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we'll call this meeting to order chair sees a quorum good to have
everyone here today when my vice chair like to or my co-chair like to say anything okay sounds good well with that said we will just uh go right into our regular business items uh tony if you would thank you
Speaker 11
5:25
mr chairman item b this is a request from the office personnel management requesting approval for two employees
to temporarily exceed their maximum salary this request is made due to the timing of the performance evaluation increases and the updated pay plan the two employees listed were paid over max of the pay of the old pay plan based on their performance evaluations for seven days until the new pay plan went into effect on june 29th opm recently identified these two employees and wishes to add them to their previously submitted report that shows all employees over max. This will require approval by the committee. All right, do we have any questions from the committee?
All right. Seeing none, I will entertain a motion. I have a motion. Do I have a second? All right, motion and a second. Any discussion? All those in favor, say aye. Any
Speaker 16
6:22
opposed, same sign. The report is approved.
Speaker 11
6:26
All right, Mr. Chairman, moving on to item C. This is a request from the Department of Parks and Tourism to remove one position classified as a parks sergeant from the Act 796 hold list for positions that have been vacant two years or more.
By removing the position from the hold list, the agency will be able to fill the position for operational efficiency and visitor safety. This will also require approval by
Speaker 15
6:47
the committee. Okay, any discussion? Questions? Oh, okay. Representative Richardson, you're
recognized. Thank you, Mr. Chair, for letting me ask
Representative R. Scott Richardson
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7:06
a question. This position has been vacant for two years, and now you're trying to bring it back on to fill it?
Speaker 24
7:14
Yes, sir. This position has actually been vacant since 2019. But you'll see a subsequent request coming on for five more sergeants. So they're trying to upgrade their security services at the parks. So with it being vacant for two years, where did
Representative R. Scott Richardson
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7:28
you now get the people to fill these positions if you didn't have them before? Did they transfer? I mean, where are now these bodies coming from if it's been vacant that you hadn't been able to fill? I
Speaker 24
7:41
would have to let the secretary answer that question if possible.
Okay. you have a follow-up or is she kidding oh I'm sorry if you would please
Shea Lewis
Unverified
8:01
recognize yourself good afternoon Shay Lewis secretary of the Department of Parks Heritage and Tourism and director of Arkansas
Speaker 33
8:10
State Parks all right sir if you would recognize yourself as
Shea Lewis
Unverified
8:14
well Mike Wilson assistant director of arkansas state parks okay so the the position has not been advertised for fill being filled yet
so this will gain approval for us to advertise that the reason the position had been held vacant for so long was we were waiting for the new pay plan and so we had been through the pay plan process and update and since that new pay plan has rolled out our salaries are Competitive and we want to bring that position up for advertisement Representative Richardson do
Speaker 36
8:46
you have a further question? No, I think that that's fine. Thank you. Okay. Thank you
Okay, no other questions Representative Bentley you're recognized for a question. Thank you chairman and this is really going to relate to this and
Representative Mary Bentley
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9:05
the next one would D But I and with your leeway chairman not to ask if they could just give us a quick update I know after what happened it devil's stand and what I've heard from our local park range to really want to increase security at our park So it's okay for him to give a quick update or this on the next number just real quick When we are looking at park ranges across the state and I don't have some decisions reached out to me
I want to make sure that we increase the safety at our state parks. So would you
Indulge me in that I would appreciate it chairman. I will start with that representative Bentley The department is under a gag order as far as any specifics on the Devil's Den occurrence. If you want to address any generic issues with respect to any issues to increase safety or
Shea Lewis
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9:57
Sure, and I would be glad to do that. Thank you, Representative Bentley. Over the last several years, Arkansas State Parks has been working to clarify administrative roles in our department, the differences between administrative and law enforcement roles of superintendents, assistant superintendents, rangers, and interpreters. This reorganization that we're kind of going through right at this point in time and the request associated with these positions is to meet the needs of law enforcement across the Arkansas State Park system.
Representative Mary Bentley
Unverified
10:32
Thank you and that's what I was wanting just a generic across the
state thank you chairman okay any other questions if not we need a motion on this one all right we've got a motion do I have a second all right motion
a second any discussion all those in favor say aye any opposed motion
Speaker 11
10:58
is approved mr. chairman moving on to item D this is also a request from Department of Parks and
Tourism this creates five new park ranger positions and one new park sergeant position the cost of these positions will be approximately four hundred and seventy eight thousand dollars and that includes match the positions will be used to ensure efficient services and protection and enforcement within
the state parks this action requires review okay you've heard from mr. Robinson
any questions okay unless otherwise noted this item stands
Speaker 48
11:32
reviewed mr. chairman the last of the action items is
Speaker 11
11:39
item E item E is a miscellaneous federal grant request made by the Division of Workforce Services off this is for the office of skills development within the Department of Commerce the request includes two positions of workforce development specialist agreed SPC01 the request is for the appropriation and excuse me the request for the appropriation and positions was reviewed by peer earlier in the week personnel is required to review just the titles and the grades
attached to these two new positions the grant is provided by the US Department of Labor to support the apprenticeship
expansion formula okay you've heard the presentation any questions all right no questions unless otherwise noted this item stands reviewed mr. chairman
Speaker 11
12:30
the remaining items F through J are reports only require no action by the committee but I'll quickly go through them if
there's any questions members please stop me item F is a report of two reduction of force actions taken one at the Department of Health which includes the reduction of 30 employees and one at the department of emergency management that included nine employees item g is the personal actions report detailing promotions provided by the new pay provided under the new pay plan is required by act 499 along with labor market salary increases and employees hired above the entry because they're exceptionally well qualified item h is a
report detailing the employees who have received the latest special compensation and recruitment incentives payments items i and j item i provides the quarterly employment reports for state government and higher education detailing the average number of employees and positions for each agency or institution for the fourth quarter of 2025 item j is the report from higher education showing the utilization of provisional positions access through the department of higher education utilizing unanticipated funds like grants and
endowments okay you've heard mr robinson's
report. So does anybody want to hear from any
specific agency on any of these? Okay. These reports have been presented and reviewed by the committee. Does anyone have any
further business for the committee? If not, we stand adjourned.
Agenda
A. Call to Order
Regular Business Items:
B. Request from Office of Personnel Management for the approval for two (2) employees to temporarily exceed their maximum salary. (Kay Barnhill, Director)
C. Request from Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism, Parks Division, to reinstate a position pursuant to Act 796 of 2021. (Shea Lewis, Secretary)
D. Request from Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism, Parks Division for six (6) positions from the OPM Growth Pool established by Arkansas Code Annotated §21-5-225(b). (Shea Lewis, Secretary)
E. Miscellaneous Federal Grant request from Division of Workforce Services- Office of Skills Development (Hugh McDonald, Secretary
Reports:
F. Reduction in Force- Arkansas Department of Health & Arkansas Department of Public Safety-Division of Emergency Management.
G. Personnel Actions Report- Office of Personnel Management-Department of Transformation and Shared Services (Leslie Fisken, Secretary)
H. Special Compensation and Recruitment Incentive Award Report
I. Quarterly Employment Report- Fourth Quarter FY25 State Agencies and Institutions of Higher Education.
J. New September Provisional Report (20) new positions are approved for (3) Four-Year Institutions of Higher Education and (3) new positions for (2) Two-Year Institutions of Higher Education. (Department of Education, Division of Higher Education, Dr. Ken Warden)
K. Other business
L. Adjournment
Documents
| Title | Type | Pages | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agenda — ALC - PERSONNEL, Sep 24, 2025 | Agenda | 1 | Official source ↗ |
| Ex B SAS 2 Exceed Max Pay Level | Exhibit | 1 | Official source ↗ |
| Ex C ADPHT 1 Act 796 Reinstatement | Exhibit | 1 | Official source ↗ |
| Ex D ADPHT 6 Pool Positions | Exhibit | 3 | Official source ↗ |
| Ex E MFG Request | Exhibit | 1 needs OCR | Official source ↗ |
| Ex F ADH and DPS-ADEM RIF Report for September 2025 PC | Exhibit | 4 | Official source ↗ |
| Ex G PC Actions Report August 2025 | Exhibit | 3 | Official source ↗ |
| Ex H Special Incentive Wage Type Report August 2025 | Exhibit | 1 | Official source ↗ |
| Ex I Fourth Quarter Employment Report Agencies and Higher Ed | Exhibit | 14 | Official source ↗ |
| Ex J New Provisional Positions Report for September 2025 | Exhibit | 9 | Official source ↗ |
Speakers
Speaker 2
Speaker 3
Representative Les Warren Chair
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Speaker 11
Speaker 16
Speaker 15
Representative R. Scott Richardson
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Speaker 24
Shea Lewis
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Speaker 33
Speaker 36
Representative Mary Bentley
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Speaker 34
Speaker 48