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The first thing we're going to have to do this morning is have a motion and I to suspend the rules for a supplemental agenda motion do I have a second. All in favor say aye. Any opposed. That. Mister Bailey. And you're the first section the agenda is section B. cash fund increase request these request agencies increases spending authority for line items that are supported by cash fund account. The first item is B. one a letter from the administrative office of the courts and it's requests increase appropriation by twenty five thousand to operate expenses line item needs being at three will be used to purchase a statewide software license for Arkansas courts this activity is supported by charges the courts and FOR committees information this same request is made in October of this fiscal year and of that twenty five thousand it was reviewed in October only three dollars since being authority remains. And your that section be cast requests are there any questions. Seeing no questions of these items will stand reviewed next item. Madam chair section see one using our very separate appropriation increase request these request by agencies to increase suspended forty from lines that are supported by various fund accounts not just the cash for federal funds like other sections of the gender and these requests require prior approval by a l'cie. C. one a is a letter from the department of Veterans Affairs and it's requests increase appropriation by fifty thousand to a capital outlay line item for better and cemetery. The senator will out purchase of equipment necessary to complete burials these activities are supported by Joe revenue and for the committee's information the department requested to receive one hundred eight thousand from JBC period you last month for technology upgrades for this section. The next item C. one B. has been pulled upon request of the agency the department parts here Jim tourism found sufficient preparation after closer examination. Madam chair those are the very separate preparation quest and it requires an approval. Any questions. Motion. Motion second. All in favor say aye. Any opposed motion passes. The next. Jelinek section are the cares appropriation request item CT for DHS is removed from the peers in the last week and taken up by a healthy last Friday so we'll move to the supplemental engine to that is the yellow packet and the request for reviewing I'm sorry approving it is on page twelve at the last page of that packet. Here's a preparation quests are requests by agencies to increase the preparation to spend funds related to the cares act which is a federal program that provides direct economic assistance in response to code nineteen. I don't see a supplement agenda is the letter from the department of finance administration it's requests to Rick it's a request to create a new appropriation section and line items with one million it's being authority with cares a preparation. We spoke with the accounting and learned at this appropriation in the section is the date FOR D. F. and A to have the spending authority to reimburse those of those refunds expenditures and track expenses for those agencies this meant their own funds on Kobe nineteen related purchases from their bank accounts with cash funds that are held outside the state treasury manager this is an approval item. Are there any questions. Okay as C.. I don't know how to use this state sixty three I don't even know where that that. Representative Dotson you're recognized. Hey. Maybe. Okay. Thank you madam chair I just was wonderful could hear from the if name maybe a little bit further explanation on. What this million dollars is going to be used for house going to be spent No more detail. Mr Jake files if you'll come. Say your name for everyone. Jake plea DFA office of budget. The the cares acts during committee was created by the active or the governor in one of the first things he did is establish a series of expenses that were pre approved for reimbursement so these are expenses that have an agency had spent money on those items like PP equipment necessary to respond to the coronavirus this during act this year in committee would reimburse those expenses. Within treasury if if an agency has a a fund account and treasury that's merely a transfer of funds over from the cares ACT over to reimburse that agency for their expenses there are however some agencies did do not have accounts and treasury instead their accounts are in commercial bank accounts. In order to pull money out of the carriage act out of treasury and reimburse to those commercial bank accounts we need appropriation so this appropriation request is simply to allow us to reimburse those agencies for those pre approved expenses would only go for a only be used to reimburse so the agency's already spent the money and only be used to reimburse for equipment and items necessary to respond to cover nineteen says basically a ready for business grant for agencies. Reimbursement rather it's reimbursing the agencies for the expenses that they've incurred responding to the crown a virus. Thank you. Get thirty represents Dotson senator. Irvine. Thank. I'm trying I'm sorry. Okay thank you yes that I was just going to provide clarifications of this was a pre your pre approved a list of items such as your hand sanitizer thermometers so that they could check employees different types of things that were pre for proof list that the that would do we on the committee went through and looked at and determines anything that was like a high dollar item would then have to be sent in for an approval but these were kind of your no brainer things that you're agencies are needing an order to go back to work and keep the employees safe and those types of things so it was just a pre approved list so we kinda went through that list with math cloth math thermometers thermometers covers you know all those types of small things small dollar items that are necessary to get people back two to work so I just was gonna make that. And comment thank you thank you as senator Ingram. I think you have to hold it on to their as they go thank you thank you manager of Jake we know that the much like of a disaster declaration with theme there's items that are going to be reimbursed in this sounds like this is what these items are are are we tracking so that the legislature will know what we've expended and what we are going to be eligible for reimbursement for. So we are a tracking on a variety of different. A lines A if you're familiar with the care that you know they made a lot of money available to the state to a lot of different kind of streams of funding we focused primarily on the one and two point five billion but there's also other awards that are out there that we're tracking when it comes to the steering committee yeah we have a number of folks who are watching that and then of course each of the agencies has been tasked with identifying in the state accounting system a process where they'll be able to flag expenses that meet the reimbursement requirements of the cares act so a using what we call cost centers they are flying those expenses so that we can track them we need to do that not just so that we can make sure the agencies are reimbursed and that we make the most of the the federal funding is available to us but also we anticipate they'll be some significant audit expectations coming out of this down the road so we need to make sure on the front end all of our ducks in a row all the records are maintained and and were ready for any kind of audit that might come of all good points has it going to be a made available to the legislature. Of however we would I think that I'd look for some guidance and leadership from the steering committee but we as that information becomes available you more than happy to share with you however I think that in the end steering committees where it should probably come to I think it would be helpful especially as we go into budgeting next year know what we've been reimbursed and then what were our and you'd say out of pocket he is thank you. I believe that it's senator Hickey. Thank you madam chair Mister Billy just a quick question course this is the appropriation for up to a million and you said all this is to handle stuff that was already been spent is that correct yes Sir is the actual spending that that you have a list of is it a million dollars or is it somewhere less of that this is an anticipated need we are and this is really just to cover those audit circumstances where you've got an agency asking for reimbursement that has a commercial bank account we do not anticipate at least I don't think we anticipate a four million dollars needed it's merely asking for that prior approval so that we can reimburse for those expenses. Okay so so let me ask you this could we could we at least modify this and say that it's a. For expenses incurred before a certain date because if if you only need four hundred thousand the only give you are I would assume six hundred six hundred thousand additional spending authority for things that might would come in with that appropriation. This would be the only reimburse out of the carriage act funding in the carriage act funding is limited to expenses incurred between March twenty seventh and I believe December thirty first of the current year. That would I think limit the the the scope that in the the pre approved which which list which is Senator mentioned is really you know hand sanitizer another kind of items that would limit what we would be buying in and when you could incur those expenses okay so what you're saying is is is a pre approved list this is not to reimburse for spending that's already taken place. If they spent the money after mom March twenty seventh is that right if they spend the money after March twenty seventh they would be eligible for reimbursement but again it would have to be directly tied to their code nineteen response and would have to be to purchase one of the items on that pre approved list okay so this purchase could happen. Next month yes Sir okay that was where I was confused I thought you're saying that this works for expenses that are had already taken place in that may not be the case. This appropriation is just for the current fiscal year as I understand it so I think that we would if we wanted to continue this process after June thirtieth we would likely need to seek additional appropriation Jay fair enough thank you Sir. Are there any other questions. Thing either the questions I have a motion. Second. All in favor say aye. Any opposed motion passes next item. Madam chair back to the regular gym this section D. or the appropriation and or fund transfer requests. The first item the one is a letter from the department of education division of higher education this is of I'm sorry especially to the division's appropriation bill that allows a division to transfer funds in a preparation between financially programs to more adequately align the preparation with the number of eligible students after review by LC this is a request to transfer one hundred thousand and spending authority from the higher education opportunities grant line to military dependents and FOR the committee's information an ACT eight seven three two thousand eighteen this military dependents is the dependents of peel W's and my A. K. I. a tuition waiver scholarships commitment item the letter notes at all programs will have sufficient appropriation after this transfer. The next item as in the supplemental agenda it's I don't be which is begins on page nine. Is a letter from the department transformation shares services division of building authority. This transfer it's that this request for one million appropriation and funds to university of Arkansas AT little rock from the sustainable building design revolving loan fund the transfer will fund a project replaced two watercooled electric chillers a cooling tower for condensers an upgrade digital controls for the Bowen school of law special language allows the chief fiscal officer to authorize transfers of two hundred fifty thousand or more from the sustainable building design program after review by LC. Senator Irvin. You're recognized yes is net fuller here I was just wondering if Nick was here Nick fuller with ADHD. At okay if he's out there I just need to talk to real quick thank you sorry. Any other questions. Thing nine this item will be reviewed stand reviewed. Next item. Thank you section near the budget classification transfer request these are request by agencies to make a transfer among the sub the five sub items of bandits and Gen operation this is the event a certain line does not have enough spending authority for an expected expense but another line item in their in mental has excess or spare procreation. The first request is easy one department of education division of higher education it's request a transfer seventy two thousand spending authority from various on items to capital outlay the transfer will of the division to continue performing responsibilities of the Perkins program under the current remote policies. Next I don't eat too for the department of commerce division of workforce services it's request to transfer two point six million it's been forty from the operating expenses in conference and travel to capital outlay the transfer will out processing of the pro take IT contract. Manager those are the BCT on today's agenda. There any questions for senator MALOCH. Thank you madam chair the. Believe do we know whether the contractor workforce services does that have anything to do with the pandemic unemployment assistance programmers is something of a related. I do believe it does that the first agency to give you more detailed answer is there someone here from the agency. Please come forward. State your name for the record please. I am Brian Hicks the system director for finance for workforce services and yes Sir this is for the IT programming for the pandemic unemployment assistance program are that the at the answers my question thank you. Are there any other questions. Thank you Sir thing nine these items will stand review next item. Madam chair section F. or the miscellaneous federal grant appropriation quest these request agencies to increase spent thirty of federal funds resulting from an unanticipated federal grant award. The first item F. one is for the department of public safety Arkansas crime information center it's request for a hundred and forty thousand in appropriation to spend federal funds they have a grant for the US department of justice to develop a state repository dashboard to house Arkansas criminal history records is item requires a two percent state match and that support for the match will come from personal efforts in maintenance on equipment which is funded through general revenue. Next item if two is for the department of education division of higher education they have a request for two million an appropriation to spend federal funds they have a grant from the department of labor to implement the Titan project that will train and mentor for print issue programs in I. T. and related occupations and this item is a hundred and fairly funded. The next item if three is for the department of finance and administration it's requests FOR six point nine million appropriation to spend federal funds they have agreed to the US department of justice for the corona virus emergency supplemental fund program and this item is one hundred in fairly funded. Any questions of manager we have a few more emits Jeez it on the supplemental agenda as you go to a one in the yellow packet that begins on page four. An item a one is request from the department of health office of rural health and primary care it's a request for two point eight million appropriation to spend federal funds they have a grant from the health resources and services administration for the two thousand and twenty Carone of our state hospital improvement program and this item is one hundred and fairly funded. Next item a two and submit agenda is for the department of health epidemiology in laboratory capacity it's requests FOR six point eight million appropriation to spend federal funds they have a grant from the CDC to establish a monitor activities in epidemiology lab in informatics such as contact tracing the containment measures this item is a hundred and fairly fund. The next item eight three is for the department of education Arkansas state library it's request for two hundred ten thousand five hundred and a preparation to spend federal funds they have a grant from the library services technology ACT to expand digital network access purchase devices and provide support and services in response to cope with nineteen is items under some fairly for. And the last supplemental item for image she's eighty four it was added Monday morning after the first initial round of agenda items it's request for twenty million appropriation to spend federal funds for the department of Human Services they have a grant for the department from the department of health and Human Services to prevent prepare and respond to the corona virus and this item is one hundred centrally funded. Manager those are all the images in today's to agendas. At. Senator MALOCH you're recognized the manager can we have a little more detail on that last one the twenty million dollars when it says FOR coronavirus but there's really no more detail to. Someone from the agency is going to be here to answer more detail I did want to apologize of for the lack of detail on there we do that on the supplemental the last moment and in the future we'll try to get you more detail on that information. Tanya Williams director the division of child care and early childhood education. Thank you ms Williams I'd which is one of the more detail on the twenty million dollar grant sure so actually we're asking for half we've received federal letter of a word for forty one million to be specifically use for covered purposes for child care and early childhood education programs licensed with the division of child care so we're requesting twenty million for the remainder of the year primarily to help these programs stay open as many of you probably are aware about a thousand a little over a thousand of our two thousand facilities have remained open caring for many essential workers and individuals that have to work during this pandemic so we want to be able to get funding to those programs to help them continue to maintain and the ability to stay open and then some of its for sanitation and cleaning supplies so they can purchase those to keep children safe to keep their facility safe and then there's a portion of the funding that can be used for essential worker child care assistance. With all this twenty million is geared for the child care absolute there's NO ad man there's no nothing for professional development this is all this forty minute one million will so we go to our early care and education and Tucker providers in Arkansas thank you I have a question there's several deciding not but I have a question of what about boys club boys and girls club is there finding that's going to be set aside for those type entities who also do child care basically throughout the summer for these parents are working so we do license some of those Representative Vaught and we certainly will be able to work with those and for those that are not licensed I can't speak to that these funds are very specific and we certainly will be willing to try to help them if they if we can get them license and everything to access these resources as well okay thank you as I think it's Representative Dotson sixty three you're recognized. Well if I can there you go. Thank you madam chair so. If I understand this correctly that this is twenty million dollars outside of the one point two five billion cares act funding that we had as a state My question I guess would be on the other two that were items on page four and five are those out of that cares fund appropriation. one point two five billion is that being requested out of that was that out of some other fund. To the information A so the this grant did not come from the one point two five billion it did not go to the steering committee the carriers act provided a lot of different streams of revenue to the state when we were in the fiscal session and putting the appropriation together we did not know exactly how that money was going to flow through to us so as you recall we set up of course the carriers act appropriation which has one point two five billion we also of requested and received an increase in in in the miscellaneous federal grant appropriation so going forward I think our plan would be if it comes to the steering committee and if it gets the staring at committee's approval then we will be asking for the care is act appropriation that was established if it doesn't go to the steering committee and there isn't available appropriation within the agency's budget we seeking amity which is what we're doing here so all these are enough Jeez through that. Alternative means it if it came through the cares act yes now okay in addition to that there's other federal grants and awards in laws that are coming down the did respond to the corona virus that are not the cares act it will also be run to an energy it is a kind of confusing situation but we're we're setting up the system so that we can track at all according to thank you. Three eighty four is it what senator bond thank you you're recognized. And this is for Jake and and we may be doing this but I think with all this money flying around and and is there are we tracking or can you provide us with a list of all the different pots of money that have come in from the fads with in response to code because we know we have the one point two five billion and that fund is being tracked pretty well but all these other funds in an attempt to understand what our priorities are and where we may need to put. Some of the cares that money we also need to know what else is coming in as the it can definitely put that together for us on a running basis so we're all kept up to date yeah we've been serving the agencies and and so when the cares act passed obviously we read the law and it had these large pots of money in large revenue streams that were to be distributed nationally following on that we had indications from trade groups from associations from others how much the state might get but until the federal agency informs a state agency of a specific award of a specific amount. To be used for a specific purpose like some of the the items we discussed today we don't know that that money's coming in the only way that I know of really to track that is to have the agency's report to us which is what they're doing now we set up a reporting system so that as those notices of awards come down were reporting that on a spreadsheet which which I would we have a report here will be going to be presenting to the steering committee are making available to members of the steering committee we can absolutely provide that for you all as it comes in it is something we're updating of pretty regularly just this morning I got notice of additional wards and what I think is is significant at least to us as as policy makers is not only do we know what's coming in and who it's coming into all that list on a running basis in a but we also know if there is a brief explanation of the restrictions because I think there are some misunderstandings amongst our side about what these different pots of money can be used for particular like in higher ed people thought well they got a bunch of money will have for that had to go to students you know and and and we need to if if the event I can help us I think we'll all make better decisions can we get that on a what would you say every two week ten day basis or something or James like everybody needs that information. Sure however of you all would like the information presented we can certainly put together report for the June peer if that would be helpful or if earlier we can do that as well. Well done at Mr Anderson's was from we get a monthly impair but it seems like to me the way this things moving we're gonna need a little quicker than once a month so I don't know if I'll defer to the chairs I would say you know we would meet weekly would be wonderful every two weeks would be best I mean would be acceptable made that. Can you send it to us weekly and we'll get it out to the committee weekly ads would be happy to have a great all right. No other question senator thank you thank you by senator Irvin you're recognized. Really just a follow up on what senator bond with sign and and that's I think that I would agree agree one hundred percent and I know that today you know we're we're acting to try to get a lot a lot of that information to where it's accessible for people and so hopefully will get that accomplished this afternoon and then you know that's going to be needed information as a steering committee makes decisions but then also to communicate that to the legislature so after you know I I think that that's probably gonna be routine basis so I think Senator bond pretty much laid it all out my question I guess is really more on the and the child care itself because I think that I'm I'm I'm excited I'm so excited that this is going to happen and I'm glad because I'm hearing so much from constituents that are trying to get re opened because people so I think that's a big problem like people don't know how to get back open and get back started and so is there any effort to try to give them real guidance as to you like a cookbook recipe to start like this is what you need to do because I feel like a lot of businesses out there don't really know exactly how to spend the money that they're getting or what to do and on the back and I just don't want them to find themselves in a bad situation because they didn't want real clear about how they were supposed to spend that money does that make sense yes so we actually are having a weekly call with providers that ten o'clock on Tuesday and and we are saying providers open we've seen probably over a hundred two hundred in the past two weeks three open so we are saying that but I think that's helping because we can isolate who needs real specific technical assistance and re opening and who may be able to just talk to read over the phone and so I licensing staff or working and working remotely to help them so but yes we stand ready to help everybody that wants to re open and re open and that we can put together something and I think Friday's announcement will help with. That yes and provides more details and the rest as want to add that we are working closely with part of health to help provide some guidance for childcare centers for what the best practices or how they need to rid respond how they need clean their facilities and so we're working very close within we appreciate their assistance on this yeah I think that such a key collaboration that needs to occur so the department of health is issuing the guidance and directives and so they've got to collaborate really closely with these agencies on these different programs that those businesses or providers or whomever they know that can be matched up so that there's no guessing that's going on and I feel like that was a big step that missed we miss that collaboration with the ready for business program and we're trying to catch up now and and just because I don't want to get people caught in a really poor bad situation on the back and when we come in audit and see that they didn't spend the money they're supposed to because they just really didn't have the get information on the front end so I think that's really important and and I think as we go through this making sure that we are fully understanding how department of health ed is doing their funding how DHS is doing their funding and having real floral view point of that fiscal situation is really going to be important as we move forward so thank you for bringing this board thank you for the question. Representative fight you're recognized thank you madam chair my question is really far out Mister white. This is for child care centers to we have something similar for senior centers as they're seeking to reopen and start up their services again. Not a that directly parallels this but we have received significant additional funding through the carriers ACT four senior centers obvious focus primarily on the nutrition side there are few other areas of additional funding under the older Americans act that we receive we certainly can get you those details on the yes I'm first I would like to have that and getting a lot of questions in that area thank you. And senator hammer is wanting to know. How they can know what to spend the money on if they the steering committee has not developed an overall plan. Well and FOR these funds these funds do not run through the steering committee because as Mr believes that earlier this is not part of that when a quarter billion dollars of what I'm calling for like a better word the discretionary fund where the state has those funds and uses for variety purposes for these like this were to very specific defined purpose under federal law we're very limited how we can use it we're relying on that federal guidance to make those decisions ACT thank you are there any other questions. Saying no other questions the items will stand reviewed. Thank you Adam thank you all. MJ run section G. now these are the performance fund pay plan hold account transfer requests. These request agencies to increase spending authority pay regular salaries extra help in personal services matching or for transfer funding from the performance fund there are twenty agencies requesting a little over four million and spending authority majority the agency site salary adjustments as any for preparation the Arkansas commission on law enforcement training has employees attain higher levels of certification and parks and tourism had to transfer employees to a new appropriation section requiring more spending authority to to the closure state parks in response to the nineteen there are two agencies requesting three point two million in funding from the performance fund the state police is the crime website performance raises and salary adjustments as in the former funding and currently there is forty five twenty million in the performance fund. Six eighty six. Is that you senator take this ma'am you're recognized thank you. You're doing a great job up there thank you so. Consent by remind me what to performance fund is for. Mister Anderson. Hey brother. The harder question I thought it was. Waiting thirty it was formally the merit adjustment fund. Right. Manager you're recognized thank you Kevin Anderson bureau of legislative research senator Teague I got my folder case yes of all of questions on the merit adjustment fund now the performance fund is used for any unanticipated regular salaries and or merit adjustment that are approved by the executive for state employee races is it not a pot of money that we used to help with the raises for the next year. Yes Sir he would be it could be. With the the merit adjustment fund. What is done when a merit increases given the state employees they try to find those could you define merit increase merit increase would be when they do their performance evaluations and there are the state employees or warded an increase based on those evaluations. And so. Our state employees going to get it raises. Complete. What we've heard that's to be determined that's all I ever hear too but that's bull. There's about forty six million dollars in that fund right after this or for the there there's forty six million about fifteen million of that has been budget to the agencies this year if a lot while I was fifteen means bill if you remember when we put together the revenue just for those high dollar secretaries. If you ever refer the revenue stabilization act together there were a number of costs that were personal related it during the session we increased as for example the pay greed for state police we also increased the number first that were running through troopers schools there also some salary increases for corrections and community correction some other agencies we agreed to go ahead and use the existing fund balance within the performance fund to pay for those costs and then followed up with some of those expenses later on I think in category B. and C. which ultimately did not get funded so we've been using the performance fund to make sure that we can still of do the trooper schools we can still pay the salary increases that we've enacted that's where that fifteen million primarily has been budgeted into. With the secretary salary to be part of that. No Sir the secretary salaries would have been built into the region the agency's original budget so they would not be part of that performance fund. No of the salary if the secretary received a raise because of a performance evaluation they would receive additional funding potentially out of the performance fund but the way that we do it typical of your a storeroom. Do you know right you had to be scored exceptional or something and that something to that effect yes Sir we're in the month right now that we do the performance evaluations and to the the new performance pay plan it was adopted by the General Assembly couple years ago I do not recall off hand though how that how that's done for secretaries. A better given of the race. All right thank you madam chair thank you senator take. Are there any other questions Senate seeing no other questions these items will stand reviewed thank you guys. Next item. Madam chair on section H. these items approved on an emergency basis there are two items approved in early March they were not seen by the committee because the meeting cancellation the first was PAYPLAN a preparation the amount of twenty five hundred for the public defender commission and the next was a miscellaneous federal grant preparation and the amount of six point two million for the department of health to support response efforts to cover nineteen is my understanding that all other emergency actions that were completed after the canceling the peer March will be seen by the full ale see on Friday as was requested by a member. There any questions seeing no question these items will stand reviewed next item. Manager section I is the certification of adequate funds and appropriations report per Arkansas code institutions of higher education or required to provide annual certification of adequate funds they'll see this report shows a status of each institution Henderson was not able to certify the next pages a letter from Henderson explaining their inability to certify and what actions they are taking to reach solvency. Somebody here from Henderson. Yes Sir good shame broadly with issue system representing Henderson state university this morning would you like to go into a little bit more detail about not finding yes I think most of you are well aware of the financial situation Henderson state university for the past year that they have been through so we did not feel comfortable especially at the time the law requires that this document be signed to certify that we had in the funds or appropriation to make it to the end of the fiscal year thanks to you the governor in India in a sense that date of for these language that was inserted into Henderson's bill giving them more time to pay back the loan the advance in their funding it was received that situation has improved but still it's certainly at the time that the document needed to be signed we did not feel comfortable in telling you something that we did not know to be true at the time. We feel comfortable you could sign it now. Probably about eleven fifty nine PM on June thirtieth I can answer that question as I think that's Representative Dotson you're recognized. Thank you madam chair Shane. In light of the current situations going on has anything changed with regards to your plans and Henderson state university Mean obviously are we are we just plunging full steam ahead with the the the plans and and things that have been put into place well there's a lot of of work going on Even prior it obviously prior to this current situation but this current situation certainly makes it a little more of a challenge but there was evaluations revenue CFO on campus and catus in or vice president for research is working with the chin individual dean at the Henderson campus about all of their programs reviewing class loads reviewing number of programs number of courses and all of those things to see those are things that you can't do in the middle of the school year reduce programs to reduce the number class sections but you can do as you look towards next fall so that process is been going on even in the midst of the last couple of months so the all of that work is still moving forward and we still feel ill a lot of it is contingent upon how Roman is in the fall and right now with everything else in the world that's a question for everybody in terms of what that might look like so yes it it presents what was already a challenge under normal circumstances certainly has become more so but I talked to the CFO night before last and she feels very good about where they are right now still a lot left to do but certainly were in much better shape than where we found them last August so as of right now the plan is still to have school this fall and yes even though maybe or a significantly reduced offering of classes courses whatever it sections yes it'll still be going for still be Henderson state will still be ready to go okay thank you no pun intended. Are there any other questions. Thank you Mr Broadway thank you and share members from. Madam chair in section J. now these begin the quarterly reports the first item J. one is a DHS inter agency in inter divisional match fund transfers report and it shows the transfers as required and special language the report shows over three point one million in Trancers from the individual divisions fund accounts to a corresponding grant payment accounts. The next item is J. two it's the office of Attorney General cash settlement fund report and this shows a quarterly cash account activity the report details five settlements in shows the balance of cash funds on the first page on the next page and the following pages are the cash receipts and distributions. The next item is J. three for state police this report shows asset forfeiture expenditures for each quarter of the fiscal year the second page of the portions twenty four thousand two hundred forty four and expenditures for the third quarter out of the T. P. C. zero one hundred fun this is the fun for federal asset forfeitures and on the third page shows three hundred ninety five thousand seventeen ten and expenditures in the third quarter out of the T. P. C. zero two hundred fun this is the fun for state asset forfeitures. Next item is J. for federal grant applications and this report shows all the applications by state agencies in the third quarter of the fiscal year twenty twenty. J. five or the federal grant awards and this report shows all words were made in that time period. The last report J. six is for the eighty Q. status report on bill of this the hazardous waste removal this is referred acquired by special language the agency received twenty million an additional appropriation and the ability to receive ten million and funds from the budget stabilization trust fund to remediate the underground fire seiten Bellavista. Consider for total expenses incurred by the state to date are one point three million with six hundred six one thousand of that incurred in the last quarter all expenses will be paid out the hazardous substance remedial action trust fund and a loan from the budget stabilization trust fund will not be required the bill this property owners association the soon ownership over the project in completed fire suppression in June and is currently working restoration plans the report states the agency is actively investigating potentially responsible parties who could be held liable to the state for the cost of remedial or recovery actions at the site. Manager those are the quarterly reports senator Irvin you're recognized. Thank you I have a question on J. two if somebody can help me with that real quick. To answer a question on J. two I just. The Attorney General cash settlement fund. Yes. Yep Mister Anderson my do you can you. Maybe. So what you get my question is on this report it says that you have like. These cash custom transaction detail reports and you have the amounts and the balance and those numbers aren't adding up for me. I'm looking at this page right here. Yes ma'am. So are there other things coming out of here because I see the amount and then I see the balance those numbers are adding up yes ma'am Kevin Anderson bureau of legislative research manager okay if you're recognized thank you. I'm I'm I'm came down here to try to help I really would have to defer to call I without court **** is going to be here I really have to defer to the AG's office on that they put this report together it's completely outside of what we do this is outside of asus okay put it together because it's required it's in code that they report this information to us. Other than that. Well yes I have a question because those numbers are adding up and I can't square that with the language I thank Representative Wardlaw wants to. Try to address that you're trying to ask okay flag waving at me from okay. Madam chair of senator if you would we would put him on the agenda for Friday for counsel and have them explain those balances before council on Friday thank you Mr awards I got into Wardlaw sorry Mr centimeter tune about no ma'am we have some of the same questions I appreciate it thank you thank you senator thank you Representative. Seeing no other questions I'm sorry I didn't see on the board sorry senator Hickey you're recognized and if no one's here from the AG's office. Maybe this is an issue but on page four. Of J. two. And maybe. Kevin you making help me here I hate to put you in that spot I understand this is not your deal with. Under B. we list all these things like you can be used for this. But within the landed services including without limitation. So basically that's just wide open is that correct. Sir. Madam chair. Kevin Anderson bureau of legislative research yes Sir that was were which we would use to have something wide open an appropriation. Gates. So that's the way it actually is in the statute that all four. Yeah the yeah this state I'm just I was just saying that that's the type of verbiage that would leave it wide open you're in this is not in statute the only thing in statute is that they have to report this to okay I thought maybe appropriation said it too but I think the members need to take note of that this is you know if if you think that is limited to that I don't see it that way. So I don't know if that's something this committee wants to address or. well if I may senator I'm stepping a little bit outside of my lan talking about some of their business is not appropriated cash funds I do know that I've heard testimony before that the courts will rule how these fund shall be spent the majority of the time as far as each individual one on here I can't answer that. Okay I see this one down here says consumer education to but. Gin madam chair I just to. I see that's a little odd that we list all of these but I want I just think everybody needs to understand that looks like it's wide open to whatever would want to be done with it so I agree with that senator Hickey and on the last two pages of the report is the actual language. Of the ten code. And it if I understand Mister Bailey correctly it'll be something that we have to fix that code. So that sounds like a new piece of legislation for you there senator Hickey or maybe you mail. But I do agree I think ever there's been a lot of head shakes like this I think a lot of people concur with you that it's something that needs to be looked at okay thank you ma'am for senator Irvin did you have something. You're recognized yeah and I mean these are just questions that I think to follow up on that it says the account shall not carry a balance greater than one million dollars however when you look there's clearly more than a million dollars in the accounts and it seems to be replenished and I don't know how that's happening so if you have and a million dollar appropriation but then you replenish it on page three of five it says deposit replenish C. E. and a fund. I don't know how your I don't know I don't know how that works so nine AM because that's greater than a million dollars not date they do have madam chair yes they do have several sub funds within is fine and when I when I say these funds are not appropriated they're not appropriated for remaining of this year and then come July one next year we did do some cash appropriations for this but the language is. Is pretty vague and pretty broad right it was our first stab at getting that set up. as far as amending what's in here for them to report that could be done to make them be more specific on what exactly is used for I see and I do see I do know that the transfer back and forth from funds. I know enough to be pretty dangerous about this yes I know I I thought and I think that's that's. That could be coming yeah the I think that's the issue thank you very problematic so come with your questions on this on Friday and a Representative Wardlaw will have on here so seeing no other questions next item. Manage it around here we're on section K. now these are peer month reports the first report K. one is the rainy day fund report and it shows the rainy funny coming distributions as of the end of April the last table at the bottom of the page shows project distributions in the fund balance of fifteen million one hundred fifty six thousand two hundred twenty seven dollars. The next report K. two is for the budget stabilization trust fund and this report shows cash flow loans throughout the fiscal year as of the end of April they are nineteen point six seven million an outstanding loans in the cash balance is a hundred eighty two point two six million. The next report K. threes for the tobacco settlement report and it gives a summary of income fund balances investments actual payments to the state and on the second page all expenses by fiscal year. The last report K. for is for the state central services fund report and this report shows the fund balance and disbursements as well the expenditures of each agency supported by the fund. Senator MALOCH can recognized. Thank you madam chair of the back on the of the the cares ACT reporting that senator bond talked about that we would like to get weekly let's include if if it's if the committee agrees the most recent report among these monthly reports for peer. Any objection to the. Thank you are there any other questions. Seeing none next item. That and that would be everything that's on the agenda so our next meeting is Tuesday June the sixteenth and this meeting is adjourned.