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right members it's 1:30 call the meeting to order please take your seat stop the conversations thank you appreciate it Mr Coer you have anything to add thank you and
with that, Katty, if you want
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to get started for us thank you madam chairir Katie Walden Bureau of Legislative Research Fiscal Division Good afternoon members Beginning with item A in your agenda
you have an additional item submitted for review of the subcommittee
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this month and this is a contract for the used tire programme for district o of Arkansas. This contract is submitted for review by the office of state procurement and staff took the opportunity to go ahead and put the first page of director Jessica
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Patterson's letter in with item A1 to explain the reasoning why this item has been
submitted for review. She states that under an attorney general opinion because this tire district does receive state funding and because it is under the supervision of a state agency which is the Department of Energy and Environment and finally because this specific contract exceeds the amount for review under state procurement law.
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they are submitting this contract for your review today. this is an $888,000 contract withltr intermediate Holdings and I'm describing what's on the
summary page which is on item A one and it states the district for waste higher accountability boardard's objective is to render services for the collection, transportation and processing of waste tires from transfer facilities to a location and for the processing of waste tires as I stated the original amount for this contract is $888,000 and it will last for one year until February of 2027 and the total projected
cost is6.2 million dollars. so again madam chairir this is submitted for the
review of this subcommittee today. thank you members do we have any questions represent or senatoreyton you're recognized Wait, I got did I get you? I
didn't get you Thank you madam chairir. do we
Senator John Payton
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have anybody from the tire board that could answer a couple of questions about this. my understanding
there was nobody from the tire district here to answer questions. they did not show up
Well could we get somebody then from DEcu do we have someone from the EQ can come down ask any answer any questions possibly thank you and if you would for the record introduce
yourself please and then you'll be recognized senator for your questions thank you madam Bailey Taylor chief administrator ofnvironment and DEQ director. Lauren Ballard, chief of staff
Senator John Payton
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Thank you. Mstaylor has UTp for submitted or changed their business plan to accommodate for this extra expense yes sir they have submitted a revised business plan
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it's currently under review. The next step after review is for it to go to the pollution control and ecology commission and then this body so we don't
Senator John Payton
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know yet if it balances because my concern is this is
raising their expense drastically on dealing with the tires and they're going to be looking to you for reimbursement on that which they're entering into a contract here without knowing that they're going to get approved on that business plan and if the business plan doesn't change they don't have the money to pay the contract. am I am I missing something can't speak to the contract but
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the business plan includes the contract the at least the the inference that the contract will occur. so we're just betting
Senator John Payton
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that the business plan's going to be approved we're not in other words we're we're
getting the cart before the horse here if we are entering into a contract prior to having the business plan we we we
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are not party to this procurement so I'm not I'm not
Senator John Payton
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sure how to answer that but you are in possession of a revised a new business plan but you haven't approved it yet.rrect it's still undery well madam chair without the board here to answer some more questions I don't know how we can enter into a contract that puts their cash flow in the negative I'm done. thank you thank you do you have a question for them
I actually have thank you for coming. My question I actually has for OPm if they could come down thank y'all. Good afternoon. Too deputy
director with OSP thank you. my question is really there has been some concern brought out about the way the RfP was handled that there might have been some language that was in the RfP it had never occurred before and that language dealt with that if they were someone was under corrective action plan that they were automatically taken out we have been told that that language has not appeared in any other RfP if that is so why did it just
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miraculously appear in this one that it was ' t the first it this was at a request of the board.umber one, it it wasn't a state procurement decision but it that was corrected from the first. it was it was posted with that language the first time and then the title of that corrective action plan was corrected in the second one. sorry.
I guess my understanding is that there was another bidder and because of that language it threw them out
and they didn't get an opportunity to bid and they were actually lower than this company iss the I guess that's where I'm getting
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confused at the the length well I I think you would have to talk to the board about why they wanted that in the solicitation but it was just a general and and that's not unusual for agencies to not want there to be like disciplinary actions or you know, legal proceedings against and and I think that this was the corrective action plan had to deal with
concerns that were made toNE from the public. so we didn't find anything unusual about adding that to the solicitation thank you emb ers representative painter do you have a
proper time if you'll get back in the queue please. Representativeauult
Representative DeAnn Vaught
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you're recognized thank you ma'am. this is for you also I'm gonna I think the question
that senatoreyton was asking a second ago, should be asked to you why did y'all approve approve it when
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it didn't have a business plan with it we don't handle the finance side. We handled the vehicle for purchasing that is more of an accounting decision but in all of our solicitations in every SRV one that you guys see that comes through our office there's language that cancels the contract if there is no appropriation. So if you guys decline to appropriate even two years into a contract, that
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can that can cancel the contract so every contract is dependent on appropriated funds so thank you ma'am thank you
Senator Joshua Bryant
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Senator Bryant en ator ry ant you're recognized this may be back to a question for DEQ or staff but if we hold this today until we get the tire board here to discuss their business plan and unpack this a little more what would be the repercussions so we're gonna have tires stacked up throughout district o
don't think we will know that because the person that needs to answer those questions
Senator Joshua Bryant
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did not come to the meeting. madamir make a substitute motion to hold this
hold this item I actually think I have a motion frompresentative Paintter coming on that
to hold any other questions members seen unrepresentative painter and let me get you back. you are recognized. thank you madam Chair. I think
Representative Stetson Painter
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within light we need somebody from the board and they're not here today. I'll make a motion to hold this
contract till next month and encourage them to be here emb ers I have a motion to hold next month in a second all in favor say aye opposed say nay all right we're moving on that
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we held to next month and with that Katty you want to go to adams on B please. thank you madam Chair. itemtem B are the methods of finance presented for your review this month. you'll see a cover letter from Mr. Dan Barrassert listing out the eight MOss
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that are presented for your review today and on the next page you
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have your summary table. I'll review that with you now The first MOF is with AU Midsouth. this is a new MOF valued at $2 million using 100% milllage funding for the Reynolds Center Learning Success Center and library renovations. The next two MOs are from Arkansas Tech University. They are both new MOFs the first one is $800,000 using facility repair and renovation reserves for the Corley Hall roof replacement and the second with
tech is the tucker chiller project valued at $1.8 million. Number4 on your MOFs is from Ozarka collegelege. This is for theelbournedministrationBuilding roof replacement. This is500,000 dollars and they'll use plant funds for this project.umber5 is with Uafayetteville. This is for the Maplehill residence Hall Central you all saw the alternative delivery last month. This MOF is revised to be up to $142.2 million and they also
have added that they will use bond proceeds as their financing for this project. On the next page number6 with you of a littlettleRock. this is the freeboreeborough Hall Planetarium equipment method of finance they value this project to be $1.4 million and it will be shared between cash funds and private donations.umber7 with UAMs this is for the rodney Perham immaging Center for a pet
and CT scan center. it is a new MOF valued at $2.4 million using a combination of revenues, health services resources and grant funds. And number 8 also with UAMS for the west Central Energy plant boiler. This is a revised MOF bringing the new total up to $1.9 million and they're usinggy plant
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reserves for this project. These are the
MOF's madam chairir. thank you.embers I have any
questions on B one two 34 567 or 8.
see 9 without objection these items will be reviewed and that'll take us
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down to item C please. thank you madam chairir. Item C you have one alternative delivery method
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project for your review this month. This is submitted by the University of Central Arkansas and it is for the construction of a new multipurpose arena on the UCA campus they state this project will be 116,000 square feet and
they initially reviewed6 proposals they interviewed three contractors and they ended up deciding to choosenabbold's struction as the contractor andhitzel EvansRascoe as the design professional. they estimate the total cost for this project to be75.5 million dollars using capital reserves this is the alternative delivery method project. Members to have any questions on C1? seeing none
without objection this item will be reviewed that's going to take us down to items ind please. thank you madam chairir. Item D1
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the first section of your discretionary grants are from the department of humanman Services number one is with DHS division of agging Adults and Behavioral Health with AARP this is an amended grant federal grant for the senior community serviceviceloymentgrame number 2, also same
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division for Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care 38700 $0 in federal funding for substance abuse treatment, education and prevention
programs on the Arkansas College University campuses. ber 3 DHS withnami, Arkansas. This is amending an existing federal grant for this continued support of the national alliance on mental illness.umber4 DHS division of county operations with Arkansas Hunger Relief alliance. This grant is $120,000 and this is to initiate an agreement to provide supplemental nutrition assistance, senior outreach services to ellder Arkansans.
Number5dHS division of county operations was shorter collegelege. This is amendment two to an existing federal grant and it is for employment and training services for Snap recipients on the next page, DHS division of county operations with Arkansas Employment Career Center this is amendment 9 to an existing federal grant it adds720,000 dollars for employment and training services for snap recipients and number7 from DHS with division of youth Services this is Bigrothers and Big Sisters of Central Arkansas. It amends an existing grant adds
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$24,000 and this is for the development of a youth by addressing their need for positive adult contact throughigrothers and big sistersters. These are the DHS
grants emb ers we have any questions on DHS
grants seeing none without objection, these will be reviewed all right and we're going to move
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down to d2. D2 are the discretionary grants from the department of healthalth there are6 for your review today.
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Number one is a grant with the New York Institute of
Technology. This is $150,000 in state funding and this is for maternal health initiatives 2 is a grant from the heart attack and stroke section 2 Baptist Health Medical Center. This is a federal grant and it is to support the designation of Baptist Health as a heart attack center or actually it's to support hospitals in the state that need the designation as a heart attack center.umber3, Department of Health with Saint Anthony's Hospital association. This is
also a federal grant and this is also for more help in accrediting hospitals as heart attack centers in the state ber4, that's on the next page with Department of Health and Soundstart. This is amendment4 to an existing grant. it's a federal grant. It adds funds for reducing the number of Arkansas children diagnosed with hearing loss from becoming lost to follow up by connecting their families to accessible resources.umber5 with Department
of Health. this is a grant to the ARare. this is ammendment4 to an existing grant for $2.4 million for the Ryan Whiteart Bervicesessenter programme for Arkansans who are infected with HIV. ber 6 Department of Health with officefice of rural Health and rimary Care. This is just Stroudwater associates. This is a new federal grant and it's for quality improvement initiatives for critical access hospitals these are the discretionary grants from department of Health. thank you members any questions on these grants
seeing them without objection these items will be reviewed and that's going to take us down
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to E1. thank you madam chairir. Item E are the contracts presented for your review today. at the beginning part of that section you'll find a letter from the OSP director Miss Jessica Patterson in itu outlined that she identifies several items for your information today. The first is she discussed previously the used tire board contra contract so that has already been
handled. The next thing is a ratification request which I will detail further here in a few minutes. It was submitted by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and then she goes into identifying the contracts that were requested by legislative council to be contracted or to be identified and those that were procured using the traditional RfP
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method as well as the most advantageous proposal procurement method Next you'll see the quarterly report on training and
certification as you all know Osp has started to implement some training on procurement for state agencies and institutions of higher education so you'll see an update on that on their progress as well as all the state agencies that have had employees participate in the training and finally on item E page four you'll see an update on their rules progress OSP states that the rules that they submitted have been approved by the governor's office and as of last week they are now open for public comment.
OK, so the first item under
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packet E is item E1. This is a ratification that is submitted by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences That is item E page5. you'll see here a letter from Miss Amanda George from UAMs and she comes to the to the subcommittee today stating that they're asking for ratification of their contract with FMLA Source and this is for family
and medical leaveave Act outsourcing services
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they entered into a contract with this vendor in 2019 and continued operations. The contract was set to expire in 2024 and you according touaMS staff they prepared an amendment but it was never submitted for review and so the contracts continued in operation to date and UAMs continued to make payments. they've realized this now and they're requesting ratification of these payments as well as an
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extension of the contract through October of2026, which will take the contract to its seven year limit. when I ask further for more information they stated that so far after the contract expired they've continued to make payments on it they've paid $203,000 to the vendor and they also have outstanding invoices of51,000 dollars so they're asking for ratification of all of it today and that's submitted for your review today.
thank you members if we could
if I could have somebody from UAMS please to come sorry not members but if I can have somebody from UMS please to come to the table if you introduce yourself for the record please. andy Davis with UAMS thank you for being here and I know you happen to be the one sitting at the table and
every month we seem to have these ratifications that come up to us because people miss the deadlines and don't realize that a contract has lapsed. I guess as a legislator and you've been in our shoes and you understand it's a little frustrating that we have agencies and higher eds that can't seem to keep up with when a contract expires and I know this one's a little different and
a little more troubling to me than if I just didn't know it expired. you knew it expired and then this one actually got a amendment but it never made it over here to us. my understanding is it just said on someone's desk who is
Senator Matt McKee
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no longer there, correct? Someone got a notification that it was due to be renewed and my understanding is they did renew it they did amend it there was a contract in place the amendment was just never sent over here for review. but yes someone
missed the notification to send it for review and so when it came around again then staff realized that it had never been done and that's why
we've sent it to you now There there's no process that y'all have that you would have known that ALc had never seen this amendment for review. there was nothing in your system that lets you know whether or not this was reviewed or
Senator Matt McKee
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not reviewed my understanding is once the contract is amended and is renewed or extended then there's
no notifications from the system until it's time for that to happen again I don't know that we'll ever know exactly what happened because the employees that were there at the time are not with us anymore we have since since we discovered this we have retrained all of the contract staff. we have a new contract director and CFfo feels like she's done about everything she can do to try to make sure it doesn't happen again. and have
you done a review to see if there's any more since one slipped through have you
done a review to see if there's any more out
Senator Matt McKee
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there in the same situation I haven't asked that question but I would guess so. I would guess that Miss George did that but I will
go back and recommend they do if they can find that out if you've actually done a review and there's you know, have found that there's any others because it'd be like we'd like to know if there's others that we're gonna have to ratify that if you're gonna have my my fear is we've got one occurrence we may have another occurrence also
and appreciate you members any other questions seeing none thank you
members without objection this is going to be reviewed all right and with that
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we're going to move down to E2. thank you madam Chair. Item E2 is on page six of your e packet. these are the
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construction related contracts there are 21 for your review today. I'll go over them quickly. Number one is Arkansas State University with fennel purifoy architects. this is a new contract for architectural services for AU2, Department of Energy and Environment with NSafe
incorporated. this is amendment two to an existing contract for professional environmental design services.umber3 also with DEQ with FTN associates also for professionalvi design services on call contract it's amendment3 to an existing contract. Number4 DHS with Lockabbie and associates. This is a new contract for405,000 dollars for engineering design, professional services.umber5, Department of Parks Heritage and tourism with division of Heritage Kraftton Toll and associates
this is amendment4 to an existing contract for services for the Mael pinnacle trails master plan. ber 6 Department of Parks Heritage and tourism with state parks and tourism division with Allison andartners. This is to increase services for the Ozark Folkenter State Park. ber 7 also Department of Parks Heritage and tourism with Allison andartners. This is for services for the ueen Wilhelmina State Park, ammendment one to an existing contract. Contracts number 8 and number 9 are both Department of Parks
heritage and tourism with AmR architects number 8 is specifically amendment4 for del'sdenn State Park cabin renovations and number 9 is for historic Arkansas Museum hinder leaderer grog shop retrofit and delta Cultural Center morere honor renovation. ber 10 Department of Parks heritage and tourism with raft and Toll and associates this is amendment6 to an existing contract for a few different projects in the state. Pinnacle Mountain, Plumbayouu Lake Charles and Mount magazine.
ber 11, Department of Parks, Heritage and tourism also with craftton Tole and associates. This ammendment4 to an existing contract for the outdoor recreation improvements at Mount magazine. and thevia Ferrada parking lot at Pettyenan. on page 11 of item E we also have Department of Parks heritage and tourism with half associates. This is for the delta Heritage Trail State Parkarw wide renovation expenses. Number 13 Department of Parks
Heritage and tourism with Mcclellan consulting engineers. this is for a few different projects. ammendment19 for Lake Katherine State Park, Mount Nebo, Pettyjean, airport runway and the department of parks heritage tourism North Street parking lot. number 14, same agency with pollution Man. This is amendment 9 to an existing contract for Pinnacle Mountain State Park shared use path
number 15 also with pollution management. this is amendment 8 to an existing contract for the lake Chico
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campground renovations. Number 16 on the next page with snow engineering this is for services related to the newinatrails located at the Queen Wilhelmina State Park including clearing access
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lift and electric for this project.umber 17 withtaylor Kimke's architects. This is amendment 14 to an existing contract for theorro Bay State
Park residents struction and dereylake Park. number 18 withtaylor Kimke's architects. This is for onca architectural services it's a new contract.umber 19 is withhitzel EvansRascoe this is amendment one to an existing contract for the historic Washington State Park Presbyterianhurch roof and stabilization of the old state house museum roof and other improvements. also with shrapnel haulumber 2hitz Evanns rascoe. this is
ammendment13 to an existing contract and this is to increase this contract for studies and assessments at the new Blanchard Springs State Park. and then number 21 is with the University of Central Arkansas withhitzlevin's rascoe architects and these are services related to the new
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multipurpose arena that I mentioned during the alternative delivery method project these are the construction contracts. Members we
have any questions on E2? seeing none without objection these
items will be reviewed. we're going to move down to E3.
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Item E3 are the intergovernmental contracts there are two for your review today they're on page
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19 of itemte E. ber 1 is Department of Commerce, statesurance department with UAMS. This is ammendment two to an existing contract it adds70,000 dollars to the contract and it's for professional service fees for pharmacist services. and number 2 Department of Health also with UAMS this is amendment one to an existing contract and it's to pay for a senior physician specialist for the office of Preparedness and
emergency Responseystemsed director position. Remembers see any questions seeing none
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without objection these items have been reviewed. we're going to go down to E4. thank you madam chairir. The out of state contracts begin on page 20 of item E. Number one is with the publiclicervice commission with D Brent Iyer. This is a new contract and it is for the appraisal of utility communication and t transportation property and to provide advice and assistance and appeals of ad valorum
assessments.umber 2, also with theublic Service Commission with Daymark Energy advisors. This is for expert witness testimony with issues related to the utility industry. ber3 with the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission. This is with the Northridgeroup and it's amendment for to an existing contract and it is the engineering portion of the clean water survey. ber 4 Department of Commerce Division of A aeronautics with Wolpert Incorporated. This is a new contract valued at720,000 dollars for a statewide aviation
economic impact evaluation study.umber5 DHS with inspire enternterprise. this is a new5 million dollars contract for security and privacy assessment services for the medicaid enterprise module systems.umber6, DHS with crowthol Healthcare incorporated. This is amendment5 to an existing contract for environmental and janit or ial services for the state hospital. Contracts7 and 8 are both DHS division of agging Adults and Behavioral Health and they are both for skilled
nursing services a medical personnel at the Arkansas Healthenter and other agency facilities. that takes us over to page 23 on item E. we have number 9 DHS with republic Services incorporated. This is for waste pickup and removal at the Arkansas State Hospital. Number 10, DHS Division of agging Adults and Behavioral Health with the republicervices. This is for waste pickup and removal at the Arkansas Health Center. Number 11, DHSdCFs with the
Sparktwork. this is a new $1 million contract for intensive in home services for DCfS clients in specific service areas. Number 12 DhS Division of county operations with systems incorporated. This is for supporting integrated eligibility and benefits management solutions for DCO number 13 DHSdDS witheta incorporated. This is for dental hygienist services in the conway Human Development Center. Number 14, DHS Division of
Medical Services with guideho Incorporated. This is ammendment9 to an existing contract and this is for the Cms required close out conditions for ArRpa 9817 subgrants ber 15 Department of Veterans affairs with two magnets llc this is $65,000 a new contract for skilled nursing and medical staff for the veterans affairs facilities Number 16 Henderson State University witheosurfaces
incorporated. this is a new contract for track reconstruction services at the university.umber 17 University of Arkansas with parking guidance systems this is a new contract valued at $2.2 million for singlepa monitoring automated parking guidance system for the parking deck on Stadium Drive as well as theharmon avenue parking garage. onu
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ofA campus.umber 18 withu of a Littleock with end overdose. you'll see this is a new
contract and it is a sole source by justification so you'll see the attached sole source by justification letter. it is pink it's attached to the back of your packet. this is where youa LittleRock explains their reasoning for the sole sourcece procurement this is for education training programs focused on opioid abuse prevention and stigma reduction in the state. ber 19 UAMs with FMLA outsource as I mentioned previously this was the ratification that you all reviewed.
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This is the extension and the amendment of the
contract. This will allow the contract to continue through October6th of this current year and it is for absence management
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leave administration and legal compliance of the familymily Med leave action. or the family Medical Leave Act for UAMs employees and
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number 2ua UCA with critical ark. This is a new contract and it is for communication and coordination among stakeholders during safety and security incidents. These are the out of state contracts
thank you I'd have a quick question is there anybody from the division of aeronautics that could come down? and if you don't mind introduce yourself for the
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record please. Good afternoon. I'm Jerry Chisholm the director for the division of aeronautics thank you for
being here. I just have a real quick question as you probably know, I'm a big supporter of the do thank you
I'm just curious with this and I know what impact it has in my district our our airport atwalnut Ridge has a big impact for us but I'm just curious what we're trying to find out by this study what are we what are we going to use the data for? how is it
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going to help general aviation going forward. two things first of all as you're well aware many of our smaller airports are in cities where their budgets are declining and costs are increasing and they're finding it difficult to justify the
expense that many of those city budgets have for the airport and having a tool in their hands to say that the airport is a huge economic benefit to the community helps procure funding through the the city administration for improvements at the airport that's the biggest thing it helps sell the value of the airport Second it also helps us focus where we want to spend our money we see better where the return on investments coming from because if we're putting a money
into an airport and we know what the economic impact is in that community it's easier for us to determine where funding needs to be spent at which airport that's the two primary things we're looking
for Well I mean I appreciate that as you know like I said earlier we we really do we're lucky inwalnut Ridge that our mayor understands the
economic impact of ours and and of course I'm fond of the head of the airport commission and full disclosure that's my husband but I am too but I just wanted to make
sure we kind of understood what we're going to try to use that data because I do think it's very important that these airports stay in business and that they actually are economic drivers for small small
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rural Arkansas and I'm sorry and appreciate you asking that you know there's a tendency among the public nonly public to see an airport as the place where the rich guys keep their toys and you and I both know that is not the case and sometimes it's difficult as maybe a
mayor of a city to justify spending money at an airport when they're you know the water department needs improvements or streets have potholes and the general public doesn't appreciate the value of their airport so again part of this is to educate the the nonflying public about the value of their airports and the fact that they benefit from having a good airport whether they use it or not you know when I speak to civic organizations or anyone really I I tell them that if a company is looking to come to
your community to put in a facility or expand it pardon my grammar but they ain't coming on greyhound and so if you don't have a good airport in today's world you're not competing with just regional communities you're competing with the world with the connectivity we have and so the value of that airport is something we
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really need to educate not only the city administrations but the public about well I appreciate it
like I said I'm a big supporter know you are and like I said I do think it is a big economic driver for rural Arkansas and I appreciate you coming here. thank you members
any other questions for the department of aeronautics sayy none I guess you're off the hot seat. thank you so much umpresentative painter you're recognized you have a Fayetteville can someone fromu of ayfayetteville come down please. and if you will please introduce yourself for the record and represent a painter you can go with
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your questioning. Rebecca Haley government relations University of Arkansas
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at Fayetteville and good afternoon Clayton Hamilton senior associate vice chancellor for campus services
Representative Stetson Painter
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thank you madam Chair. thanks for being here just on contract 17 which is on page 26 and 27. can
you explain to me a little bit more of the single parking space monitoring system yes
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sir so parking is a challenge on our campus so we have you know32,000 plus students navigating a very complex campus so we'll be installing technology in two different garages and it's
similar to what you would see at an airport where you can pull up you can see number of levels number of spaces available on a level you can pull up an app and see parking spaces that are available just helping us navigate parking in
Representative Stetson Painter
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those garages you're not monitoring like license plates and none of that
no issue before with you know something like that before not with y'all for another agency but I just want to make sure you're just
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tracking the spaces nothing else with this technology yes sir there is a separate technology already in place to monitor license plate plates on campus are thank you
thank you I have one question in it it says that it's going to testing and comprehensive warranty service and support. So what is warranty service just
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with the system over that period of the contract providing a warranty to ensure this system is
operating correctly. thank you appreciate it. Members any other questions seeing none thank y'all for being here Representative Bentley you're recognized thank you chairman. I have
someone from the eteran's affairs please. Anyone from Veteran's fair here? and
if you'll please introduce yourself for the record andres representative ent leader recognized with your questioning. thank you chairman Stevie Smith
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CFfo Veterans affairs p re s ent ing Bentley over here thank you I'm just curious if you can tell me why are we using
Representative Mary Bentley
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an out of state company to contract for nurses here locally.
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yes ma'am thank you for the question the company actually has in state contractors who do the nursing service for us their headquarters is just out of state can you tell me
Representative Mary Bentley
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currently how many nurses you are that you're contracting with that you're just using contract nurses and not nurses that are hired by you directly. I can get that number for you ma'am I just think it's concerning that we can still have after COVID we should really be weaning that number down so I'd like to know where you guys are
at this point. I know I've talked with folks before about that but at some point we need to wean ourselves after contract nursing it's so expensive. So I'd like to know if you could get back with me thank you
very much if you'll get that information to staff so they can get it out please. appreciate that thank you. Members any other questions you're ready to go seeing none
without objection. these items are going to be reviewed and that's going to take us down to E5. thank you madam chairir. E5
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These are the instate contracts for your review. there are30 Number one is with Arkansas Natural Resources Commission with landmark Plc certified publiclicccountants. This is for CPA services ber 2 Department of Corrections with Phillips Hospital Company. This is for prepared meals at the Phillips County location.um3 DFA Childupport nforcement with Martha Crane. This is for process server services for the
office of child Support. nforcement ber 4 DFfa revenueervices withmhPSIllllc this is a new contract and it is for the promotion and advertising of the new DFA app that you all reviewed last month. Number5 DHS division of agging Adults and Behavioral Health with Arkansas medical staffing. This is for highly qualified skilled nursing and medical personnel at the Arkansas Health Center and other agency facilities.umber6, DHS with
infinity therapy Lllc this is ammendment4 to an existing contract for speech therapy services at the state hospital.umber7 DHS with KA Lancaster. This is ammendment5 to an existing contract and it is for pharmacy consultant services at the Arkans as Health Center ber 8 with DHSdCFs withbhC pinnacle Point Hospital. This is ammendment two to an existing contract for counseling services fordCfS clients.umber 9 DHSDCFS with collaborative counseling
association this is ammendment3 to an existing contract for homeme studies for foster adoptive interstate compact on placement of children and courtordered families in the system. Number 10 DHS with DCfShabilitationenter Lllc this is a new contract it is for payment for children in foster care and in a community reintegration program. ber 11 DhSDCfS with integrity incorporated. This is developmental disability services for DCfS clients. it's
ammendment two to an existing contract. Number 12 DHSdCfs withedlik Incorporated. This is for medical monitoring services.umber 13 DhS DCFS with rainbow of Challenges incorporated also developmental disability services fordCfs clients ber 14 DHS divisional Developmental Disabilities with phase hudifi. This is amendment3 to
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an existing contract it is psychiatric services for the Boonville Human Development
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Center.umber 15ghS DDS with Janelle Thomas. This is dental hygienist services at the Arkansas Human Development Center, number 16 DHSDdS with NEA therapy providers in Jonesboro. This is for occupational therapy services for the Jonesboro Human Development Center. number 17 DHSddS with Tara jolly OtR this is occupational therapy services for the humanmanvelopmententer.umber 18 DHS Division of Medical Services with Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care. This is a new contract it is to provide
evaluation design interim program evaluation and summitative evaluation for theEFRra waiver programme.umber 19 DhS DMS with CRA state and locallutions this is to amend an existing contract and it's for the development of an evaluation designbas on data analysis or evaluation metrics for the our homeme 11:15 demonstration waiver. Number 20 DHS division of youth
Services with counseling clinic. This is ammendment10 to an existing contract for juvenile justice communitybased reentry and vocational and career support services in Region seven ber 21 with DIS this is witherrah Lloyd Presbyterian family. This is ammendment8 to increase funding for residential group homes for male juveniles in DYS custody. Number 22 Phillips County Community College of UFA with Pritchard Industries. This is
for custodial services at the Phillips County Community College. ber 23 University of Arkansas with Ernst and Young. This is a new contract for strategico allocation framework which can be applied across budgeting units and communicated across the different colleges at the UFA Fayetteville.umber 24ua with multiraft contractors. this is on call skilled trade labor including electrical, plumber, hvac boiler valve controls, welding and fabrication for
facility repair and construction. Number 25 U ofA with StarlightBuilding Services similarly this is a new contract for3.2 million dollars for oncall skilled carpentry or unskilled labor for facility repair on a per hour basis. Number 26 University of Arkansas with Stteenteens Incorporated. This is a $2 million new contract to provide financial advisory services to strengthen financial policies. Number 27 U of a Pulaski Tech with Optusommniaartners. This is a
new 3 4000 $0 contract and it is to install Zoom solutions across 14 buildings and two campuses. Number 28u ofA Community College atorrellton with Daisy Lawncare. This is for groundskeeping at camp theoralton campus number 29 with UAMs Cornerstone Childcare Center. This is a new contract for meals for the kids first childcare location in Magnolia, Arkansas and number30 with UCA with Eric Robin Isaac incorporated. this is amendment one
to an existing contract for marketing and advertising services to recruit and retain students on UCA's campus. These are the instate contracts madam chairir. thank you members do we have any questions seeing none
without objection this items have been reviewed this takes us down to F1 which are gonna be reports and communications F1 and2 sorry. thank you madam chairir. Items F1 and two are the items that are submitted to you all
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monthly. these are just for the committee's information they are the service contract amendments with no material change. that means there was no increase or no time extension and then number
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two are the executed minor contracts that were lower than the review threshold. these are
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for the committee's information today. Members any questions? See none thank you
seeing no other business we are adjourned
Agenda
A. Call to Order - Comments from Chairs
B. Methods of Finance
C. General Contractors Construction Projects exceeding Five Million Dollars
D. Discretionary Grants
E. Services Contracts for Legislative Review/RFQ Approvals/Ratifications
F. Reports and Communications
G. Other Business
H. Adjournment
Documents
| Title | Type | Pages | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agenda — ALC - REVIEW, Feb 17, 2026 | Agenda | 2 | Official source ↗ |
| A.1. District 4 Tire Removal Contract - LTR Intermediate Holdings Inc. | Exhibit | 1 | Official source ↗ |
| B. MOFs | Exhibit | 3 | Official source ↗ |
| C.General Contractors Construction Projects exceeding Five Million Dollars | Exhibit | 1 | Official source ↗ |
| D. Grants | Exhibit | 5 | Official source ↗ |
| E. Contracts | Exhibit | 40 | Official source ↗ |
| F.1. Service Contract Amendments Without Material Change Report | Exhibit | 7 | Official source ↗ |
| F.2. Report - Executed Minor Contracts Report | Exhibit | 9 | Official source ↗ |
Speakers
Representative Frances Cavenaugh Chair
Unverified
Speaker 7
Speaker 8
Senator John Payton
Unverified
Speaker 19
Speaker 36
Speaker 33
Speaker 41
Representative DeAnn Vaught
Unverified
Senator Joshua Bryant
Unverified
Representative Stetson Painter
Unverified
Speaker 63
Senator Matt McKee
Unverified
Speaker 84
Speaker 89
Speaker 96
Speaker 98
Speaker 101
Speaker 103
Representative Mary Bentley
Unverified
Speaker 104
Speaker 110
Speaker 67
Speaker 38