JBC-PEER Review

Your. And that they're together with the. Members if you would please take your seats let's get the radio started. This call a meeting to order. Right to see our one here this morning and look forward to adjourn this meeting and. This will get ready to get started and all that represented Hodges make some opening comments you will stay. Thank you the chair of German hill I have no comment just a good morning on this early your subcommittee meeting. Okay we'll we'll get started with the. I don't be. Thank you Mr chairman the first item on your agenda today Adam B. R. cash fund appropriation increase request these are requests that agencies may to increase the spending authority for line items that are supported by cash fund account B. one is the first one this is the department of health they're requesting three thousand dollars for the diabetic licensing board to repair a broken trainer and to purchase some office supplies they are funded through license fees so that is the first one B. two on page three is the department of Veterans Affairs they're requesting one million two hundred forty thousand dollars to cover costs related to staffing and residents needs if they're Veterans homes of this is due to an increase in utilization for medical supplies medication and food up due to cope with nineteen activities they are supported by resident these Medicaid Medicare be a third party companies and cares Act funding and those are the two cash fund appropriation increases on today's agenda. Members who have any questions on only S.. Yes not less so note that there is approved. Mr chairman the next group of items under the seed packet are all going to be approval items the first group or for various temporary appropriation increases this is where agencies can ask to have increased appropriation for a line item supported by revenue sources other than cash funds or federal funds which we have other mechanisms to do that was so the first one is for the your partner corrections divisions of corrections job this is for two point five million dollars this would be to allow the division to cover the projected cost to county jail reimbursement funds this is because of slow intakes during the pandemic due to social distancing efforts it's requiring additional reimbursement to counties who had to House of inmates longer than they might typically have to it's funded by general revenue it has a letter from the. Secretary of the department of corrections the second one also for the department of corrections I will go ahead and put that one out here it is for two million dollars this is C. one B. and this is for overtime of a state that they've had a vacancies in correctional officer and food service positions and it's led to any increase in overtime expenses and it's funded from in make hearing custody of from General Revenue so the first two items both approval items for the department of corrections. Thank you do we have any questions for a the department of corrections. You had to thank you thank you. Mr I'm just curious to know on the. Reimburse the counties I know I know that the ongoing issue with the you know overcrowding of prisons and we have been to that in may seven stay longer in our county facilities do we know can I can I can can I find out how many Facilities in the state that are how then inmates that are that are due to be sent to other facilities that that would not we don't have bad for and all that and how much. Of How much do we owe these County facility. Let's get someone to come on up for the department of corrections. Late edition sale for the record and consumption he'll host I'm great state corrections I'm joined by law Lamond with Lee who's the budget administrator for the division of correction. this is not a situation where the Division of correction is overcrowded we are actually at our lowest population level in probably about fifteen years what this is is a direct result of our pandemic response efforts which at the encouragement of the department of health and of many members in this room we have worked over the last year to reduce our population levels to the X. so to the extent possible we can effectuate social distancing within our facilities. When we put the budget together for this fiscal year's reimbursements we projected at about twelve hundred dollars on twelve hundred individuals per day backed up in the county jails we have during the pandemic been hovering somewhere between fifteen to eighteen hundred offenders in the county jails which has necessitated us asking for additional appropriations so we can maintain our of payments to your to your counties as of today we are caught up on all of our invoices we don't know every invoice that we received we have paid that's not to say that there may be an invoice sitting out on the desk somewhere in the state that has not been returned back to the Division but every invoice that has been returned back to the division we have paid that invoice in full. Thank you. Senator Ingram. Thank you Mr grades that you touched on something in if you could provide the information later of if you look it up but let's do it the last three years I think it be interesting to know what that fiscal impact the is of how many prisoners that we're down versus the last three years and what that fiscal impact is to the budget yes Sir. Any other questions. And we will do this is of oaks will make a motion and a second. Okay represented void. I make a motion. Senator Irvin second. All those in favor say aye at. Although the postings and. This. I'd say that passed. Mr chairman the next item to see to which is in the C. packet of page one C. two this is for shared services appropriation transfer request these are request by cabinet level agencies to transfer appropriation between various divisions in the agency's shared sex services section special language in their appropriation bills allows them to transfer of funding and money to provide efficiencies and to eliminate duplication of services it is approval item it's on page two it's from the department of energy and environment they're requesting to transfer two hundred nineteen thousand nine hundred twenty five dollars in appropriation from regular salaries and personal services matching line items between various divisions there of with their departments of shared services section so again that said approval item on page item C. two page two. Any questions. Do we have a motion. The represented Boyd. Second represented Hodges all those in favor. Opposing sign. I've had. Its chairman the next group of items under packet D. E. R. A for appropriation transfers there special language in some department appropriation bills allowing transfers after review by a LC the first one is for the treasurer's office of the treasurer they're requesting you transferred two hundred fifty thousand dollars an appropriation from their data processing system services line item to their operating expenses on a line item they know this is necessary to have sufficient funds to pay for banking services and the other D. two is from the public and defender commission for the Arkansas Commission for parent council they're requesting to transfer forty thousand dollars an appropriation from the extra help line item to a legal services refunds and reimbursements line item and they know that this is in order to be able to utilize contract reimbursement for workday short term or on a temporary basis and those are the two request under item D. these are review items only. Any questions. One Senator Hickey. yes or not staff can it can answer this is not. This is just the language of this is sufficient funds to pay does that mean that those actual or close to the actual with the banking services or. Senator Ricky I'm not a I don't know the answer to that that the agency should be here or someone who could answer that I'm sure. That's just a simple question if you don't mind bringing forward I just like to know if it's because the way we were we had written it I just wanna know if that's close to the actual okay thank you Sir do we have anyone here to support. You're recognized are great Wallace chief deputy treasurer senator we over estimated to make sure that we didn't run any short so that two hundred fifty should be more than what we would need to cover any in any increases in the banking services that we are anticipating for this year and we also did the same thing for FY twenty two. How much. How much were they in the previous year the let me just ask you that what so last year we. Averaged out between the all the various banking fees somewhere around. Eight hundred eight hundred thousand. Okay. How does that how does that apply to hear you know where I'm going I just want you you're you're sitting there telling me the job over estimated I want to know what the actual was as compared to what you're doing here so this year we so for FY twenty one and that the baseline was kept the same from FY twenty so what we have done in this year and we've got a couple of projects that are kind of driving a little bit of this cost increase we have shifted due to the pandemic we shifted to remote depositing capabilities for all of the state agencies and we're also shifting to remote check deposit in capabilities for all the state agencies with those new technologies those to drive increases in the fees service fees that are bank partner charges us so that's really what's kind of driving that increase I don't know the full estimate of what that actual dollar amount would be because this is the first year that we've had that fully implemented. Sentencing question. What can we can we owe this to the next meeting and you can get a get at least me some more detailed analysis on that sure is that OK Mr. Yes bank thank you Sir thank you. Mr chairman the next group of of agenda. Yes regarding the public defender I was just wondering of what the what the difference because the on the extra help positions that they could use the money from that they had to go to a contract reimbursement line instead of being able to draw the money our current extra help to hire of a part time attorney. We exactly it should come back here. Morning Mr this is Greg parish I'm the executive director of the Arkansas public defender commission and to my left is Brian Welch the head of the parent council division that's under our umbrella and run may be able to answer this question much better than I can. Of yes Is Mr per se I'm Brian Welch on the executive director of the parent council commission the reason we ask for this transfer is we have two types of attorneys that work for us those that we pay be a contract and those that we pay B. and extra help positions the extra help positions created for the attorneys that work for us that also worked for the public defender commission so they hold dual part time positions. The way that the appropriation is written if we do not have them in a position with a public defender commission we cannot keep them in the extra help positions so then we have to pay them via the contract so I have to move money from one line item to the other to be able to pay the replacements when we hire new attorneys. Just to give the committee heads up I'll probably be back here next month to move money back to the extra help line yesterday I had another attorney leave and take a position with a public defender commission who is currently under contract so we'll have to swap them to an extra help positions and so we'll have to get approval for that. You're gonna okay we'll. We'll be back. maybe we can talk about this later and see if there's a more efficient way to do it because I assume one attorney lease of you have to scramble of because of the those cases are there and go and have to be dealt with okay thank you very much. Any other questions. Senator Hickey own yours can we hold that in Joint Budget instead of a here. Okay thank you Sir. That that any other questions will consider this review. Now Mister chairman we're ready to move on to the ePacket and this is the miscellaneous federal grant appropriation request this is this is where agencies will be requesting spending authority for federal grants or federal funds is all thing from an unanticipated federal grant award there's several of these I'll take us through all of them and then we will be available to answer any questions the first one is on page two is the office of prosecutor coordinator on this when they're requesting three hundred three thousand nine hundred and eighteen dollars and appropriation spend federal funds and they are also requesting to establish one position the position will be reviewed by for title and great by the personnel subcommittee when they meet met next the grant is from the bureau of justice assistance to fund an additional deputy prosecuting attorney that will work on and initiative to combat gun crimes and it's a hundred percent federally funded the second one and administrative office of the courts adult and veterans drug treatment court this is a request for seven hundred fifty thousand dollars an appropriation of the grant is from the US department of justice to enhance the operations of adult drug courts and veterans treatment courts the item requires a twenty five percent stake match with the which the agents who will provide a three salaries of two individuals and they're funded by State Central Services number three is Department of Education Division of higher education Northwest Arkansas technical institute direct in equitable this is for three thirty seven fifty seven thousand three hundred ninety nine dollars in appropriation or federal funds the grant is to provide adult basic education and English language for adults that function at a grade level nine or below again it's a hundred percent federally funded number four. The department of agriculture for the forest stewardship program they're requesting forty thousand six hundred dollars an appropriation the grant is from the USDA to procure all terrain vehicles needed to access tracks located in remote areas of the state with or roads under the conservation reserve program. Number five is the department of health there M. F. G. is for twenty seven thousand twenty seven million two hundred sixty eight thousand four hundred thirty three dollars the grant is from the CDC to support immunization planning and implementation is a hundred percent federally funded number six we received a call yesterday the FAA contacted us and asked us to pull this item from the agenda so this will not be a review today are reported tomorrow number seven is Department of Human Services division of aging adult and behavioral health for a million five hundred thirty six thousand seven hundred forty nine dollars to spend federal funds from the grant from the US department of health and Human Services to supplement funding for home delivered meals for older residents he's made it's a hundred percent federally funded. Number eight also DHS division of aging and adult in favour Health Services its request for ten million seven hundred sixty one thousand one thirty nine the grant from the US department of health and Human Services is to reduce opioid over use and overdose related deaths in unmet treatment needs number nine is department Human Services division of child care and early childhood it's a request for ten million six hundred sixty seven thousand one hundred forty three dollars. They received a grant from the US department of health and Human Services to increase service for eligible children and family with early childhood assistance number two in the AGS Division of County operations there that request is four hundred seventy three million six hundred eighty four thousand seven hundred sixty six that receives a grant from the US department of treasury to provide emergency rental assistance number eleven also DHS division of county operations requesting a hundred eleven thousand nine hundred fifty five dollars this was far may grant from the USDA to increase the likelihood that person's eligible for snap will make healthy food choices number twelve of the Department of Health they're requesting a hundred and seventy three million six hundred ninety nine thousand nine hundred and eighteen dollars for a grant that they received from the CDC to respond to the code nineteen out for a. Number the next you items numbers thirteen and fourteen are both for the department of finance and administration project safe neighborhoods for the western and Eastern Division the Western Division is asking for a hundred and six thousand five hundred thirty two and then insect in the aisle item number fourteen the Eastern Division of the asking four hundred thirty nine thousand five hundred thirty four federal funds that they need to spend the grant is from the US department of justice or project safe neighborhoods both of these items are a hundred percent federally funded that Texas over to item number fifteen on page sixteen. This is for the department of commerce Economic Development Commission it is a request for forty nine thousand seven hundred dollars an appropriation of a received a grant from the National Science Foundation to facilitate participation in a conference that is focused on expanding the capacity to impact economic development it too is a hundred percent federally funded in Mister chairman those are all of the items on today's agenda methods of finance again item number six was removed pulled from the agenda by the agency. Thank thank you senator Dismang. Thank you Mr chairman had just had a question on item ET and with anybody from the Department. Could answer questions on the yep please come forward. So what I'm I'm I'm looking at this the hundred seventy three million six back to be expended by December thirty first two thousand twenty one. If you could just walk us through a little bit about what how qualifications may work on this particular program. If it's allocated by county in how to how does this. How's it going to be administered because that's that's quite a bit I would assume in rental assistance and also if you don't mind just typically what what we all received to help you for rental assistance in a normal year from a federal program thank you. Certainly a more quiet morning services. Mary Franklin Department of Human Services division County operation center August brief overview in this reclamation details to add to that as far away three other questions this is a unique program is created in the coronavirus relief legislation that Congress passed in December so this is not in the way of a precedent for this early this is a a brand new program it's it is a hundred thirty three million as provided there were some additional grants are made directly to counties believe Pulaski Washington and been county each received their own allocation with or what we received is for statewide program we're working right now on a very fast procurement to get a vendor to administer this for us is going to take a lot of outreach work as well as working beneficiary sample call center in order to make this available to our cancer on the state there are income limitations on it It is limited to being used for for rent utilities other expenses to help prevent eviction and avoid homelessness and so we'll be using those fertile criteria and then make those payments much as as much as we can directly to landlords but it can be applied for by both tenants or landlords. Thank you thing. That answer questions or denying. Not quite yet. Go ahead. I'm probably know left there we go. So at this point we're. How much this is going to be set aside a hundred seventy three then for the vendor when will be looking at minutes is there a their set aside dictated in the. Distribution from federal government that ex number of dollars can be spent on administration I miss him and there is there's a limit of ten percent thank means for ministration and our intent is we use a portion of that for the vendor that we retain we also in this we will have successes well and so that's what we're reviews portion of that use the remainder for our expenses and then it Mr at least ninety percent of the total for those benefits and out one other factor should mentioned there's a requirement the statute that we have to commit at least sixty five percent of the funding by September and so it is a very short time frame that we had to get a lot of those dollars out otherwise we risk losing as having some of those dollars diverted from us to other states. I mean I wish there were some additional details on how that's going to be distributed may not like to see in at least an estimation by county or something along those lines to know were fixed to release here a special segments hundred seventy three million dollars in a program that doesn't sound like it has a whole lot of guard rails And we certain institutional details there are in the in the actor not it doesn't have to be okay by county notarized will be more a first come first serve a nice inclusion to be honest that's kind of where I was getting I was that's what I'm afraid that you're going to say that it's first come first serve underserved communities are going to have a more difficult time achieving you know we're realizing the dollars because internet access perhaps OR out reach capabilities or a number of different issues that may arise so I was I was afraid that that would be the response is gonna be a first come first served so what you're gonna only has a more sophisticated landlords are going to be able to utilize the system in those that are not a sophisticated are gonna have a difficult difficult time accessing understanding and and have a way through so okay thank you and have access and that is what portable respect from the event will bring on they do a very in depth outreach efforts this is not just internet but do your advertising other methods with initial us what's the best way to reach these communities to get that word out there and does show folks how to comply by the same token has many accessible routes for them to apply as well and our hope is that not only will be through internet also have call centers but also through local organizations and so as when things were looking very closely at to make sure there are lots of opportunities to get that word out to provide people access to do so they can come in and make that application do do we have some way or are you gonna be working with a different agency that may have access to a database already that you would anticipate some of those individuals qualifying or thank is the is is I don't think this information it shall keep and like you said it's program you have an administered the past there are state agencies the member minister you know these types of programs so how to how's that and I'm I'm sorry but it's a hundred seven three million dollar first come first serve got spent sixty five percent by. You know September and like that I feel like we we may have a this has also the potential to be an actual train wreck so yes Sir that's in that were we we are concerned about that prospect as well so we'll make sure we do everything we can to make this success with there is the Department almost did Mr some funds earlier from cares Act and they work through community action agencies And so we expect to be working very closely with both of those groups as we go through this both to coordinate efforts see what was done before but also to help make sure we learn from their experience in that. Into the last thing to say this is I don't wanna hold up these funds but I'm also very nervous to release these funds especially since we're going to allow so much of it to be directed by an outside source you know to this contract. It again a minute we're kind of in a spot here Like I said I am business with the timeline I I am a little bit. Nervousness in this how this plays out because I don't want us to not touch those communities that need to be touched it's going to be a lot easier for you know I said a a more sophisticated landlord to access and and be a part of the program thank you. I agree with their Dismang on that that we could have a train wreck you're not you're with a first come first serve basis we've got to make sure we get the word out on that. Yes that's we will get that word out because we are I mean in terms of eligibility or restricting or allocating we are limited by the language that's in that what Congress passed and sort follow that yes certainly we we know is can be critical to get that word out and publicize it and make sure that not landlords with tenants know how they can access that. Thank you say you do not want to hold the senators mine. Senator Elliot. I thank you Mr all right my questions well it's a DHS questions swirled so um this from all is on page eight that has to but. That's the ten million dollar convalescent notice of contract regarding opioids and I. My question Frank was thank. A similar descended DISMANG this and that I know we had grants before you don't opioid is a continuation of the grandest this just brand new. Allow Mister hill answer that okay. J. secular Centralia we're you up with which the last year you referring to. Eighty eight eighty eight okay. Yes ma'am this is the this is a continuation of the state of the state's opioid response grant please identify yourself again for the records are up J. hill division director for aging adult behavior health thank you and this is this is the next generation of the S. or the it's an opioid response grant the state received previously these are to your grants aid is for about ten and a half million each year but so have we have we expended that first the amount. We expended the first amount we had nearly expended the entire grant for the first two year grant we do carry over for a for a small portion couple hundred thousand dollars this year and then we are beginning spending the new grant and and could you tell me approximately where in this state that most of that money was spent is it certain counties or is it but it's allocated some other way it covers the entire state the bulk of the money is used to support medical assisted treatment and to develop and recruit providers to educate and train them and then to also fund the treatment of persons who have opioid addictions this new grant a portion of that will also be used to support a new juvenile facility a juvenile treatment treatment facility located in southwest Arkansas okay I am asking thank you for that I'm asking a little bit of a different question and that not where it is allowed to be spent but what was actually spent was it actually spent basically all over the state or is there a higher concentration in any particular areas or areas like counties I think you will find a higher concentration of spent in urban areas where you have large population base is just just by right of the volume of persons who may be addicted to opioids but the grant covers all seventy five counties in the spent statewide and I can get you a break out of if you would like of where our providers are located as well as the dollars that are out there that are used to support treatment in those those counts R. their desert where there are where providers are not located that we ought to be concentrating on is what I'm really getting to because it makes sense if you just going to will go by pure numbers that can be more numbers such as Santa Pulaski County on Benton County but proportionality is kind of what I'm I have been I think unfortunately we probably have in the delta region the state we have your providers their then we do obviously to your point in Little Rock in northwest are. So in northeast Arkansas and a portion of this grant is used to identify new providers new treatment providers it's a part of the project is to recruit them to educate them and to bring them on board to provide this this medical assisted treatment and we partner also with UAMS it with documents you know your a mass to to bring in new doctors and to get them on board to provide the services in all regions and we do target those desert regions to your point okay and the last the last question on this is is in order for us to get the grant we have to apply as soon the and like any other grant or how are we doing I know this seems everybody is that concentrate on opioids and I get the. Do we have treatments for other kinds of drug addictions yes ma'am we do we have contracts that remote indigenous support treatments for all for all types of addiction for all matters of drugs now The SO warm grant initially this is the third version thirty aeration of that the first two were specific to opioids this grant is also expanded and now includes methamphetamines. Okay. Thank you so much of a that's all right that's all happened the adjustments Mr I had another question on this not DHS on the fourteen. Eight thirteen and fourteen actually. Senator Dismang you have a question for them. You. Go ahead Sir. Thank you Mr chairman Hey this is Joe back on the hundred seventy three million I housing assistance I guess the couple things like city we don't have a problem with letting go understand there's a timeline of but what what is the property in the process the proposal that you have out right now you're trying to find the right to enter for the I guess what's going to be close to seventy million dollar contract we we were in the process of putting together your document we're gonna street that out we know there are several vendors here out there and are doing this work in other states and so we're going to reach out contact them provide that to them however exploded timeline where they'll respond we're going to be quick review and also to a person has authorized student emergency procurement for this given the the very short time line and the need to get these dollars out there and so will whoever could processed and aim to have that done and have everything up and running by April one April one okay it helps in so would I would I would like is. It says you all have that proposal ready if you could send it back to us you know it's whatever you're going to send out solicit bids on and then after that when it vendor is selected if we can go ahead and you know you touch base with public health or whoever it is we have a conversation here but there needs to be a conversation with legislators about what that vendors going to be out and doing because I think it's gonna be incumbent on us to be part of the process of letting our constituents know in some way what to expect now this program is going to work And selected that I'd like for us to maybe offline from this established some processes that we understand how this is moving through especially since timeline special since really the way that set up I think it's gonna be important for us to to understand what's happening yes Sir we certainly do that thank you. Senate is where you want to meet with him after this meeting or when. Okay just give me a call. Senator Elliot. My my other question is is regarding E. thirteen and fourteen. It says the opener. Neighborhoods. Please identify yourself for the record. North. Endorse. In the finance office of intergovernmental Services. Go ahead mischief Mr yes ma'am all right I'm I I just don't understand what this description means will happen as a result of of this are getting this grant and I just kinda like for somebody to make it a real for me what does this actually mean And like how was the neighborhood involved in that kind of thing. Senator Elliot I will see your lot love hard pressed here backed your can yes I just I don't I you know I read the description and I don't know what it means in real life or in real terms so I would just wanted some clarity on when this program is is deployed what does that mean the the is going to have been happening in the neighborhoods to somebody in the neighborhood to help specified have specified that that's the kind of thing I want to know. Yes yes yes. Please please please push the the my. The project safe neighborhood grant are all actually awards that are issued to the U. S. attorney's office in the eastern and western districts the FAA it is issued to the FAA to facilitate through the US attorney's office what we do is there is a PSE and team that is comprised of officials from the federal state and all local law enforcement and we meet with them quarterly will mostly facilitating the use of the funds is so what that team does is they determine what projects would be effective for their all jurisdiction for that district and we have to facilitate of their projects ensure that they are in line with the operations of the grant some of those projects have to do it targeting all specific types of crime within a judicial district we have regular meetings with them to discuss what their plans are for spending their or their budget and so it kind of there is as to what the project is that ease ease all of western or Eastern District determine if they want to put in place to address crime within their area. Who could I talk to who could tell me what they actually do with the money I can give you a summary of it I didn't I don't have one here with me today I can give you a summary for each all district of the Eastern District as well as the western district to discuss what they're carrying plans for those funds or I confided in the form of a memo if you lie and it okay and that's a small amount of money that you know relatively speaking so I don't I so I'm concerned about that and they're not concerned about I'm concerned about it if it's really doing something I don't at this seems like a small amount to really be doing something that's effective on the other hand if it's if it's microtargeting to a certain thing it could make some sense but the way is described when you look at everything that is going to be the but it's designed to do I would but I want to get to is I wish somebody we're here here who actually uses the money. How is it effective or is it at all do we do anything to to know that. Well the affected as of each program is kind of measured by with the target goals are and that is inclusive in their application for funding and the wait is measure is whether they have met their identified targets I don't I don't have an example like right on my mind but I most certainly because summarized the effectiveness of what they anticipate of Frances when a submit their plan for how to going to use their their budget used a grant wanted things the include in circles like water and air expected outcome and the and toward a certain points within a grant they will determine where they are what toward meeting those goals and whether they are competition those codes it's a little hard to quantify in data because I just don't have that in front of me but I don't want it in the main goals for instance one everyday maybe targeting gang related type crime is so their mission me it's going to be based on crime statistics that are related to that of. Again I'd I can provide a better summary I guess you know that that's okay I guess I I thank you probably are not even the person I want to be talking to right now not is anything against you because you're not the one out there on the ground doing this so if you will just if you would can give me the name of the person to talk to you because if we are serious about the crime in the discus crime issue here that's described in this paragraph I just I am just that astounded to know how much can be done with the you know this full amount of money that's why I'm concerned that it's small but if it's if it's just all meet in something else the know that is going to be useful so what if you could give me the name of somebody I can talk to to see if this makes any sense because. I don't mean this in a negative way I hate it when I see things that appear to be window dressing about something that is so serious and just It and I don't know if we have the small amounts because we applied just for small amounts or if maybe this is just the way it is because we're doing something else on the other side especially for an entire district. Okay okay if you could do that I hold I binge within Mister chair because I understand you don't have all those little minute details so thank you. I thank you Mr stern thank you all for answer my questions. Thank you as a no other questions in the queue so without objections these items are review. The next section agenda item is L. and this is performance fund pay plan holding account. Transferrable read to pay regular salaries extra help and personal services matching our report on a transfer from the performance fund and there are five agencies requesting a total. Of two hundred nineteen thousand six hundred sixty two dollars in spending authority on the schedule on the on this page most of the agencies are requesting increases due to performance increases and salary of this is on page two of item itself out one agency educational television request extra help increases to fill in the gaps were field engineers in the engineering division due to retirements and an employee death and again that's two hundred nineteen thousand six hundred sixty two dollars a in that particular agenda item. Any questions. With without any other questions or any questions of these items are reviewed. The next out section is item G. these are methods of finance the we have the letter from DFA and then we start the grouping of methods of finance the first one is a issue Jonesborough for their student union cooling towers this is a revised method of finance for five hundred ninety three thousand eighty nine dollars and eighty seven cents and they know that they will use or university reserves to cover that expense UAMS has several on here the first one is the radiation oncology we're re locating and expanding that facility this too is in a revised that that if finance at two thirty million dollars they have bond proceeds to cover this will also note that we will see a an engineer architect contract when we get over into contracts in item II it's number seven in construction related contracts the second one for you and this is the surgical annex it is revised to forty million dollars this also has the contract of correlates with this particular imho with that'll be on page three of the item number five on that in a construction let a contract and then the another one for UAMS is their childcare center design of three hundred eleven thousand two hundred twenty two to begin design work of for a child development center to serve you a and e's families in the surrounding community. Of this when they also note that they have you a mess reserves in revenues to cover that cost. It too has a construction related contract for their architectural services. Number five UAMS for the northwest Arkansas fourth floor research build out a million six hundred eighty three thousand three hundred ninety six are they have reserves for that project on the next page you A. UAMS for the Westmark collision repair they had a car run through the damage a building in a storage supply area two hundred sixty five thousand dollars and they plan to use reserves in revenues to cover that expense you CA for the Joint relation it's their integrated health science building one point three million dollars they have capital reserves two percent of that funding will come from that and the majority of it ninety eight percent will come from bond proceeds state police has the at the final two the first one is where the troop G. Texarkana substation of million three hundred fourteen thousand four hundred fifty dollars that's located in Texarkana they have bond proceeds to cover that and then the next one is the vehicle storage bay of this is to million six hundred ten thousand dollars and they Chapron bond proceeds to cover that expense as well those are the methods of finance on today's agenda. Senator hammer. Thank you Mr just a question of the agency that had the situation the car running through the building however that was your available can we get someone to come forward. UAMS. Marie's Marie's rigs the USMS of vice chancellor for institutional relations. Senator. You have a question I did I'm just years to the person's. Insurance not cover the cost of that the gym to go this route or can you just explain yes Sir that the person with uninsured and so there's no there was no means to recover from insurance and the the the repairs were less than our deductible for insurance so we didn't use our insurance so they prompted us to take from reserves to get that fixed nos two hundred seven thousand you sooner because intelligence or you're an uninsured motorist is what you said yes Sir just making a point thank you. Any other questions. Without seeing any other questions and without objections these items are reviewed. The next job items are are discretionary grants we have a items from the health department and DHS on item H. page one or the grants from the health department they have two hundred percent federally funded the first one is an amendment adding sixty eight thousand four hundred fifty to an existing grant that they have and this grant is to provide follow up assistance to Arkansas children diagnosed with hearing loss and their second one is also an amendment six adding two million four hundred nine thousand to that grant to provide core medical and support services for HIV infected individuals for the Ryan white part B. services access center program in Arkansas and H. two of these are DHS grants the first one is an original grant with meaningful approach consulting it's a hundred a hundred percent other subject with DHS that from civil penalties money they are establishing a grant to expand the well being model for dementia care and this has to do with some of mental health and behavioral needs brought on by Kobe nineteen number two is DHS and Amendment tend to an existing grant adding a hundred twenty five thousand dollars to facilitate collaboration among head start agencies and number three for DHS also is amendment to to a grant for five hundred fifty thousand dollars and this is to continue the national teachers education and compensation compensation help teach a scholarship program in Arkansas for early childhood educators and that's a statewide grants as well those are all the grants discretionary grants on today's agenda. I don't see any questions and so without objections these items are reviewed. The next job item is our services contracts item I the first we have a letter from I was the office of state procurement noting that none of the contracts us admitted from there throughout their office on their face of appear to be lawful and are therefore submitted for review the first group of contracts that we look at our construction related contracts one of the numbers one through four of three of those are going to be on call contracts for fait it bill number three is actually for the Arkansas school for math and sciences and its work on call architectural services for them on the next page item I page three you have M. UAMS and here are the three contracts that I mentioned when we were talking about in the MOFs for those three projects we have an amendment to the surgical annex of. Architectural and engineering contract number six is the new contract with a for the child development center and then the last one number seven for UAMS is where the radiation oncology center relocation and expansion number eight is for you CA I this is for their win Gates center for the fine arts and performing arts theater a theatrical lighting and equipment package this is in a an amendment to that existing contract and then you have been friends affairs with the on contract for engineers. Looking at civil engineering and architectural design services for capital improvements and this it has to do with the expansion of the state veterans home cemeteries those are the construction related contracts on today's agenda. Thank you I say there are no questions in the queue so that objection these items are reviewed. Our next group of contracts or inter governmental contracts contracts that between agencies that are procured using the intergovernmental a procurement. First two were for education department they are both with a issue Jonesborough of a issue of the first one is for data collection and analysis for analysis for the aware program and the second one is for positive behavior interventions and support in some educational pilot sites of these are both signed up funded by where federal funds number three on page five there is the health department with UAMS this is for funding for a medical director to sell us to work with this snap program of the wick program and to continue contribute to helping right the maternal and child health care block grant number four is the health department with the university of Mississippi to receive assistance in easing collections of electronic data for delivery to the Arkansas State stroke registry the health department with the university of Alabama at Birmingham for telemarketing a home page seven is the insurance department this is Amendment seven in their contract for the Arkansas all payer claims database number seven UALR with Colorado state to provide services to evaluate proprietary of bone scaffold system for talks this is the person per se sorry about that of those are the inter governmental contracts on today's agenda. We have any questions. See no question without objections these items are reviewed. The next group of services contracts are out of state contracts the first one is the crime information center this is an amendment for a wrist disposition recovery services number two of is for DFA this is the of for general accounting standards implementation this particular up program deals with the leases an asset accounting services number three for DFA is to evaluate state comprehensive opioid stimulant and substitute Beauce site based programs number four is education school for the deaf to update the wireless network for that agency number of five short term contracts for DHS the first one is with simple simple for quick of vice applications number six seven and eight or all for DHS and therefore the Arkansas State Hospital number six is for laundry services on original contract number seven is for laboratory diagnostic diagnostic testing services at ash and the eighth one there the third one for the state hospitals for patient food and nutrition provisions for state hospital Number nine a continuing on with DHS contracts this one is for a mod emergency shelter services number ten is DHS up for independent verification invalid. Validation services number eleven is DHS with or city this is original contract consulting and system integration services number twelve DAC just for asset verification services and number thirteen all rights were the public service commission this is a contract amendment for the contract that they have to provide legal services for the commission number fourteen on page twelve is you a fait it bill this is with bell weather of this is a three to five year strategic plan for early child care early care and education projects of one a note on this one this is actually it's Joe state funds but it's actually a grant that fable recite received from Arkansas department of education are you a fait it bill of number fifteen has a new regional contract there for review of the office of sponsored programs administrative functions number sixteen UALR this is for upgrade of you A. L. ours library integrated library system this is an original contract and it was done it sole source justification of in reading the letter on this the same vendor company that currently use of. Program this program is compatible with work day so they're having to change to assign vendor that they're currently using four different program that they have available next is number seventeen this is U. A. M. S. and this is for their external audit services number eighteen also for you a mess is of for disabilities and ministration overhead costs number nineteen is you see a up for enrollment services with the A. B. global an amendment to that a cut can our contract those or the out of state contracts on today's agenda. We have any questions. Senator Johnson. I on number six. PHS the the laundry service out of Oklahoma for the state hospital. Later than five years your sample records again Marxuach or even services J. hill DHS IG don't ever have. Hey Senator got. This is nobody in the State of Arkansas can do laundry for our state hospital. The current process this was the best bid that they received and this is a this is a service that they've they've been they've contracted with this company for several years. Okay. Just that making sense of I gotta bring it Oklahoma. Thank you. I got a very good point senator Johnson. Okay. Locations and any other questions. Seeing no other question without objection will. Sorry about that. Up sixty. Number thirteen. Please come forward. I turned on some sense entering your computer but in the end. Thank you very much up missed terms we of this is all about a nine hundred thousand dollar increase did did we just. Two questions one way or what unanticipated of Lawrence causes to it to have additional dollars was something that was unanticipated that you are facing. In some ways yes Sir and other ways no we've had a. Protracted litigation work mostly with the state of Louisiana for thirty five years and that's why we have very expensive for lawyers It grinds on in on but it's very expensive For example we're currently being sued in US District Court four hundred and twenty million dollars. That either ratepayers will absorb or shareholders of the utility will absorb we have a when you resolve a dispute about Merrick garland or Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court we have a four hundred million dollar judgment offered by. Cavenaugh owner favor and three hundred million from Merrick garland that's the kind of money that we're. That we deal with which we have one group of lawyers. And we've had a contract for a long time and it gets extended an advanced stuff added to it. when I left I was served for nine years on staff at the commission I thought the stuff was coming to an end and that was in two thousand nine. It's just endless litigation for large amounts of money and we want to have the best lawyers that we can't is this back to grand Gulf it's related to the theory is established in the grand Gulf case. And and all the protracted litigation and there's about to be. Another complaint with respect to grand goals this time all of the. The regulators are together grand golf has a problematic capacity factor a nuclear unit you want to run ninety percent of the time this things in the thirties forties fifties and sixties in our remedy is that for so we have for counsel to handle that case. It is just it's just. Mind boggling endless litigation it's very expensive but the consequences to rate payers are rates pensive. If you don't have those kinds of lawyers okay thank you very much. Senator Elliot and you have a question. The DHS question but I'll just. Talk to them online okay thank you ma'am. Any other questions. We'll. But not for you. Fifteen of on your first Arkansas fable. Please identify yourself record Rebecca Haley University of Arkansas the Bill. Miss Holly this contract with Huron consulting regarding workday workday was implemented maybe a year ago is that about right yes Sir have there been problems with work day it's not really problem Sir is the implementation that has to go with our system and how it all interaction interfaces with our system so that is just one element Huron's committee and to look at to see how we can better do a compliance and risk management within our research and innovation a division. So It it's not problems is just trying to make everything with workday work. Our systems are very old. So with this would you say this a hundred forty thousand expenditure was outside the original intent of work day that if workday had worked as we had hoped and is it was probably presented to the universe Arkansas this contract would be unnecessary. Yes and no because they're doing other things as you know we got a long family charitable foundation grant for a hundred and ninety four point two million dollars and this is their pain that that's what we're the funds were using and we're trying to double our research expenditures within seven years so what here on coming in to do is not just that the peace with workday but they're really trying to streamline our processes within the research and innovation we have new leadership so we're really trying to get some more additional support in there for research administration functions that does risk and compliance with federal grants. with work day it was that a competitive had a work day do you know the evolutionary process of how work day was chosen to be implemented honestly Sir it is a system contract so it's the University of Arkansas System so I'm not completely sure okay thank you sorry thank you Mr chairman. That is a list right here Melissa rescue. Listen listen rusty's give me. She is not here okay thank you. That senior other questions and without objections these items are reviewed. The next group of contracts begin on a item and that hi Page fourteen these are going to be our in state contracts of the first one is a issue Three Rivers this is for keystone you'll services number two education department for a professional development training for Arkansas leadership academy a number three and number four both for education these or ought to contracts were for hearing officers to provide over hearings of both of those or original contract number five is education school for the blind of four ophthalmologist and optimise mistress services. number six is the health department This is for janitorial services this one is a special procurement and actually this is for past invoices that have not been paid yet but of the contract expired of this is for their lab and all of the health department and so they were they were in the process of getting a new bid will see the new contract on the next page but this is to take care of the services being provided up until March of this year of the next one is the health department with Q. stores on this is to provide assistance to the Department of Health drama section a number eight here is the contract the new contract for janitorial services that you'll see begins March tenth which is the last date that the other contract will be paid up for a number nine is DHS for pharmacy consultant for the Arkansas Health Center. Number ten at DHS this is an amendment for their early childhood training numbers of eleven and twelve and also fourteen through nineteen is gonna be a total of eight contracts or all going to be for substance abuse treatment services and then number thirteen there of which breaks it up is for psychological evaluations that's going to take us to contract number twenty that's on page nineteen our contract number twenty also for DHS is for psychology services for the Arkadelphia human development center number twenty one is for a contract amendment for dental hygienist at the Arkansas yep the human development center number twenty two is for pharmacy consultant services and number twenty three is an amendment to their residential group home contract number twenty four is a public service commission to provide services to the Arkansas high cost fund number twenty five is a contract amendment for state police this is for the advertising and marketing services for the state wide highway safety media plan and number twenty six the last when there is you a fait it bill this is for strategic assistance or workforce grant skills program and those are the in state contracts on today's agenda. Thank you do we have any questions. Seeing no question without objections these items are reviewed. Mr chairman the next items on our agenda our report and then we have one other section that will have under other business that will have some Actions for the committee but under the reports and we've done that separately if you want to take these with you there are quarterly reports monthly reports and contracts that are being reported by the executed contracts as well as critical emergency procurements an emergency purchases of that Texas over to other business in your in package at the end of your packet is in one of under other business this is a review of R. F. Q. request for property damage mitigation solicitation with the passage of new procurement laws there are times now that agencies have to request use of R. F. Q. procurement from I wish P. prior to beginning the R. if Q. this is a copy of the emails and letters that I had gone back and forth from S. P. giving their approval on the use of an RFQ it is a review item for this committee and then lastly is another item for the committee that in the previous JBC and review meetings we saw some imho at I mean M. F. Jeez for education Department of dealing with their plans on how to use ESR and year funding they were asked to submit a plan and to also submit information on the past expenses the first round how those went out so you have those reports here from education of the first group of those reports beginning in one page one is the plan that they testified to in JBC and how they plan to use the funds then you've got the first round of that when. Out The we're committed last year and the answer local schools cobit funds as well as the at the end there you'll see the year department funds that are discretion proposed funding so again that was a special report that was being requested to come to this committee of dealing with those former IMF Jeez that came before the committee those two are review items other than that that's all the items on today's agenda. Do we have any questions on those items. I see no questions without objection these items are reviewed it looks like our next meeting is March the twenty third but the under counter seven thirty in the morning. And with that said no other questions this meeting is adjourned.