ALC-Personnel

Personal subcommittee come to order at first item on the agenda is i'm going to make a motion to suspend the rules to allow opm to submit a revised performance pay plan by february seventh for the february fourteenth meeting which is outside the regular agenda deadline in. The the OPM the secretary the governor's office we've all been working on extremely hard on this pay plan. And I want to thank opm for all their hard work in effort in misk there's a few things that we just need to iron out it in in we'll get that done here pretty quick and in this the reason that we're making the motion and I appreciate all the hard work in effort from the governor's office or pm in the cabinet secretary so without being said that's my motion to have a second. Any discussion seeing none of they were say I will pose motion passes ok tony lesco alright mr chairman item b which is the big packet paid one and b one is a request for the department of commerce division of work for services to access their internal growth pool and archa code eleven ten three ten abc is requesting to create twenty three new positions as listed on page two yesterday the cost for these positions is one point nine million dollars in federal funding approval of this request will grow the agency by twenty three positions op has recommended the requested positions this request will require approval rather than review because of that they are used. And then I guess the positions minor sending is the positions are going to harm. We'll have to work there they're recommending to surrender this rendered position in next session so I guess what one is reason for waiting because there's like fifteen hundred positions over an OPM in the pool so where are we waiting okay what this does takes twenty three positions out of the two hundred position pull the dispacifically far work for services which is for any federal initiative what I think commerces come back and told us they have several banking positions there willing to eliminate that are already at work for services as soon as I can which would be the fiscal session would be the first point time that we go in and eliminate others positions in who sitting in eighty. Center center of dots thank you mister chair and so these these positions are all federally funded and I think I heard yes there are hundred percent petrolling funded and so at the end of. One year I guess or how long I didn't see how long this blasted but. What happens with those positions that in at the end of the what what happened right now is that were basically approving them for the remainder of this fiscal year and then only got to the buying your process they will be identified as poor positions and if they are to continue which i'm sure that the department wants to do cause it's part of the minorisation project that these positions will then be appropriated in the next appropriation at they are subject as their federal positions as are the positions are to notifications and employee that it's federal funding runs out then the position will expire as well and so this one point nine million is through the end of this fiscal year or is that for a full that's a full year that's a small year in do we have a. Do you know if it's intended to go beyond this fiscal year yes sir I believe the man is action project and work force may have someone here and speak to more details but I think it's a longer term project than just this fiscal thank you. Thank you center that's a nasino further question so do I have a motion to prove. Have a motion second old favor say I pose approval pass thank you. The. Mr chairman item b two on page nine is the second growth pool request from the department of commerce for the division of work for services to access their internal growth pool for one position with a brand new classification the request is for a d b s chief of legal services do additional duties being added to the current general council's duties the hc plants promote the current general council into the new positions position but not eliminate the current general council position this will grow the agency about one more position and cost the agency a hundred and seventy two thousand dollars op is recommended the requested position request this request will also require approval rather than review. And I get the center of dots and here in a second but miss barnel what happens when the. Secretary or the cheapest staff moves onto another position and you can't find an attorney to fill that. The. For this this take a position to check the legal services the dws and then we've got the cheap staff come and in just a minute hopefully we would be able to save that that question you're right yeah sender dotson. Thank you mister chair so this this is also a hundred percent federally funded position yes and this position on me just stay there going through their growth position because they have the growth pool I do not believe they are planning on filling the position that the person has been promoted to while they keeped. Do you know what type of additional responsibilities. Expanded this to where they need another person they said they had a lot to do with contracts and this modernization project where they are totally rebated being the way they continue are the wealth are not welfare unemployment benefits are actually figured into work with the employers I know their intent is to work more with employers in the future in it to make sure that we're meeting other needs and and just that it's not in front of me here what is the current pay scale for the the current position the car positions of gs fourteen okay so thank you. Thanks senator dots and seeing no further questions of emotion to approve. Comma folks have a motion of the second. Have a second all the favorite say I also motion passes. Mr chairman item b three on page thirteen to request from self east architect college institution is requested six positions from the hire education growth please not the department of hire it has made alternative recommendations to the requested classifications and line at a maximum specifically tied them to the remodeled early chalk here center in the housing program the department of higher education has recommended these positions with the revised titles in reviseline out of maximums. Any questions from the committee saying none. Developing. I'm emotion have second. Second all proof of pope. All the favor all opposed seen non motion passes. This chairman item c one on page twenty nine is a surrender poor request for the department of commerce shared services division they were requesting to surrender their econ chief of staff position at an seo one in return for a new department of commerce chief of staff title in position at an SEO three this will allow the agency to promote the income and chief of staff two grades and bring her in line with other department chiefs of staff you'll also allow the agency to update their organizational structure and have the chief of staff at a higher grade than a division chief the report to her the total cost of the request is estimated to be about twenty thousand dollars for the salary increase in corresponding match opinion as recommended the requested title and position. The. Misget you having background on it. The. So i'll simply state that if the current term this are cheap step position is see why if you look around at some of the comparable agency such as education formal corrections and transformation from the leather other large agencies asia three is and with those are saying grades okay they just seeing no questions was the world committee. The motion. Have a motion second. In the second all in favor say I also motion passes. Mischairman items see too string on page forty one this is a actually two different certain depot requests in new total requests for the department agriculture one of their shared services division and one in their agriculture division the shared services division is requesting to start under three positions at gs eleven and a gso six and return for three positions and two new classifications at AGS thirteen g nine gs of seven. The agriculture division is requesting to certain one district forester at a gst and return for insisted state forester just eleven op is recommended the requested swaps as well as the new types he estimated a cost for all the actions within the department is twenty five thousand dollars with eighteen thousand dollars that coming from general revenue. Any communications from the committee seemed long to have a motion. Have emotion have a second on favor say I pose seeing landmotion pass. The chairman item c three beginning on page forty nine is a request from dfa's regulatory division there are requesting to surrender three regulatory enforcement agent positions at gso seven and return for three regulatory enforcement agent threes at gs tin which is also a new classification that will need to be reviewed this part of the request as an estimated cost of seventy one thousand dollars to the agency but will allow them to save some general revenue that is currently being expended for the surrender positions the second part of this request is a grid rate request that will move all employees in a regulatory enforcement age of position at gso servants up to a new intro level of fifty three thousand dollars each employee will then receive an additional point eight percent for each year they have been a long enforcement officer with the state the request is predicated on the increased turnover issues that the agency is dealt with the average seller increased for the twenty two employees will be about fifty three hundred dollars or nine point seventy six percent the total estimate of cost for this part of the request is a hundred and seventeen thousand dollars making the total cars for the entire request a hundred and eighty eight thousand dollars coming from both general revenue and special revenue opium is recommended both parts of this request the swap of physicians in the grid rate. Thank you and this is one of those areas that that we is kind of overlooked with. In this day and age with synthetics in they being you know we've got a recreational marine on our borders now and you've got trade on the law these issues we don't have that many agents that are out working these issues and be quite honest many of them could leave and go to work for the city of kind where anybody else and make more money and is very important that we recognize these individuals even as a small sector of her law enforcement community in the state of arkansas but you know the payers very much warranted so do have any questions from the committee. The. Mr dotson. Pay mr actually is. Related to something that. I think tony just said that there is some car savings to general revenue where is that located sir doesn't if you will look on page fifty two. At the top you'll see in in our template you'll see that the three positions are giving up uhm but the three positions they're asking for a hundred percent at first one hundred percent a special revenue and then it's fifty percent special fifty percent general revenue for the other two new ones and you come down for the ones they're giving up at the bottom those are all one hundred percent or the talk to her one hundred percent general revenue and a hundred percent cash so they're saying that by giving up those two one hundred percent general revenue positions they're gonna save some general revenue because the new ones will be split with spec okay but these are all vacant positions correct. That I don't know sir I think deferred a definite or the agency. Director men are in the agent if you would state your name for the record please david part of ABC enforcement director yes all three of the gs are currently make okay so there there is no savings at the moment this would be just increased cost. The. The positions are like it now that we do want to surrender we've been able to fill on okay thank you yes sir. Sender hammer. Thank you miss share over your two left the the car savings is it factored into the overall hundred and. Eighty seven thousand the hundred and seventeen thousand when you when you say call savings and what we're saving general revenues that factored into that that savings are going to be redirected somewhere else. Senator it's factored in okay alright thank you. Seeing no further questions to have a motion to brew motion second second all they were say I also not seen an unmotion passed. My apologies miss chairman okay I don't see four on page fifty seven. Does the swapport request from the department of inspector general the agency is requesting to shorter an auditor position at a gso seven in return for agency controller one at AGS twelve for the office of internal audit. Yesterday the cost of the agency of the swap will be fifty thousand dollars in general revenue open as recommended to request one questions thing none have a motion. Have a motion second hand the second all favour say I all see none motion passes. Sherman item c five page sixty three is a swap who request from a issue new port the institution is requesting to certain or two administrative support poor positions with mac sellers of sixty one thousand dollars in return for two project program and minister poor positions with map sellers of a hundred nine thousand dollars the two new positions will be utilized by the athletic department one of the positions will help oversee the athletic programs and the other will be utilized in training capacity oversing average training dietary and fitness goals the department of higher it has recommended the requested swap of positions any questions saying none of the motion motion second second while they were say I thought motion passes mr chairman item d on page seventy three. Is a great rate request for arkansas state police used motor vehicle inspectors at a great gso for opium is recommended that asp be able to move existing employees and higher new employees in at the maximum of the great jesso for which is forty two thousand one hundred and seventeen dollars the need for this request is based on the issues with recruiting and retaining employees within a division the estimated cost to provide the great rate is just over sixteen thousand dollars funded by cash fees. Any questions seeing none of the motion of a motion second have a second all in favor of the post seeing none motion passes. Mr chairman items e one and eat to these around pages seventy nine and eighty one our misleads for a grant request from the military department says for one senior military firefighter in three military firefighters peers are you review the appropriation in the creation of the positions personalities tester reviewed in the classification to sign to those positions opium has recommended the requesting classifications for these two questions seeing none motion of motion and second all in favor say I oppose so now see none motion passes. Yeah. Mr chairman e three and e four these are these are also mislands federal great requests on pages eighty three to five these requests are from the department of public safety for the crime information center the agency is requesting five admin specialist two positions two of the far will be utilized to digitize six of hinder documents and data to help improve record accuracy and enhance the sheering of information the other three positions we used to help update and read is on the computer criminal history system to help me the FBI storage standards in enhanced the current integrity of data opium is recommended the requested classifications questions from the committee seeing none motion and a second. All in favor say I will pose motion passes. Mr chairman item f is the last piece of the law enforcement stipend process and completes the process for their one hundred eight law enforcement officers that were verified by classed after the application processed who are available to receive the same stipend levels as group one based on the salary increased criteria you'll find that on out on pages eighty seven and eighty seven eighty eight nine. And I tell you I want to thank the staff as well as clare a leader class dps everybody that was involved in this process to make sure that we recognize over law enforcement officers and this was a again a small segment of our law enforcement community and I think we've we've got or put the bed this is the last batch of those in that we appreciate their servers to are to the state of arkansas so any questions seeing none of the motion of emotion and the second i'll favor say i'll post seeing none motion passes mr chairman items g and h are reports only i'll take questions if there are any I believe there is one piece of the business and representative woodlaw. Mister wardlaw you hear. Is he not here. A skis is just a minute. I would saying and get the senator to tap dance but the you're probably wouldn't appreciate my singing. Yeah. So I guess the distinguished gentleman from hermetage is not here and will bring up the other matter that he wanted to discuss it at another time so were that being said we have no further business and we're just.