ALC-JBC Personnel

Get this meeting started in a call to order now. Tony Europe is chairman thank you committee members we're working on this one in the first I want to talk about on top your packets this morning is a personal reference guide we just want to go over a few things this morning before we start service kind of clear on what we're doing personnel committee is responsible for setting the classifications and the number of positions that are going to be in these agencies appropriation bills next fiscal year going into the session so what you'll see first legislative authority gives the legislature the authority to set the positions set the salaries set the the number of the positions in the classifications we talk about the personal committee duties we're gonna look at every agency division department higher ed institution constitutional agency they're all gonna run through here and I'm gonna send reports back to A. L. C. JBC. Terminology we're gonna use we're talk about individual positions so that's you know basically one holder for one employee when we talk about a single position a classification that's the job or the job title assigned to a position the pay grade that's the salary range that's paid to the employees that set a pay grade is the same if if you have a job however many positions you have with the same job they all have the same pay grade okay cross gray downgrade this is gonna be a big one this is where an agency has a position authorized for the classifications of state authorizes an accountant the agency is decided in the interim that they don't need that account at the moment but what they really need is a project manager and so they may cross great downgrade that position and use it as a project manager as opposed to an account what happens is if they do that for long enough OPM recommends that that become permanent that you you really don't need that account anymore you need the project manager in your appropriation bill reclassification this is the process by which we switch over that accountant to the project manager they have to ask for this and what it looks like is your authorizes an account in one year the next year the same position be authorized as project manager classification upgrade this is increasing the grade of a job that's all it is if a job is currently authorized at a grade GS ten and they asked well we need to be a GS eleven because we have a hard time keeping people this is what it is when when we authorize an upgrade and in the committee it doesn't authorized very many of these it affects every position in state government authorized with this title so if we were to authorize an upgrade for administrative assistant that's a title that used across every department every division in state government it would affect all of those employees and positions title change. This is simply changing the title the job it doesn't change the great it doesn't change the duties all it does is change what we call that particular job you're gonna see a lot of these this year because we have new prefixes coming in because of transformation so a lot of the titles that are at the department of health all got an eighty H. prefix added to their title department public safety you're gonna see a lot of DPS prefixes added to those classifications. as we switch over the back page special language we are going to hear in this committee special language that is related strictly to personnel that would affect classifications positions pay grades for some reason we may look at Increase salary rates for certain meeting certain criteria three special language but those are things that we're going to hear in this committee and report back to a LC JVC As we go for hearings in duties. This is just kind of the process that we go through agencies have. Going through a process with OPM and with the F. and A and. To put in what they need for next fiscal year that's what is in these reports with OPM's recommendation with the what changes need to be made and these reports only represent changes that have been recommended we're not gonna go line by line for every position at every agency D. at DHS in and of itself I think has six thousand seven thousand positions so what we're looking at for each agency department division institution are the changes that have been recommended for them session duties so right now hearings we're gonna hear every agency we go into session we will only hear the agencies that are sent back to personnel by JBC generally those are gonna be agencies that have additional positions added to them or if there have been changes made maybe by governor's letter or a member amendments they get sent back to personnel for review again. the next page we have there's been some questions in a or C. JBC this year we've talked about authorized positions verses budgeted positions so we just kind of want to walk through this everybody's on the same page about what that is and how this works so when when you establish and agencies appropriation bill through the session we're gonna seen that a particular agency as a hundred positions authorized an appropriation bill okay during their annual budgeting process so when they go into the next getting ready for the next fiscal year with that appropriation bill the agency decides that they can only budget AT of those one hundred positions that may be due to the amount of funding that they have it could be due to the number of positions they've used historically but for whatever reason there budgeting AT positions so twenty positions are left in those positions are what we consider on budgeted positions now assuming those positions are vacant the you know because they're not using them either read insurance nor retirement is paid almost twenty under budgeted positions at that point they're just words on a piece of paper in the appropriation bill it's data and asus in P. bass in the database that we're keeping track of but there's no money being spent either by the state by the fence by the division by the department for those positions now that leases AT budgeted positions Let's assume that ten of the eighty are vacant. Those ten positions even other vacant the agency budgets for them because they may feel in during the year so we now we got seventy budgeted positions are filled ten positions budget positions are vacant insurance will not will skews me will be paid on the ten vacant budgeted positions but retirement will not okay so the money paid to those vacant positions goes into the EBT fund this sets the cost of insurance for state employees and retirees and pays out the insurance claims insurance and retirement will only be paid on the seventy positions are currently budgeted and field if any of the ten vacant budget positions are filled during the fiscal year the agency will start a retirement when they are filled okay so there's questions about that we just want to kind of get that out there that people understand what this is and how this works and we one answer any questions is anybody might have at the moment You Mr chairman the only other thing is on the back of this document I've put that pay plan so as we roll through these requests if you have a question I mean you can ask the question on mine but there's a PAYPLAN back you can see with the pay ranges for any given pay great okay. Mr nothing we have one question. Yes senator Chesterfield you're recognized yes Mr chair at some point we. We budget for a certain areas that are hot that have all that are harder to feel because of where they are what we call that I can't remember the term it's a geographic differential senator okay and it's not in here right no ma'am we won't generally discuss that that's generally something we talk about during the interim when the agency brings a plan to the committee where they want to pay it geographic differential because you're right because it's hard to feel for whatever reason okay that's what I need to know because I kept thinking that perhaps we would have that in here as well thank you Mr chair. Thank you senator that and A before we get started I wanted to see of our co chairman Senator lance eads anything you want to offer you get I look forward to chairing a committee with les eaves lance eads for a long time to go try to keep it straight. All right Tony we're gonna go ahead and get going on item B. one the Arkansas public defender commission I Mr chair Mister angel is going to present that agency down through item for I believe yes Sir. You're ready thank you Mr chairman. I'm the one is Arkansas public defender commission. They're currently authorized two hundred and seventy six positions that'd two via the growth pool in the interim a systems specialist I DO six in a public defender program coordinator GS six the committee report your personal committee report you'll see that on lines eight and nine of the first page. These requested to bolster the public defender I to support and handled us a higher workflows that they're seeing right now. Section of the report story on line sixteen in fishing report out our hundred and seventeen re classifications the idea here is to bring the attorneys up to a higher classification to give public defender some flexibility to re class and adjusting to folks around as they need to there no raises anticipated at this time. Of the titles being affected here or a public defender to just twelve those public defender one fifty two public defender Attorney one fifth there's fifty of those. And public defender there's three of those all those be going to public defenders three. Of these to put to put positions and every classes bring that requested two hundred and seventy eight positions as an increase of the two positions. There's a piece of special language Mr chairman is continuing language in egg it exempts extra help positions for the commission for parent council from limited hours worked per year. It also allows personnel working part time to be utilized as extra help with any agency. Total compensation for personnel working part time and as extra help is capped at the maximum of the grade GS eleven the language is needed to provide flexibility for personnel who were serving clients that have nontraditional work schedules. Negative recommendation provides for the agency your question that's all I have for public thank you Mr. I thank you Sir members are there any questions on this report. Senate just bill you're recognized executive wrecked. with a motion to accept exact recommendation of second. Second all those in favor say aye opposed will consider this report reviewed. Hi Tony. All right move not alone we're gonna go to item to judicial discipline and disability commission. Thank you Mr chairman judicial discipline and disability commission authorized six positions backed one twenty six to twenty twenty. They may know changes in the interim and the requesting none. The request is for the six positions again zero changes the second recommendation provides for the agency request that's all I have Mister thank you Mr into members any questions seeing none to a motion to accept this report if a motion and a second all those in favor. Opposed. Item is reviewed. Mr. Thank ms chairman be three is disability to hurt determination for the Social Security Administration or DD SS a. Early authorized four hundred and twenty nine positions a DDS is a request to add twenty skews me ninety two positions of are the growth pool in July. Of these on the first page of your committee report start on line eight and they go all the way to the end. These ninety two requested an added to get To address an increase in unemployment and increase and backlog of disability claims nationwide due to the cove in nineteen. The federal Social Security Administration request Arkansas to take on these as part of the team that we have here that serves other states claims his or her percent federal federally funded positions these two positions bring DD SSA's request two five hundred and twenty one an increase of the ninety two there's a piece of special language Mr chairman it's continuing language that restricts the hours worked by extra help to eighteen hundred per fiscal year the executive recommendation provides for the agency request and that's all I have for DDS essay are thank you Mr and we have a question Representative wooden. Thank you Mr chairman Tony these the positions that they've asked us to perform this work because we do a good job of it in in our state yes Sir the federal is is ninety two of the hundred and seventeen this is the yes the only got ninety two through the interim not too long ago a personal committee they came in and and ask for these ninety two and and the personnel committee in an ALC provided those to them so now they're just asking to make this permanent yes Sir okay so these positions if that federal Monday if it federal money is taken away they will go away that is correct Sir okay thank you Mr chairman thank you Representative. Any other questions members. All right now with a motion to consider this report reviewed a second all those in favor. Oppose this report we reviewed Mr angle. Thank you Mr chairman next item is B. for the department public safety administrative Sir administration insured services skews me. The curly authorize ten positions if you look at their personnel committee report the first sections a list of five new classifications and these will be distributed among three different divisions within public safety. administration shared services crime victims reparations board in the law enforcement safety office the on lines thirteen skews me nine through thirteen on the first page. Next section contains four title changes these are real lines eighteen through twenty one of the first page. Those are investigator for to investigate a one. A. S. P. chief information officer to DPS chief information officer. AS P. for chief fiscal officer to DPS fiscal officer S. P. program manager to DPS program manager and I want to know if the staff does not recommend first title change on line eighteen the investigator fort investigator one this change will adversely impacts and personnel the AG's office as well as some folks already DPS these being reclassified later in the ports of negates the need for the title change here. DPS edit three growth to positions in the interim the store on line twenty six page one go to line six on page two. A line one thirteenth second pages C. twenty two re classes these include the investigator there just mentioned. And they run to the line thirteen of page three. Why section report details eighty five transfers it becoming into DPS is administration and shared services from other divisions within the PS. The store on line eighteen of page three and I finished the report. The net of all these changes requests for ninety five positions as an increase of the eighty five transfers they're becoming an executive recommendation provides for the agency request staff recommendation provides for they just your quest with the exception of the title change mentioned the Q. zero five seven U. investigator for investigator one again that's on line eighteen of the first page. And Mister chairman that's all I have for admin insured services for public safety. And. Mr enter you may go ahead and do for A. B. C. B. any the same time sure thank you. The next item is commission on law enforcement standards right in also is so last. The currently authorized fifty three positions if you look on the first page of your personal committee report on line eight you'll see a title change is from a leader training supervisor to solicit provider. The next section has a swap position it's a computer support manager at I. T. seven that's on line thirteen. The last session starts at line nineteen shows for positions being transferred to DPS admin insured services and the position is one of the session note. The net request for solicits for forty nine positions as a decrease in the four being transferred out. The next division. B. four B. crime lab. Currently authorized one hundred fifty two positions the requesting a new classification DPS chief fiscal officer GS thirteen. On the first page on line nine is where you'll see that need to be re classified and transferred later in the report. And they're on the crime lab made for requests from the opium swap one these on the first page of your report you'll see those on lines fourteen through seventeen. The crime lab request to re classify to positions lines twenty four and twenty five on the first page it's a crime lab scientific operations manager GS thirteen. To DPS chief fiscal officer GS thirteen accounting operations manager GS eleven to a forensic administrators GS eleven. The transfer in sex positions to DPS is administered services division the star on line five of the second page they go to the end of the report. These changes request of one hundred forty six positions as a decrease of the six being transferred out. Special language Mr chairman its new language that allows a crime lab to pay a maximum of fifty percent above the maximum salary for to positions crime lab director for the medical exam division and crime lab associate medical examiner these request this language is requested so the crime lab can recruit and retain personnel for these positions. The next item before seat state police. Eight ball a question is do we get to the end. Senate we were gonna try to do all of the department of public safety but if you have a question that need to be asked right now you're recognized I sure appreciate you that but I need to know last the staff reckon the executive Rick a different. And why we this growth I'm still not sure about the growth drop on page one from ten positions to ninety five and I need some clarity on that and then I'm I'm happy to move on Senator the the staff recommendation is different because that title the queue five seven U. that that job title existed the attorney general's office it started at the attorney general's office transformation pulled crime victims reparations program from the AG over to state police and so it pole with at this particular classification well. By making this title change from investigator for to investigate one it is it would inadvertently change it at the attorney general's office as well so that's the number one reason we don't want to change number two is the positions that state police in DPS have with this title two five seven U. their reclassifying those positions to something else anyway so indicates the need for this title change so we just did it because if it because it's not needed at either one of those entities and it would and rightly change the AG that's why we we recommended not to do it okay and in going from the ten to the ninety five that is the transfers that are coming out of the different divisions of the department of public safety state police emergency management Suppose Celeste all of those divisions gave up positions to the department of public safety's shared services division back in June and July okay and so what they're doing is they're wanting to make those changes permanent so we're shifting those positions permanently up to that shared services division which is agency ninety nine thirteen but it will not increase the cost no ma'am the money the money the money went with the funding the appropriation all goes as well with these positions okay so we're not we're not growing state government here we're just moving things around so with the course but that the growth of ten to ninety five those eighty five positions is negated by the elimination of the eighty five for the movement of those eighty five positions out from the other divisions okay. Is this supposed to save money or disposed to maintain it because transformations bills be all about saving money. I'll let somebody else into that question I believe that's a topic for another committee okay Senator thank you. Mister Randall hold on just a second got a few questions I want to get make sure I get too far ahead of ourselves Senator Stubblefield you're recognized. Thank you Mr chairman this question it might be for the agency. it's in regard to the a recommendation from the task force in regard to the law enforcement standards and training and the recommendation that they made. A. To the county sheriff send the cities to reject federal immigration program I would like for them to I would like to hear some more about that explaining exactly what they meant by that. All right is there anyone here from the commission on law enforcement standards. Morning David introduce yourself for the committee will get that right to the question good morning I'm Jamie cook on the secretary for the department of public safety and also the director for the commission on law enforcement standards and training also serve on the Arkansas. Enforcement task force to advance the state of of law enforcement here in Arkansas I Senator Stubblefield let you not discuss the recommendation from the task force once I believe because I was gone at the time and I will say of the at the time that this recommendation was made a lot of the task force was gone so I expect this recommendation actually be revisited prior to our final report but the recommendation was made to not support the two two eighty seven G. programs that we have existing here in the state of Arkansas the two eighty seven G. program is a vetting system for the first one born of persons in our country who are arrested and booked into the jails the two programs that we have in Arkansas at Benton county and cricket county. I will say that recommendation was made as share for weed at cricket county already left the task force meeting as well so I expect he has some things to say the recommendation was not that the task force recommends we don't Enforce federal immigration laws that had to do with the two eighty seven G. jailer program is so this recommendation would not come in conflict with the century city law no Sir. Okay. Our thank you Mr chairman thank you John. Our thank you thank you Jamie. I don't like when your anymore you can go ahead thank you Representative Dotson you're recognized. I think my questions contest on with the investigator. Switch but how do we effectuate the staff's recommendation. Is that will that be. Part of the motion when we do this yes and okay yes there's a motion to be made for that. All right get that in the second part of my second question I had was with regards the special language that we just discussed And. What is the. I guess overall made maybe the agency can give us a little bit better explanation of. What their anticipation for the need of this is. Okay you want to take that one. I will be happy to start but I think the director from life is coming up all right what happens over this past biennium as we did approve special injure right up to the maximum for both these particular time. We did a pretty special into rates for these titles up to the maximum over the previous biennium however they still have not been able to fill these positions so this language is somewhat modeled after what the med center uses which allows them to go above the maximum in times of critical need and our report that if they do decide to use this language that come back to personnel committee to get final for okay so that would happen I guess during ale see in the interim if necessary to come yes Sir and it's just for these two positions right both two title to the eligible assistant medical examiners okay so how many are we talking about total. Good morning. Would you can introduce yourself for the committee please and thank you guys for the question my name's karma channel on the director the state crime lab thank you and for this we've got seven positions we have two that are on filled and so what are you know could affect when we hire could affect the apps you all seven but the real intent is to be able to get out there and recruit and which is vitally important because we have had no success and attracting a qualified personnel for the job my chief medical examiner he's already basically stepped into an associate position to give us the ability to hunt for chief and we're we're authorized to go to the Max at two seventy again with no success or so should medical examiner we are authorized to go to one ninety nine which is mid for that position and again no success. So I believe this is important special language because if we don't attract appropriate personnel for medical exams for the state of Arkansas then it's it's not gonna be good force in in any way shape or form or any citizen of Arkansas wanted death certificate it's also very important to a for accreditation because already were like my medical examiners are over stretched on the number of cases they do and which alternately what that means is losing accreditation tradition as you all know is extremely important to give confidence to the citizens of Arkansas that we're doing a good job and we're doing the necessary work that that were paid to do so it's it is the other ancillary thing to that if we if we don't address the situation and we cannot track personnel than we can lose your accreditation which also means we're going to lose our credibility in court road billing for means when be losing some cases so it again it's extremely poor legislation if there's anything in the laboratory the keeps me up at night so that one and this will give you the the opportunity to increase the salaries of the already existing fill positions as well absolutely and and to notify look my existing I've got three apologists now that I've got to that are sixty five. One that so actually sixty six one the sixty five and and my closest next one is forty eight so I've got three that could potentially go to any time but this will give me the ability if I have a successful candidate it'll give me the ability to negotiate a salary no of course with the approved by committee okay thank you. Thank you Representative Dotson one more question. Representative would you're recognized. Thank you Mr chairman is is I understand this this but this is an ongoing problem that we've addressed in personnel or attempted to through salary increases or adjustments and understand the city of Memphis pays more for their person then then you're able to but hear my question also is is is not also affecting the process of the court prosecuting attorneys and being able to move cases for which. Right now we're able to do that effectively because with the limiting staff again we're over taxed and they're basically we're we're doing too many cases but you're exactly right Representative city Memphis looking for chief at three hundred thousand in their own successful at that so it is a problem I do want to you all to recognize that this isn't just a problem in Arkansas this is a problem across the nation they're only possibly forty board certified forensic pathologist coming out of program so we have to compete with all of that and that's a daunting task but we have to obviously because we're gonna affect the court system which is is gonna be detrimental. Madam secretary of these ninety five positions were verses ten. It is a as presenting senator Chesterfield questioning these are being cooled and what you what I would call central office is that true. I believe those ten positions that you're reference and are the ones that we absorb from the crime victims reparations board which came over to us from the attorney general's office and the liso blog fortunate support office that came to us from. Career in I believe so that would those are the ten positions. Mr Warner my correct on that. Okay but I will be sure and stand with the the ninety five. The ninety five a request in Chloe's will be drawn from the agency's making up your department into your central office yes are we pulled in all of our human resources personnel fiscal personnel and legal personnel and information technology person there's no okay will they be will they be performing the accounting functions in that time sighing yes I mean they'll they'll they'll your yours this will be your central office appropriation relative to your role coverage of all the agencies that are listed here yes Sir the core yes Sir that's correct thank you Mr chairman. Thank you Representative and the senator Chesterfield you are recognized thank you Mr will be quick it's for the crime that. would it be helpful. If we were to provide legislation that would incentivize individuals going into this particular area since there's such a shortage. Is Senator basically we've looked at this from a wrangles and and one of the things that we're doing we have a bill During the session that will actually help us with loan forgiveness okay and the idea with that is again another incentive for someone coming out I mean these individuals go for thirteen years for education when they come out they have a on average three hundred to three hundred fifty dollars three fifty thousand dollars with a student loans. so what the bill that hopefully you guys will see will actually incentivize them at twenty five thousand dollars we crime I would have to promulgate rules to set up everything necessary for that and when they get the twenty five thousand dollars are obligating themselves for another twenty four months the maximum out that they could retreat could get I would be a hundred thousand dollars We didn't just come up with us you did some research and found in Maricopa county that they were successful in a program like this and they're able to obtain they have seventeen medical examiners or have been very successful in retaining can keep in the so we have a plan okay yes ma'am our thank you thank you Mr thank you senator. I believe that's all the questions we have for the agency thank you for coming down and Mister Randall if you can remember where you were will continue on. Thank you. Mister chairman next item state police. B. four C.. The current authorized one thousand ninety three positions. And on the person or committee report on the first page lines nine and ten they have a request for two new classifications AS P. driver's license examiner supervisor GSO six DPS executive assistant yes eight. These be utilized after the positions or reclassified later down in the report they're eight title changes for state police and like admin and sure services step doesn't recommend the first one line fifteen it's the Q. zero five seven U. investigator for investigator one just as before. A state police have any MSG position grants coordinator GS seven if you look on the second page see that on line five. There's seventeen three classes there on page two is well lines twelve through twenty five. And you'll notice that the investigator that's been mission for is a first one line twelve. State police wishes to transfer fifty three positions to DPS is admin insured services division these begin on page three line five they go all the way to the end of the report. State police total request is for one thousand forty one positions as a decrease of fifty two and that reflects the transfer of the fifty three and one MSG. That's it for state police. Next item is be FOR D. Arkansas crime information center also known as a C. I. see their current authorize seventy four positions. Of this the requesting a title change a see I see division manager to DP S. division manager was on the first page eight line eight. Was thirteen fourteen have to swap two positions that a CIC. Which is made permanent DB administrator I. T. O. eight and information systems security specialist at IT seven. A CSE request six re classes the star on the first page line twenty one and they go to line six of the second page. The rest of the report list twenty one positions being transferred to DPS administered services and brings a CI sees request a total fifty positions as a decrease of twenty four. Moving on. A and B. forty is a department of emergency management also known as Adam. The card authorized one hundred and ten positions the requesting five re classes lines nine through thirteen personal committee report. And transferring a state systems administrator lead IT own nine to DPS is administered services division. We classes in the transfer give Adam a request of one hundred nine positions as a decrease of the one transfer Mr M. that's all I've got for public safety at this time alright thank you Mr angel members are there any questions Representative Jean. Recognized the waiter to bring light pollution. Of. Do the fact that we're trying to do the end come click on unintended consequences of the the attorney general's office. I make a recommendation that we take staff recommendation of and I move the dock adoption executive recommendations exception of the one title changed for the classification queue five is seven U. investigator for at the department of public safety the state police as a motion. Alright members we have a motion and a second all those in favor. Opposed the ayes have it the reports review thank you Representative Jean. Mr enjoy. We get somebody new coming up right. Thank you for. Morning heather morning how are you I'm doing good you are recognized to give a report the next item on the agenda is B. five Arkansas public employee retirement system the agency has eighty to authorize positions and requested three pole positions retirement analyst G. S. zero six executive recommendation provides for agency request leaving the agency with eighty one positions. Our members any questions on this report. Sting thing nine we have a motion the second all those in favor. Proposed hi seven that report will be considered review and onto teacher retirement. The next item on the agenda is B. six Arkansas teacher retirement system the agency has a seven authorized positions Senate recommendation provided for one out of them reclassification eighty are as associate director of investments GS twelve to an information system of court Nader due to the use of the position during the interim. F. concurs. Thank members any questions on this one with a motion. In a motion and a second all those in favor. house opposed guys have a report we consider reviewed and then out to the department of health. The next item on the agenda is department of health the ministry of insured services which has one authorized position and no personnel changes. The next item on the agenda are the divisions of department there are moved and the department of health due to eight nineteen during the ninety second General Assembly. The next item is seven a new the division of Arkansas board of examiners in counseling which has for authorized positions is that a recommendation provides for one title change. Seventeen division of Arkansas state board of physical therapy which is to authorize positions in executive recommendation provides for one title change item seven C. is a division of Arkansas social work licensing board which has to authorize positions in the executive recommendation provides for one title change item seventy division of state board of chiropractic examiners which has to authorized physicians in executive recordation provides for one title change. The next item is seven II which is a division of Arkansas state board of dental examiners which has three authorized positions in the executive recommendation provides for two title changes. I am seven L.. Is the division of dietetics licensing board which has one authorized position and is that gonna recommendation provides for one title change I am seven G. is a division of Arkansas state medical board which is forty one authorized positions in executive recommendation provides for one title change I am seven eight is a division of state board of nursing which has thirty authorized positions is that a recommendation revised before title changes in five request occasions which are reflected on lines eight through eleven and seventeen through twenty one respectively. The next item on the agenda is seven I which is a division of Arkansas board of dispensing opticians the division has one authorized position and executive recommendation provides for one title change seven J. is the division of Arkansas state board of optometry which has to authorize positions in executive recommendation provides for one title change the next item is seven K. which is the Arkansas state board of pharmacy which has eleven authorized positions in executive recommendation revise for five title changes which are referred to on lines eight through twelve on the committee report. The next item is the Arkansas psychology board which is item seven ill the division has to authorize positions in executive recommendation provides for one title change the next item on the agenda is seven AM the examiners in special language this season special speech language pathology and audiology which has one authorized position in executive recommendation provides for one title change item seven in is the Arkansas department of spinal CORD commission the division has twenty seven authorized positions executive recommendation provides for two title changes item seven so which is the Arkansas minority health commission which also has special language has a authorized positions is that in a recommendation provides for one title change executive recommendation also provides for the ages these requests for special language which states that positions can continue to be funded from tobacco settlement positions paid from the proceeds of tobacco settlement fund should not be paid from state funds such was this bar and was authorized by the Arkansas General Assembly in a disclosure shall be provided in advance to the new hire in current positions pay from tobacco settlement funds by the minority health commission and is that a recommendation provides for the continuation of their special language. The next item is seven P. which is departments tobacco settlement commission which also has special language the division has to authorize positions and is that a recommendation provides for one title change also provides for the agency's requests for continuation of special language which is similar to minority health commission which states that positions can continue to be funded from tobacco settlement positions paid from the proceeds of to medical celibate funds should not be paid from state funds unless authorized by the Arkansas state General Assembly. In a disclosure of. Should be made to the new hire in advance in current positions pay from tobacco settlement funds by the tobacco settlement commission. The next item is department of health. Which is seven Q.. The department has two thousand three hundred and twenty five authorized positions is that a recommendation provides for an upgrade for one classification a plumbing having inspectors supervisor GSO six two GSO eight. It also provides for twenty eight title changes which will affect a hundred sixty four positions which are all lines thirteen through twenty six on page one in line sixteen to seventeen on page two. Recommendation also provides for the division's requests for two MF G. positions AT eighty H. nursing program coordinator in a G. SO nine epidemiologists. As well as have any give give me just one second we've got a question that might be related to what you're discussing Representative Dotson you're recognized. Thank you Mr chair it's actually on the last one with special language by the I guess the last two was special language the is this new special language or is it just changing the the date. It is just changing the dates represent option okay that's what I was thinking thank. Thank you Representative okay have you go ahead. isn't the recommendation also provides for the elimination of forty positions which are listed on lies five two twenty six on page three. Analyze five two twenty two on page four of the report as well as thirty two out of family we classifications due to the use of the cast classification during the interim which are on pages five lines six through twenty six page six line six through sixteen. The division also has a request for continuation of special language the department requested special language which states that positions to continue to be funded from tobacco settlement positions paid from the proceeds of tobacco settlement fund should not be paid from state funds unless authorized from the Arkansas General Assembly in a disclosure shall be may in advance to the new hire incurring positions pay from the tobacco settlement funds by the tobacco settlement commission. The next item on the agenda is seven are which is a division of health services permit agency the division has five authorized positions is that a recommendation provides for three title changes which are reflected on lines eight through ten. On the committee report and also to go back on seven Q. the result of the changes with the elimination of forty positions from the department of health lease the agency with a new total of two thousand two hundred eighty seven positions. Staff concurs with all executive recommendations and that concludes my presentation thank you Representative will you're recognized for a question. Thank you Mr chairman let me be sure I understand here Tony yes Sir eight a title changes to title change bring a pay increase with it a title changes to title change a title change does not get changes no duties or pay it other words it's the upgrade is where the is were the salaries will enquiries generally yes Sir you you might see that in our reclassification as well rye but generally your reclassification is totally different duty structure you may see like I said before it may go from an accountant to a project manager or from an administrative assistant to an I. T. specialist totally different structure which would call for a different grading structure one more Mr chairman medication did understand it one agency OR one of these divisions were going to give up personnel yes Sir give up positions the health department which what we generally you know think of is the health department state agency six four five is giving up forty positions my guess in you confirm with the with K. is that all of those forty positions are vacant. There was are fake it's this position to have people and then we're not actually laying anybody off we're we're we're taking positions off the books that they're not using okay good that's going to be what what you're looking for in yes. The good news it's urging the use of one more fund money of the any of the carrier's money or funding and extrude funding and everything that's going into the health department. In this way this may be too technical of a quote and we're may not be able to answer it when that money goes away and if there's no further coming from Washington. With these positions that have been Brought into the department in that funding we're not are we going to be expected to pick that up is a state. Then the question would be a question for the agencies In thank you will we can get to that in our regular budget hearing yes thank you Mr chairman thank you Representative. I had a did you have anything else to add no Sir all right. Alright members any other questions on the public health. I have a motion and a second all those in favor. All right department help be considered review. Got about seven or eight minutes left Tony think we get through the state claims commission trap. members and also agencies A keep in mind that at nine o'clock AOC J. B. she's going to be meeting so what our intent is is don't go anywhere as soon as that meeting in this it could be ten thirty or eleven thirty we're gonna come back in here and finished what we have not finished already so it will get that knocked out this of this report in the hopefully ready for Wednesday at JBC A. L. C. JBC. All right Katie will try to get Arkansas state claims commission and then will be probably getting close to being done you're recognized thank you Mr chairman the next item on the agenda is B. eight state claims commission they have no changes and they will remain at a total of ten authorized position positions that the executive provides for. All right no changes with a motion the second all those in favor. Hi. In all those opposed are that under view go ahead Katie the next item is being online ethics commission they have a Levin positions that with no changes and the executive recommends this all right no changes members any questions with the motion second all those in favor. Posing as haven't that item is reviewed and public service commission. Thank you Mr chairman the next item is B. ten public service commission at the agency currently as a hundred and fourteen authorized positions they're requesting to keep three swap pole positions that they gained in the interim this was a three for three for three swap pool at that shown on lines eight through ten and the executive provides for this request. Alright members any questions I have a motion and a second all those in favor. Oppose the ayes have it will consider this item reviewed we're gonna stop right there keep in mind don't don't leave as soon as a as a CJ B. C.'s over gonna meet right here and just get the labor licensing board knocked out so stay close and that is all we have right now we are adjourned.