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If you all take the seats will are going to get this meeting called order. Hi Mr chairman the item B. item B. as a group request from the department of correction division of community correction requesting three positions listed three positions listed for any specialty drug court Perry County that was funded their rainy day release this will increase the total number of authorized positions for the Division have an estimated cost of a hundred forty three thousand OPM has recommended the requested positions. anybody have any questions. motion second pass those in favor say aye. Those No motion carried this chairman item C. is requesting the new for any classification only earning title the Department correction division of correction is requesting a DO see grievance coordinator I think that the DSE grievance in me coordinator at GSO seven the positional oversee the inmate grievance process and supervise existing grievance officers opium is recommended the requested title no new positions will be created. Any questions from committee. Hearing none. Motion the second. All in favor say aye opposed no motion carried Mr chairman ideas been pulled at the request of the agency and OPM so we going on the item E. R. N. E. is a four for three swap will request from the development finance authority the Division of con the Division of commerce is also requesting our department our summers also requesting to new classifications to go with the three new positions The New attorney position will provide compliance direction in underwriting input on federally funded programs the program officer will oversee three different our programs and will work to establish guidelines and financial operations for each program the business finance director will manage single family mortgage programs and service the public finance officer for all bond issues if review the agency will have a net decrease in authorized positions because they're giving up for for the third for the three new ones the cost of the swap will be about a hundred or skews me three hundred eighteen thousand and opium is recommended the position positions. Any questions from committee. Say none motion second approval in favor say aye opposed no motion carried which chairman I'm F. is a two for one swap request for the department of health for one breach manager position the branch manager will be responsible for managing the activities of the communications office and will minister and manage all marketing and advertising efforts for the department of health agency will have a net decrease in the number of authorized position and authorize positions predicts about a hundred skews me about eighteen thousand dollars in savings opium is recommended requested swap. Questions from committee. I have. Posebno motion carried. Mr chairman item G. is a three for to swap request with two new classifications from the Arkansas public employee retirement system to help implement a re organization process a new classification of deputy director investment finances been requested in order to compete with other public pension plan systems Office who offer more generous salary and incentive packages the position will be responsible for the investment portfolio working with and working with incentive packages The deputy director of operations Will oversee the HR communications and I. T. divisions of the agency along with providing outreach to support city and county government members the agency will have a net decrease in the number of authorized positions with this action and we have an expected cost of about two hundred sixty thousand for the new to new positions opium is recommended the requested positions. Questions from committee. Motion the second. Our first say aye opposed no. Motion carried. Mr chairman I H. is a seven four six swap request from the Department transformation should services this will provide the TSS with five program coordinators and one info systems manager the program coordinator positions will be used across various divisions within the Department in the information systems manager will be assigned to procurement to the procurement division type of processing a purchase request inventor payments request will create a net decrease in the number of positions at the agency and have an estimated cost of three hundred and sixty thousand dollars opium is recommended requests what. Any questions. Motion the second. All in favor say aye opposed no motion carried Mr chairman item I isn't M. F. G. request from the department of higher education the appropriation and establishment of the position of already been approved by the your committee per subcommittee is only required to review the classification assigned to the position the agency's requesting DG program specialist position to work in the career pathways initiative program opium is recommended the requested classification. Any questions. Motion the second all in favor say aye opposed no motion carried. I do not J. okay what just what you know what is meant. All right and shall call you out of that the committee's attention to this one is actually reduction in force you'll see these very often but now tell me go ahead I was German item J. is reduction for certification from the department of finance administration Division of racing DFA's eliminating sixteen positions including six extra help positions at the greyhound track in west Memphis moving these positions to Oakland in hot springs reduction force will affect eleven current employees in West Memphis with all but two of them eligible for severance payments the other two people are extra help employees are not eligible for severance opium is approved the use of the roof policy. Any questions on this item. Ocean second our favor say aye thanks to me. My mom but they're not working appear. You. I got some great to. All right. Of the representative Cavenaugh speaks. For which he was whose first. Okay represent cannot you're recognized. Sorry can you just clarify you Mr can you just clarify committee for the positions the sixteen positions that are leaving the greyhound racing park over in West Memphis how many of those are being transferred to Oaklawn. Representative Cavenaugh all those positions could be transferred upon that's with the Department decides today. Okay so I will make sure I understand we're terminating their employment at. West Memphis right but they're gonna go to Oaklawn and we're still giving them severance pay what it is my understanding that they have been offered to go to upon some of them may or may not be going which case severance pay comes into play these amounts someplace are eligible for. Okay do we have any idea how many of these are going to be transferred to Oaklawn. I have the part of the park five. Five five we're going to clients and the five going to Oakland they don't get severance pay they're just transferred right okay thank you. All right other questions. Okay thank you. And we are approved and I believe we had. Okay those in favor of approving item J. say aye opposed no motion carried. All right Mister chairman item K. is requesting the Department energy environment division of environmental quality create a hazardous duty differential for their energy and environment inspectors inspector supervisor positions that deal with hazardous waste inspections request will provide up to ten percent up to a ten percent differential for eight initial positions that have an estimated cost of about forty two thousand dollars per year opium is recommended the request a different. Any questions. Motion second all in favor say aye. Both no motion carried Mr chairman item L. is request from Black River technical college for one new project program specialist position the higher education center growth pool the position will oversee all marketing advertising media and promotional materials for the college and its departments this will increase the number of authorized positions at the institution have an estimated cost of forty five thousand dollars the Department higher it is recommended the requested position. Questions from committee. We must be doing pretty good job everybody get up Levon. Our motion second to approve all those in favor say aye opposed no motion carried. Mr chairman items M. end in both our requests to pay over two percent of for I have over two percent colas at institutions of higher education I am in this for Arkansas tech item in the is for I can whack both of these institutions are wanting to pay a one thousand dollar lump sum payment to employees to all employees at these institutions this would be over above the cost of living there I received in July at each institution. Okay any questions. A representative having off again. Yeah thank you my question is what's the justification for me then over the the two percent over. Representative Cavenaugh I think somebody from higher it will have to speak to that thank you. Good afternoon for us is the director for the division of higher education say it in July both of these institutions already awarded at two percent ongoing increase for cost of living and as we got through more of the year they determine that revenues were an acceptable level to be able to request to offer that one time incentive payment as well in addition to that two percent. So they've already awarded the two percent now there's language that they can't award more than two percent without your approval so they're coming back to ask for the approval to award this extra thousand dollars now they have revenue to support that this will be a one time payment it will be a ongoing cost okay so it won't be put into their regular salary sorry okay thank you. Okay. Representative speaks. Thank you Mr chair so you were not. Well that's okay okay it's on thank you. What you're telling us it's just a bonus is not a. Yes ma'am it's not an ongoing cost of living adjustment is not a one time additional payment okay thank you very much thank you Mr chair. Any other questions. Thank you Mr chairman workforce's sector revenue coming from. That I have to defer to each of the institutions they are here to be able to explain where they're going to have the revenue to support that. I mean is it coming from tuition is it coming from COVID really funds were to come. That I'll defer to agents okay thank. If you would ma'am please identify yourself. Jamie Fisher Arkansas tech university associate vice president of admin and finance for us we had conservative budget as yours and so there were realized savings within our budget we actually had some savings as it related to benefits so we had some savings recognized that we were able to utilize for this purpose so you already have savings you already have the savings yes and check okay yes same same for. I'm Aussie vice president finance and station northwest Arkansas community college we have some savings also we have sure and some enormity trees this sinister that help us and having some extra to help or employee for paying for their high cost of living in the area of northwest Arkansas. Okay. Thank you Mr chairman yes Sir any other questions. All right if there are no other questions or motion that we approve Adams him and him together. Motion second favor say aye opposed no motion carried. Mr chairman items through S. R. just required reports that require no action I don't think any questions if there are any by members. I don't. I don't see any lights up on the board. And so I will assume from that that no one has any questions and with that Mr co chair unless you have some words of wisdom force. This meeting is adjourned.