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ALC - Personnel

September 16, 2026 ·1:30 PM ·Room A, MAC ·5:33
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Speaker 1 0:20
the institution is requesting to surrender one director of affirmative action one director of alumni and government relations one director of recruitment, 112 month instructor, one vice chancellor for research innovation and economic development and one vice chancellor for enrollment manage those are the ones that are going away in return they will receive two assistant vice chancellors one compliance officer, one director of academic advising and one director of alumni relations and one director of public affairs the recommendation from the department of higher Education states the requested positions are necessary to support their evolving higher education environments shifting enrollment and financial pressures and changing workforce demands because of the because the request is a6 for6 swap. the total authorized position total or the total authorized positions for the institution is not changing right do we have any questions seeing
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 1:14
none do I have a motion for review got a motion in a second any discussion? all those in favor please say aye opposed no motion carries item
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Speaker 1 1:29
C. Madam Chairman, item C is a request from Parks Heritage and tourism to surrender one fiscal support specialist position in return for onec accountant one because the surrendered position has been vacant for longer than a year. the expected cost of this change is about74,000 dollars and this is from special revenue the position will be tasked with reconciling construction projects reviewing expenditures and fixed asset inventory and records as well as supporting theAFer reporting requirements this is a one for one swap. there is no increase or decrease in the total number of positions at parks. OPM has recommended the requested swap right are there
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 2:07
any questions on item C? See none do I have emotion? a second any discussion all those in favor please say aye all opposed no motion carries item D.
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Speaker 1 2:22
madam Chairman, item d is a request from the governor's mansion commission they're requesting to surrender two positions a governor's maintenance manager and a governor's food services expert in return for one maintenance manager at an SGSo7. the position will require technical expertise and experience in the oversight of maintenance repair and preservation of the mansion. OPM has recommended the requested swap and due to the elimination of two positions in return for one there having an expected savings of57,000 dollars with review of the request
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 2:54
all right do we have any questions on item D? right seeing none do I have a motion for review got a motion in a second any discussion? all those in favor please say aye I'll oppose no motion carries and we'll move on to
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Speaker 1 3:12
reports madam chairman the reports listed as items E throughh require no action but we'll take any questions if if the members have any. all right are there any
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 3:25
questions on any of the reports seeing none is there any oh I do see a question uhpresentative meeks you're recognized in a second. was under discussion oh
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Representative Stephen Meeks Unverified 3:40
you just got it yep all right thank you thank you madam chair so since OPm is at the table just a related question to personnel. so on the audit committee over the the last couple of weeks we've had a couple incidences where there have been emails sent to change employee bank records and OPm has processed those and it's allowed for fraudulent activity to take place Basically people are spoofing our employees so I see you're nodding your head. it sounds like you're familiar with the issue can you give us an update on where you're at on making sure we're protecting our employees from that happening in the future
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Speaker 14 4:29
Yep, you're recognized thank you yes sir we are aware of that unfortunately it has happened twice to my knowledge one atarks of tourism and one at another department you know recently we have centralized payroll activities and we're now doing all payroll activities at OPm versus at the various departments anytime we are implementing methods to validate anytime we get a change of bank account information. it's also important to know what the new Sparhana system employees themselves can go in and change their banking account information so we shouldn't be the employees should be doing that in most cases versus us actually getting the requests. So when we get
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Speaker 17 5:07
the request we're gonna be calling back to make sure that this is a legitimate request stats of that point thank you I appreciate that all right
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 5:19
any other questions? see none and no other business this meeting is adjourned.
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Agenda

A. Call to Order

0:08

Items for Review:

0:08

B. Request from University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff for the establishment of six (6) positions from the Higher Education Surrender Pool, as authorized by Act 778 of 2023, Arkansas Code Annotated §6-63-319. (Ken Warden, Commissioner)

0:11

C. Request from Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage & Tourism, Division of Shared Services for one (1) position from the OPM Surrender Pool established by Arkansas Code Annotated §21-5-225(a). (Secretary Shea Lewis)

1:24

D. Request from Governor’s Mansion Commission for one (1) position from the OPM Surrender Pool established by Arkansas Code Annotated §21-5-225(a). (James Caldwell, SAS CFO)

2:17

Reports:

3:06

E. Department of Corrections- Division of Community Corrections Vacancy/Caseload Report

3:14

F. September New Provisional Report seven (7) new positions are approved for two (2) Four-Year Institutions of Higher Education and zero (0) new positions for zero (0) Two-Year Institutions of Higher Education. (Department of Education, Division of Higher Education. Dr. Ken Warden)

3:15

G. Special Compensation and Recruitment Award Report: June, July and August 2026

3:15

H. Personnel Actions Report: June, July and August 2026

3:15

I. Other business

5:18

J. Adjournment

5:20

Speakers

Speaker 1
6 segments
Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified
6 segments
Representative Stephen Meeks Unverified
3 segments
Speaker 14
2 segments
Speaker 17
1 segment