ALC-JBC Personnel

Or did not call this meeting to order. We got Mr angel you're up. Thank you Mr chairman I'd be one is Arkansas game and fish commission. ACT one twenty five twenty twenty authorize in six hundred thirty positions. Again fish is requesting to surrender five positions but also to add five was the positions being surrenders skilled tradesmen. Fiscal support specialist and three administrative specialist threes. Was that two fiscal support analyst an education program specialist into biologist specialist. Again fish wishes to re classify three I. T. positions in this is for succession training and to provide a clear career ladder in the IT division. Three classes are systems administrator to I. T. assistant administrator and to senior software support analyst to a software support analyst and a software support specialists and those two would be new titles to game and fish. There are no changes requested for line item maximums. And the net request for game fishes for six hundred thirty positions that reflects no change in the total number positions Mister chairman that's all I have for game fish. All right thank you Mister engineers are there any questions. Seeing none we have a motion. Your motion second all those in favor reviewing this say aye. Post Saddam would be reviewed all right department inspector general Mister angel. Thank you Mr chairman thirty twos department inspector general also known AS dig a first division is administration insured services. They're currently authorized sixteen positions inspector general request for title changes if you look on your personal committee report on the first page is going to be lines eight through eleven. And as Tony mentioned previously these are going to be primarily changes to the prefixes in this case make to dig. The interim they added a fair housing executive director this will be on line sixteen of the first page. You see this position on the fair housing report is coming up shortly you'll see on on that report as well. Inspector general's administration insured services division wishes to transfer in eighteen positions for fair housing Meg and one out to to making that's a net of seventeen transfers in. If you look on the first page of your report the star on line twenty two and they go to the end. These eighteen transfers in in the one out bring inspector general administration shared services requested thirty three. And that's all I have for that division Mister chairman the next division we have a question feel also on to the second I I don't know who's in twenty six. The. Chair rice I'm going to guess that senator Chesterfield Iraqis just wanted to know if any of these changes in names carry with them a change in and money. No ma'am not to my knowledge okay so the salaries will remain the same that is my understanding thank you so much thank you Mr thank you senator. Mr enter you go ahead if you want to a. We're going to do all of the department and the take a vote at the end of that. Yes Sir. Our next division is Meg of Medicaid inspector general division. They're currently authorized thirty seven positions. makes requesting seven title changes usually on lines eight through fourteen on the first page of your personal committee report. And like the others is primarily replacing the prefix Meg with Dick. May request one reclassification human resources and listed yes six that be going to a research project analyst GSO six. In the first pages me line twenty. They which transfer in one position and twelve out star on the first page eight line twenty five note those of finish the report. this create net transfer of eleven positions transferring out. The name of the changes brings makes requests to twenty six positions. And the next division inspector general is fair housing I don't be to be. Currently authorized six positions. Fair housing division received a Arkansas fair housing executive director GS fifteen by the swap one interments the position I mentioned earlier. It's gonna be transferred to administration shared services that's on line eight of your report. The request to transfer fair housing six positions to the inspector general's administration shared services division to be a lines fourteen through nineteen on your report and the net actionable these transfers gives fair housing for this division requested zero positions that's all I have Mister chairman. Thank you mistranslated director before. They did. Senator Chesterfield you're recognized thank you Mr chair. Your housing had an executive director before but it also had a staff. So where is the rest of the staff did I miss that part. No ma'am but I would need to defer to the. Katie one into that because it was a very active agency they get a lot of good in the community so tell me for the rest of these people are yes ma'am on the fair housing right we see that ministries services manager the executive exist system to the director and public information specialist there's a staff of six and fair housing which is pretty much the number that is always been there in regard to the director if you would call they appointed the new director at the start of the session we transferred someone from labor department over for housing and we created this position to accommodate that salary right so I guess I was just wondering since it agency request zero executive rex zero legislative zero that's not a true reflection but it and at the bottom it says the negative six so I don't I'm not sure I understand that well that's because they're combining in the making and just a separate set section of a department inspector general they're all going to be under the department inspector general there will be six but there was still please six positions session with that alright thank you thank you Mr. And barred you have anything else to add to that no Sir I did not okay. Number that is the report and we have a motion. Is there a motion and a second all those in favor say aye. Opposed this item is reviewed going to number three department of parks heritage and tourism. And Mister Browning is. Making her way up there. Thank you Mr. Morning with brown. You are recognized to the received a report. I am on the agenda is Arkansas department of parks here Titian tourism administrative insurance services is a good recommendation provides for one title change in ninety six positions transferred for the division of heritage natural culture resources council and state parks and tourism leaving the department with ninety seven positions and they have one authorized position. The next item. The next item on the agenda is division of capitol zoning district commission the division has three authorized positions effective recommendation provides for two title changes. The next item on the agenda is parks heritage and tourism division of heritage the division has a combined total of a hundred and sixty four authorized positions is that gonna recommendation provides for seven title changes on lines eight through fourteen. On page one of the committee report one out of family reclassification due to the use of position during the interim in the transfer of thirty five positions to the department of parks here to to terrorism the ministry of insurance services which are lines twenty five through twenty six on page one and all wines fire through fifteen on page three. The department also as for the team of a continuing of two emit G. positions on March twenty four through twenty six on page one. Results in a new total of one hundred and thirty positions. Next on the agenda is the natural and cultural arts council. Miss Bronte hold on the second we have a a question senator Chesterfield you're recognized Sturch year to year seven thirty in the morning not at all I'm just trying to understand all the title changes. The title changes don't mean any change in salary no they necessary the tile changes only re fill it out of the divisions within each department moved during transformation to report to reflect where they are now. Server. Transformation required title changes. One. A vessel question for the. Okay why would they require title changes because a change the position well what you head were different prefixes to so many of these title so what we're trying to do with reflect which cabinet these positions were signed to sub certifying department of Arkansas heritage is now says Arkansas department of parks heritage and tourism so that's what we were just trying to recognize that these positions are time there so we can have them I'll correctly identified and I laid with their cabinet department. We had some you know that we're just really out of date to there were other reasons for title changes but this was our year to try to clean up all the titles okay well it is the my hope that as you change tires you're not changing so. Salaries and we're ending up paying more. Than we were before that is not the case you will see there are some changes from times of grades but those are separate is re classifications are operates in their separate line on this report so I think I'll stand out a little bit more thank you thank you Mr chair thank you senator with one more question. whoever's in seat eighteen. Absent you're recognized so so this is just of title changes and realignment for transformation yes Sir. With okay alright thank you Mr chairman. Thank you Representative. Miss brown you can continue. The next item is Arkansas arts council bill to authorize positions in no personnel changes. The next item on the agenda is parts here to terrorism natural and cultural resources council the division has one authorized position is that a recommendation provides for the position to be transferred into the department's administrative and share services resulted in no positions within natural and cultural resources council. The next item on the agenda is a division of parks and tourism which has is this thing special language. The second a recommendation provides for twenty six title changes on lines eight through twenty six on page one in lines five through eleven on page two of the report. If the if the division within itself has a hundred four authorized positions executive recordation also provides for six Alabama reclassification is due to the use of position during the interim in the transfer of sixty positions to the department of heritage parks and tourism ministry of insurance services on pages three through five resulting in a total of seven hundred and forty four positions as stated earlier work these he's a special language our existing language they're only asking for continuation to utilize authorized extra help for contract labor during a visit war Memorial Stadium into good team you special language for division employees to contract with the division of parks and tourism FOR golf lessons. Did you check for golf lessons yes. If that concludes my presentation staff concurs with all these that could have recommendations. I remember you heard reporter anymore questions. Not with the motion. Representative you make a motion or a commotion. Okay all right. We need a motion on this to consider reviewed we got a motion the second all those in favor review. Nine. The post consider this item review. Miss Browning you're still up by the department of ag. The next item on the agenda is apartment agriculture ministry been shared services the department has one authorized position is that gonna recommendation provides for two title changes on lines eight through not on page one one pole position four out of them we we classifications due to the use during the interim in for sixty positions transfer from aggro department in natural resources commission which starts on page two to the remainder of the report resulting in sixty one positions. The next item on the agenda is a veterinary medical examining board which has one authorized was position in as they get a recommendation provides for one we classification. The next item is department agriculture the department act which agriculture has five hundred seventy five authorized positions executive recommendation provides for one new classification five title changes affected twenty four positions continuation of five MM G. into pole position on lines twenty four through twenty six on page one in lines five through eight on page two they also receive executive recommendation four hundred twenty eight re classifications on page. On page two on lines fifteen through twenty six to one six through eighteen on page eight. Is there any recommendation also provides for the transfer of forty five positions to the department's administrative insurance services all laws fifteen fifteen to twenty six on page eight to the remainder of the report resulted in a new toll of five hundred thirty two positions. The next item is natural resources commission we have eight eighty six authorized positions in is that a recommendation provides for six title changes eighteen request for cases of which five are at a family request vacations due to the use during the interim and their own lines twenty five through twenty six on page one in six through twenty one on page two and they also have a transfer of fifteen positions on page two to the department's administrative insurance services result in a new total of seventy one positions staff concurs with all executive recommendations. Senator Chesterfield you're recognized thank you Mr chair of help me with the shared services concept. Of you have someone in Arkansas natural resources for instance and what they need Is something that differs from the department of eggs other divisions. How do you get to home. A. Will serve those individuals. Can you answer the questions is and we have a conflict I mean we have two major things going on at once in two separate divisions where we have the shared services how do they determine who gets what. Yes ma'am I'm with the shared services division most of the shared services positions tend to be in the area of administration which is in personnel accounting fiscal I. T. in legal and this compact sometimes public information as well so then it that case it it comes the secretary's responsibility determine who would best be Sir but what we did was basically combined those positions which is for we have allowed from savings because you might have had natural resources commission may have had HR director actor I may have had HR director lasting poultry labor and forestry by this at this case I've got one HR director who can serve all all of those divisions and keep that and keep a mall happy so this is where a lot shared services and transportation activities have been centered on the what happened to the eight other HR director thank you were either re assigned are they may still some of them may still be a lot of people and now a couple had retired and left so that was at the time which that those positions back and some of them you know I may still be working in HR they may be working in another area that probably part of shared services absent ignorant of it but would you tell me please how much money you allegedly Sir save during this time. I would call the police on me. We do not have a total count on that as of yet I think was factor may be but presenting something to you next week the joint budget. They'll have some of that information we will know from each agency how much has been say not just overall the from each agency is that what we will do. What I would ask that we do. Okay I certainly can provide you with council positions the more the positions were and what the number one thing with the numbers now and then probably have some session savings go with you but the secretary will be able to share that with this is that what we're doing next week is that what you're saying yes and. All right on the nineteenth of nineteen ninety nine thank you Mr chair and. I'm through with this one thank you senator Representative will you're recognized. Hello how many of these positions have physically moved. Not just a paper change the do you know how many were they domiciled in one office and then move to another one as a result of being a part of shared services. All the all the moving into what I would call the central office. Representative would think that depends on the various departments that have to let us section the ward respond directly for the agriculture department but I know in a lot of cases like in our case we moved over to another agency so we can all the centralized I think a lot of places that has occurred and on the specifically the response for agriculture. Representative would you like to have the the secretary of agriculture answer the question is. That we are we can do that when we review their budget Mr chairman for the X. by that one we've got time now you want to go in and out of the phone yeah we For work you don't mind thank you. If you would introduce yourself for the record then we'll get hopefully this question answered. Yes Sir west for from a Arkansas part of our culture and and I think of an excellent questions Sir that's a complicated answer so prior to transformation we have most of our staff located located one building one inch resources rival natural resources had a separate location downtown and you're just here little rock we've we've had up to four separate facilities and so it's it's a process of not only of shared services but also trying to align building and and property locations within certain errors and throughout the state so particular for for this case with what we're doing natural resources we were able to after transformation I think we moved five from our fiscal staff over two or one natural resources Dr incorporated them within or a fiscal nature staff we are in the process now working with building authority to to re locate natural resources proper from from downtown to a location that's a lot closer to where we are but the concept of shared services it is exactly as miss Katie indicated it's it's a fiscal was a chore to the legal all there is better working together so. in particular for agriculture a lot of a lot of our work can be seasonal so we may be dealing with the you know what pesticide issue during certain times of the year were were focused on making sure fiscal H. or legal concerns are being addressed and that make shift so it it allows to be able to use the staff fully throughout the entire year as opposed to seasonal starts and stops but it's a it's working working very well for more in well Mr secretary let me let me ask you this question if Mr chairman of. You have a great administration which has four hundred and fifty eight budgeted positions then you have a cabinet level with forty nine budget what what's the difference between the administration and cabinet I mean what's the delineation between. Where were those four hundred and fifty eight people before. Transformation. That you now have an administration and then your your city can these changes which I understand but it. Other other rooms stand separating out cabinet from administration. Yes Sir and and I don't see that form fifty eight number but I think I understand we're or you're going so in particular I think is what we're referring to cabinet I would be that shared services fund Sir with so that would be within that would be so let's is that your central office yes Sir will we would at the yes Sir was called of the old three organization. Thank you Mr chairman this sector thank you Representative thank you Mr secretary for coming up. Miss Browning is that all you had. Yes all right. Member seeing no other questions only a motion to review this get a motion and a second all those in favor. Proposed consider this item reviewed and moving right along was running your up. The next item on the agenda is department of corrections administrative and shared services. Department of corrections administrative ensure services have three authorized positions is there a recommendation provides for one new classification eight title changes to pool positions the database specialists are T. O. a in a computer support technician I see to these are located on line twenty six on page one in line five on page two. Five house them reclassification is due to the use through an interim and one hundred and ninety eight positions transfer for the division of correction community correction and parole board which are all lines twenty one through twenty six on page three to the end of the report resulted in a total of two hundred one positions this department also has a request for special language this is old is this in language which provides for regular salaries for four hundred and sixty two can do to concur tangent positions for medical services medical and mental health services in holiday compensation for the correction officers in food preparation manager and supervisor. The next item on the agenda is parole board they have twenty seven authorized positions in as they could a recommendation provides for one pole position the transfer of two. Positions to the department of corrections administrative ensure services resulting in a total of twenty four positions. The next item is the Arkansas sentencing sentencing commission and they do not have any personnel changes. The next item is department of corrections division of correction they have four thousand seven hundred and sixty authorized positions in as they get a recommendation provides for two classifications DO see chief information officer I to you live in and DO see chief legal counsel which is located in the note section of the report. They also provided for two upgrades the C. D. O. C. food preparation manager and DO see food preparation supervisor which affects a hundred and six provisions twenty tile changes affected three thousand seven hundred thirty two positions which are listed on lines twenty through twenty six on page one two wives five two six C. on page two one title change which is not on the lines on this on page two of the report is listed on the bottom of the notes section which is a. Eighty CDC see your trainer in their changing into a DLC unit trainer. Is that a recommendation do not recommend three additional positions but recommended seventeen classifications which are listed on page three over sixteen are we are at a family reclassification due to the eastern entrance in the transfer of one hundred forty four positions on page on pages four thirteen. It to the administrative ensure services result in a new total of four thousand six hundred and sixteen positions. The next item on the agenda is the division of community correction they also have a request for special language which is basically the same language as we went over it and the department's administrative insurance services with only a couple differences. The division has one thousand four hundred eighty eight authorized positions is that a recommendation provide for two upgrades food preparation manager in a food preparation supervisor supervisor effective thirty positions. Twenty one title changes on lines fourteen through twenty six on page one in five to twelve on page two of fifteen five hundred and seventy three positions twenty three additional positions a staff two hundred thirty seven days divided among their facilities in Texarkana Batesville in west Memphis these are all lines seventeen through twenty six on page two two lines five through ten on page four. Is that a recommendation also provides for the continuation of eleven MF G. positions and nine pool positions on line sixteen to twenty six on page four in all lines five through thirteen on page five respectively eight out of member classifications due to the use during the interim on the bottom of page prior to the top of page six in the transfer of fifty two positions on lies eleven through twenty six on page six to the to the remainder of the report to the department's administration administrative insured services resulted in one thousand four hundred and sixty eight positions. Bernie that those if you're checking for Santos twenty three additional positions that you say those are going to be split between three different facilities yes. I thank you go ahead. Is there a recommendation also provides for continuation of three pieces of existing language holiday compensation medical and mental health services content contingency positions and regular salaries for fifty two contingent positions for medical services in. Then we have. The riverside voter which doesn't have any personnel changes trying to get hold on one second we've got a question represented will you're recognized the with the three additional positions you mentioned in the twenty three year of those new positions. Yes those are new positions yes in the department of corrections and they're sitting down there with over a thousand vacant positions and we're ending of twenty six new positions. What what's the deal. Miss Kay thank you could step in on that one. Thank you at the department of corrections is a little bit different in. Not different what I mean they miss Kay ms Barnhill of a room. Or down this road again but I don't understand it in twenty six positions when the welcome to dress firm all rounder I mean if Mr McCain we anytime we do this can we find out how many of these changes we're making our own fill positions within an agency that may be a question for staff I think that's a fair question but would you like to get the agency appear and answer that for you well yes Sir soon so looks like we have someone on the way. Morning Sir if you would introduce yourself for the record and we'll get right on Representative with this question. Some grows the secretary of corrections Representative Wooten so the positions you're referring to three of those were and the division of correction those were substance abuse program leader positions treatment positions the executive read recommendation did not provide for the establishment of those positions within the first year of the biennium was going on in that situation in our life and our substance abuse treatment programs within that division we use inmate peer leaders which places does inmate peer leaders in a position of authority within that treatment setting over other inmates going to that program which is not a recognized this this practice within the within a treatment center in a correctional environment so we are going to excuse me push the push that request to the second year of the biennium which would allow us to phase out our use of inmate peer leaders within that division within the division of community correction a couple years ago we begin building out additional bids within the division of community correction at our at three different community correction centers that the east Arkansas community corrections center in west Memphis the southwest Arkansas community correction center in Texarkana and the northwest Arkansas community correction center in Fayetteville those facilities along with the rest of our community correction centers are licensed alcohol drug treatment facilities. We are wanting to expand our capacity to provide services for those offenders who need that targeted alcohol drugs treatment that also meet the target offense eligibility within the with within the code for offenders who can go to community correction centers so while the yes the division of correction has a sizeable amount of vacant positions that were actively working to fill in the positions that we're requesting to add are in the division of community correction which operates as a separate division has separates the. Security expectations from the division of correction. If you've got all those vacant positions what she's issues those whether that in twenty three twenty six more a I don't understand the problem with reclassifying a position. We have a mechanism to do that without landing twenty six more positions total already bloated unemployment vacant positions down there well for the the Staff Wallace challenging staffing a correctional agency during this pandemic period the division of community correction does not have this don't blame it on the pandemic the list we're talking about twenty six do positions in the state agency that has a thousand or more break input you have twenty pages. AS seven the employees per play this fourteen hundred positions that are un fill in Europe here today asking for twenty six more and that just does not make sense to me and within the division of correction I have a need for every last one of those positions we've got see we we have staffing minimums that we have to meet of both for accreditation and FOR and and for this in my point represent will not understand your point completely and if there was a option to transfer positions which we have done of within the department we have reallocated positions across the across the divisions but within the security ram the position I have within the division of correction while a at an unacceptably high number of those are vacant I need those positions within the division of correction Cummins Varner delta grounds McPherson north central and every other facility to have within those positions those wardens need to be able to field those positions need to be able to staff those polls with in their division. Gold fell we have a summer move been vacancies back to twenty eleven twenty twelve twenty thirteen twenty fourteen as several of the been vacant over two years as as we of of going back to our budget prison taste shall last week several of those positions about a hundred that show two years plus of vacancy all or last utilization are what I call flex positions the division of correction is one of the units within state government that has historically been authorized a certain number of flex positions which are not intended to be regularly used but are intended to be used in emergency situations so I realize why I realize what we've done historically the times are changed yes Sir. We were we were charged with the responsibility in out of share this we are charged with the responsibility to be good Sturch or what we're given to work with yes Sir and I just don't feel that were sent in there with twenty pages of unfilled positions and and then you come in here in this for twenty six more a. It's to Mr chairman thank you. Thank you Representative Sir do you do you have the funding to fill all of the vacant positions. Within the division of corrections Mike off within the division of correction yes portion of them now portion of those vacant positions are on budget of the other a consideration that no go we discuss periodically with Tony is we have a fairly sizeable differential obligation within the department which is hazardous duty maximum security pay in both the division of correction and the division of community correction along with historically are holiday and over time we're on funded we've made of legis means to the budgeting process the last few biennium to address the holiday and over time peace so we have to generate a certain number a certain amount of salary savings in order to pay our over time and and has it is I'm sorry we have to generate a certain amount of salary savings through vacant positions in order to pay our dues differentials to our correctional officers so while I would love to be able to say all approximately eight eight hundred of the seal ones and corporals which are lower level security position and that I'd be that if I could feel odd I would feel them I have to leave a certain number of those taken in order to meet my payroll obligations throughout the department. All right thank you for that senator Chesterfield I believe you're recognized thank you thank you Mr grace being here of could you tell me about that three positions that are to be shared among the various entities can point to the page of the report I have no clue of a amend yourself have that or not on the it was referred to that you had three positions that you are going to share a mom there is a group that I was just wondering how that was supposed to work. And if you can't find it will talk about another day. If you're referring to the administration insured services line page four of that report those three positions that are currently within our administrative insurance services on the secretary's position and then two positions that were transferred over from the department of finance and administration that consist of the office of the criminal detention facility review coordinator and his administrative assistant that would explain how you could share it okay thank you thank you Mr. Thank you senator Representative wooden you're recognized in mention to your to your question they have on August report they submitted to the the personnel staff the LR they have a hundred ninety six positions. Budgeted. And the. Two hundred and sixty three vacant positions that are nine budgeted with a hundred ninety six amounts to forty point two million dollars of money budgeted down there they have a hundred and seventy eight positions. In vacant. Since twenty fourteen to twenty eighteen and they have. Third just like I said thirteen pages. Twenty thirteen pages was seventy per page it's forty point nine million dollars. The town there. The positions that they could reach in and use that money and other areas if they have to we're doing we're we're doing that. Eight hundred ninety six a closeness five million dollars a year in insurance premiums there were not there's no employee there is. Mister chairman of English German thank you Representative yes Sir just for the committees But if in formation I had our of fiscal staff run our salary savings projection through the end of this fiscal year to represent when I had that same concern because just like you I'm a taxpayer and you know I'd like to be able to pay less less less taxes the Ventolin my life of. As of last Monday we are projected to only generate five hundred thousand dollars in salary savings the issue of again we have to pay our differentials which are unfunded we have increased to labor market rate the food service positions within both thought division of correction and the division of community correction as a temporary measure until the reclassification that is before you this morning is room is approved as part of the legislative budgeting process because of unfortunately we had gotten to a point where an individual who wanted to work in food service could make more money working at a local fast food restaurant and they could work in one of my kitchens in a correctional facility as in order to compete with the federal correctional institution for city which paid about ten thousand dollars. Use me more a year starting off we had to increase the differentials we were paying to staff at our maximum security unit in Brookings which is right outside Marianna about thirty five minutes or so from S. C. I. for city both the increase in labor market rate and the increase in differentials and Ricky's total order about a half million dollars apiece total of a million dollars between both of those measures we've also as every department is having to do pick up a six six months of the increase in the employment contribution toward state employee insurance which in this fiscal year is going to be unfunded so between a differential between what I had to do to be competitive with our food services positions remain competitive in east Arkansas with the federal correctional facility and the increase in the employment the employer contribution requirement for state employee insurance I'm only going to as of last Monday generate a half million dollars in salary statement this fiscal year so yes represent of will why we are generating a Philly significant salary savings because of our unacceptably high vacancy rate we are using those funds those funds aren't aren't sitting out in being used for anti on an unintended purpose there being used to meet our essential pay roll up obligations. Mister secretary I appreciate that. But we're still missing my point. We're to forty million dollars and appropriations. Would up against income. Then that could be used in other places in your agency love I'm not trying to take positions a way that feel that are vital that are important to your mission. What I'm what I'm what I'm saying is that we have funding they could be better used in other places but we have a Tyler open and appropriation. For your agency would you might could use it in your agency a local I'm up I'm not questioning hello you're operating your facilities I think you're doing an excellent job. Mister chairman. That's that's all I. Thank you Representative up Sir what is the difference between your of the amount of funding for your I guess department verses the appropriation. We're four of our appropriation is fully funded this fiscal year. What's that dollar amount. The. The ball park ballpark is going to be between our two major divisions about three hundred and fifty million are. So it to Representative Williams point with. It's it's almost a strange incentive to keep the vacancies there so that you have. The performance pay increases available. I'm sorry it was an abuse a term of Michael today so the salary savings that we're generating is going to differentials is our maximum security but we pay for security staff a six percent hazardous duty pay you for the environment that day doesn't work in that's not a performance based do do differential but what about the vacancies given you that additional funding you wouldn't have the money to pay those differentials correct A do differentials historically in state government have been on funded that's my department just as probably the highest differential pay outs of any in state government but historically do do if differentials have never been funded for any state agency. A so that may be a sign of a bigger issue on the budgeting side of this but we'll we'll come back to that thank you have one more question senator Chesterfield you're recognized most of the property thank you. Members anymore questions for the secretary. Are seeing none miss Browning do you have anything more to add. Thank you for coming out so I appreciate that that occurs with all executive recommendations and that concludes my presentation. In the we do riverside hotel rooms are voting does not have any personnel changes okay. All right. Senator Chesterfield the motion second. All those in favor review say aye. Opposed to that item reviewed. Thank members we're gonna skip item six department transportation and I bring that back next meeting go right over to department of commerce and I believe we have miss Clark. Thank you Mr chairman the next item on the agenda is B. seven I'll give everyone a minute to get oriented it's we're skipping over be six and going on to be seven the department of commerce and its divisions. At the top of the first report you'll see the FY twenty one authorized positions along with the agency request an executive recommendation some of these figures will stay the same and some of them will change normally a change would represent an increase or decrease in positions but I'd like to remind everyone that positions are moving between the department and its divisions so all you might see a reduction or an increase in the division those are mostly just being located amongst the department they aren't necessarily being increased or or reduced they're just being re allocated so to speak. There are however two exceptions rehabilitation services is truly eliminating a hundred and seven positions and this is because of the hot springs residential training center it was converted to a non residential center training center due to a decrease in federal funding. In addition workforce services is growing by ten positions mostly due to cope in nineteen. Again these are the only true reductions in increases that have a net impact on the department's total number positions and the rest of the fluctuations represent movement amongst the department and its divisions. Starting a first with the department level of commerce there is an executive recommendation for three new classifications which can be seen on lines nine through eleven of the first page of the report. They're ten title changes recommended on line sixteen through twenty five the executive is recommending eight re classifications which can be seen on page two lines six through thirteen. In addition thirty three positions are being transferred to shared services from the divisions in those positions can be seen starting on page two line eighteen page four line six. Next we will cover commerce's divisions. Seven eight is waterways commission it has one title change on line eight. On the next pages seven B.. Development finance authority has eleven title changes on lines eight through eighteen they're also transferring eight positions to the department level and those positions can be seen on page one line twenty three three page two line eight. The next item is seven C. the division of aeronautics and it has one new classification on line nine and their two title changes on lines fourteen and fifteen in addition there is a reclassification request on line twenty one. Seventy as the next item State Bank department it has seven title changes on lines eight through fourteen. The next item is seventy state securities department there six title changes on lines eight through thirteen. Seven F. the next pages state insurance department has one new classification request online nine there twenty seven title changes starting on page one line fourteen and ending on page two line eighteen. Pardon me what lines fourteen ending on page two line eighteen there is also one reclassification request on page two one twenty four. And the next item is seven G. rehabilitation services. There are two new classification request on line nine and ten Furthermore there nineteen title changes listed on page one lines fifteen through page two line eleven. The agency is seeking to eliminate those one hundred and seven positions that were associated with the hot springs center and those can be seen on page two line sixteen three page seven line twelve. Therefore reclassification request on page seven lines eighteen through twenty one. Senator AT transfer request listed on page eight one five three page eleven line seventeen seventy eight of those positions are being transferred into rehab for workforce services to consolidate all the blind services positions and that's why they're they're moving in there with rehab. The next item is seven H. economic development commission. They have won the classification request online nine third twenty nine title change requests listed on page one line fourteen three page two line twenty. two pole positions that the agency is seeking to keep and those are west on page two one twenty five through page three line five in addition there's a reclassification request on page three line twelve and they're twenty three transfer requests which can be seen on page three line seventeen through page four line seventeen. And then the next item is seven I the division of workforce services. There are three new classification requests on lines nine through eleven there are forty title change request starting on page one line sixteen and ending on page three line eleven. The agency seeking to keep three miscellaneous federal grant positions and eleven pole positions that they gained in the interim those can be seen starting on page three line sixteen and ending on page four line seven. Furthermore there thirteen reclassification request that can be seen on page four line fourteen three page five one six. And then there are the seventy eight transfer requests that span the rest of the report and those are the ones that we referred to that are moving to rehab to consolidate those one services up positions. At there are two pieces a special language both pertaining to workforce services and they'd like to continue their extra help language that provides for four hundred thirty three extra help positions that if use would not have hourly limitations and the second piece would also like to continue their additional put that position language that states that the director after receiving the approval of opium and after seeking prior review of a a L. C. JBC shall have the authority to establish such new or additional full time positions as may become necessary to carry out the objection objectives of the program in order to meet the requirements of new and or expanded programs where such needed needs are financed by federal funds provided that not more than two hundred persons may be employed in addition to those authorized in the salary schedule and the right page on not exceed those set out in the salary schedule for compatible positions the executive recommendation provides for these request and that concludes my presentation for commerce and its divisions. Ninety. Thank you miss Clark I had a question if I can remember what it is on page two of the department of commerce administration insured services your reclassifying a pharmacist to a chief fiscal officer and okay may be able to answer is do we ever used that pharmacist position at the department commerce or whatever it was before this or that was the regs registered pharmacist for the re have division and they were not using it so that's when we actually did this section during the interim came in here and established the chief fiscal officer title on and use that position to get there are one second. All right. Seeing no further questions with a motion. It would get motion the second all those in favor say aye. Opposed will consider that item reviewed and we'll move right along to the department of finance and administration miss Clark thank you Mr chairman the next item on the agenda is B. eight the department of finance and administration starting first with the department level on the first page there's an executive recommendation for two new classifications which can be seen on lines nine and ten of the first page there are two great change requests on lines fourteen and fifteen then there's seven title changes starting on page one line twenty and ending on page two line five the agency is requesting to keep one pole position gained in the interim that missing on page two line ten and they're at thirty four recall I reclassification requests starting on page two one seventeen and ending on page four line eight. They're sixty one transfer request joining on page four line thirteen and continuing through the end of the report these requests represent the thirty six positions that were approved back in June to move up the shared services and the rest of the positions are going to the department level because the often a consolidated their regulatory division in the shared services as well. Okay hold on one second marriage in in your packet you you'll have an extra it was handed out separately and it will be the special language FOR the department of finance is want you to be aware that so go ahead thank you. With. Next we will cover and the department if you don't have that special language if you raise your hand staff will bring you a copy of the special language I'm sorry okay go ahead thank you. Most of the transfers for these divisions they're going up to shared services but you're also going to see some movement between the divisions as some just gonna point that out before before we go into these individual reports so the first of the division is eight eighty tobacco control it has one great change request on line eight there are four title change request on lines thirteen through sixteen. There's a request for a pole continuation on one twenty one in addition there are four title changes on page two one six three nine is starting on page two one fourteen and continuing through the end of this report they're sixteen transfer request. The next item is eight be the assessment coordination division a a for we classification requests on lines nine through twelve and there are five transfer plus on lines seventeen through twenty two. The next item is eight C. cartoon hold one second we do have a question senator Chesterfield you're recognized yes back on page one under administration and shared services could you explain the leap from forty one to a hundred one or did you say that and I just missed it yes ma'am there are a part of the shared services is in this ninety nine oh six business area and so that thirty six shared services positions that were proof back in June that's part of this increase and then as well they're consolidating the regulatory division at the agency might wanna elaborate a little bit on more on that but that's that's we're not talking about adding people were just talking about transferring people in and out yes ma'am thank you. Thank you senator can you go ahead. The next item is eight C. management services there's one new classification request on line nine and one title change request on one fourteen there twenty reclassification request starting on page one line twenty and ending on page two one nineteen line eighteen for me in addition there forty six transfer request starting on the bottom of page two and ending on page five. The next item is eight the alcohol beverage control they have one title change online eight and one reclassification request on line fourteen then there's one transfer request on line nineteen. Next is eight E. alcohol beverage control enforcement has one title change on line eight and there to transfer requests on lines thirteen through fourteen. The next item is eight F. the revenue division they have one great change request online eight and one title change request on line thirteen. Thirty thirty fourth reclassification request shorting on page one line nineteen and ending on page three line ten. Furthermore there thirty five transfer request starting on page three line fifteen and ending on page five one five. Next is eight G. the racing commission. They just have one title change online eight. In the next item is eight H. child support enforcement has two title changes on lines eight and nine and twenty seven re classification request starting on page one line fifteen and ending on page two line twenty. In addition twenty nine transfer request can be seen starting at the bottom of page two and continuing through the end of the report on page four. There are five pieces of special language the first three pertain to the revenue services division the division is seeking to continue their extra help exemption language that state which provides that there are no hourly limitations for extra help positions the second piece of one which relates to the authority to employ certified law enforcement officers in the division is seeking to continue this language. The third piece of one which has to do with contingent positions the division is seeking to continue this language and change out director with secretary as defined by transformation the language states that if the secretary determines the division cannot continue a contract with a private provider in the then the division may use contingent positions after obtaining approval from a healthier JBC. The racing commission would like to continue their extra help provision which authorizes extra help to work over a thousand hours a year and last the child support enforcement division would like to continue their extra help exemption languages states extra help positions do not have our limitations the executive provides for this request and this concludes my print presentation for the department and its divisions. Thank you I have a question maybe be cancerous borrow one is the need to change racing commission director to regulatory assistant administrator. Yes Sir I can start with that and secretary Walter may want to add to it what do you think is doing is they're taking racing commission to back control ABC administration ABC enforcement and making it into a new division of DFA com regulatory services so I think that is why that title is being changed to reflect that new organizational structure. Thirty eight any add to that. Okay. I guess that's a good a reason as any thank you. Members any other questions. Right seeing none we have a motion to review this the report including special language of a motion the second all those in favor say aye. Eyes habit. I will consider this on these items all reviewed and we'll move on to department of transformation shared services Kate thank you Mr chairman the next item on the agenda is B. nine the department of transformation insured services. Starting first with the department level you will see a decrease from a hundred sixty four to thirty positions and this is because those positions were transferred during the interim to state wide shared services which is one of the apartments new divisions. Other changes for the department include five new classifications which can be seen on lines nine through thirteen there nine title changes starting on page one line eighteen and ending on page two one five in addition there ten reclassification request on page two lines eleven through twenty then there twenty one transfer request from the bottom of page two to the end of the report. Next we will cover the divisions nine eighty the division of information systems has two new classification request on the lines nine and ten there are forty seven title change request darting on page one line fifteen and ending on page three line eighteen there are three request the case requests at the bottom of page three and their eight transfer request on page four. The next item is nine be the geographic information system division at one grade change request on one eight and three title change requests on lines thirteen through fifteen. The next item is nine C. the building authority division has one new classification request on line nine and one great change requests on line fourteen. Then there seven seven title change request at the bottom of page one and one pole position at the top of page two. In addition there to reclassification request on page two lines twelve through thirteen. In ninety state wide shared services has eight new classification requests on lines nine through sixteen there fourteen title change request on page one line twenty one page two line twelve then there forty nine reclassification request from the bottom half of page two to the and the page for. And last there thirteen transfer quest on page five. The executive provides for these requests in this concludes my presentation for the bark department and its divisions. Alright members any questions on this one. Seeing none we have a motion to review. I have a motion and a second all those in favor say aye. I have it will consider those items reviewed that's the end of the report I made a mistake at the beginning I I usually like to ask if our cochair had anything you wanted to add so. We're good they're all right. Next meeting is the seventeenth at. Seven thirty in the morning so thank you all for being here we are adjourned.