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Here. Good to see here today. Hey Adam may. Mr actually with a court order were gone item B. and B. yes Sir Arkansas item B. is request from the securities to a division of the department commerce to surrender legal support specialist position return for securities examiner at a grade yes of seven this is for the corporate finance division positions request help alleviate a growing backlog of filings due to the lack of staffing and time sensitive exemption filings as a surrender positions what there will be no net increase in positions and the cost of the position will be roughly fifty thousand dollars according to OPM it recommended the requested swat. Inspections questions. You may do I have any questions. If not then this is approved. Mr chairman item C. this is a swap request from the bank department at the department of commerce to surrender systems specialist in return for database specialist agreed IT oh eight questions may help the bank department continue to develop and maintain IT support necessary to keep pace with the changing the banking industry as a swap or request to be no net increase in the positions and the cost will be about ninety four thousand dollars to fill the position opium is recommended the requests what. We need. Yes nine members on the the motion on this. And I have a motion I have a second question I have a question rather. And you're recognized ma'am thank you Mr chair on this particular are we hiring a new person are we moving someone up. I believe bank partners here respond to that question. Thank you. If you would please identify yourself. Mr. The commission Arkansas. We can't hear him he's not rated. Sorry about that my name's Debbie Commission the Bank partner. Yes. Does the Wallace state examiner. Yes thank you Mr chair my question was are we moving someone up or is this going to be a complete new hire. So we have had to I. T. examiners that were in the six position they're both retired so we're looking to put a new person into this position okay follow up Mister chair. Go ahead ma'am will we be replacing the other two. This this would be one of the two and we've already hired for the the other position okay thank you. Members do I have any other questions. C. nine two I have a motion. I have a motion to have a second. I have a second. All in favor. Any post. It is passed. Mr chairman item D. is this what for questions department public safety the commission on law enforcement standards and training requests to surrender three cook positions in return for one new classed director position and SCO one this request is due to the restructuring positions at the department and the Division a person performing the actual duties of the cluster actor will be moved into this new position is currently paid as an SCO one as this is a three for one swap the net effect would be a reduction of two authorized positions. But will have an approximate cost of forty thousand dollars opium is recommended the requested swap as well as the new classification. Members do you have any questions. Seeing none do I have a motion. I have a motion I have a second. All in favor. Right it imposed. It is passed. Mr chairman item he is a swap request from the Revenue Division of DFJ to surrender three legal support specialist agree GSO for for to legal services specialist agreed yes of six purpose of the request to be able to better recruit and retain legal staff the stronger positions have been posted multiple times and had no success in securing qualified applicants requested squabble creating net decrease of one position OPM states them media because we based on the interest hours paid to the new hires opium is recommended the requested swap. Members do I have any questions. Seeing none. Do I have a motion. I have a motion and I have a second all in favor. In imposed. It is passed. Mr chairman I am F. his request for the Arkansas game and fish commission for two new growth will positions the agency is requesting a new classification of AGFC statewide program manager with a line at a Max of eighty nine thousand seven hundred forty four dollars as well as an AGFC account to with a lot of Max of sixty eight thousand thirty one dollars request is made to help provide updates to the payroll and grant management systems. As a as an agency that is exempt from the classification compensation act opium does not make recommendations on these on these requests for these positions yes many cost of feelings two positions about a hundred and forty three thousand dollars. Members are there any questions. Seeing none do I have a motion. I have a motion and I have a second I did see your. All in favor. Any post. And this is passed. Mr chairman item G. is request from Black River technical college for one new associate registrar position from the higher its central pool positions request to help with the increased number of students enrolling in the college position work with academic advisors and students will coordinate with faculty and staff the Department higher it is recommended the position estimates the cost of the position at thirty nine thousand dollars. Members do I have any questions. Seeing none do I have a motion. I have a motion and I have a second all in favor. It imposed. This is passed Mr chairman item H. this is a draft report after the committee to review based on the requirements of Arkansas Code twenty one five to twenty six as created by ACT seven ninety six of the last regular session the code requires a report to council by December of this year with recommendations related to the process for appropriating and budgeting positions report provides you with the process of how positions are currently appropriated and budgeted as well as an overview of how budget positions are used to provide funding for the employee benefits division attachment is also provided that shows the information the Siegel group provided to the executive subcommittee of counsel regarding the effect of changing the number of budgeted positions and and how that changing the number of budget positions will affect DVD first report is to be sent to counsel for their review including any recommendations this committee chooses to make. Members are there any comments. Seeing none the stands reviewed. Mr chairman. The last items on the agenda are items I through L. these are monthly quarterly reports to provide information on the personal actions taken by the institutions of higher education the state executive departments and agencies as well as higher a provisional positions in the fourth quarter employment summaries for both higher rate and state agencies there's no action to be taken on these items there just reports also is item you know my this is a well once per year report is an EEO report were agencies and institutions summariser employee counts by ethnicity and provide their current your policy statements because the voluminous nature the report we have a single copy of this report on the desk you're in the back if anybody wants a copy of it it's also available on the web with the agenda it's six hundred pages that's what we just do one one copy of the report so but missed Mr chairman that's all the information I have for those reports not answer any questions if there are any. Members do you have any questions or what we just covered. And I have a request from representive flight go ahead Sir. Position center surrendered in the report the status of those positions be given. That's all I have. Mr could you repeat it again I'm sorry okay my request would be any positions that are surrendered in the future during the report if you would give the status of those positions. You mean whether whether they are filled at the time yes Sir and and I wouldn't mind knowing how long the it's or not feel how long expenses or feel. Thank you Mr. In hu city NC twenty seven. Go ahead ma'am you're recognized. Good afternoon thank you Mr chair I'm I have a question with respect to the report number M. the twenty twenty two equal employment opportunity report is there anyone here could possibly just give us a brief summary of what the contents are not I understand the six hundred pages but seems like to me we should be able to give a yes of a overall view of what it contains hiring number of hiring how many well it's being to see and all of that so yes ma'am what it contains is a report from each agency from each state agency or department on and it lists out for each independent agency by ethnicity how many minutes. And by sex by gender you know how many employees they have it breaks that down in a in a in a spreadsheet and then it has their Eagle policy that they're following and can we put that in the book in the institutions of higher education also have a different report that they use that that information is included in we put that report in the book as well so we don't I don't have an overall number for you actor put that together for you but each agency is listed and that's what's in the book and I guess my follow up question was the chair is other goals with respect to this reported are we meeting those goals within that report this band produce. I have to go back and look at the code I don't know that there are goals associated with the code that requires the information and so I can't I can't really answer the second one Could you. J.. The chair recognizes. Service center Chesterfield is that you Terry. Other your of the yes Sir it is of in this question is for either the sheriff for sting colleague here Kate. The budgeted positions we eliminate forty six of those is that correct yes ma'am what kind of impact did that have on DVDs ability to deliver I'm a reasonable rate for state employees. Yes ma'am and Jake would probably have more detail each budget position has a six thousand dollar costs associated with it so if you if we eliminate forty six that's. DO math my head not that's not my strong suit twenty four two point four. Million dollars when we do that that's an amount of money we're taking away from the program for each budget position. Did that cause an increase in the rate that is going to be paid. I have we projected that form created increase in the rate decision a couple are have not created need to increase right that's other factors I'm sure that the committees consider but it has not been noted to us that is the lack of budget positions and Craig Lizzy D. here to answer the questions you. In please identify yourself Sir. me address on the Secretary of TSS you beauties with us on that They have their actuaries do those numbers I think it's actually about two hundred forty thousand dollars is the impact we don't anticipate it's going to raise members rates now you know those budgeted positions part of that is to help cover like dependents and our retirees on the plan that's meant to kind of compensate for that so we do eliminate budgeted positions even if there are filled it does have an impact but I don't think that number is great enough to throw us off too much. Thank you and thank you Mr a Mr. My Mike is still on may I add in order. Okay I did not get clarification on what's going to be produced based upon my questions the and we're S. the gist of the analyst there was trying to speak and he did not finish his response. I'm. This yes ma'am we can try to put that information together for you and Encentuate summary of what the agency sent to us but we we just don't have one yet and I haven't been able to look at the code yet to see if there's a if there's a goal as as part of that kind thank you I would appreciate receiving that information. It members you have any other questions. Seeing none we are adjourned mobile almost. Go ahead Senator should fill me up because they want to go home I understand go ahead ma'am but I'm looking at the monthly employment reports institutions of higher ed and I am seeing large numbers of vacant positions at the higher rate level the rest is U. A. M. S. you got twelve. Thousand plus full time. Positions then you have ten thousand folks hire you have over a thousand vacant what happens at these various institutions when those positions that are vacant or not he'll do we they go the same way as other state employees press is giving up positions et cetera et cetera. This body of. A their product. The process is not their process is not the same as the state department said there's a totally different. Thank you that's it for me Mr. In the searches for you are you finished. At four with the division of higher education I'm trying to help a little bit now on the institution side those vacant positions that they have those do not Hey to offset their insurance anybody get ones they have don't cost the institution anything but we are working to eliminate quite a few of those we expect it over eleven hundred of those vacant positions to be asked to be reduced in the upcoming biennial session across the divisions so we're working to bring that down. Senator Bledsoe you're recognized thank you Mr chairman that reminds me did you say that the positions to be filled you paid the insurance is that right. What did you say aye I didn't catch for the institutions that it's only the fill positions that pay for insurance if their vacant positions they'd even if their budget they do not pay instrument that they are there's no cost to the school for this all right thank you. President Springer I was going to tell you that I've got the code here you asked about goal. You asked about the goal in the code says to achieve a goal of increasing the percentage of minority employees within state within the state department agency board commission an institution of higher education within the constitutional office to a level that approximate the percentage of minorities in the state's population. Yes ma'am. Yes is a Chesterfield you're recognized thank you if I made to the chair to Tony I'll even close. I'll have to add the numbers up I I will be able to tell you that talking about it up all right thank you ma'am. Members are there any other questions. About whether anything else. If not then we are adjourned.