor to do mitigation work. The committee can expect to see a future report with details regarding the mitigation contract. On the second page is a breakdown of fund sources and current costs. The first table shows the amount and sources that produced the $6.2 million that went into escrow. Of that, $3.7 million was approved by ALC from the Rainy Day Fund. The second table shows how that $6.2 million was spent. And the last table shows that outside that $6.2 million, there were some additional costs to state agencies. The Division of Heritage paid $12,000 in title insurance and filing fees. And the Department of Energy and Environment had $71,000 in site assessments that
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Representative DeAnn Vaught Chair Unverified 17:22
we went over earlier. Mr. Jake Bleed, could you please come to the end of the table?
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Speaker 55 17:28
State your name again and who you're with. Jake Bleed, DFA, Office of Budget. We received
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Speaker 54 17:34
a request from the committee for an update on that project, given some of the media attention that had been surrounding it, with the conclusion of the process leading up to the easement contract. We'd provided that letter. We wrote that letter late Friday. In that letter, which I think you have before you in your packet, there's a reference to a final contract, which we were in the process of finishing when I wrote that letter and submitted it. At that time, it was my expectation that that contract wouldn't be complete until later the current week. Of course, once I had that letter filed with you all, then that's when I got word that the contract had indeed been finalized. So there is a contract which has been determined with a company, Denali Water Solutions, I believe it's called. It's based in Russellville. And so that is a 90-day contract where they will complete the removal of water and work according to the plan developed by Energy and Environment to help mitigate any potential future problems. Representative Makes, you're recognized for our question. Thank
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Representative DeAnn Vaught Chair Unverified 18:36
you, Madam Chair. On the expenditures here,
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Representative Stephen Meeks Unverified 18:39
I noticed that it looks like we paid $2.4 million for the mortgage on CNH. Are we buying that property?
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Senator Ricky Hill Unverified 18:48
And if so, what are we going to do with it? Well, we're purchasing an environmental easement. The title will remain with the original property owners. So the easement is almost $2.5 million? I think as part, there's some folks from
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Speaker 54 19:04
Department of Heritage who can probably help me answer exactly how that contract worked. But my understanding was that was part of the negotiations.
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Speaker 68 19:16
And this is David Bell. I'm with the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism. The easement is basically a restriction on some of the uses of the land of the property. The land remains with the property owner. The easement is just what they call a conservation easement, and it basically prohibits the development of a large-scale animal feeding facility. Okay, so a follow-up. Yes, sir. So in essence,
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Representative Stephen Meeks Unverified 19:42
what we're doing is we're paying them $2.5 million to tell them they can't do certain stuff with their land. Is that essentially what we're doing? Yes. How much land are we talking about? Do you know?
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Speaker 68 19:58
No, I'm not familiar with that specification. We've got some other people that can discuss
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Representative Stephen Meeks Unverified 20:04
that if you'd like to. Okay. All right. I'd just be curious to learn how that works and how the $2.5 million was derived. It was because
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Speaker 48 20:15
of the financial investment of the property owner in the facility. The money was basically to try
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Speaker 68 20:21
and make them whole in their business operations. Okay. And so it's a one-time deal. We're not
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Representative Stephen Meeks Unverified 20:28
going to be doing this and that one. No. Okay. All right. Thank you. Are
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Representative DeAnn Vaught Chair Unverified 20:34
there any other questions? Seeing no other questions, these items will stay in review. Next item, please. Madam Chair,
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William Parrish Unverified 20:46
Section J is the UAMS National Cancer Institute Designation Trust Fund Report. Act 181 of 19 created
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Chair Unverified 20:51
the fund to pursue a national designation for the Winthrop Rockefeller Cancer Institute. The act also requires semiannual reporting on the fund that shows the fund balance, list of administrative costs paid from the fund, total revenue received by the fund, and a detailed description of steps taken toward achieving National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Center status. On pages 1 and 2, the report provides an overview, shows the value of NCI designation, the process to attain designation, and expected timeline. PAGE 3 SHOWS A MAP OF STATES WITH A DESIGNATED CENTER. ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, THERE ARE 71 CENTERS IN 36 STATES. ARKANSAS, LUSIANA, AND MISSIPPI ARE THE ONLY STATES IN THE SOUTH WITHOUT A CENTER. PAGE 4 SHOWS A ROAD MAP TO DESIGNATION. UAMS IS CURRENTLY IN THE BUILD STAGE. PAGE 5 SHOWS THE TRUST FUND BALANCE. THE BEGINNING BALANCE ON JULY 1ST WAS $0. THE FUND RECEIVED $10.27 MILLION IN REVENUE. $10 million of that came from a priority rainy day set-aside, and you'll see that in the rainy day fund report. The fund expensed nearly $77,000, leaving a balance of $10.18 million by November 30th. On the next page, page 6, shows the expense breakdown of that $76,799 in administrative costs. Page 7 shows recruitment efforts. Page 8 shows cancer research grant activity. And pages 9 through 11 show the progress toward achieving National Cancer Institute designation. Senator Irvin,
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Representative DeAnn Vaught Chair Unverified 22:28
you're recognized for a question. I just want
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Senator Missy Irvin Unverified 22:32
to state I really do appreciate the in-depth report that we received. We will be having this report given to us in the next public health committee meeting with the introduction of the new director, who is Dr. Beer, and he will be there to be able to give more in-depth answers and explanation about the progress that they have made, as well as other officials from UAMS. So that will be at your February Public Health
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Representative DeAnn Vaught Chair Unverified 22:59
Committee meeting coming up. Thank you. Are there any other questions? Seeing no other questions, without objection, these items will stand reviewed. Next item. Madam Chair, K-1
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William Parrish Unverified 23:13
is a rainy day fund report. This report shows rainy day fund income and distributions as of the end of December. Income is
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Chair Unverified 23:20
listed in the first table. Set aside projects are listed in the second table, and that's where it shows the UAMS $10 million distribution. The last table at the bottom of the page shows project distributions and a fund balance of $18,389,660. K2 is the budget stabilization trust fund report, and it shows the cash flow loans throughout the fiscal year. As of the end of December, there are almost $27 million in outstanding loans, and the cash balance is $174 million. K-4 is the State Central Services Fund Report, and it shows the fund balance and disbursements as well as expenditures of each agency supported by the fund. I think I missed one there. I'm sorry, Madam Chair, I missed K-3. K-3 is a tobacco settlement report, and it gives a summary of income, fund balances, investments, actual payments to the state, and on the second page are all expenses by fiscal year. Are there any questions?
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Representative DeAnn Vaught Chair Unverified 24:19
Senator Irvin, you're recognized. Thank you. On the Department of Correction lease payments,
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Senator Missy Irvin Unverified 24:24
we have what's allocated and funded and distributed. Do we know if that full amount is going to be distributed, and if not, then does that just reside in the Rainy Day Fund? Can someone from the agency
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Representative DeAnn Vaught Chair Unverified 24:36
please come to the end of the table? These are the lease payments, I believe, with the Department of Correction.
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Speaker 75 24:52
I think Solomon Graves from the department just walked out. I think he's
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Speaker 54 24:55
out in the hall. If you don't mind just being patient for a moment, we're going to try and run him down. In the event we can't do that, I can absolutely get that information to you. And again, we'll try and get it to you by
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Senator Missy Irvin Unverified 25:06
the end of the day. Okay. Well, we can come back to this if other people have questions and they can do that. I mean, I think the Department of Finance and Administration should hopefully be able to. We have that. I just
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Speaker 54 25:16
don't have it right now in front of me, but we can absolutely get you that. And we'll also get you the process, the procedure that you asked about the effect that
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Senator Missy Irvin Unverified 25:23
that affects any general revenue. Okay. You're welcome to join us at the end of the table. So, thank you,
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Speaker 80 25:36
Mr. Graves. I'll repeat my question. Please state your
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Senator Missy Irvin Unverified 25:41
name. Solomon Graves, Chief of Staff, Department of Corrections. Thank you, Mr. Graves. My quick question was just on page one of this report where you have $10.5 million in allocated, funded, and then distributed, you have $4.6 million. Are we anticipating all of that that's allotted to be distributed? And if not, does that money then just reside back into the Rainy Day Fund? Does it go into the fund as just, you know, general revenue, or is it specifically just allocated for that specific line item? Senator, I'm going to have
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Speaker 80 26:15
to follow up with our CFO on this one. I know we have an ongoing project in Newport right now, and I'll have to just confirm with them how the funding is attached to that project and follow up with staff.
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Senator Missy Irvin Unverified 26:29
Okay. I think just in light of Representative Wardlaw's motion that he made previously, let's just maybe hold on to this for right now, if that's okay, so we can get those answers for the full legislative council. And that would
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Representative DeAnn Vaught Chair Unverified 26:44
be my motion, I suppose. Mr. Okay. Mr. Anderson, he has something
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Senator Missy Irvin Unverified 26:52
that he wants to add before we vote. That's fine. That'd be great.
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Speaker 83 27:05
As far as them using all the funds for lease payments, normally it's been pretty close. But if they don't, I can answer the questions about if they don't use all of it. They do have, the executive does have the authority to move some of it to the regular rainy day, to his discretionary fund. And it stays in that rainy day fund until you guys tell us how to draft it, where to put it next regular session. So it does park itself in the rainy day fund. And then
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Speaker 84 27:32
when we get in session, if there's any left over, the legislature determines where it goes.
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Senator Missy Irvin Unverified 27:37
Okay, I appreciate that. I just, I still would prefer to hold it for the reason of I'd like to see a budget. I'd like to see really how this is being allocated and how it's being distributed. And then if it's on target and if you have any previous data from previous years, that would be great, too, to share with us. But I think I'd like to know that information and how much may or
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Speaker 87 28:00
may not go back. Sure, we can do that, absolutely. Appreciate it very much. They'll have a bond schedule on these lease payments.
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Senator Missy Irvin Unverified 28:08
Yep, that'd be great. Yeah. Yeah, thank you. So that would be my motion. So before we vote, Representative Dotson also has a
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Speaker 90 28:16
question. Thank you, Madam Chair. Actually, this is for Kevin. Kevin,
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Representative Jim Dotson Unverified 28:27
as those, when it gets parked in the rainy day fund, is it available for expenditure during the current fiscal session, or does it have to wait until the next fiscal session to be authorized to be used?
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Speaker 92 28:39
The way that's set up, it's a mandatory set-aside,
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Speaker 83 28:42
but there is language that says if that is not needed in the mandatory set-aside for rainy day, it can get moved to regular rainy day. In other words, they can move it to the governor's executive where he can release it, but there's nothing else that allows it to be sent anywhere else. It sits in that fund. And
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Representative Jim Dotson Unverified 29:01
that movement to the regular rainy day can happen in the current fiscal year, and it could be used? Yes.
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Speaker 83 29:09
But I think they're going to need most of it. I think you're going to find when they get the schedule, they're going to need most
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Representative DeAnn Vaught Chair Unverified 29:18
of it, if not all of it, to make those lease payments. Gotcha. Thank you. Before we vote, I want to make sure everybody understands this is just a report. We'll definitely hold it out. We'll vote and hold it out. But just so you know, it is just a report and not truly an approval item. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. All those opposed, nay. Motion passes. Next item, please. Oh, that's it. That's all of our business. Make sure that you watch the website for updates. We may still have to be in here for review this afternoon, so make sure. And I would like to say one other thing. Excuse me, if you'll listen just real quickly. If you're an agency, please come to this meeting with your numbers. So we're not holding your stuff from you, being able to move forward with it. So please come with numbers. With that, we're adjourned.
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Agenda

A. Call to Order

0:04

B. Cash Fund Appropriation Requests – FY20

0:54

C. Items for Approval

2:16

D. Appropriation and/or Fund Transfer Requests – FY20

7:14

E. Budget Classification Transfer Requests – FY20

7:59

F. Miscellaneous Federal Grant Appropriation Requests – FY20

9:25

G. Performance Fund/Pay Plan Holding Account Transfer Requests

10:58

H. Report of Carry Forward of Unobligated General Revenue Funds

11:34

I. Buffalo National River Watershed Conservation Easement Report

16:05

J. UAMS National Cancer Institute Designation Trust Fund Report

20:40

K. Monthly Reports

23:09

L. Other Business

29:40

M. Adjournment

Speakers

Representative DeAnn Vaught Chair Unverified
26 segments
Chair Unverified
29 segments
Speaker 15
5 segments
Representative Jim Dotson Unverified
10 segments
Speaker 21
1 segment
Speaker 24
1 segment
Speaker 27
3 segments
William Parrish Unverified
10 segments
Senator Missy Irvin Unverified
15 segments
Speaker 54
7 segments
Representative Jeff Wardlaw Unverified
2 segments
Speaker 55
1 segment
Representative Stephen Meeks Unverified
6 segments
Senator Ricky Hill Unverified
1 segment
Speaker 68
4 segments
Speaker 48
1 segment
Speaker 75
1 segment
Speaker 80
2 segments
Speaker 83
3 segments
Speaker 84
1 segment
Speaker 87
1 segment
Speaker 90
1 segment
Speaker 92
1 segment