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all right members it's 1:30 call the meeting to order please take your seat stop the conversations thank you appreciate it mr. coach here you have anything dad thank
you and with that Katie if
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you want to get started for us thank you madam chair 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 this month, and this
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is a contract for the used tire program for District 4 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 they are submitting this
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contract for your review today this is an 888 thousand dollar contract with ltr intermediate holdings and i'm describing what's on the summary page which is on item a1
and it states the district 4 waste tire accountability board'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 is 6.2 million dollars so again madam chair this is submitted for the review of
this subcommittee today thank you members do we have any questions uh represent or senator payton
you're recognized wait i got did i get you
Senator John Payton
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i didn't get you thank you madam chair do we 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
Senator John Payton
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did not show up well could we get somebody then
from deq do we have someone from deq 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
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thank you madam chair Bailey Taylor chief administrator of
Senator John Payton
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environment and DEQ director Lauren ballard chief of staff thank you uh miss taylor has utp4 uh submitted or changed their business plan to accommodate for this extra expense
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yes sir they have submitted a revised business plan
it's currently under review the next step after review is for it to go to the pollution control and ecology
Senator John Payton
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commission and then this body so we don't 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
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am I missing something? I can't speak to the contract, but the business plan includes the contract, at least the inference that the contract will occur. So we're just betting
Senator John Payton
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that the business plan is going to be approved. In other words, we're
getting the cart before the horse here
if we are entering into a contract prior to having the business plan. we we are not party
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to this procurement so i'm not i'm not sure how to answer that but
Senator John Payton
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you are in possession of a revised a new business plan but you haven't approved it yet correct it's still under review okay 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 our cash flow in the negative
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I'm done thank you thank you I do you have a question for
them okay I actually have thank you for coming my question I actually has for OPM if they could come down thank y'all
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good afternoon Tanya 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 someone was under corrective action plan that they
were automatically taken out um we have been told that that language has not appeared in any other rfp if that is so why did it just miraculously appear in this one
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um that it wasn't the first it this was at a request of the board number one it wasn't a state procurement decision but um it that was corrected from the first 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 okay
i guess my understanding is that there was another bidder and because of that language it threw them out and they didn't get opportunity to bid and they were actually lower than this company I guess that's where
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I'm getting confused. Well, 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 that's not unusual for agencies to not want there to be disciplinary actions or legal proceedings against.
And I think that this was, the corrective action plan had to deal with concerns that were made to E&E from the public. So, um, we didn't find anything unusual about adding that to the solicitation. Okay. Thank you. Members, uh, represent painter. Yeah. Question. I like to make a motion at
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the proper time. Yep. If you'll get back
in the queue, please represent a vault.
Representative DeAnn Vaught
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You're recognized. Thank you, ma'am. Um, this is for you also. I think the question that Senator Payton was asking a second ago should be asked to you. Why did y'all approve it when it didn't have a
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business plan with it? We don't handle the finance side. We handle the vehicle for purchasing. That is more of an accounting decision. But in all of our solicitations, in every SRV-1 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 can cancel the contract. So, every contract is dependent on appropriated funds.
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Okay. Thank you, ma'am. Thank you. Senator Bryant, you're recognized. Thank you, Madam Chair. This may
Senator Joshua Bryant
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be back to a question for DEQ or staff, but if we hold this today until we get the entire 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 4 I don't
think we will know that because the person that needs to answer those questions did not come to
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the meeting well madam chair make a substitute motion to hold this
I actually think I have a motion from representative painter come in on
that to hold any other questions members seeing none representative painter let me get
you back you are recognized thank you madam chair
Representative Stetson Painter
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I think 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 members I have a motion to hold to next month and a second all in favor say aye opposed say nay all right we're moving on as we held to next
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month and with that katie want to go to items on b please thank you madam chair item b are the methods of finance presented for your review this month you'll see a cover letter from mr dan brassert listing out the eight mofs that are
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presented for your review today and on the next page you have your summary
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table i'll review that with you now. The first MOF is with ASU Mid-South. This is a new MOF valued at $2 million using 100% millage funding for the Reynolds Center Learning Success Center and Library Renovations. The next two MOFs 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 dollars number four on your mofs is from mozarka college this is for the melbourne administration building roof replacement this is 500 000 and they'll use plant funds for this project number five is with ua fayette bill this is for the maple hill 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, number six, with U of A Little Rock, this is the Freeboro 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. Number seven, with UAMS, this is for the Rodney Parham Imaging 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 eight, 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 using energy plant reserves
Madam Chair. Thank you. Members, do I have
any questions on B1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8? C9, without objection, these items will be reviewed, and that will take us down to Item C, please.
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Thank you, Madam Chair. Item C, you have one alternative delivery method project for your review
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this month. This is submitted by the University of Central Arkansas, and it is for the construction of a new multi-purpose arena on the UCA campus. They state this project will be 116,000 square feet, and they initially reviewed six proposals. They interviewed three contractors and they ended up deciding to choose nab holds construction as the contractor and
Witsel Evans Rasco as the design professional They estimate the total cost for this project to be seventy five point five million dollars using capital reserves This is the alternative delivery at the 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 indeed, please Thank You
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madam chair item D1 The first section of your discretionary grants are from the Department of Human Services.
Number one is with DHS, Division of Aging, Adults, and Behavioral Health with AARP. This is an amended grant, federal grant, for the Senior Community Service Employment Program.
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Number two, also same division, for Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care. $387,000 in federal funding for substance abuse treatment, education, and prevention. programs on the Arkansas College University campuses number three DHS with NAMI Arkansas this is amending an existing federal grant for this
continued support of the National Alliance on Mental Illness number four DHS Division of County Operations with Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance this grant is a hundred and twenty thousand dollars and this is to initiate an agreement to provide supplemental nutrition assistance, senior outreach services to elder Arkansans. Number five, DHS Division of County Operations with Shorter College. 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 nine to an existing federal grant. It adds $720,000 for employment and training services for snap recipients and number seven from dhs with division of youth services this is big brothers and big sisters of central arkansas it amends an existing grant adds twenty four thousand dollars and this is for the development
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of youth by addressing their need for positive adult contact through brother big brothers and big sisters these are the dhs grants
members we have any questions on dhs grants
seeing none without objection these will be reviewed
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all right we're going to move down to d2 d2 are the discretionary grants from the department
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of health there are six for your review today 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 number two is a grant from the heart attack and stroke section to 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. Number three, Department of Health with St. 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. Number four, that's on the next page, with Department of Health and Soundstart. This is Amendment 4 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. Number five with Department of Health, this is a grant to the AR Care. This is amendment forward to an existing grant for $2.4 million for the Ryan White Part B Services Access Center program for Arkansans who are infected with HIV. Number six, Department of Health with Office of Rural Health and Primary Care.
This is to 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 none without objection, these items will be reviewed, and that's going to take us down to E1. Thank
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you, Madam Chair. 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, Ms. Jessica Patterson.
In it, I'll outline that she identifies several items for your information today. The first is she discussed previously the used tire board 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
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RFP 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 4, 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. Okay so the first
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item under packet E is item E1. This is a ratification that is submitted by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. That is item E page 5. 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 leave 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 to uams staff. They prepared an amendment, but it was never submitted for review, and so the contract 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 extension of
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the contract through October of 2026, which will take the contract to its seven-year limit. When I asked further for 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 of 51 000 so they're asking for ratification of all of it today and that's submitted for your review today thank you
um members if we could if i could have somebody from uams please to come
sorry not members but if I can have somebody from UAMS 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 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 was 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 an amendment, but it never made it over here to us. My understanding is it just sat on someone's desk who is no longer there,
Senator Matt McKee
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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 had never been done,
and that's why we sent it to you now. 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 let you know whether or not this was reviewed or not reviewed. my understanding
Senator Matt McKee
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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'd 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 CFO feels like she's done about everything she can do to try to make sure it doesn't happen again okay 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 there in the same situation I haven't asked that question but I would guess so I would
Senator Matt McKee
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guess that Ms. George did that but I will go back and recommend they do yeah can you 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 going to have to ratify that if you're going to have my my fear is we've got one occurrence we may have another
occurrence also and i appreciate you members any other questions seeing none thank
you thank you members without objection this is going to be reviewed all right and with that we're going to move down to
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e2 thank you madam chair Item E2 is on page 6 of your e-packet.
These are the construction-related contracts. There are 21 for
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your review today. I'll go over them quickly. Number one is Arkansas State University with Fennell Purifoy Architects. This is a new contract for architectural services for ASU. Number two, Department of Energy and Environment with InSafe Incorporated. This is Amendment 2 to an existing contract for professional environmental design services. Number three, also with DEQ with FTN Associates, also for professional environment design services on-call contract.
It's Amendment 3 to an existing contract. Number four, DHS with Lockerbie and Associates. This is a new contract for $405,000 for engineering design professional services. Number five, Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism with Division of Heritage, Craft and Toll, and Associates. This is Amendment 4 to an existing contract for services for the Maumelle Pinnacle Trail Master Plan. Number 6, Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism with State Parks and Tourism Division with Allison and Partners. This is to increase services for the Ozark Folk Center State Park.
Number 7, also Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism with Allison and Partners. This is for services for the Queen Wilhelmina State Park, Amendment 1 to an existing contract. Contracts number eight and number nine are both Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism with AMR Architects. Number eight is specifically Amendment 4 for Devil's Den State Park Cabin Renovations. And number nine is for Historic Arkansas Museum Hinder Leader, Grog Shop, Retrofit, and Delta Cultural Center Moore Honor Renovation.
Number 10, Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism with Craft and Tolan Associates. This is amendment 6 to an existing contract for a few different projects in the state, Pinnacle Mountain, Plum Bayou, Lake Charles, and Mount Magazine. Number 11, Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism, also with Craft and Toll and Associates. This is amendment 4 to an existing contract for the outdoor recreation improvements at Mount Magazine and the Via Ferrata parking lot at Petty Jean.
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 Park Parkwide Renovation Expenses. Number 13, Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism with McClellan Consulting Engineers. This is for a few different projects. Amendment 19 for Lake Catherine State Park, Mount Nebo, Petty Jean, Airport Runway,
and the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism North Street parking lot. Number 14, same agency with pollution management. 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 new MENA trails located at the Queen Wilhelmina State Park, including
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clearing, access, lift, and electric for this project. Number 17 with Taylor Kempke's Architects. This is Amendment 14 to an existing contract for the Morro Bay State Park Residence Construction and DeGray Lake Park. Number 18 with Taylor Kempke's Architects. This is for on-call architectural services. It's a new contract. Number 19 is with Witzel Evans Rasco. This is
amendment one to an existing contract for the historic Washington State Park Presbyterian Church roof and stabilization of the old state house museum roof and other improvements. Also with Trapnel Hall. Number 20, Whitzel Evans-Rasco. This is Amendment 13 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 with Whitzel Evans-Rasco Architects and these are services related to the new
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multi-purpose 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
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e3 item e3 are the intergovernmental contracts there are two for your review today they're on page
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19 of item e number one is Department of Commerce State Insurance Department with UAMS this is amendment to to an existing contract it adds $70,000 to the contract and it's for professional service fees for pharmacist services and number two
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 response systems medical director position members see any questions seeing none without objection these
items have been reviewed we're going to go down to
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a four thank you madam chair the out-of-state contracts begin on page 20 of item II number one is with the Public Service Service Commission with D. Brent Eyre. This is a new contract and it is for the appraisal of
utility, communication, and transportation property and to provide advice and assistance and appeals of ad valorem assessments. Number two, also with the Public Service Commission with Daymark Energy Advisors. This is for expert witness testimony with issues related to the utility industry. Number three, with the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission. This is with the Northbridge Group and its amendment forward to an existing contract, and it is the engineering portion of the Clean Water Survey. Number four, Department of Commerce, Division of Aeronautics
with Wolpert Incorporated. This is a new contract valued at $720,000 for a statewide aviation economic impact evaluation study. Number five, DHS with Inspira Enterprise. This is a new $5 million contract for security and privacy assessment services for the Medicaid Enterprise module systems. Number six, DHS with Crothall Healthcare Incorporated. This is amendment five to an existing contract for environmental and janitorial services for the state hospital. Contracts seven and eight are both DHS Division of Aging Adults and Behavioral Health
and they are both for skilled nursing services and medical personnel at the Arkansas Health Center and other agency facilities. That takes us over to page 23 on item e we have number nine dhs with republic services incorporated this is for waste pickup and removal at the arkansas state hospital number 10 dhs division of aging adults and behavioral health with republic services this is for waste pickup and removal at the arkansas health center number 11 dhs dcfs with the spark network this is a new one million dollar contract for intensive
in-home services for dcfs clients in specific service areas number 12 dhs division of county operations with e-systems incorporated this is for supporting integrated eligibility and benefits management solutions for dco number 13 dhs dds with cell staff incorporated this is for dental hygienist services and the conway human development center number 14 dhs division of medical services with Guidehouse Incorporated this is Amendment 9 to an existing contract and this is for the CMS
required closeout conditions for ARPA 9817 subgrants. Number 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 with Geosurface surfaces incorporated this is a new contract for track reconstruction services at the university number 17 university of arkansas with parking guidance systems this is a new contract valued
at 2.2 million dollars for single space monitoring automated parking guidance system for the parking deck on stadium drive as well as the harman avenue parking garage on u of a campus number
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18 with u of Little Rock 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 UA Little Rock explains their reasoning for
the sole source procurement. This is for education training programs focused on opioid abuse prevention and stigma reduction in the state. Number 19 UAMS with FMLA outsourced. As I mentioned previously this was the ratification that you all
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reviewed this is the extension and the amendment of the contract this will allow the contract to continue through october 6th of this current year and it is for absence
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management leave administration and legal compliance of the family medical leave action or the family medical leave act for uams
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employees and number 20 uca with
critical arc 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 record please good
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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 I do thank you I'm just curious with this and I know what impact it has in my district our airport at Walnut 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 going to help general aviation going forward
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sure 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 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 investment is coming from. Because if we're putting 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 really do. We're lucky in Walnut Ridge that our mayor understands
the economic impact of ours. And of course, I'm fond of the head of the airport commission and full
disclosure that's my husband i'm sure you are but i
am too but um 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 rural
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arkansas well and i'm sorry and i appreciate you asking that you know there's a tendency among the public non-flying 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 non-flying 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 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 really
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need to educate not only the city administrations but the public about yeah well i appreciate it
like i said i'm a big supporter i know you are and i 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 say none i guess you're off the hot seat thank you thank you so much um representative painter
you're recognized uh u of a fayetteville can someone from u of a fayetteville come down please and if you will please introduce yourself for the
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record and represent a painter you can go with your questioning Rebecca
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Haley government relations University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and good afternoon Clayton Hamilton senior associate vice chancellor
Representative Stetson Painter
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for campus services thank you madam chair thanks for being here just on contract 17 which is on page 20 26 and 27 can
you explain to me a little bit more of the single parking space monitoring system yes sir
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so parking is a challenge on our campus so we have you know 32,000 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 those garages. So you're not monitoring
Representative Stetson Painter
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like license plates and not with this issue before with it
You know something like that before not with y'all for another agency But I just want to make sure you're
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just tracking the spaces with this technology. Yes, sir There is a separate technology are already in place to monitor license plate plates on campus. Sorry. Thank you. Thank
you manager 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 with
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the system over that period of the contract providing a warranty to ensure the system is operating correctly.
Okay. Thank you. I appreciate it. Members any other questions?
Seeing none, thank y'all for being here. Thank you. Representative Bentley, you're recognized. Thank you, Chairman. Can I have something from the Veterans Affairs, please? Anyone from Veterans Affairs
here? and if you'll please introduce yourself for the record and representative Bentley you're recognized with your
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question thank you chairman stevie smith cfo veterans affairs represent bentley over here thank you um i'm just curious
Representative Mary Bentley
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you can tell me why are we using an out-of-state company to contract for nurses here locally yes
Speaker 104
39:43
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
Unverified
39:51
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 think it's concerning that we can still have after cova 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 um at some point we need to wean ourself 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 give 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
Speaker 110
40:35
down to e5 thank you madam chair e5 begins on page 29 of your
Speaker 8
40:39
e-packet these are the in-state contracts for your review there are 30. Number one is with Arkansas Natural Resources Commission with landmark PLC certified public accountants this is for CPA services. Number two Department of Corrections with Phillips Hospital Company this is for prepared meals at the Phillips County location. Number three DFA Child Support Enforcement with Martha crane this is for process server services for the office of child support enforcement number four
dfa revenue services with mhpsi llc this is a new contract and it is for the promotion and advertising of the new dfa app that you all reviewed last month number five dhs division of aging 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. Number six, DHS with Infinity Therapy LLC. This is amendment four to an existing contract
for speech therapy services at the state hospital. Number seven, DHS with KA Lancaster. This is amendment five to an existing contract and it is for pharmacy consultant services at the Arkansas Health Center. Number eight with DHS, DCFS with BHC Pinnacle Point Hospital. This is amendment two to an existing contract for counseling services for DCFS clients. Number nine, DHS, DCFS with Collaborative Counseling Association. This is amendment three to an existing contract for home
studies for foster adoptive interstate compact on placement of children and court-ordered families in the system number 10 dhs with dcfs habilitation center llc this is a new contract it is for payment for children in foster care and in a community reintegration program number 11 dhs dcfs with integrity incorporated this is developmental disability services for dcfs clients it's amendment two to an existing contract number 12 dhs dcfs with medlink incorporated this is for
medical monitoring services number 13 dhs dcfs with rainbow of challenges incorporated also developmental disability services for dcfs clients number 14 dhs divisional developmental disabilities with phase hudifi this is amendment three to
Speaker 7
43:06
an existing contract it is psychiatric services for the boonville human development center number 15 ghs dds with janelle
Speaker 8
43:14
thomas this is dental hygienist services at the Arkansas Human Development Center. Number 16 DHS DDS with
NEA therapy providers in Jonesboro. This is for occupational therapy services for the Jonesboro Human Development Center. Number 17 DHS DDS with Tamara Jolly OTR. This is occupational therapy services for the Human Development Center. Number 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 summative evaluation for the TEFRA waiver program. Number 19, DHS, DMS with CSRA state and local solutions. This is to amend an existing contract
and is for the development of an evaluation design based on data analysis for evaluation metrics for the our home 1115 demonstration waiver number 20 dhs division of youth services with counseling clinic this is amendment 10 to an existing contract for juvenile justice community-based re-entry and vocational and career support services in region seven number 21 with dys this is with vera lloyd presbyterian family this is amendment eight
to increase funding for residential group homes for male juveniles in DYS custody. Number 22, Phillips County Community College of U of A with Pritchard Industries. This is for custodial services at the Phillips County Community College. Number 23, University of Arkansas with Ernst & Young. This is a new contract for strategic resource allocation framework, which can be applied across budgeting units and communicated across the different colleges at the U of A Fayette bill number 24 UA with multi-craft 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 UA with starlight building services similarly this is a new contract for 3.2 million dollars for on-call skilled carpentry or unskilled labor for facility repair on a per hour basis number 26 university of arkansas with steving stevens incorporated this is a two million dollar new contract to provide financial advisory services
to strengthen financial policies number 27 u of a pulaski tech with optus omnia partners this is a new 340 000 contract and it is to install zoom solutions across 14 buildings and two campuses number 28 U of A Community College at Moralton with Daisy Lawn Care this is for groundskeeping at camp the Moralton campus number 29 with UAMS Cornerstone Child Care Center this is a new contract for meals for the kids first child care location in Magnolia Arkansas and number 30 with
UCA with Eric Robbin 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 in-state contracts madam chair 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 going to be reports and communications f1 and 2 sorry thank you madam chair items f1 and 2 are the items that are
Speaker 8
46:49
submitted to you all 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
Speaker 67
46:59
number two are the executed minor contracts that were lower than the review threshold
Speaker 38
47:05
these are for the committee's information today members any questions seeing
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 21
Speaker 19
Speaker 31
Speaker 33
Speaker 36
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