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Water damage from a burst pipe that occurred in the December freeze next item is C. letter from energy environment willing gas commission it's for nine hundred ninety five thousand appropriation this is to purchase a replacement H. fax system next item is the wrong page four this is Department public safety crime information center is for two hundred eight thousand seven hundred and appropriation is to upgrade the sex offender registry system next item is easy Department agriculture hundred seven seven thousand this is a fun fairs you to expose and livestock shows next item is on page seven this is letter F. this is department correction division committee corrections for eight point three million in preparation is to construct renovate and equip new bid for the White River correctional facility Nicks items G. are defines initiation disbursing officer ten million is to purchase vehicles for state agencies. H. is a letter from Department specter of inspector general is the fair housing commissions for thirty three thousand preparation is to cover increase operating expenses I is a letter from the part of Education Division of elementary and secondary education for a half a million it's to make enhance transportation payments to school districts as outlined in code J. is department commerce division of will work for services is for twenty five million it's to improve the technology systems and hardware for unemployment insurance Katie is a letter from department education PBS is for ninety two thousand it's utilize our full R. as the allocation L. is a letter from public safety state crime lab this is for twenty thousand preparation to purchase software upgrades IT could be in for the medical examiner section. M. is for universal access system it's for sixteen thousand it's just been fun to see to the end of fiscal year twenty two in is public safety state court the crime lab hundred ten thousand appropriations request this is the person could infer Laboratory houses in toxicology section is letter public from public safety Division State Police is four hundred thousand is to purchase equipment and cover operate expenses for use motor for their use motor vehicle division P. as the P. as in Paul agency requests were skip over that removed to Q. two with the Department public safety division state police this is for five point eight million an appropriation is to purchase motor vehicles. Or is a letter from public safety division state police is for seventy thousand appropriation this is to design implement a highly safety awareness survey S. is public safety state police eighty five thousand five hundred to complete roof replacement T. is office the prosecutor courted for six hundred thousand is to fund the pause for just this program this year those are all the request for fiscal twenty four all right. I've got one person would have risen Ladyman are you on item Hey. Can be to any all right we'll get to that in just a second all right members we got the to a any questions. B.. C.. D.. All right C. twenty seven. You're recognized. Google good morning thank you Mr chair of I'm at hit the button to quickly I'm I'm for E. agriculture I think that's where a representative Ladyman is to all right that's where we are so we're gonna go ahead pick up with questions if you don't mind she's already on a let her go first and then you're recognized for your you need a steer clear staff I'm not sure because I just want to ask the question with respect to the grant funding the amount indicated there for an explanation as to whether that there grants pending at this point in time do they have those on file and what they are can you Mr added for that to the agency. You could just go ahead recognize yourself for the committee and do you need her to restate the question are you good those are okay of Patrick Office of the part of our culture I'm the director of lifestyle poultry division and the. Are you referring to the program expenses the or I'm sorry the grants the five hundred twenty three thousand I'm I'm referring to item number twelve the grants for for expenses can you explain what what type of grants those are in that's understood as the there's two different payments there's a fair funding and then there is the construction funds that is it's not really a grant it's a straight line fund but that's a payment that's made every other year to the districts into the county's it's for construction so is that specifically for any for like the ones that are listed the first listed one through a wealth I guess one through ten so is that is so you're saying this is specifically for the like for instance the R. Arkansas state fair this sale in Pulaski County are you saying that that specifically for the city in which the fair sale or not for the state for no that would be for the counties and the districts a lot so this state fair does not is not in the pot no ma'am they don't receive that all right but I would do make a note that that is unfunded appropriation is all all right thank you okay. All right thank you have a representative placement. Thank you Mr chairman of I just have a question The four we have four district fairs and funding for them was removed and so does this return the funding that was taken away from them I don't four three seven one of those in Jonesborough and they lost their funding and it had been given annually so does this return their funding on an annual basis yes well that's exactly what we're here for is to try to get that funding returned so what we're trying to do here is make amendments for the line item to return those and make those hole that were removed in twenty the twenty twenty one session Act of nineteen was appropriations that removed all the districts except for the state vote for state fair and the Oklahoma county state for all of the districts were removed from that fund well with junior fairs okay so this is just really attempt to try to settle it today and it's going to be up to you guys to see what it is that you want to do and how you want that distributed but that's just kind of occasion well that put a big hardship on those district fairs I wanna make sure we got it in here so thank you yes. I represented Vaught you're recognized for a question thank you Mr chair so I'm gonna go all on that same. So we're putting money back into district fairs how much are we taking away from county fairs to give back to district fairs again this will be re allocating seven hundred and twenty four thousand dollars so if we refer return that back to the counties there's going to be a significant cuts to our to the districts it will be a cut accounts. I don't know how much. The way we've got a distributed right now there's gonna be four hundred eleven thousand distributed to the council this will be about six thousand dollars per county okay some counties guys much is thirteen thousand dollars last year okay thank you Mr. All right. Senator Hammer is it for this item or J. okay Senator Hester thank. Thank you is are you keeping up with the amount of people that are attending these fares as a reason why that were reallocating things I mean I I from what I see the local county fairs the the attendance is going down significantly is that is that accurate. I will say the previous to twenty twenty one that was a different way over or matrix that we paid County Senate was based off of the point system and attendance so we did keep up with that on a regular basis but since twenty one ACT seven hundred kind of changed how we distributed that money how we paid those fares so we don't really keep up with how many those of ten now so we don't keep up with the gate fee used to be there was a four percent charge that the the fares would pay back to us as an administrative costs we don't keep up with that anymore because that money was well there was a lot of red tape removed from that system to make it easier for those counties to to do whatever they needed to with our county to improve their fares but we don't keep a living will thank you. All right thank you members with any other questions on a. All right seeing none F.. G.. H.. Hi and then Senator Hammer you're recognized for a question on J.. Thanks for sharing can we get him somebody from the agency to the table please. Right. I'm gonna go ahead recognized him for questioning your introduce yourself as needed so Senator Hammer you're recognized for a question thank you I just wanna make sure I'm taking right is this is this the one that we procreative the percentage money to be claimed in order for us to be able to upgrade this technology system if so it seems like a merry was thirty five million but you're only asking for twenty five million could in my correct on there could you shed some light on that please. Jim Dotson chief staff department commerce. Cordy trailer deputy director at the division of workforce services and yes we are only requesting the twenty four because this is an eighteen month to twenty four month project and that's what we're estimating that we'll need for this current fiscal year our up coming fiscal year. All right so what will that only take us to a certain percentage of completion of the system or will that take us through having the system completely modernized and ready to go at that point. I Chris Christian rights very with the unemployment insurance program so that's estimated to take us about seventy percent for completion and we of course always hope to come in under budget but would rather and give you a little higher number. So you would anticipate in the future once you get eighteen months down the road you'll be at seventy percent completion of the upgrade of the system and you'll. Possibly depend how comes in need to come back and ask us for the other remaining ten million is that is that correct thinking down the road. Yes but we don't anticipate needing that the next fiscal year it would be in the following fiscal year okay forget just trying to track and make sure a reasons taken so long to get it done in that length of time I mean with just so we don't get caught short if we have another pandemic or anything like that he reaches taken so long to get it done. By Senator I think were pretty consistent with what the time line was that we laid out when we you know you're marked at thirty five million dollars from the stabilization tax I don't think we're really too far pace at this point okay the team are also tracking yes okay thank you thing Mr. All right we have any other questions sing a banking thank you I K.. L.. M.. In. Skipping over P.. Q.. Our. S.. T.. With any other questions on any of the items in B. two just one more one more shot here. All right seeing none was will of committee we've got a motion to approve items B. two eighty through T. less he. All right we got a second any discussion on the motion saying none all those in favor signify by saying aye those opposed motion carries aren't C. one. Thank you Mr chairman section C. one these are American rescue plan of corporation quest this section one or for a request for fiscal year twenty three that's for the end of the year the ends this month of the first item is for the universe Arkansas for this community college this is a direct federal ward this reallocation of previously awarded appropriation they're gonna be twenty seven dollars from city need to operate senses I know that the bottom of the second page of the colleges letter is for us refer to appropriation saw for fiscal twenty four so I'll be the next section. Next item C. one B. is for department of Human Services this is a state award services award that the state had discretion and awarding is for four point nine million this is to make it is first a disbursement to drew memorial health center to support their efforts to provide real healthcare this is the first request by the justified emergency relief to hospitals after hospitals participated in an independent study to evaluate your financial viability the council for the city or saw average brief the subcommittee yesterday on how the value in the hospitals. Our we're gonna go and take these into parts any questions on C. one day. All right simply with a hand out this at. We got a hand out this come around for C. one B. will be questions on C. one a. Seeing none was will the committee got a motion to approve got a second any discussion on the motion seeing none of the favor signify by saying aye those opposed motion carries all right now we'll have discussion on C. one B.. He's. I'll give that just a minute to to to cycle around. All right I think we're ready for questions lets you guys it will make sure we have plenty of time representative Ladyman you're recognized. Thank you Mr I'm over here on the side the right. A I just had a question on the proposed hospital funding formula this sheet and you. Yesterday I had this question than asking but the weighted it says each option uses a weighted score can you expand on what items are weighted I mean is that depend on how much Medicaid a hospital has what what are what do you mean weighted scale. It. The owner yeah well the agency into that with that's okay yeah that's fine. Eight if you all could just go and recognize yourself of the committee that way everybody's maybe understand a little better about what we're doing sure sure my name is Scott Barry I'm the CEO it drew more and also. A bright blue chief financial officer at Baptist health. All right. Yes good morning state mandated the secretary of health and Medicaid director. Mark white chief of staff for DHS all right the you need represent Ladyman restate questioning a good you could go and restate your question I'll try. what I was interested in is what it says weighted scale I mean what does that mean does that mean you look at Medicaid percent at a hospital or can you to kind of flesh that out a little bit yes Sir we looked at several different options we looked at cash on hand twelve month break even analysis and labor cost another option was looking at if it was critical access or non critical access along with the twelve month break even in labor and then we did also look at the financial condition in the twelve month break even and the labor costs we scored it waiting at a third for each of those components and then we did that is a critical component of the hospitals being assessed and then allocated it to the to the funds potentially available to come up with different options to choose and this is proposed to this is I think this is a balding formula and say for the request that's here today we we took those and looked at three different. Okay that answers my question I wonder what you meant by the way did I thought maybe you'd looking at other parameters not on this sheet of paper that's not the case right. I thank you. Any other questions for agency all right Senator Hammer you're recognized thanks you just pull the Mike little bit closer than we had a few that we're having a hard time hearing and the that Mr kind of direct questions to the chair first for us my Sep cost of what they've incurred during code is that correct to help sustain or give me a committee corrected for I think sustaining I think we're we're creating a bridge be able to let some continue to operate with hopefully a work out that's going to be required of of how they will be able to sustain themselves after you provide some help okay thank you question to the agency so in your review did you consider pre COVID turnover rates within the hospital and compared to the turnover rate within the COVID time frame and did you take into consideration management styles because I respect the fact that some hospitals in rural settings summer metropolitans such kind of hard to do an apple to apple comparison but the question comes to mind is this. Some hospitals do a better job of retaining their work force based on how they treat their employees while others seem to burn through them without any regard for how they treat employees and so I'm wondering how much of the cost and did you do any analysis to determine factor that into pre management post management. Yes Sir I think we're going to have to defer to aphorism assault he did the actual world hospital assessment to answer your question. Share July yes Sir thank you. I'm sorry has been makes more room You could just recognized recognize yourself of the committee and I'm assuming are you good with questions you need him to restate I think I'm good with the question okay thank you hi Daniel Harlan I'm a managing director with over US marshals public sector services practice that's the question to make sure I understand it is did we look at staff turnover pre pandemic versus post pandemic as part of the assessment did we look at other factors potentially contributing to turnover and management styles and can I confirm that that's a correct understanding of the question that's correct alloy G. far left you're right here thank you so what I want to know is did you look at management styles turnover rates that might be directly attributed to management styles because if we give money to hospitals that historically have bad management practices that run off employees why are we going to continue to give money to those hospitals versus other hospitals have seen have better retention rate of employees based on management style of that hospital sure so if you if you comments on that as we I I believe all know during the pandemic in the air time after the pandemic with the rise of travel nursing in particular nearly all health care facilities experienced the loss of of some staff. Who looks at the financial opportunity presented by a travel contract I intend some cases that included staff that were long tenured at the hospital in other cases not in our review as we talked with each each facility we did talk with HR leadership of the facility to understand turnover turnover trends acceleration of turnover in some cases in some of the things that they have done to mitigate mitigate that turnover I in some cases hospitals had raised rates of pay to address it in other cases hospitals indicated that they were experiencing turnover due to slightly higher rates of pay at neighboring facilities and so we did get a sense in that review as to the potential impacts on on turnover rates for hospital some of it is also geographic as I mentioned with at with neighboring facilities and what they were paying stuff. Did you find that some hospitals perform better than others based on their management styles. we certainly we certainly recognize that some hospitals had lower turnover rates and had last staffing challenges and other hospitals it is hard to especially in the context of the pandemic to attribute that solely to one factor and it could be a factor of manner management and leadership it also could be a factor of rates of pay for travelers could be a factor of the geographic location the presence of other other facilities whether it be other hospitals or other health care facilities moving into a given geographic area as we talk with leaders about hospitals all of those factors came up in nearly every conversation I including facilities where turnover and loss of staff was less of a challenge our thank you thank Mr all right thank you have got to the Q. X. and make sure I know who are you for agency or the consultant are you done now and then it representative hawk is agency or consultant consultant are you're recognized. Thank you I was just wondering and rural western Benton county there this is specifically for one drew medical health center are there will there be other requests that will also be considered. I'll have to defer that question to the agency I apologize thank you. I Mark why DHS Rosa Park there will be other hospitals that come along this we if we've advanced this one because they're much farther down the track around their sustainability plan specifically plan to merge then the other hospitals our National Guard had previewed this proposal for today but there will be others coming to you. Thank you senator you're recognized for a question. Thank you Mr chair I don't know who who put these is this put together by staff for the agency or these handouts that we just received right before so that's about to sell document that we shared previously if the plan of a merger scenario Richard Moore. B. H.'s Baptist health on this yes okay in I mean I I don't know if I'm just late to the game and don't understand this whole thing but can you go through the other acronyms that are on this page so well and sorry DMH Jr Memorial Hospital okay B. H. is about to self Baptist health. And and then. D. C. O. H. days cash on hand okay that makes sense now apologize this was a document used for another group and should spell those out and. Transceivers any others that. You suck you sometimes have to decode the sure the for the for you know what you're even looking at. I'll look at it with those things in mind thank okay. I thank you members we have any other questions for of the agency or consultants. Thank you I will move on to questions on the proposal for true County. We have any questions. The representative Wardlaw you're recognized I have a motion of property all right. We ask for a quick with any other questions a lot of the board not seeing it represent Wardlaw you're recognized for a motion I move that we approve the are from a a RP a request for DHS for drew moral health center. All right we got a motion to approve we have a second we've got a second injuring discussion on the motion seeing no discussion all those in favor signify by saying aye those opposed motion carries I represent Wardlaw you're recognized again. Mister chair before I give this motion I'll give a little synopsis behind it when we approve the money for Camden last year and the money for of severe county I believe was in December I misspeak Senator Hickey you're welcome to correct me we did not include a quarterly report on how the status of those hospitals would carry forward so with this motion I would move that we require DHS to provide and I would say DHS in conjunction with the consultant provide a quarterly report to subcommittee regarding the status of the expenditure of any opera funds approved for emergency aid for hospitals so committee what this will do well let us know the progress so if you read the rules on the on the governor's office and DHS on how they're expending these funds they're only giving a percentage of the fund's off today's motion and then a second percentage once execution takes place of whatever. Avenue the hospital chooses to go down the only way this committee would know if all money was expended or if all avenues were done correctly to what we made and approved if they give us a report on a quarterly basis and a lot of these actions in this digit plans are quarterly based the drama Morial example I think they get half of their money up front to get the other half in December first when Baptist completely takes over that is the merger Avenue if they were following Ford on the strategic plan they would get twenty percent today and then twenty percent there after as they execute the different options under strategic plan so with that Mister chair of that is the motion. If you don't mind restate one more time and then we'll see second. The I move that we require DHS and the consultant to provide quarterly reports to this subcommittee regarding the status of the any expenditure of arpa funds approved for emergency aid hospitals all right thank you represent Wardlaw we have a second members any discussion on the motion Senator Hickey yes I want to make sure I fully understand so the the two that we previously done. Or as was all of that money given up front. So it sounds like to me if that money was already given up front I don't know why you're trying to include those I'm I'm not including those so I'm just saying that if if we would have done this in the beginning we would know the statuses those two hospitals going forward I just use them for complete example were not included on this this is from today forward okay so that was just an example yes Sir all of those other two yes so. Just just so that I'll make them Mister chairman okay bye goes directly to him so what we're saying is is that we're going to get quarterly report up until the moneys exhausted and at that point it'll stop correct that's correct thank you Sir. I thank you any other discussion. Seeing none all those in favor signify by saying aye those opposed motion carries all right it's going to take is to see to. Thank you Mr chairman C. two these are the heir appear quest for fiscal year twenty four. And I am C. to a through K. R. direct federal awards As for universities in Arkansas for three twenty million this is to make emergency grants to students and to make improvements to air quality of filtration and ventilation next item is B. it's on page four. Thanks for requests from department commerce Economic Development Commission this is for the cap this is from the capital project fund for broadband this is a hundred forty nine million and to establish for positions at this is to address the need for high speed reliable connectivity to broadband this is a release from the capital projects fund within the American rescue plan act is part of separate in an edition to the standard a state local fiscal recovery funds to support the other direct federal ward's leach into next items page seven this is the I can see this is for the public health is four hundred seven thousand this is to fund the Arkansas nine eight a capacity project to meet or exceed the expected in state call answer rate for suicide prevention call centers these items page eleven. Page eleven is item D. is universe works of those committee because for a hundred twenty four thousand is to improve and upgrade their phlebotomy lab this item is on page fourteen. This is item II this is Arkansas tech university one point two million this is to renovate H. fax systems pay for testing wellness and cleaning supplies and upgrade IT infrastructure next items page sixteen this is item F. university of Arkansas Pulaski technical college for five point seven million in preparation it's to capture lost revenue mix items page eighteen is item G. university works are Pulaski technical college is for agent thirteen thousand to make a track upgrades Nicks items on page twenty page twenty is item age this is for our soak Ozarka college three hundred sixty thousand preparation is to upgrade H. fax systems thanks items Page twenty one universe of Arkansas little rock five hundred thousand support underserved small businesses to the community navigator program next item is J. on page twenty to the next page Henderson state university four hundred forty five thousand to pay for the implementation and consulting costs of ERP system next item is Katie department commerce division workforce services one twenty million to strengthen the unemployment insurance. Next item is L. these begin the state awards in X. rewards for me by the state through their discernment item L. department commerce Economic Development Commission rule connect is four point eight million as provided administrative support for the rule connect robin program next item is page twenty eight this is item illum department finds ministrations person officer ten million seven thousand is to pay consultants for services supporting infrastructure coordination and management grant application support and analytics for the state infrastructure coordinator program next item is page thirty eight. Page thirty eight is item in this is for on a current of commerce Economic Development Commission it's one point two six million this is another word for rural connect broadband administration sure those are the and that's in between for requests. All right thank you members we're gonna do this again will go through if you have a question just a enter button all right I see two a. B.. C.. D.. Representative gene question on C. to do your I'm waiting for J. how does one get get to my hi there. This is the reason we went through those instructions earlier. Nothing but love all right so then we're at II. F.. G.. H. measure time chairman Jean Billy may be able to answer this what is the ERP system. I believe that simply resource program of HR software okay all right thank you. All right and I'm gonna back up to I if we can real quick and this is for University of Arkansas little rock. We have anybody answer questions on that program. You could just go ahead recognized so for the committee. I'm Johnny Lee with the University of Arkansas at little rock okay so inside this it it looks like to me it's got sixty five thousand for salaries it's got a you know twenty house or two thousand for operating in another two hundred thirty four professional fees and even five thousand for travel it's over establishing a position and I'm I'm assuming that the individual tired understands that this is a temporary position and the program is very timber is there any. Infrastructure's not quite the right word but is there any capital expenditures or other items that were making and then what what are we looking to do with this program and She were we looking to do what is the purpose so it was a a project of the US small business administration it was a program that was set up out of the pandemic so that at eight states with helping small businesses especially farming and local mom and pop that the sort of very low sort of you know random of the small business community to make sure that they were getting access to any of the help that was coming down especially for pandemic I have a funds from the other agencies so what it did was allow us and it was required to be able to identify community development organizations around the state that are already in those states I'm in those communities to allow them to be the point of contact with the small business owners so that that contracting that consulting number that's in there that is to pay I think nine different state or community organizations to provide that assistance and the one person that we have that's on the small business development center staff once this contract goes away they would either go over to another contractor work it's paid with other resources or the position would not be it continued got it so I thought this was a good so this is a continuation one that we've already have sorry yes yes questions on before and and at the time we were trying to make sure that there was going to be an outcome and we weren't just paying consultants to that'll work and and at that time is a little bit gray on how many people would actually reach store the influence that was having with any small business again benefiting the consultant but maybe not small business owners and so have you all been able to get some measurement back on that to to make sure achieving absolutely so we're in the second year of it now and the small business administration has indicated that they would probably extended a third year we've seen over four hundred and fifty small. Is this owners around the state I think it's been like third third three thousand consulting hours that have been provided as well as I think two hundred plus outreach events as to make sure that they're getting out to the you know the hinterlands and contacting everybody so there's been some really good results from it if we could could we go and get some type of reporter documentations I think is we're asking for trouble and I don't remember the result okay that we received from you know it's going to come up for vote on Friday I would really like to see it before then so if you could it was staff and send them over what you have will they make sure that we're I mean again especially we're talking about continuing on third third year yes at some point it's going to be difficult to shut off yes if we I mean the three years in a programs long time to be established and increased routes that may otherwise not have been there thank you yes thank I will get that for you thank you members we have any questions see all right a representative Paul. Or is this on I see. I. I have a question for her but that's okay I'll get your okay are you sure. You might come back up in answering one more question for that represented fault that's my fault for not catching. I'm sorry representative thought I didn't hear you. I'm sorry and I might be on the wrong one I'm sorry. And. How many people have. You all laid off due to act is there any that have lost their jobs. No okay all right thank you all right thank you. Right members any other questions artsy none we're gonna move on K.. Anyone through the we went through state ward's towards to SO L.. I've jumped back so L.. M. A. R. C. ninety one is. Senator Hammer John M. impact and if I get somebody. Let's say if a. This was a. Placed. Three. I could just recognize yourself the committee and. While they're making the way we'll go ahead ask questions Senator thank you my question is what's the projected amount of money that we're going to receive into the state that the consultant is going to be hired to oversee and manage. Allen the guy Department finance ministration Senator Hammer we anticipate because the legislature has set aside money that will potentially be used as match for these discretionary competitive federal grants we anticipate. on the opportunity of attracting additional an additional one point five to three billion dollars in competitive dollars the state of Arkansas. And do you anticipate that all ten million dollars to run pay to the consulting firm to do the three things I mentioned is going to be used or is that kind of a upper number and we don't expect to use all that money if you will be able it's a performance based contract so will be based on the the work that's actually perform so it's not an up front or a one time payment is spread over a period of two years for work that's identified and it will be there's money built into that force specific grant application preparation so will the panda on the in the coordination working with state resources fifteen departments across state government as to how much of that will actually be less but it's a performance based grant okay that's it and it's also going to be performance based on the part of consultant that based on how much they actually secure for us they would they would be paid accordingly no Sir it's not gonna be based on the amount of wards oracle are contracts that we received as a server funding we receive the state it's based on the in the amount of the specific work that they performed primarily in coordination of the program but also the grant application and then the data and analytics that we receive okay they don't they don't receive a percentage of what the state we say okay thank you. All members with any other questions sing none thank you ever going to go back up to the K. E. workforce services evidently representive eleven was distracting representative bought. And so we're gonna go ahead recognized service involved request with anyone from the W. S. the incoming answer maybe couple questions. And I think thank you for the question already but I'll let her restated and then if you all could recognize yourself. Thank you Mr chair sorry about that I was distracted and was not asking the question to the correct. person so. I noticed that you're asking for four hundred thousand dollars in regular salaries but I know that you shut down nine centers and we've combined am I correct so far. Yes ma'am Quartey trailer with the division of workforce services of yes we transferred all of those positions they were moved to DHS. As part of that program that transferred okay so then I guess my real question is. Why we need the four hundred thousand if we have transferred those people over to DHS well the ten of program was transferred to DHS the four hundred thousand relates to the integrity grant which is a different group of staff working on the fraud prevention and mitigation of fraud and so that's in our United area and our internal audit area and that those are located here they're not out in our field offices as they were impact with by that program transferring okay. So how many positions are you adding. nine they're just continuing the finding of the existing staff that we have already in that program it's just that's a federal grant to fund our efforts to fight the fraud in United. So we have already had those United staff on board meshes to continue that program because the grant still has funds available for us to spend their next fiscal year okay thank you Mr chair. All right. Thank you. My question is going to be also we're talking about closing these facilities down I realize we transferred some of the workers to DHS because the program went back to DHS what we're talking about workforce services were actually looking for employment services. Some of those people worked in the local offices and they're no longer there so how are you going to be working to help people find jobs in those local areas. So we're working on that strategy right now we're trying to look at what our federal grants provide as far as spending a total funding and what that allows us to do and how we can meets the requirements that are federal grants have and is also what our state needs so we're trying to evaluate that need and also determine how we transition from a brick and mortar type of service provider into more of an agile go where people are and help provide those services a little bit more of a mobile fashion than what we were currently doing okay so. You've closed at locations because some people had to be transferred but the other service you provide it you don't have a plan for that yet but use clothes the location down that employers can call and put a work order in saying that they need people to work you've close those ability for the local you know employers to be able to have someone to talk to no we do currently I still have those services both those services have not stopped they just changed to a to a temporary we have mobile units that are at those locations right now and we also have other local offices that are picking that up taking up that volume but we're also in a transition period of trying to determine how we can best deliver services in light of technology and how things should be done now versus how they were set up to do maybe fifteen twenty years ago when we had a a larger footprint yeah and if I could represent Cavenaugh you wanna factors that we looked at in assessing which offices would continue which offices will close is the the level of placements that were happening for some of those employer services and you know just the data that we looked at did not see a tremendous number of placements might wanna factors that we took into account if there was an office that was doing significant number of placements and it was providing service to those employers and those offices continue and that's just one the difficult decisions we have to go through in terms of assessing which one state open which ones closed just. Jeremy little way I so I wanna make sure I understand I know there are some offices that do a great job placement because they work and they're out there working and they have relationships with their employers some offices don't do that just to be honest with they have no relationship with her employers. But for those employers in those towns that they don't have a relationship with do they have the ability to still contact us to be able to say I have a work order I need to have this field or they having to go through private. Employment agencies. Going absolutely they can call us we are so we're not we're still providing the services we may not have a local office in that particular city but even when we didn't have local offices in cities we do outreach to provide services to all areas in Arkansas the whole state is covered as far as how we provide our services okay. We can do it better do we know how many employees are gone we're going to be reducing by by this consolidation do we have a projection of how many employees and let the savings is going to be when we do this. We have transitioned about a hundred and ninety seven positions to DHS okay that does say the state in money what I'm asking is and I'm really talking back to workforce services because you're going to the mobilization I'm not talk about and programs I'm talking about the program that we close the facilities down and we've gone to a mobile unit. Have we projected how many employees we may lose and what the science is going to be. No ten. Ninety seven total so they're all ten of related. But as far as state funding mean there's there's no state savings that's all federal funds. I'm sorry for not understand technician had the the program that does the work force employment services yes you've close those facilities down. You're going to a mobile unit yeah. The county appointees are gonna be lost with that consolidation of going away and going to mobilization excuse me and what is the projected savings on that I don't know specifically what's tied to the local office closures as the number of positions I know it was a hundred ninety seven total I could estimate that about a hundred were probably in the field over would be about a hundred and fifty were in the field and as far as a reduction in cost I think it was about seven point two million in total but I'd have to look and see what specifically was related to those office closures Mr I would like to ask that we get that information for Friday so I know so we have that because I have people ask me that continually and I can't give them an answer so if you all can give us that information be great thank you. I resent Wardlaw you're recognized thank you Mr I think the. I think what representative Cavenaugh is trying to say and and I'm not trying to correct I I I want to know this answer as well what were the metrics used to pick what who is close to why you closed and in wars there needed to be seven million dollars in savings to continue to work for the people of Arkansas so thank you get us that information I'd be very useful to to know because I think that's the problem is we all had some that closed in our districts and we want to know why and then you consolidated into town next door which made our constituents have to go somewhere next door these folks were already folks are hurting so just tell us why. Yes Sir we can provide that information and at the end of the day you know you. We did need to you know take some cost out the system and we need to do that for some time now and that was only working toward and we want to make the selection decisions objective as possible so looking at those factors like the number of visits from constituents how many people are coming into that office what was the financial burden of having an office proximity to another office that you would allow for reasonable drive time and I have somebody to drive a very long time those are all factors that we wind that we get those to you before Friday. Thank you represent and once. Senator Hammer you're recognized for a. Question thank you just to clarify what you said was the savings seven million or did I misunderstand what you just said. We were we were targeting seven point to to say that was what our target was that we had to reduce our expenses by in order to be able to live within our federal budget. Okay not all payroll some of that sensibilities call right as well that's because one can we get a break out of what the. What the savings is by category how much that would been reduction in force how much of that would been a reduction in rent utilities etcetera we had a copy of that so we could see how that plays out and then if not then that you have seven million more dollars to spend somewhere else you need to cut the budget by seven and you said that's based on what you receive from the federal government is that what you said yes Sir okay and. So there reduction in funding was the result of what just cut to the national level or cuts to the unemployment or what what was the basis for why they reduced us by seven million. The reduction comes from when you look at transferring a probe of the program that we transferred to DHS that when we looked at the program in whole what that would what that cost DWS that was the amount that we had to reduce in order to still have enough federal funds to provide the services that we do and our other programs what program was he transferred to DHS the tennis program ten okay so that's the ten transfer shows at seven more million dollars to DHS that went with ten of four was it reduced when it went to DHS by seven million. We had to reduce our program by seven point two in addition to the ten of program and all of that was transferred to DHS. But the services were cut and I understand right when it was transferred to DHS where the services. Cut. When they went to DHS or was just it was just a lateral move correct and the seven million that was once in your budget is now over DHS's budget correct correct okay but I think that's what I want clarifies it was just transfer over the art thank you Sir. I thank you a representative Vaught you're recognized I have a motion a proper time all right we have any other questions on any of the All right. You're recognized for a question thank you Mr so represent one of the areas the office closed and they're gonna be like Mobile units correct. For now yes that's what we plan to a place there until we can determine what the needs are from those Mobile units how much foot traffic or how much contact those Mobile units are getting while they're there and then we'll have a more comprehensive plan one follow up procedures or so I have constituents asking how are they gonna be notified where this Mobile units going to be are they gonna are you guys gonna put in the paper text email how's that how are they going to know where to go if your mobile so it will be if I think believe that information is available on our website currently and we're looking to either partner with where we are offices currently four of our landlord is able to allow us to do that or with DHS or with another state entity okay thank you. All right thank you representative Vaught you're recognized for motion thank you Mr chairman the motion that we approve a C. to a through J. F.. And hold a. Hey until July. Okay. I will get a motion to approve items a through J.. I've got a second any discussion on the motion. Seeing none all those in favor signify by saying aye. All those opposed motion carries now we have C. two L. through in. Got a motion to approve items L. M. and M.. We got a second any discussion on the motion scene nine also favor signify by saying aye those opposed motion carries all right C. three. Thank you Mr chair is section C. three is a continuation of quests. All items on the schedule were approved earlier this fiscal year agencies on this list requesting to continue projects into the new fiscal year that starts in July staff checked to make sure all continuation mounts are at or below what was your question is between three and all total agencies requesting eight hundred and twenty three million spending forty and eleven positions that are direct awards from the federal Department and four hundred nine million is P. three from state directed towards Israel to continue to the next fiscal year I do have one note about item number eight on the state approvals that's on the third page for the economic the economic development commission's rule connect program the purpose of the spinning and the amount requested for twenty four is well within the within the continuations criterion but for the sake of transparency the Commission has reported that a project in pope county has had a small change since their award of appropriation an internet service provider install fiber in an area that was within the projects award because area now has access to broadband for their twenty four continuation the slightly changes could work to incorporate new areas that are currently lacking regarding high speed internet the result is a modified Matt but the funding is the same with the same purpose providing broadband access to underserved areas. Thank you I have actually have a question for the department of agriculture please. If you'll introduce yourself for the record please. Chris call closure director the natural resources division department act thank you I'm this is on the waste water and water storm projects we and recently given two hundred eighty million and I see where it says expenditures as a four thirty zero. Can you give me a update we're at on that and how much is actually been committed to help with these projects yes Is left yes so we awarded those projects in December we had application period we awarded in December and since then we've been working with each community on agreements a sense Pray since may we've actually disbursed about thirteen million so we're just now getting into the phase of actually making disbursements and our program on water and wastewater is a reimbursement program so as community span then we reimburse them on construction cost. And how much have you committed awarded. All of it all two hundred eighty million was awarded and is there a time frame yes so what we said early on for our process is that by may they needed to identify their match if there was a match requirement and they needed to start construction by December of twenty three. How many had a match requirement. good question I'll have to get back to you on that if you get that yes we person some concerns that some of them couldn't give match so the ones that weren't able to get match what happened to those projects did they get thrown out of this and then that money gets reallocated to someone else that has a match on it yes so if someone could come up with their match there is a waiting list that we can drop down to but we've not we've got a bunch of projects in the queue right now to work match too so that may be where some of that's coming from yes if you don't mind give us that list of those that you awarded it to where they're at just so we've got an update because I get questions about it all the time you that be happy to do that I appreciate that yeah Forty three who is that. Representive right you're recognized for questions thank you Mr chairman of. Right before the first year Senator Gary Stubblefield was working on a project that actually in water and sewer grants. And there was a hundred and ten million left over and I think two hundred and seventy was added to that. Can you let us know where we're at with that because I think it's being cut off or at least dispense with the. Do you recall which project that was. No I don't I just know that it had to do was sewer and water across the state especially within areas they did not have water upgrades ensure it raises some of one hundred years yeah I know that if it's the the full funding we we had a grant application process for two hundred seventy million which we got one point three billion and request so that money did not. Very far and so we're just in the process of working with each community on the two hundred seventy follow up place Westerman Sir are when will that start back again Sir you know we're all of the funds have been awarded so right now we're just really working on the construction aspect of each one of those projects which we funded a hundred fifty seven projects and has all the money being spent no Sir it's a reimbursement program so as they do construction them will reimburse them on expenses thank you very much thank you Mr chairman. Thank you members any other questions on C. three. Seeing none was will committee got a motion to approve we got a second any discussion on the motion saying none all those in favor signify by saying aye those opposed motion carries D. one. Thank you Mr chairman infrastructure investment jobs ACT preparation quest the one for fiscal year twenty four request the first item aids for department public safety division of state police this is for twenty five point two million and to establish two positions it's to implement a highway safety program by the highway safety office. And be is the department public safety divisions they please two hundred thirty thousand this is to improve fatal crash investigations into improve reporting. Seeds were on page five pieces I'm C. department commerce Economic Development Commission this is for just under five million is to support planning efforts for the B. program which is the broadband equity axis in deployment program by the U. S. department commerce to expand high speed internet. I don't D. is on page seven this is for the Department energy environment division of environmental quality is for five point four million this is to design implements implement statewide energy plans share those all this clear twenty four quids. All right thank you members have any questions on items the one a three day. I see no questions we got a motion to approve I have a second we have a second discussion on the motion seeing none all those in favor of approving items D. one eight three D. signify by saying aye those opposed motion carries due to. Thank you Mr chairman due to these or continuation quest for I. J. all items when the schedule were approved earlier this fiscal year agencies on this list or questions to continue projects since the new fiscal year that starts in July staff checked to make sure all continuation amounts or add or below what was requested twenty three all total agencies requesting three hundred sixty seven point six million in spending three to continue into the new fiscal year. I thank you for an explanation of the two to have any questions. Seeing no questions we got a motion to approve we have a second we have a second discussion on the motion seeing none all those in favor signify by saying aye those opposed motion carries section eighty. Thank you Mr chairman section II anyone as a reallocation of resources for the department Human Services for a this is the fourth reallocation of the year for fiscal year twenty three for the department and on the last page is a table showing all the Trancers the first table shows appropriation transfers within divisions and totals forty six million there are two transfers one million for the Division carrying operations in the operations appropriation from the professional fees line item to the data processing processing services line item and those are pricey contracts offer expenses and then forty five million total for the Division of Medical Services grants pain perforation this is from the our kids B. program that's thirty five million and public nursing home that's ten million and those labs are to the private nursing home line item due to an upward trend in costs from new rates implemented January twenty three the second to last able shows the position transfer it's this is one position moving from the division of aging adult behavior hell I'm to the division medical services to serve as a deputy director. All right thank you have members we any questions on any one or two. Mr removed the two the two is the reallocation of resources for fiscal year twenty for this to be the first of their four allowed by law on the last page is a table showing all the transfers and the first table shows appropriate transfers within divisions and there's eight hundred forty thousand there are two of those to make that that ninety thousand for the Division cutting operations and then seven to fifty thousand for the Division children family services the next table shows appropriation transfers between divisions there too transfers there one is for forty three point seven million FOR T. and the work pays programs that we transfer from the department of commerce division were for services and that's what was discussed earlier in today's meeting and then one point one seven million four salaries national operations a related preparations as for the placement in residential licensing unit from the division of child care early childhood education as it moves to the department of education as a result of learns Act and then the next table shows position transfers between divisions and that shows two hundred twenty seven positions two hundred twenty two of those are related to the capital of the transfers from the Division of Children and Family Services of the T. and workplace programs and three of the remaining positions are continuations from previous re allocations last fiscal year the final two positions are for the Division of aging adult behavior health and it's for an assistant director of behavior health and and director of director B. for hold in the Bible the final table shows transfers of extra help positions between divisions it shows transfers seven extra positions related to cattle level transfers again those are the Division of Children and Family Services and T. and work pays programs. I thank you members to any questions on any one or two. All right seeing no questions we've got a motion to approve items he wanted to we've got a second any discussion on the motion seeing none all those in favor signify by saying aye those opposed motion carries for going to circle back up to. Was a DC the one sees that correct Senator Hammer. Just for questions Senator Hammer you're recognized if we've got anyone here from ADC the committee will help that be great. This is on the just shy of five million thank. Jim Dotson chief staff proper comers. It morning engine this is my question is we we hired a consultant last year for Lou came and did a lot of work and I'm reading the description of why this grant is of being awarded it seems like there's some duplication of effort considering what we've done before and I wonder what's the difference between what we've already done and what this grant is assigned to do yes Sir Hammer it's the the worked at BT G. did you no really it's almost getting close to yours all data in terms of what they were looking at the footprints changing all the time so it needs to be refreshed we will use the information but their particular requirements that the feds have for the infrastructure act that require us to kind of put into our application for the big pot of money that the coming our way so really it's something we don't have any discretion over we've we've got actually do the plan put together and we can't just copy and paste over what BDG did. Which is put out for competitive bid as to who's going to be awarded orders or is it going to be put out for competitive bids. Yeah. Not going how we see broadband rector we're currently evaluating for different. This is the one thing about early voting for different firms from the country to see the services that they offer it cetera we've not made any decisions as of yet. It will be a full blown RP process but will be request for qualifications so the everything will be document in terms of what the proposals are. And as I come back before us okay I'm gonna go through review process yes Sir okay I just cannot be kept up to date because it seems like a lot of the duplication of effort and even though yes time has been changing of the footprint already seems to be late for what a lot of questions so just like to be kept on that please the other thing to at this point is to draw a little bit extension you know the the maps that will be the underlying maps for the next round of broadband awards that because usually infrastructure money those are maps that have to use the FCC's maps by statute by federal statute and so we can't use any maps that we've created or that you know BDG created we have to use their maps subpar the work that a consultant will do is take the FCC maps and help us devise a plan for addressing the gaps over the course of the next you know two to five years correct me if I'm wrong did we determine though that the FCC maps after alleged experience were inferior compared to the results that we got because it seems like we plug a lot of lot of holes in the FCC math those were maps there is a new mapping process that just completed at the FCC that have lots of input from providers from community we provide input to it as well so were. We're hoping that they're better any map is good for probably the day that it's published because again they're out there changing today and so the footprints always always shifting okay all right thank you thank you Mr Poletti all right thank you members with any other questions on this item seeing none thank you we've already approved it that's going to take is to. F. F. one. Thank you Mr chairman section F. these are appropriation or fund transfer requests if one is for fiscal year twenty four this is for the this is a letter from department Education Division of elementary and secondary education special language in the division's appropriation act allows a transfer of spinning authority after approval by a let's see this is the twenty four million dollar preparation transfer request it's to transfer appropriation from academic facilities partnership to active and facilities extraordinary circumstances according to the letter the transfer will provide financial assistance to districts that do not have sufficient resources under academic facilities funding. Thank you members any questions. See you all right representative or senator Dotson you're recognized thank you Mister chair That is probably the department that would need to answer this if. Mister Rogers is about. We will. If you get go ahead and answer questions you recognize yourself all right so just looking at these two different funds I know we had a lot of discussion during session on how facilities funding we're not quite there were on are you on which one you're on F. for you on G. F. I believe facilities funding or just okay all right. All right so we talked about that during the session quite a bit are these funds going toward like the storm shelters in that extra cost of things like that what are these funds going to actually be what what are extraordinary circumstances and how to determine that. Greg Rogers departments cation so for this twenty four million dollars over talking right here this was for three school districts that in November had passed a millage for approved plans that they were going to do excuse one was a new high school one extensions or schools what they were doing after they passed the millage due to inflationary cost of construction they were not will be able to even start their projects so during the session we came and had a fund balance twenty four million dollars that we move to the explanation I consents brought check to allow those three school districts there projects to continue on so that this is for three already approved projects correct all right thank you. To see twenty seven McCain said my thank you Mr I think he's answered my question I was wondering what what we have we identified the districts that need funding thank you yeah I think it was all based on schools that are already passed a millage and kind of just stuck in process Sir thank you any other questions on F. one. Seeing none we've got a representive eleven which motion property all right we got a motion you're recognized. And now you're but now you're recognized motion to approve a request we got a motion to approve F. one we had a second any discussion motion signals a favor signify by saying aye All opposed motion carries G. one and we'll go ahead is to G. one and two that's okay. The sharing G. G. R. the restrict reserve fund transfer requests G. one is a twenty three year quest that's for fiscal year twenty three G. one A. is universe of Arkansas System criminal justice institute this is a three hundred fifty thousand dollar transfer from the restrictions are fun is to maintain expand support operations of the Arkansas center for school safety. And G. one B. is of requests from the department of finance initiation is to transfer a hundred thousand from the restrictions are fun is the make a payment to the Morgan Nick foundation moving to G. two. G. two you are a fiscal year twenty four a quest for transfers from the restrict reserve fund the first items you eight this is been pulled by ABC request rinse skip over GTA and moved to G. to be this is a letter from the Department of Education Division of elementary and secondary education this is an eighty three million dollar transfer it's to fund the facilities partnership program for school construction and major renovations. All right. Seed eighty eight. The Senator Stubblefield. Okay. All right members many questions on G. one. A or B.. On G. two. B.. About one quick one on G. two the I think. Okay alley I'll ask after we're done. I do any questions on any of the items on G. two or G. one G.. All right seeing none we got a motion to approve we have a second any discussion on the motion seeing none of those of favour favor signify by saying aye those opposed motion carries that completes our items for approval removed two items for review you are recognized thank you Mr chairman a section age this is appropriation fund transfer requests first item H. one is a twenty three quest this is for the Office of Attorney General it's you their special language allows a transfer after review by LC it's a hundred fifty thousand dollar transfer from professional fees offering senses it's to cover operating expenses for the remainder of the fiscal year streaming going to age to. Are moving age to these are fiscal year twenty four quests this is H. two a is a letter from the public defender commission a commission for parent a parent council it's an eighty thousand dollar transfer of appropriation from extra help to legal services last refunds the letter explains they have an existing appropriation extra help as they will no longer use extra help attorneys in the spinning three would be better served you contract reimbursement for legal services. All right thank you members of any questions on H. one et or H. two a one quick one you know what that says on H. one a. He's written some near the bottom and I just can't I can't make it out. So this is. It is for that to the Office of Attorney General. All right thank you any questions any objections objections items H. one a H. two A. are reviewed. I. Thank you Mr chairman section I. these are cash fund appropriation requests in the first one eighty is the letter from a South Park thank you because this is for fiscal year twenty three it's a fifteen thousand dollar preparation quest to pay overtime wages bees on page two this letter from the part of Education Division of elementary education it's for three million appropriation is to improve the timing of reimbursement to schools for the Arkansas Medicaid program. see is letter from department of education PBS is for two hundred fifty thousand it's a cover increase operating expenses D. is department vendors affairs is for one point five million in total six hundred thousand to the veterans home in favor will and nine hundred thousand to the home in North Little Rock both are increases are due to the nursing shortage sure those are the twenty three quest you committee for twenty four as the fifth of this year twenty four quest begin the next package I to and the first one is a department of health board of polyester medicines for everyone for fifteen hundred in appropriation is to cover an increase in expenses due to special language that requires the board to pay for alcohol and drug abuse treatment services Nicks I don't be is Department healthy medical board six hundred thousand again the cover payments for alcohol and drug abuse treatment services and to pay for the graduate medical education residency expansion board program next item seed part of Education Division create technical education one hundred thousand accommodate various cash grants for the design and development of career and technical education courses D. were on page four and I to this department occasion PBS four hundred forty three thousand is to cover building maintenance the increasing national dues a documentary and a local show next item is easy run page five is department commerce division will for services eight hundred fifteen thousand appropriation to support the the unemployment insurance program enhancements in and enhancements to ensure system integrity Nicks items F. department finance ministrations person officer three hundred twenty six thousand this is to contract with a consultant to review a hospital's for financial health this is the consultant that brief the subcommittee yesterday the Marshall Alvarez Mr those are all the request for fiscal year twenty four and twenty three. And then on we have we have a question on Iraq to the support for services. Thank you Mr. Anybody here from work for services. Is the. The trailer deputy director division of workforce services thank you I'm on this request of the rainy day cash of eight hundred fifteen thousand approximately. What is this in conjunction with the twenty five million that we just approved to help with the upgrade of the system or how is this being used for you I. It does have the same purpose yes ma'am it was it was part of a problem we were designated those funds probably two years ago or I can't remember exactly the original year I think it was during the pandemic. that those came in for you by modernization from rainy day fund and we did not use all of them during the pandemic at that time for that purpose because we did some projects but they weren't specifically in line with you our modernization and so we held those funds until we were kicking off are you on modernization Fund which we have now done and so we're just asking to carry that appropriation over to this year so we can stand up for that it's the same project as the twenty five million so my understanding is you're you've got what thirty five million appropriation for and then you got the rainy day fund eight hundred and fifteen thousand four is that correct will have twenty five for this year twenty five but the total is thirty five is that and my thinking is that correct thirty five was the total for all yours yes ma'am okay all right thank you. All right thank you senator Dotson thank you Mr this question actually maybe more for staff just regarding the the fund balances rainy day cash on hand were moving that over from one fiscal year to another with this request where where is the rainy day fund balances this. Is this point from the. Last year's or if it was approved two years ago rolling over from the rainy day fund discontinue it to the end of last calendar years olds means have been dispersed and I've been rolled into the basically the recipients are fun and all the set asides and and GT Fund and will be allocated the next fiscal years you'll see that report the next month's report where you see all the committee where they gonna go so so this rainy day cash appropriation is just referring to what was last year and now. Going for this. Why ninety six will be the twenty four reserve restricted reserve allocation. How how does that work. So that they already have it. Okay we'll. All right I'll get together with your fine thank you Sir that this is the appropriation to spend that money that money is already been allocated to the agency so this is the Senate or the need to be able to spend those funds. Our members with any other questions. All right seeing none we need to cover I three real quick. Thank you Mr I. three or the continuations request for cash fund appropriations again all items in the schedule were approved earlier this fiscal year agencies on this let's requesting to continue projects since the fiscal year that starts in July staff checked to make sure all continuations are at or at or below what is requested twenty three and all total agencies requesting four point six million in spending three to continue to the fiscal year. All right thank you members that is all of the items I one two and three I do we have any objections to any of reviewing any of those items on instant reviewed without objection all right section J.. Thank you Mr chairman section J. these are budget classification transfer request J. one is the request for twenty three is for DF a regulatory divisions for fifteen thousand transfer this is a transfer from professional fees are pretty expenses and it's replace laptops and accessories for the tobacco enforcement officers the next package G. two these are requests BCT requests for us is the twenty four G. two A. is to put a department public safety crime information center it's a fifty five thousand or transfer from offering senses to capital outlay it's to upgrade the sex offender registry system share those wrong be cities in today's agenda all right thank you members we have any questions on items J. one or two. All right seeing none any objections reviewing C. no objections stand reviewed section K.. Thank you Mr chair we're at we're in the midst lands federal grant appropriation quest K. one or the twenty three quests use only one is for the private health is for eight point three five million it's the immigrant from the health resources and services administration to provide care and treatment of persons living with HIV or new to the K. two. These are emergency request for fiscal year twenty four the first item is a this is Department public's department Human Services Division current operations is for nine hundred ninety seven thousand in a grant from the USDA to give reimbursements for staff clients for transportation and depending Care next item B. is the chess kind of rations one point two five million for another grand view CA to provide employment training services to staff recipients the next four requests are for the DHS emergency solutions grants program that's key to see through F. or items three to six it's a total of eight hundred seven thousand they have a grant from HUD to renovate rehabilitate or converse one believes for emergency shelters we're going to the item G. that's on page seven. Page seven is item G. this is the chess again carry operations thirty seven thousand eight hundred twenty in a grant from the USDA to better report outcome measures for staff employment training. Nicks items H. the jets can operations two point one million grant from the US department treasury to provide emergency rental assistance and Katie why is public safety crime information center two hundred twenty five thousand in a grant for the department of justice to collect this positions and enter them into the national database into enhanced the end of data analytics and then moving to K. three these are continuations for entities to go from fiscal year twenty three twenty four again all items of this schedule were approved earlier this year the agencies on this list requesting committees projects the staff check to make sure all continuation answer added below what was previously at a reviewed and all total they are requesting hundred two million and fourteen positions to continue to the fiscal year. I thank you members any questions on K. one two or three. All right seeing no questions we've got a motor or any objection reviewing C. no objection I'm stand reviewed section L.. Thank you Mr chairman section L. these are paid for in whole you can transfer request L. ones for fiscal year twenty three these request agencies for preparation for salaries matching extra help there are five there five on this list at the site either performance increases salary adjustments employee benefits division rate increases or the you're having a twenty seven pay period as a need for the spinning three increases there's also a letter on the next page from the administrative office of the courts according to their special language they must provide justification to AOC for preparation increases for court reporters or trial court administrators of the fifty seven thousand Crees just over seven thousand as for juvenile court probation officers. The next section is L. two these are PAYPLAN holding conscience request for fiscal year twenty four there are two requests was from PBS between three thousand to use extra help for projects do not require a full time position in the next one's DFA budget amendment services hundred fifty thousand higher insurance and have extra help for seasonal projects. All right thank you members any questions on items L. one or two. All right seeing none we're gonna pass over L. one a and up to any objection reviewing one A. B. through E. or to a ND no objections those items stand reviewed with passing over L. one A. R. L. to R.. I am sorry but it. Thank you Mr chairman section him these are tobacco settlement account for new quest for Kerry for the funds Arkansas Code allows agencies that receive funding from the tobacco settlement program fund to submit a request to the chief fiscal officer and tobacco seven commission to carry over any fund balances into the next biennial to agencies apartment you services in Arkansas minority health commission have requested retainer funds in this Packer letters from the agency's making requests as well as letters from the CFO and tobacco settlement commission approving the request I thank you members in questions on him. Seeing none any objection reviewing no objections standard. Thank you Mr chairman section and this is the year in adjustments appropriation request this is a letter from the CFO requesting prior approval of your any justice to close out the books on fiscal year twenty twenty three without this prior approval chairs from LCN peer would have to be on standby throughout the evening of June thirtieth respond with emergency review should he said accounts that they're discovered the shore in the last hours of the fiscal year according to the letter if any if accounts cannot be cleared unanticipated issues could potentially delay payroll vendor payments being that crosses in the loading the fiscal year twenty for information to asus may be interrupted all impacting C. operations your questions for prior review to me budget classification Trancers and provide up to one million in both M. F. G. and cash corporation any actions taken will be reported the next meeting. I thank you members thank you members any questions any objection seems review. All right. We've had we've reviewed this. But you're done with the service share in section now or the Reports month reports the first one is a surplus income distribution port and it shows sources of the unobligated funds in an distributions from the rainy day restrictions are in long term reserve funds as of the end of may read a financial sixteen point by Sydney was distributed in about zero that's because it closed at the end of last County year the restrictions are fun shows three hundred seven one million eight distributions in an overall balance of two hundred forty nine million be less the four hundred fifty thousand today's agenda the total catastrophic reserve fund balances one point three six billion next report is to budget seems a central St report and it shows cash flow loans were a threat fiscal year as of the end of may there are nine point five million LC loans and cash balances one seventy nine point three million the next report three is tobacco settlement report it gives a summary of income fund announces investments actual **** stay in on the second page all expenses by fiscal year the next item is the essential services report and it shows the fund balance and disbursements wells expenditures of each agency supported by the fun the last report is the American rescue plan report and the first five pages of the report shows requests that were approved by the R. P. steering committee that the state has discretion in awarding the six page begins that's when a that's report of funds were sent directly to state agencies from the various federal entities and then on page thirteen is a testament B. and that's report of A. R. P. funds are sent directly to institutions of higher education we do have one more item and other businesses section peeve your gender the last packet. And it's an emergency action report appeared ill see cheers approved an emergency request for nine thousand one hundred people in preparation for the department of Veterans Affairs and six hundred eighty five dollars for the Department of Parks heritage tourism yesterday they discovered a shortfall in spending authority that cannot wait until this Friday's L. C. for traditional requests. Thank you members we have any questions. Seeing none no objection to that was reviewed. C. and no other business we are adjourned thank you.