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We're going to get started here I have a really long agenda so We're gonna get started represent Lynch you have any questions or comments on my. Along the genderless get going. Hi thank you all right so I don't for approval of the various temporary appropriation request thank you Mr chairman section the item the one is a letter from the Department of Parks heritage and tourism division of tourism this is a request for two million an appropriation is to spend record tourism tax collections that have been realized after the destruction tourism covid the news being three will be used to spin the increase collections on helping accelerate the recovery traveling to expand promotional and advertising abilities next item is a B. two this is a letter from south Arkansas university request for six hundred eighty six thousand appropriation is to spend an additional general revenue that is provided to our say B. threes letter from department of commerce division workforce services it's requests for seven hundred thousand an appropriation is to support the older individuals who are blind program. E. four is a letter from the department inspections you the inspector general it's for twenty five thousand the spending authority this is to cover any increases in costs of rent and parking. B. five as letter from department correction division of community corrections it's for nine hundred thousand spinning authority is to cover transitional housing program expenses. B. six and B. seven R. letters from department military the first one is for two hundred thousand B. seven for three hundred thousand these are to match the federal cooperative funding agreement to maintain armories in buildings we're removed to be eight. B. eight is on page nine this is a letter from the department of education school for the blind and visually impaired for hundred and seventy thousand appropriation is to better align their budget with operational needs. B. nine as part of education school for the deaf is for three hundred five thousand for the same purpose to better align their budget and allow for more professional development for educational staff. B. ten is a letter from the department of labor licensing manufactured home commission is for fifty two thousand appropriation is to replace a vehicle. Eleven this letter from part of Education Division of higher education it's four million forty thousand in total this will allow the Division fulfil Scholarship needs for the National Guard tuition assistance and the Washington center for internships program ants distribute food pantry grant awards Nicks items be twelfth letter from department of labor licensing division of labor code enforcement for fifty two thousand appropriation ants replaces vehicle. B. thirteen Department military National Guard foundation thirty five thousand preparation is to provide the National Guard foundation interest that was earned. B. fourteen letter from department agriculture this is for a hundred ninety thousand signatories to cover increased costs of fuel maintenance it's you mean it's a fleet in general operating costs. Being fifteen is a letter from the part of agriculture two hundred thousand it's to cover increased operating costs. B. sixteen department parks heritage tourism keep Arkansas beautiful this is for thirty thousand and and spending authority it's pay for increased keep Arkansas beautiful operations and travel expenses as result of higher program participation. The seventeenth letter from Arkansas tech is for two point one million it's to spend additional general revenue from Marseille. B. eighteen letter from department corrections thirteen million preparation is to cover maintenance and operating expenses. The nineteen is the department of public safety is for twenty thousand appropriations this is to purchase software upgrades and IT equipment from the medical examiner section. B. twenty is a letter from department finance initiation tobacco control for thirty thousand spending forty and this is a personal Quitman. B. twenty one is a letter from the private public safety division of state police for seventy thousand appropriation this is to design and implement a highway safety awareness survey. B. twenty two is a letter from department of energy environment liquefied petroleum gas board is for forty five thousand spending authority ance repair water damage after pipes froze and burst in December. B. twenty three the letter from the party energy environment oil and gas commission this is for nine hundred ninety five thousand appropriation is a purchase replacement H. fax system. B. twenty four is a letter from the part of public safety division of state police four four hundred ninety thousand appropriation this is to award lump sum payments to officers who completed additional certifications B. twenty five is administrative office of the courts for study five thousand seventy three this is to cover the increase in the state's mileage reimbursement rate. And B. twenty six is also it means a loss of the courts for it's for two hundred fifty two thousand preparation this is to restore appropriation used to spend award from the core a crown of ours emergency supplemental funds this year those are all the VTA request on the agenda. Thank you any questions and by a need to talk to anybody. Seeing none of does anyone wanna make a motion to up for approval. Some of I have a second. Second okay are all in favor say aye. All right moving on see American rescue plan act appropriation requests. Thank you Mr we're in section C. a C. one is on page three of this section and the first items for department commerce development finance authority it's for thirty five point six billion appropriation this is to support the home A. R. P. program to assist communities providing housing shelter and services for the most vulnerable. Moving to see two this is on page it jumps to page forty seven back in so see to both C. two and C. three for Phillips community college of the university of Arkansas both are re allocations of previously awarded appropriation of this move spending it already from various items to capital outlay that's a great H. fax systems installing UV and other types of sanitizing you're handling and to upgrade fiber networks and then it also moves preparation about eight thousand two grants and aid and this is for additional grants to students we're gonna move to see for. C. fours on page fifty five of the package see for is for the Department education northwest technical institute it's four hundred three thousand and you appropriation this includes every allocation of sixteen thousand prop from professional fees and capital outlay to operate expenses this is to implement an online payment solution and to purchase the computers. C. five. Is on page fifty eight. I'm sorry survives on page fifty nine this is for northwest Arkansas community college it's a reallocation approves the ward appropriation this is moving five hundred twenty six thousand various lines to operate expenses to cover indirect costs staff training audio and video upgrades and tech infrastructure next item C. six this is on page sixty one this is for DHS division developmental disabilities it's for five hundred sixty thousand appropriation this is replace existing wastewater treatment plant at the Boonville human development center and it's using a grant for the department of agriculture. Nicks items C. seven this is on page sixty three of the C. seven and C. eight or for the university of Arkansas community college morals in both our relocations previously awarded appropriation they moved probation from bass lines to lost revenue reimbursement and to capital outlay next item is C. nine. C. nines on page sixty nine this is for department education school for the blind it's for fifty thousand is to pay for contract nursing staff PP supplies and other COVID nineteen related expenses C. ten is the following pages page seventy is so C. ten and C. eleven or both for the Department education school for the blind C. tends for a little over four thousand C. eleven for seventy seven dollars this is to support the needs of students in the special education program remove the C. twelve C. twelve on page seventy two both C. twelve and C. thirteen for the school for the deaf C. twelve with little over five thousand NC thirteen five hundred fifty dollars this is to support the needs of students in the special education program moving to C. fourteen. Yes seventy four C. fourteen this is department education Arkansas PBS it's for eight hundred thousand appropriation this is to produce educational programming for K. through five students to boost learning during the summer months sure those are all the A. R. P. request on the agenda. Thank you C. one have any questions Senator Hickey. Just just one probably maybe staff could answer this on the C. six the five hundred sixty eight one fifty. Is this is this money that we already approved previously for the waste water. Or is this or is this actually in addition to what we've done here a few months ago. Probably the deferred to the if they were to the agency to answer that. Mark what you can. I'm not sure March going to know this is might be a different a question but maybe you do more I hope. Hope I was clear is as you probably know in our office I don't remember the amount but it was of a very large amount that we approved for that yes it is part of the same amount of money that you'll approved initially I think just because it is our money even though you all permitted on that side now that we're going to respond if that's after the preparation which is what's in front of you today okay the. Which I guess would lead me to one more thing maybe with the F. eight so is every agency or whoever or they always are also going to bring it back back to us the same way that the DHS is doing on those I'm saying he had not which is fine that explains it and understand it thank you Sir. Anymore questions. You saying none of does anyone wanna make a motion to approve these requests. So moved okay I have a motion they're gonna get a second. Got a second all in favor say aye Motion passes thank you moving on to the infrastructure investment and jobs act appropriation requests. Thank you Mr chairman section D. the first item the one is for department energy environment division of our of environmental quality this is four hundred twenty four thousand appropriation is to this for equipment supplies for their water let. D. two is energy environment Division vinyl quality for one point seven million appropriation is to refurbish to acid mine drainage sites. The three is interviewed of armaments Armina quality again this is for eight hundred seventeen thousand is to pay benefits to utilities on behalf of life he per eligible applicants. The four is a public safety division of emergency management it's for three point one million in appropriation and this is to support a cybersecurity. The five is public safety state police fifty six thousand appropriation is to aid in the prosecution of the W. why fenders with in car cameras in backing video storage system. The six is public safety city police five hundred thirty one thousand appropriation is to decrease the number of traffic related crashes and fatalities. The seven public safety state police is to establish a position and this is position before the highway safety office. Share those are all the request in IJA. Thank you do we have any questions on any items in Adam D.. Senator Hickey yes just tone all the three of on this paying the utilities saying why we've done this before and we actually had a plan in place of or how people are going to apply for that I don't know if there's somebody here I just like to make sure that we have some type of plan that if somebody wants to look at it that we could see it what that is. We have anyone from Arkansas division of environmental quality. All right up please come to the table and if you're both introduce yourself. all three of you please introduce yourself. Good morning Mitchell sense and director of the state Energy Office of the Arkansas department of energy and environment. Yes it looks like to me that this is going to conclude this is coming through the infrastructure and. Jobs money is this the first disbursement for out of this. The work that you all are going to be using for this type of program. All right no Sir the these infrastructure dollars or supporting an existing program the lie he program so these are just additional dollars to allow us to support war and I probably didn't say that right is this the I understand the programs are existing but these particular top dollars this is the first time that you all are using these for for that program correct. And I think we've done this before. And I wanted to make sure that that everything that was already in place as far as how how you all were disbursing money letting people do the application is the same. This way is it is a previously had been yes Sir that's correct everything's exactly the same okay and just quickly nothing has to be long how how do you all how do you all figure out who's able to receive these funds as far as helping pay for those utilities sure it's based on their income eligibility they work through eight connect with their local community action agencies we mail out applications to income potentially eligible clients at the beginning of each season so folks are made aware that way and then the community action agencies across the state also communicate to the clients that they serve that these funds are available okay and whenever you say each season so deal Senate out quarterly or something like that I'm student everybody knows that this is debatable but your service winter season at a summer season so at the beginning of the season we found out this information all right that's really all I needed thank you Sir. Anymore questions. All right thank you. anymore questions in I don't the. Seeing none is one block to make a motion except I don't our motion to have a second. Motion and a second all in favor please say aye. Any opposed. the eyes have it Items in the have passed moving on to the. Thank you Mr chairman section. This is a reallocation of resources for DHS. For flexibility special language allows the department to make for re allocations of resources in the fiscal year to respond to changing client needs this is the third reallocation for fiscal year twenty three on the last page in this section is a table shows all the transfers. The first table of shows appropriation transfers within divisions in totals approximately eighty one point one million there are four transfers four million from I'm sorry for the Division of aging adult behavior health thirty six thousand for the division of child care and early childhood education one point forty one point five six million for the Division of County operations and the largest one is seventy seven point two two five million for the Division of Medical Services the next table shows appropriation transfers between divisions in totals two million there's one point five million from the you services appropriation to the Division of County operations and other another five hundred thousand from the secretary's office and then the next April shows fund fund transfers and general revenue of generally funds between divisions there is a transfer of approximately eighty seven thousand from the division care operations to the division of developmental disabilities and then the last able shows position transfers and is one positions going to the secretary's office in one position to the Division of county operations sure that's the DHS reallocation of resources. Thank you do we have any questions on this. Seeing none of I have a motion a motion to approve. Okay I've got a motion I have a second I've got a motion and a second all in favor say aye. Any opposed the ayes have it out of me as fast moving on the F. appropriation and or fund transfer requests. Thank you Mr chair this is a an appropriation requested requires approval this is the letter from the Department of Education Division of elementary secondary education a special language allows division to make budget related transfers after L. C. G. B. C. approval the Division quest transferring twenty four point seven million from the school funding contingencies contingency section two six different sections the two largest recipients are a U. R. T. actual collection adjustment section received ten point five million this is to allow school districts to receive the full amount of foundation funding and the second largest student growth this section receives ten point three million this is to accommodate revised projections on districts that have significant changes in student membership. Okay members you've heard the presentation of item S. are there any questions on adamis. Saying none I have a motion to approve the Department of Education Division of elementary and secondary education appropriation and or fund transfer requests. I've got a motion to have a second got a motion the second all in favor say aye. Any opposed the eyes have it appropriation and our item F. as approved moving on to items for review G. appropriation and or fund transfer requests. Thank you Mr G. one is a letter from department transportation special language allows the department to make a transfers in their operations section after review by ailes here JBC the Department quest transferring ten million from there and I know to their personal services match line item to meet current expenditure projections next item G. two is a letter from auditor of state this is requested transferred twenty thousand from opportunities to convert to travel to allow staff to travel to the unclaimed property professional organization conference. Okay members any questions on item G. one or G. two. Seeing none within one like to make a motion to have these items review our our I'm sorry I'm that would be considered reviewed without objection so moving on to H. cash appropriation request. Thank you Mr chair of the first island in section H. is a letter from the department of corrections this is for a hundred thousand appropriation is to purchase a when radios for units throughout the Division. H. two is a letter from department corrections division of correction is for one point two million spent thirty it's a cover maintenance and operating expenses. H. three is a letter from corrections division of correction is for seven hundred fifty thousand preparation as emotional ask with this discovery and in another perforation section however I was contacted by the if a late yesterday and informed that this item was mistakenly submitted as a cash request this request actually requires very steam pre appropriation to Mr when the subcommittee moved review items in this section the if a request holding this item from the batch and voting on it separately as an approval I don't. I want to H. for this is northwest Arkansas community college it's for three point one eight million this is a covered that services and their enterprise resource planning system. H. five is commissioners the lancers for two point nine million appropriation is to cover the increased activity in TAXDELINQUENT options as a result of options not being conducted during the pandemic. H. six is a letter from other states for three point nine million this is to cover the increase property claims. H. seven is Arkansas tech university nineteen million appropriation this is to build a student union and recreation center. H. aid is a letter from department of Veterans Affairs is for two point three million in total this is utilize contract labor due to nursing sort shortages at the vendor state veterans home in Fayetteville and North Little Rock. H. nine is a letter from department of agriculture this is four hundred twenty thousand is to host the Arkansas grown conference and expo H. ten is public safety division of emergency management for a million appropriation is to make grants to local jurisdictions to upgrade or replace emergency responder radios and should those are all the request in the cash requests with know that H. three is request to be polled and voted on separately as approval item. Okay members any questions on H. one through one or two or there in four through ten. Some saying no questions could I have a are those will be considered review without objection so then separately H. three is a various temporary appropriation request could I have a motion to accept that. Yes ma'am. Is there a reason why they wanted this to speak pulled out so that it would have its own. Motion I just. The cash funds have there own section in code to talk about how you can get appropriation for cash fund accounts and then if you're outside of either cash funds or federal funds if you have general revenue or miscellaneous fund or trust fund you'll have to get various debris preparation so it's really warm accounting technique to keep track of the different types of funds are being spent I am because technically these were not cash funds requires various debris corporation as opposed to cash fund appropriation okay okay I'll make a motion. We have a motion on H. three as various temporary appropriation by the second. I've got a motion the second all in favor please say aye. Any opposed I don't H. three passes or moving on to I Budget class classifications transfer requests. Thank you Mr chair I section I the first one is for department agriculture this is for thirty thousand to cover operating costs. number two this for at again agriculture to under fifty thousand it's again to cover increased operating costs number three is the same agriculture sixty thousands increase operating costs this for forestry. Number four is for agriculture is fifty thousand it's increase across in another section. Number five is that the if a revenue services divisions for sixty three thousand it's allow for additional confidence in our travel number six is education state libraries for ten thousand this replaces vehicle. next one number seven education C. libraries for ten thousand this is to correct a budget for expenses that should be classified as conference and travel. Number eight is part of commerce insurance apartments for a hundred forty thousand transferred this is to support the senior insurance information program. Number nine is parked here just in towards on its five thousand hundred twelve this transfer will cover increase utility costs and operating expenses. Number ten is personagens was a mosaic Templars this is for a three thousand dollar transferring its to cover increasing utility costs operating expenses share those raw the budget classification transfers on today's agenda alright we have any questions on any of these These items. Seeing none I cannot or all of these will be considered reviewed without objection we've been on the item J.. Thank you Mr chairman miscellaneous federal grant appropriation questions this section J. the agenda the first item G. one is for the the department of energy environment Division final quality it's for a point three million appropriation to spin a federal grant this is to assist low income households for upping heating costs in a lie he program. Number two is again environmental quality is for a little over a million it's also to assist low income households this is with utilities in the summer months through the light program. Number three is engine of Arment environment quality again this for seventy six thousand this is for you Quitman and supplies for their water let. Number four is a corrections division community correction sixty thousand is to support the medication assisted treatment program. Number five is administrative office of the courts is four two million appropriation is to expand veterans treatment courts. Number six office of the prosecutor coordinator to two fifty four thousand it's to fund a statewide certified facility dog program. Number seven for department held this this items chair it's being pulled by agency requests will not be of voting on this item. Number eight is the chess Division county operations this is for one point five billion and appropriations from the federal grant this is to support snap employment training. And number nine is again County operations seven engine it ninety seven thousand it's also to support snap employment training. Number ten is for or the department you services division agent told me of your health this is to establish for positions is to support the money follows the person program. Sure those are all the images in today's agenda. Okay thank you are there any questions on items J.. Our item J. R. J. miscellaneous federal grant appropriation request will be considered reviewed without objection or none moving on to I don't K. PAYPLAN appropriation requests. Thank you Mr chairman section K. there are sixty eight agencies requesting fifty three point two million and spent forty for salaries matching extra help all requests increased due to performance increases benefit increases charge by the employee benefits division and other salary adjustments. Okay any questions on item okay. Seeing none I don't K. will be considered reviewed without objection. Hearing none I don't L.. We're in section L. this is over time for a breach request there to departments requesting permission for overtime state police request a hundred fifty thousand due to staff shortages in demand Veterans Affairs request ninety thousand two to staffing shortages shortages at the North Little Rock veterans home. Okay any questions on overtime appropriation request item L.. Seeing none I'm L. will be considered review would reviewed without objection hearing none let's move on to Adam M. methods of finance. Thank you Mr chair reinspection elm these are methods of finance on the first page letter from the if a on the second page the table the first items a issue Jonesborough for student union securities access the amount for two fifty five thousand using university reserves. Second items again issue Jonesborough for library security access the amount four hundred twenty thousand using university reserves. Number three is a issue Jonesborough for collegiate park exterior stairwell repairs M. S. two hundred twenty six thousand you there you can also use of a university reserves and the number four Jimmy Fadel for the timber Anthony temple in center for designing materials innovation the amount is the thirty nine point seven million using guess on proceeds university reserves and development and enhancement funds on the next page this page three this of this section. Thank you Sir it's number five that's where you see a it's for various campus improvements the amounts nine point five million using bank funds. Okay any questions on I'm in methods of finance. Seeing Senator Hickey. To just one for staff this development enhancement on page two. I thought we had I thought we were told we were totally used all that up is that not true. We know. If if we don't I can get that later but. I didn't know that we still had. At this chapter does confirm that this is money that was released to them previously and they just in the appropriation continuous construction of that project. Concern. Okay anymore questions on item M.. Seeing none adamantium one through five will be considered reviewed without objection hearing none item M. one through five stand reviewed moving on to end discretion or grants. Thank you Mr chairman section in the discretionary grants in one or grants for the department of health care six grants total the first one is this the phonogram for spinal disorders can't the second one is federal funding grant for assisting the infinite came program number three is federal funding grant for medical medical and support services for HIV infected individuals the next page items four through six are amendments for federal grants provide statewide hepatitis intervention services. Never in into this DHS twenty two grants all or federally funded in this is on page three through ten of this section so one is the first item into it's a grant for a to amendments is for support to National Alliance on mental illness number two is using the grant for peer support staff number three is a grant for an addiction recovery support center. Number four is a grant for implementing national lines recovery residences number five is for peer recovery support services number six is an amendment for infant and toddler foster care training in Pulaski County this is a safe babies court teams project. Number seven through fifteen or amendments to continue emergency food assistance programs that's all the grants on the pages five six and seven we're going now go to item in Page eight. So I don't end Pitsch a that's in the bottom right hand corner of your of your pages number sixteen is an amendment to continue national teacher education compensation this help scholarship program for the early childhood educators number seventeen is a grant for commodity supplemental food program and eighteen as a grant for emergency food assistance program. Nicks Pitsch item in page nine number nineteen is amended to continue employment training services for stat number twenty is an amendment to continue our services for senior adults in obtaining staff twenty one is amended to continue employment training services for stat. And on the next page that's. I mean Page ten this is the item number twenty two it's a grant for assistance to communities to reduce poverty. Our members any questions on item in discretionary grants. Seeing none are without objection we're gonna considered discretionary grants reviewed hearing no objections we're moving on to. general contractors construction projects exceeding five million dollars. Thank you Mr chairman section one is for parks heritage and tourism state parks this is an amendment for pinnacle mountain state park in this amendment adds two hundred thirty five square feet for in addition for concession facility to enhance visitors experience the funding comes from Amendment seventy five that's the weights and conservation tax revenue and that's adding additional three hundred seven thousand two project with CDI. For two is for community correction White River juvenile detention center in Batesville it's a renovation for the thirty two bit facility they were C. seven proposals in the meet and interview five CDI contractors was selected the funding comes from general revenue transfer for from corrections and community corrections prison construction trus and Special Revenue for community corrections share those are all items in section. Are any questions on section no Senator Hickey. Just clarification I'm a missed heard you said two hundred seventy five square feet but in the on the page it says three seventy five. There's not we don't have a discrepancy there to. At the discrepancies all mine okay no no problem thank you Sir. Okay and any other questions On item or section no. Hearing none without objection section will be considered items one and two will be considered review. Items reviewed moving on to section pay service contracts. Thank you Mr ran a section P. contracts Page one is a letter from us P. it says no contracts have been procured in violation of state procurement law. On the next page you look at the bottom of the left hand corners as I don't P. page two these are construction related contracts the first section number one is Arkansas heritage this is an original contract for design engineering services for outdoor recreation vision this a master plan for the mom will typical trail number two is Arkansas tech it's amendment for one call environmental engineering. Number three of Arkansas tech Amendment for uncle H. FAQ plumbing electrical engineering services. Next page Arkansas tech Amendment for architectural services for Jones hall renovation number five is correction it's an original contract for use in a design professional services for innovation of Mississippi County work release project number six mid South Community College is an original contract for architectural services for chiller system for rental center in University Center next pages I don't P. page four or an item number seven this is not Arkansas commute north Arkansas college its original contract for expansion of existing our instructional facilities number eight north Arkansas college original contract for installation of air conditioning systems for automotive instructional labs number nine northwest Arkansas community college this is for architectural engineering services to howls collegiate program a collegiate program associated with workforce trail building number ten persons were is known for on call architectural services Page from page five. Number eleven is parks and tourism this is for design services for delta heritage trail twelve again person's words on this is for Arkansas architectural services for devil's den state park. Rome I don't P. page six number thirteen parks and tourism this amendment for lake Catherine the Syria and doubles in this tree and and bicycle corridor fourteen persons were is on an original one call contract. Next page page seven item number fifteen this is an original number fifteen is for persons was inspirational for one call insurance services sixteen again person's words on this is amended for projects in various park locations. Next page item P. page eight this is number seventeen persons were is on this is for on call engineer in the engineering services number eighteen is for architectural services in number nineteen is for various park locations. I don't P. page nine the next page again persons wars on this is for projects in various park locations number twenty one for architectural design services a war Memorial Stadium number twenty two it's Pulaski technical college this is for one call architecture services and then the next page item P. Page ten is number twenty three is for you a faithful this is an amendment for design services for the nano queen room. Sure those are all the contracts in P. one construction lady contracts. Any questions on the item the one. Seeing and we will be now. Without objection Adam P. one will be considered review hearing no objections moving on to item T. two inter governmental contracts thank you Mr chair ran P. to the bomb your page has item P. page eleven that's the bottom left hand corner of the first items for heritage is an original for statewide habitat maps number twos correction with you M. S. four an amendment to continue to provide risk assessments of juvenile sex offenders number three is health department amendment for pregnancy risk assessment monitoring system. Next pages page twelve this number for the just a minute with you M. S. for protective services for adult female victims of domestic abuse and their children number five is CHS with a issue is amended for continued early childhood technical assistance services. Next page the item PPSh thirteen one number six this is the chest with a issue it's an amendment to continue early childhood technical assistance services number seven DHS with the issue is amended property in child care where resource and referral services next page is Page fourteen this is the chess with national park amendments to it's an amendment to continue child care where resource and referral services number nine is the chess with a universe arcs availability amendment for trainings for childcare providers Nicks pages item P. page fifteen number ten D. chess with the bill universe Arkansas fables Amendment for staff on family engagement. Nicks pages page sixteen at the chess with feed bills amendment for statewide early care and education professional development system for colleges the next once again DHS with you a federal it's amendment fourteen for early childhood inclusion project. Nicks pages item P. paid seventeen one item number thirteen this is the test with you a Fort Smith is amended to continue early childhood and preschool professional development services number fourteen is teaches with UAMS is amended to support healthy child care Arkansas program. Nicks pages item P. page eighteen one number fifteen this is the agency with you M. S. is amended for sexual rehabilitative rehabilitative program thank you Mrs assessment and therapy for DCFS clients number sixteen teachers with any PBS Amendment for stabbing Christian education. A next page pages nineteen item number seventeen the chest with Arkansas insurance department said amendment for all payer claims database operations related to Medicaid number eighteen DHS with arch Ford education service cooperative this is amended for residential educational treatment services. Next page number nineteen is DHS as you were this is an amendment for data collection with the office of juvenile justice and delinquency prevention act. And I don't P. page twenty one four on item number twenty this is state police with you a fable is amended for crash data processing services. Mister chair is using those are all items in P. two and a government contracts any questions on item P. to. Hearing none item P. two stands reviewed without objection hearing none were moving on this section P. three. Thank you Mr chairman Pete three is out of the contracts the first one is agriculture cement for school from the fumigation services number two is for heritage is an original contract this is for exhibits and signage for Jacob of cabin and John Waterhouse number three is heritage to revoke original contract for design fabrication and installation of a mystery benevolence exhibit project rampage twenty three now the next page this is Arkansas tech it's an original contract for customer relationship management system number five is a issue Jonesborough is amended for engineering technical and production support for athletics their video for productions number six is crime lab an original contract for the in a sexual assault kit processes and processing number seven is the if a revenue services this is an amendment for online insurance verification system rampage twenty four L. number eight is education is amended for consultant to make cost projections on projects and up the facilities manual for public schools in transportation programs number nine is for education it's the original contract for assistive technology system next page page twenty five number ten DHS an amendment for temporary employment services number eleven the test is amended for supplemental payments for healthcare providers next page room number twelve this is DHS this is an original for temporary employment services number thirteen the chess and member for linen rental and laundry services at Arkansas Health Center number fourteen DHS an amendment for waste removal at the Arkansas Health Center. number of fifteen this is for DHS an amendment for electronic health records and patient billing system for A. S. H. number sixteen the chess Miller for emergency food assistance and supplemental food program program that were on the next page page twenty eight. This is number seventeen is DHS an amendment for emergency shelter services the next page Page twenty nine number eighteen DHS is amended for drug screening supplies and challenged challenge testing number nineteen teaches an amendment for adoption center summaries number twenty and twenty one both DHS amendments for competence residential treatment services for on page thirty now sore number twenty two with the jets in the amendment for preadmission screening and resident review assessments going page thirty one run item number twenty three this is the chess Amendment for shredding services number twenty four the chess Amendment free evaluation of our home hundred fifteen demonstration waiver next page page thirty two item number twenty five each as an amendment for evaluation registry a certified nurse aides twenty six in for information systems this is an original contract for services for credentialed transparency description language and registry to support ready for life and other education and workforce programs there is a special procurement on this you'll see this in your ear it's like an orange pink letters at the bottom of your packet thing Kathy called the salmon and review this is pages one through three of that package. One item number twenty seven parks and tourism amendment for hosting an educational internship for students on the next page page thirty three of the current package the ran was is item number twenty eight Public Service Commission an amendment for consultant to service witness for petitions for review of Adam Valen tax assessments in proceedings number twenty nine on page thirty four now I don't see page thirty four this is number twenty nine public service commission is an amendment for addressing utility winter weather events number thirty plasti technical college it's an original contract for brand development PR media outreach advertising marketing number thirty one state police it's an original for anyone sections to comply with FAA regulations Ron page thirty five down item number thirty two this is for you a faithful is amended for office of sponsored programs leadership and support projects. Number thirty three is for you it's an original for an ex external evaluator for stem research project again you'll see this in the special procurement packet this is pages four and five of that package number thirty four as for you or sentiment for student application services of moved on page thirty six now this is item number thirty five this is a you see a an amendment for health and wellness provider for employees and Mr those are all the out of state contracts. All right members any questions on P. three out of state contracts. Hearing none item P. three out of state contracts will stand reviewed without objection hearing no objections I don't the for in state con. Thank you for sharing in state contracts of Rome I don't P. Page thirty seven up item number one is Arkansas heritage it's an original for prescribed burns number to the community correction an amendment for twenty four hour a day license transitional housing. Nicks pages page thirty eight one number three it's a correction department amendment for aerial application services number for correction the private amendment for water conservation and we're simply in seizing at page thirty nine L. number five the if a regional for PC's and laptops number six DTS S. is an amendment for janitorial services for the agro billion and state crime lab. Number seven is the chess is an amendment for certified nursing staff in Arkansas health center numbers eight and nine or the same for both on page forty this is teaches amendment for therapeutic counseling services one page forty one now item number ten DHS amendment for speech occupational and physical therapy services are at Arkansas Health Center. Number eleven the just a minute for counseling services on page forty two now item number twelve the just an amendment for drug and alcohol safety education. Page forty three now the item or thirteen the Jessamine for counseling services number fourteen DHS amendment for therapeutic counseling services Page forty four item number fifteen is the chess Amendment for drug alcohol safety education next pages eight forty five item number sixteen this is the just a minute for two drug alcohol safety education number seventeen teaches amendment for speech therapy services at Arkansas State Hospital. Page forty six L. number eighteen this is a teacher's amendment for pharmacy consulting services at the Arkansas Health Center number nineteen teaches amendment for therapeutic counseling services Page forty seven item number twenty just original contract for nursing and medical personnel for A. S. H. number twenty one teaches amendment for therapeutic counseling services Pitsch forty eight L. item number twenty two this is a teacher's amendment for drug a drug alcohol safety education item number twenty three to the just a minute for therapeutic counseling services. item number twenty four one page forty nine this is that the just amendment for drug alcohol safety education number twenty five it's another amendment for a therapeutic counseling services on page fifty item number twenty six this is the just a minute for drug hold a call C. PH cation on Page fifty one per item number twenty seven and other and teaches amendment for pharmacy services for Arkansas Health Center numbers twenty eight and twenty nine RDG sentiments for therapy counseling services were on page fifty three now. Page fifty three items thirty and thirty one or both each incidents for counseling services on page fifty four item number thirty two the just has an imminent for drug safety education on page fifty five thirty three is an amendment for therapy accounts and services thirty four is amended for childcare weird resource and referral agency at page fifty six now on I remember thirty five is it teaches amendment for early childhood training items number thirty six in number thirty seven thirty six okay fifty six three sevens on page fifty seven these are the just amendments for child care aware resource and referral agency. item number thirty eight is a teacher's amendment for specialized we have services next page page fifty eight item number thirty nine this is that the agency amendment for therapeutic foster care on page fifty nine now item number forty this is the just a minute for a parent training services I don't forty one teaches amendment to improve kinship in fictive kin Kerr item number forty two this is on page sixteen this is that the just amendment for specialized developmental disabilities also there were two program these are minutes form five that'll be review today. numbers forty three forty four the same this is that the just amendment for comprehensive residential treatment services for youth under age twenty one. Item number forty five is on page sixty one. This is the teachers amendment for resource parent teen training services and forty six is for parent training numbers forty seven forty eight on page sixty two these are amendments for comprehensive residential treatment services in emergency shelter services number forty nine on page sixty three is an amendment for specialized private license placement agency this is focusing on sibling groups and children in transitional from qualified residential treatment number fifty is a DHS amendment for substance abuse treatment services from page sixty four now item number fifty one this is indeed just amendment for adoption summaries number fifty two is it teaches amendment for a psychological evaluation services number fifty three it features a member for emergency shelter services. Roommate sixty five now this is a DHS amendment item number fifty four for substance abuse treatment services number fifty five this is amended for comprehensive residential treatment services for youth under age twenty one number fifty six is a substance abuse treatment service Amendment numbers fifty seven through sixty two being the sixty six page sixty six three sixty eight are all teaches amendments for comprehensive residential treatment services for youth under age twenty one cents items number fifty seven to sixty two we're moving to item number sixty three on page sixty eight so I'll number sixty three page sixty eight this is the just the member for payment training Page sixty nine item number sixty four this is an amendment for substance abuse treatment services number sixty five an amendment for security services for offices Ron page seventy now item number sixty six the just a moment for security alarm system maintenance and monitoring number sixty seven in a minute for dental services for Arkadelphia human development center number sixty eight an amendment for psychology services for the Arkansas Human development center I'm sorry Arkadelphia human development center number sixty nine is amended for counseling services for for the person without insurance for a medically necessary services number seventy is an amendment for inspections of care Ron page seventy two now on page seventy two I am seventy one seventy two seventy three are all teachers amendments for residential group homes for male juveniles in D. Y. S. so we're now moving to page seventy three item number seventy four sure so I remember sitting fourth in pole by agency request this is the military original contract for food distribution so that's been pulled agency request. We're on item number seventy five now item number seventy five as parks and tourism this amendment for advertising marketing and website repeat seventy four item number seventy six state police amendment for advertising and marketing services for statewide highway safety media plan Page seventy five item number seventy seven is a you were original contract to develop a statewide faith based anti stigma alcohol tobacco and other drugs prevention campaign number seventy eight U. unless original contract for annual audit services number seventy nine the P. B. an amendment for waste disposal services and on page seventy six item numbers eighty and eighty one R. for Veterans Affairs he's amendments for nursing services. Thank you members any questions I'm not on the for in state contracts yes Senator Irvin I have to the first question is actually just a question logistically about if once we have these different grant someplace with the division of child care and early childhood education when we're moving out from Human Services over to department of ed what what we need to do we'll at as. For these grants that are ongoing and on going in the middle of that transitions that make. It does I think I have to defer that the agency to provide a clear mind answering that question for me I just want to know how. We will have to deal with that with these on going grants or braving thank thank you Mr Weidmann please re introduce yourself and and. The German mark what for him services senator there's a capital transfer language in the Lawrence act that transfers course the Division over would also provides for the transfer of reparations contracts and all those things so those things would naturally flow over the department's cation with the Division moves okay I mean do you provide like a history with these I mean I would hope that you'll have a little bit of that kind of transition plan worked out so that these types of grants and any type of compliance with these contracts are these grants with and also flow over I think that's important we are work through transition plan and there are would have staff that are knowledgeable the still be part of the transfer of okay thank you isn't that and the Mister chair I have a question on number seventy five with parks and tourism. Anyone here from parks and tourism. If you will please introduce yourselves and then you may Senator Irvin will proceed with your question. Travis Napper Department partisan tourism. Jamie Fisher the financial officer permanent parks heritage interest Marty Roadrunner legislative affairs participated in tourism thank you and so my question this originated this Contract for professional consultant services originated back in twenty seventeen with this advertising agency I'm sure they do a great job but. Does this ever tire hands to where we're not looking at other types of advertising agencies throughout the state of Arkansas and utilizing them in different areas of the state's first as always this advertising agency that we use and have used a starkly for. As long as I can remember. during the period they're under contract that's who we're working through and we go to the annual review process and we will we're we're almost up to the full RFP in our queue process we're and we're evaluating how we will do that going for whether that's gonna be one big one or broken up that's still to be determined okay so so this was originally a six year contract seven seven okay I'm just curious the agency determined not length of time. I'm pretty sure it's procurement so it I think it was originally issued at five years and then we've done the two year extensions on it will go out for the next fiscal year this contract ends the end of twenty for fiscal year twenty okay but the length of the contract is determined by the agency director is that correct. Maximum of seven yeah typically issued for five with two one year amendments can you and I mean Arkansas. Okay Arkansas here mail all determines that okay all right I just if you could just give me some information about timeline on when that are of queue comes out I just feel like there's so many and. Options now in the state of Arkansas with our growth all around states that has some really fresh ideas for our state parks particularly that I think we need to try to really venture out and start to utilize and look at thank you. Thank you of any further questions. Yes Senator Hickey just just clarification on or what you said. But Arkansas procurement law does not require it to be five years does it. Okay so yeah you have you have multiple terms available so I don't want anybody here to think that that that's a requirement of our procurement law. Correct that's the maximum exactly right thank you. All right any further questions. Saying none I don't pay for service contracts in state contracts stands reviewed without objection hearing no objections were moving on the items queue item submitted after the agenda published. Thank you Mr Q. one is a method of finance and this is for you have a fable it's revise method of finance for multi use silicon carbide national research lab is revised to eight point one million using university reserves federal grants and development enhancement funds and Mister chair this is right you item. Any questions on item Q. one. Saying none of it. Oh sorry you got one. Thank you everyone. No just Q. one method of finance university of Arkansas Fayetteville the one we just covered. So you have a question. A city are you look at the special procurement letters. We're not there yet correct answer those are so some of these contracts require special procurement and so I mention or reference this special procurement packet for those contracts that had special procurements and so those were of throughout items in P. R. might be in a maybe I missed it what I did not hear I heard you do those but I did not hear the last one. Maybe I did but my March. Our our skews me maybe you did say that on the last one on the with the office of the transformation insured services but also act unless I'm missing that I didn't see an amount on that particular sheet the other two ACT or the other one's ideas but I didn't see an amount on the street. Again less I'm missing it. The one that has special care education TV contract you five. What. Right so like I said I think I'm my head but but I do know that you would mention those but I didn't hear you mention that particular one in the country so there's there's at there is an item in Q. their first is back as bills we have made they have thank you Sir. Okay so I don't you one anymore questions saying none I don't Q. one method of finance university of Arkansas Fayetteville stands reviewed without objection hearing no objections item Q. two. Thank you Mr chairman Q. two now this is a cash appropriation quest for the Attorney General at the request for seventeen point five million appropriation the letter states appropriations needed to bring office in compliance with the law and share this is a review item. Okay members any questions on item Q. two. Seeing none we will consider item Q. two reviewed without objection hearing no objection item Q. two stands reviewed. Thank you Mr chair removing C. Q. three now this is another letter from the Attorney General for cash perforation requests this is for seven point five million in spending forty it's to transfer funds from a cash fund at the office of state treasurer to a cash fund for sale and fees at the Office of Attorney General Mr this is again a review I'll. All right members. I any questions on item Q. three. Saying no no questions item Q. three will stand reviewed without objection. Saying no objection we would it. Q. three stands reviewed item Q. four please. Mr Scheck you for is an A. R. P. the American rescue plan appropriation request this is for East Arkansas Community College is for three hundred seven thousand it's been three it's to make cedar relief grant payments expanders and faculty and purchase course supplies industry this is an approval I'll. Okay so I don't Q. four is an approval I don't are there any questions the. Senator Irvin. Thank you is this a direct. Funding okay. Thank you okay I make a motion to approve okay so any more questions I have a motion do pass do I have a second. I have a motion I have a second all in favor please say aye hi. Any opposed hearing none item Q. four is passed moving onto Q. five. Thank you share a Q. five is an in state contract for Etienne there are two contracts both for education TV for working with a sub grant through the education department's repair a TV series to help educate students both contracts were procured through special procurement approved by those P. these are federal funds and the time for use of the funds are limited therefore the authority was given to move forward with these contracts this special procurement proved bios P. due to limited time restraints in funding for the projects or on pages six and seven of the special procurement package. Okay so any questions on queue five. Seeing none item Q. five stands reviewed without objection hearing no objections. Okay hang on just a second here you need you got questions Senator Hickey thanks so I think we're there so. The the very last one. Start with the space procurement education TV contract five. It's always that one that one is a two hundred fifty thousand. Or is that the. The hundred plus the two fifty. Thank. What what is the what is the total amount of this that's what I need to know. someone from the agency AGN I think it's three fifty okay okay yes all right staff still meet is three fifty so yes okay saying some had now it's three fifty okay okay thank you any further questions on item Q. five. Saying no more questions items Q. five stands reviewed without objection hearing no objections we're moving on to or Q. five stands reviewed were moving on to reports. Thank you share all reports have been filed for the subcommittee there are no action to take on these reports if any members have any questions about the items in the report you could please contact me and I'll make sure to give with the agency to get you the answers. Okay so reports are an S. R. here having no other business anything else if I has a nine we are adjourned.
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Agenda

A. Call to Order

0:38

Items for Approval

0:56

B. Various Temporary Appropriation Requests

0:58

C. American Rescue Plan Act Appropriation Requests

6:10

D. Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Appropriation Requests

11:33

E. Reallocation of Resources

16:22

F. Appropriation and/or Fund Transfer Requests

18:16

Items for Review

19:40

G. Appropriation and/or Fund Transfer Requests

19:42

H. Cash Appropriation Requests

20:38

I. Budget Classification Transfer Requests

24:26

J. Miscellaneous Federal Grant Appropriation Requests

26:06

K. Pay Plan Appropriation Requests 1. Various Departments

28:20

L. Overtime Appropriation Requests

28:52

M. Methods of Finance

29:24

N. Discretionary Grants

31:36

O. General Contractors Construction Projects Exceeding Five Million Dollars

34:19

P. Service Contracts

35:57

Q. Items Submitted After Agenda Published

1:00:45

Reports

1:07:16

R. Annual Report

1:07:22

S. Monthly Reports

1:07:27

T. Other Business

1:07:45

U. Adjournment

1:07:49

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Agenda — JBC-PEER REVIEW, Mar 29, 2023 Agenda 4 Official source ↗
B. vta · Various Temporary Appropriation Requests Exhibit 27 Official source ↗
C. arpa Exhibit 74 Official source ↗
D. iija Exhibit 8 Official source ↗
E. dhs_ror_3 · Reallocation of Resources Exhibit 17 Official source ↗
F. app_fund_transfer Approval Exhibit 3 Official source ↗
G. app_fund_transfer Review Exhibit 3 Official source ↗
H. cash Exhibit 11 Official source ↗
I. bct · Budget Classification Transfer Requests Exhibit 21 Official source ↗
J. mfg · Miscellaneous Federal Grant Appropriation Requests Exhibit 21 Official source ↗
K. pay_plan Exhibit 6 Official source ↗
L. overtime Exhibit 2 Official source ↗
M. MOFs Exhibit 3 Official source ↗
N. Grants Exhibit 10 Official source ↗
O. General Contractors Construction Projects Exceeding Five Million Dollars Exhibit 4 Official source ↗
P. Contracts Exhibit 76 Official source ↗
Q. Items Submitted After Agenda Published Exhibit 8 Official source ↗
R.1. HigherEdCertRptsFY2023 Exhibit 1 Official source ↗
R.2. AOC Special Language Report Updated Exhibit 15 Official source ↗
S.1. Surplus Income and Distribution Report Exhibit 10 Official source ↗
S.2. Budget Stabilization Trust Report - Period 8 Exhibit 4 Official source ↗
S.3. Period 8 Adjusted Tobacco Worksheet Updated February 2023 Exhibit 3 Official source ↗
S.4. scs_february_2023 Exhibit 2 Official source ↗
S.5. ARPA_StComm_ALC_funding_report_2.28.2023_combined Exhibit 14 Official source ↗
S.6 PCS_TGS Previously Review No Material Report Exhibit 37 Official source ↗
S.7 PCS_TGS $25,000-$350,0000 Minor Report Exhibit 12 Official source ↗
S.8 PCS_TGS Critical Emergency Report Exhibit 1 Official source ↗

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