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Senator Kim Hammer Chair Unverified 2:00
- Hey, to our guest in the audience out there, we're rounding up members, try to get a quorum. We may fall under the principle where two or three are gathered together, but we'll get started here soon, okay?
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Senator Kim Hammer Chair Unverified 5:00
Okay, chair sees a quorum in motion. we got a few members stuck in traffic a few members just stuck and so we're gonna go ahead and get started and we got a long agenda so if y'all would listen up we'll move through as quick as we can we got budget at 9:00 we've got a couple other meetings actually going on at the same time so we're gonna start with no no other comments from chair let's roll on B items for approval Billy thank you
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William Parrish Unverified 5:54
mr. chair good morning members we're in items for approval section B the first item is a letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs is for $20,500. This is to continue military funeral honors through the end of the fiscal year. It's supported by motor vehicle tag fees. Next item, B2, is a letter from DHS, Division of Developmental Disabilities. It's for $14,000 in appropriation. According to the letter, it is to pay an additional invoice received after closing the books in fiscal year 24. It's supported by general revenue. Next item, B3, is a letter from Education, Division of Elementary and Secondary education is for 11.5 million this is to support foundational funding for those schools that do not meet a revenue formula set in code it's supported by hc fund balances b4 is a letter from dfa assessment coordination it's for 85 000 it's to cover costs associated with the new contract with data scout that provides statewide property tax information is supported by general revenue b5 is a letter from auditor of state it's for 370 dollars in appropriation it's to cover a shortfall on expenses for deputy prosecuting attorneys. It's supported by State Central Services. Next item is B6. It's a letter from Commerce, Economic Development. It's for $30 million in appropriation. This is to pay recycle tax credits as directed in code. It's supported by General Revenue. B7 is a letter from Public Safety, Emergency Management, $50,000 to cover travel needs. It's supported by General Revenue. B8 is a letter from State Police. It's for $2 million. This is to purchase tasers and in-car cameras and to replace computers. It's supported by both special and general revenues. B-9 is a letter from Heritage and Tourism Division of State Parks. It's for $4.9 million in appropriation. This is to pay for increased operational costs at parks and it's supported by the conservation sales tax. B-10 is a letter from the School for the Blind. It's for $200,000 in appropriation. It's to meet operational needs and is supported by salary savings from open positions. B-11 is a letter from School for the Deaf. It's for $490,000. This is to cover operating expenses, professional development, and student therapy. It's also supported by salary savings that are paid through general revenue. B-12 is a letter from Corrections Division of Corrections for $250,000. This is to purchase lawnmowers and cover costs of opening the Phillips County Jail and the Women's Health Unit supported by general revenue. Next item is B-13. It's a letter from Administrative Office of the Courts for $159,000. It's provided for court interpreters supported by state central services funding. B-14 is a letter from an administrative office of the courts. This item is being pulled by agency request, Mr. Chair, so we're going to pass over B-14 and move to B-15. B-15 is a letter from Agriculture. It's for $50,000. It's to provide for a design professional for a building generator project. It's supported by inspection fees. B-16 is a letter from Veterans Affairs. It's for $67,000. According to the letter, it's for general travel expenses. It's supported by general revenue. B-17 is a letter from Public Safety State Crime Lab. It's for $194,000. It's to purchase and maintain lab equipment and supplies and it's supported by medical marijuana funding. B-18 is a letter from Energy Environment Liquified Petroleum Gas Board. This is for $41,000 in appropriation. It's to replace two HVAC units. It's supported by license and permit fees. B-19 is DFA Dispersing Officers for $5 million. This is to provide for the increased distributions to fire departments from the fire protection premium tax as directed in code that's the taxes on insurance premiums b20 is energy environment environmental quality hundred seven thousand it's to promote market research and develop grants regarding scrap electronic equipment and it's supported by state surplus cells mr. chair those are all the various
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Speaker 7 9:32
temporary appropriation requests on the agenda all right all right members uh ask if there are
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Senator Kim Hammer Chair Unverified 9:37
any questions about any of them give you a minute in case you just walked in any questions about B 1 through 20 Senator Irving you are recognized I'm sorry try again hang on a second it's not woke up yet there you okay yeah thank you being be 19 all right be 19 can I get the department
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Speaker 15 10:17
finance administration to the table please and name and title for the
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Senator Missy Irvin Unverified 10:22
record please sir Alan McVeigh DFA thank you just a quick question about this one this five million then will this follow the is this for the for the different levels of grants or explain to me how this is going to be dispersed to the different fire departments and Robert go ahead and introduce yourself just in case you have to
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Senator Kim Hammer Chair Unverified 10:43
weigh in Robert Breck DFA okay go ahead my understanding
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Speaker 15 10:50
is it's the pass through of the premium tax money that flows through we just act as a dispersing agent uh for the money to flow through to the various fire departments across the state and it's it's money that's collected from their the insurance premium tax that's assigned to to that program is this homeowner's
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Senator Missy Irvin Unverified 11:09
premium tax yes okay so um so it's just a direct pass through to the different is there a formula as to which fire Fire departments get what, or how is that dispersed?
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Speaker 15 11:21
Do you know? I'm not, I can't describe the formula. There is a formula that describes how it's to be distributed, and it comes in a schedule. I'm not familiar with that. I can get that information for you. Yeah, I
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Senator Missy Irvin Unverified 11:35
just want to see how our rural fire departments, this includes our rural volunteer fire departments. Is that correct? That's correct. Okay, yeah, do you mind just getting that information to me? I'd be happy to. Thank you. Let me ask you
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Senator Kim Hammer Chair Unverified 11:48
a follow-up question on that. Is this Act 833 money? Pardon? Is this Act 833 money? I believe so, yes, sir. And that's dispersed to, and I want to stumble over the term, but it's dispersed to the intergovernmental that each county has, and then they're the ones that actually decide how the money is dispersed proportionate to the fire departments that they agree upon? Is that the way it goes? I don't know if it will
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Robert Breck Unverified 12:15
go through that. It does go through a dispersing officer, and it's one of many – there are many avenues of funding for the fire departments. This is just one of them. Yeah, sure.
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Senator Missy Irvin Unverified 12:30
Go ahead. Yeah, and that's where I kind of want to see a picture of this just to make sure, because I want to make sure that if the fire departments in the rural – I'm very much for them. But if they're able to get a lot of that funding this way, we should then be able to free up some of our rule grants for other entities. So I'd just like to know where, like, I want to look at that revenue and see all the different revenue that they're getting, and then who's making the decisions about who gets what.
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Speaker 23 13:01
We'll provide the schedule to you. Yeah, I
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Senator Missy Irvin Unverified 13:03
prefer that this General Assembly make that decision versus anybody not really associated with the collection and the taxation piece of it. So I'm just, if you'll get that for me, I appreciate it. All right, thank you. Do me a favor. You can send it to Senator Irving
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Senator Kim Hammer Chair Unverified 13:19
directly, but then send it also to Billy. He'll push it out to the rest of the committee if you don't mind, please. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair. You're welcome. All right, any other questions on items 1 through 20? i got one quick one for the veteran affairs please military funeral honors if you would gentleman name and title when you get to the table please sir
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Speaker 37 14:02
sirs Wayne Ruthven, Chief of Staff, Veterans Affairs.
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Speaker 38 14:08
Stevie Smith, CFO, Veterans Affairs. Good morning. This
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Senator Kim Hammer Chair Unverified 14:11
is going to carry you through the end of this fiscal year in order to get you what you need to give the
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Speaker 37 14:20
military honors? Yes, sir. This is a – we had a stipend increase for those military honor teams, and this appropriation then
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Speaker 40 14:26
will allow us to make those payments. Okay. So in the budget that's under
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Senator Kim Hammer Chair Unverified 14:31
discussion right now, you know, RSA that we're coming, did y'all increase your budget to be able to accommodate the growing demand for this? Yes, sir, we will. And it will be sufficient, you think, with what you have then? That's correct. Okay. I do quite a bit of funerals, and it is an honorable thing that y'all do, and it's a great gift of gesture of love on behalf of the nation to those that you're able to do it for. so we want to make sure you've got what you need to get it done. Now, skipping on down, and this may not be in your wheelhouse, but down there, number 16, where it talked about general and travel, do those two areas overlap, or is that in letter 16, general and travel, is that totally unrelated to what's covered under the military honors? It's separate from the military honors one, sir. This is
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Speaker 37 15:22
just general operating expenses and travel within
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Speaker 40 15:24
the headquarters itself. Okay. All right. Thank you a question members Okay, thank you very much. Thank you for
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Senator Kim Hammer Chair Unverified 15:31
what you do any questions on 1 through 20 members Otherwise, I need a motion and a second to approve can get a motion get a motion got a second got a second a discussion to the motion Hearing no discussion all favor say aye Any opposed? All right, so moved and we're gonna go on to see Billy Thank
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William Parrish Unverified 15:58
you, Ms. Chair. We're in the American Rescue Plan Act section of the agenda. This is Section C. The first item is C1, Phillips Community College, the University of Arkansas, for $249,000. This is to develop and implement an employer-driven career pathways along with the targeted industry sectors identified in the Arkansas Workforce Strategy. Next item, C2, is on page 7. C2 on page 7 is a request by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences for $1.67 million. This is part of the Arkansas Linking Industry to Grow Nurses program. Next item is on page 13. Page 13 is C3, Department of Health. This is a reallocation of previously awarded appropriation. They're requesting to move $330,000 to operating expenses to support ongoing lab operations. Next item is on page 15. On page 15 is C4, DHS, Division of Age and Adult Behavioral Health. This is for $48,000. It's to pay for bills that carried forward from fiscal year 24. This was a preventative health program for seniors. Next item is on page 17. On page 17 is C5, DHS, again Division of Age and Adult Behavioral Health for $16,000. This is again to cover bills that carried forward from fiscal year 24 and this program was for the long-term care ombudsman. Next item is on page Page 19 is C6, University of Arkansas at Palm Bluff. It's for a little over a million in appropriation. This is for nursing education, faculty recruitment, and program development. Next item is on page 25. Page 25 is C7, University of Arkansas, 1.1 million. It's to upskill nurses for those with an associate degree in nursing to a bachelor's. Mr. Chair, that's the end of the ARPA request. Are there any
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Representative Aaron Pilkington Unverified 17:50
questions on any of these items from the members? Seeing none, do I have a motion to review these? Approved. Second? Second. Got a second. Any discussion on the motion? These stand approved. That's a good item. D. Thank you, Mr.
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William Parrish Unverified 18:11
Chair. We're in Section D. These are Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Appropriation Requests. The first one is D1. It's a request from the Department of Agriculture for $394,000. They have a grant from the USDA Forest Service to advance modernization efforts at their tree nursery. Next item, D2, is public safety. State police is for $8 million in appropriation. They have a grant from the National Highway Safety Traffic Administration to modernize the state electronic data collection system. Also, to enable electronic data collection, interstate data sharing, and data transfer to NHSSTA. Next item is D3. This is Public Safety, Division of Emergency Management. It's a reallocation of previously awarded appropriation. They request to move $108,000 among various line items in a grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation for hazardous material emergency preparedness. The transfers would allow for a training vehicle and will also align with the anticipated training needs. Next item is D4 on page 7. This is Energy and Environment, Environmental Quality. It's for $500,000. They have a grant from the EPA to do cleanup at brownfield sites. Next item, D5, is for energy and environment. This is for the LIHEAP program. They have a grant from the Department of Health and Human Services to pay utility companies for heating and cooling on behalf of those participants. This amount is requested to pay the balance from the fiscal year 24 federal award. Last item is D6, Administrative Office of the Courts for $203,000. This is to provide training for district judges on impaired driving laws. Mr. Chair, those are all the IIJA requests. Thank you. Are there
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Representative Aaron Pilkington Unverified 19:50
any questions from any members on these items? Seeing none, do I have a motion to approve? Is it a second? Any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, these stand approved. Go to item E. Thank
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William Parrish Unverified 20:07
you, Mr. Chair. We're in section E. This is a restricted reserve fund transfer request from public safety of the Division of State Police. It's a $6.1 million transfer from the motor vehicle set aside account within the fund. This is to purchase vehicles. All
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Representative Aaron Pilkington Unverified 20:22
right. Any questions on this item for members? Seeing none, do I have a motion to approve a second? Second. Thank you. Any discussion on the motion? Seeing none. Uh, this is approved. Let's go on to the items for review.
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William Parrish Unverified 20:39
Thank you, Mr. Chair. We're in the review portion of the agenda. Uh, The first section is Section F, Appropriation and or Fund Transfer Requests. The first one is a letter from Transformation and Shared Services Division of Information System. It's a $5 million transfer of appropriation. It's from a data processing services line item to a telecommunications technology delivery line item. And this will allow the agency to continue projects on replacing firewalls for the K-12 broadband network and for connectivity projects at state parks. F2 is a letter from Auditor of State. It's a $20,000 transfer of appropriation. It's from regular salaries to professional fees. It's to facilitate coding of software and the move to a new data center for their accounting and check printing software. Mr. Chair, those are two appropriation transfer requests. Okay. Are
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Representative Aaron Pilkington Unverified 21:25
there any discussions on these items? Seeing none, they will be reviewed. G, please. Thank you, Mr. Chair. We're
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William Parrish Unverified 21:32
in Section G. This is the cash appropriation increase request. G1 is a letter from Veterans Affairs. It's for $2,600. This is to spend interest earnings from funds provided by the Attorney General. G2 is a letter from Veterans Affairs, $2,300. Again, to spend interest earnings from funds provided by the Attorney General. This time it's for REITs, flags, and other projects and a grant to the Veterans Cemetery Foundation. G3 is Corrections Division of Correction, $1.5 million. It's to cover monthly invoices and maintenance repairs. It's supported by the Inmate Welfare Fund. It's profits from commissary stores. D4 is a letter from Northwest Technical Institutes for $400,000. It's to provide spending authority for the new and expanded programs on campus like welding, automotive, ammonia refrigeration, and satellite programs at the Don Tyson School of Innovation. G5 is a letter from Veterans Affairs, $454,000. It's the complete phase two expansion of the Burd-Eye State Veterans Cemetery and supported by federal grant and cash funds. G6 is DFA revenue. This is $250,000. It's to disperse funds collected from the motor vehicle specially licensed plate fees. G7 is UA Community College at Moralton, $6 million in appropriation. It's to construct a nursing and science building. It's supported by a federal grant and bond proceeds. G8 is Education Division of Elementary and Secondary Education for $5.5 million. This is to pay for case management, psychological services, speech, language, pathology, and physical and occupational therapy. It's supported by Medicaid and match from school districts. C9 is a letter from South Arkansas College. It's for $25,000. It's to cover construction projects. It's supported by donations, a loan, and bond issues.
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Representative Aaron Pilkington Unverified 23:12
Mr. Chair, those are all the cash requests. Any discussion on
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William Parrish Unverified 23:21
these items? Seeing none, they are reviewed. H, please. Thank you, Mr. Chair. We're in Section H. These are budget classification transfer requests. The first one, H1, is for Department of Commerce Rehabilitation Services. It's a $10,000 appropriation transfer from operating expenses to professional fees to pay for architectural services. Next one, H2, is Department of Health Counseling and Examiners. It's for $9,500. It's from professional fees to operating expenses for conference and travel. It's according to the request. It's for unforeseen operating expenses. Staff reached out and learned this is to facilitate their transition to an all-online system for applications and renewals. They are also correcting their budget to code for travel expenses more appropriately. Next item is H3, Agriculture, Division of Forestry, $80,000 transfer. It's from professional fees and conference and travel to operating expenses. It's to cover increase in fuel and maintenance costs. H4 is DFA, Regulatory Division, $5,000. It's from professional fees, operating expenses. According to the request, it's to best utilize funding to meet agency needs. Mr. Chair, those are all the
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Representative Aaron Pilkington Unverified 24:26
budget classification transfers. Thank you. any discussion on these items seeing none they are reviewed let's move on to item h sorry
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Speaker 52 24:38
i thank you mr chair we're in section i
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William Parrish Unverified 24:42
these are miscellaneous federal grant appropriation requests the first one is dhs division of county operations is for 1.1 million they have a grant from the usda for the summer ebt technology project to use tech to help reduce workloads next item is i2 parks heritage and tourism arts council is for 250 000 they have a grant from the national endowment of the arts to make payments to 65 local arts non-profits across the state number three i3 is dhs division medical services that's for a million in appropriation they have a grant from the department of health and human services to implement the transforming maternal health program next item is i4 department of public safety 474 000 they have a grant from the bureau of justice assistance for the national sexual assault kit initiative that's to collect dna next item is i5 energy environment environmental quality for 421 000 appropriation they have a grant from the department of energy to pay for efficiency upgrades mr chair those are all the mfg requests there any
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Representative Aaron Pilkington Unverified 25:45
discussion on these items see none these will be reviewed let's move to jay thank you mr. share
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William Parrish Unverified 25:54
we're in the pay plan holding account transfer request section there are 46 agencies requesting ten point six million in appropriation for regular salaries match and extra help most site performance increases EBD increases and other salary adjustments as a need for more spending authority the nursing board request thirty five hundred and Deputy prosecuting attorneys request 2.9 million and both site projected shortfalls and payroll the counseling examiners board request 4,500 for the hire of a new employee and Administrative officer the courts request 2.75 million to mirror the executive branch increases Any discussion on this item?
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Speaker 55 26:31
Seeing none it is reviewed Let's move on
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William Parrish Unverified 26:42
to methods of finance thank you mr. chair we're in section k these are methods of finance on page one is a letter from dfa listing the 12 items submitted for april review details are on the next few pages on page two the first one is asu this is a new method for 660 000 using university reserves for the exterior renovations to the collegiate park complex number two is asu another new method for two million using the sustainable building energy revolving loan fund that's for roof replacement on the student union building number three asu this is new for 860 000 using the again that sustainable building energy revolving loan fund for roof replacement this time at the education communication building number four again asu a new method for 277 000 using university reserves to replace the fowler center cooling tower number five north arkansas college this is a revised method of finance increasing two million to a new total of 10.5 million. This is using a variety of funds to construct the Center for Robotics and Manufacturing Innovation. Number six, Ozarka College. This is new, totally $927,000, using hired grant funding to renovate a building on campus to become the Melbourne Skilled Trades Facility. And number seven, UA Pulaski Tech. This is a new method for $1.2 million, using 98% plant funding for a Grant Hall and Bistro Cafe renovation. On the next page, we're on page three. Number eight is South Arkansas College. This is a new method for $12 million using donations to construct a new baseball stadium. Number nine is South Arkansas College. This is a revised method taking the total to $540,000 using bank reserves to perform various maintenance projects around campus. Number 10, South Arkansas College, another revised method taking the total of $12.5 million using bond proceeds, donations, and cash to construct a new residence hall on campus. Number 11, U of A. This is a new method using $1.5 million to give funds for the Whipple Family Forest Education Center construction. And number 12, University of Arkansas revised method. This is increasing the total to $25 million using university reserves for overall maintenance and contract work on campus. Mr. Chair, those are
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Representative Aaron Pilkington Unverified 28:50
the methods. Any discussion on the methods of finance? Seeing none, these are reviewed. Let's
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William Parrish Unverified 28:57
move to general contracts. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Section L is a general contract construction project exceeding $5 million. There's just one. It's for South Arkansas College. They're reporting they intend to spend $12.1 million using donations and municipal funds contracting with Clark contractors to build a baseball stadium.
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Representative Aaron Pilkington Unverified 29:16
Any discussion on this contract? Seeing none, it is reviewed. It's got a
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William Parrish Unverified 29:25
discretionary grant. Thank you, Mr. Chair. We're in discretionary grants. M-1, our Department of Agriculture Promotion Board grants is pages one through three in the own packet. The first one is Soybean Promotion Board, $20,000 in special revenues for education and marketing of biodiesel products. Two, Soybean Promotion, $31,300 to the American Soybean Association for membership dues, project costs, training, and marketing costs. Three, Soybean, $40,000 to the American Soybean Association to expand the U.S. soybean market internationally to increase Arkansas soybean exports. Number four, again, soybean, $25,000 to the Farm Bureau Foundation for an elementary school pilot program for soybean promotion. Number five, soybean, $35,000 to the U.S. Soybean Export Council for membership dues and project funding to promote the soybean industry. Number six, soybean promotion board, $20,000 to the Mid-South Soybean Board for regional research projects. We're on page three now, number seven, Soybean Promotion Board, $206,000 to grow. It's for the Grow the Green program using or working with UA Cooperative Extension and the Soybean Association to obtain maximum yield. Number eight, Rice Research and Promotion Board, $35,000 to the Rice Foundation for National and Global Rice Research and Promotion. Number nine, Rice Research and Promotion Board, it's $20,000 to Farm Bureau for a school pilot program. This is curriculum for the benefits and uses of rice and rice products. Mr. Chair, that's the end of M1 Agricultural Grants.
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Representative Aaron Pilkington Unverified 30:53
Any questions on M1? Seeing none, let's go to M2. Thank
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William Parrish Unverified 31:00
you, Mr. Chair. We're in M2. These are Department of Health Grants. We're beginning on page four. The first one is for New York Institute of Technology. It's $127,000 estate funding for maternal health initiatives. Number two, Sound Start Hands and Voices, $157,000, to add funding for hearing loss programs administered by Arkansas Children's Hospital. Number three, St. Bernard's Hospital Foundation, $391,000. This is to continue breast cancer screenings and the mobile mammography program. Number four is on page five. This is Our Care, an amendment to increase $2.4 million. That's a grant for Ryan White HIV care programs in the state. Number five is the Northeast Arkansas Regional AIDS Network. It's adding 1.4 million to an existing grant for HIV care, case management, and advocacy for HIV patients. Number six, Arkansas Medical Society, 125,000. This is using federal funds to focus on informing local communities and education about the overuse of antibiotics. Mr. Chair, that's the end of M2
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health grants. Any question on these health grants? Seeing none, these
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William Parrish Unverified 32:08
will remain reviewed. We're on M3. These are Department of Human Services grants. The first one is Professional Counseling Associates. It's $179,000 for services rendered for rehab day services. Two through six are various entities for programs and services improving the quality of older Arkansas statewide, older Arkansas statewide. The next item is on page nine. On page nine is grant number seven. This is the Family-Centered Treatment Foundation. It's for in-home services to families going through addiction recovery. And then Grants 8 through 9 are grants for food coupons to low-income seniors statewide. Grant number 10, we're on page 10, is Women and Children First. It's a federal grant increasing by $51,000 to correct an administrative error for operating services for domestic abuse victims. Number 11 is Shorter College. It's a federal grant for $54,000 for SNAP recipients to receive education and training for work readiness. And then Grants 12 through 13 are Arkansas Disability Coalition. It adds funding to an existing grant for project delivery on chronic care and for the Family Health Information Center. Mr. Chair, those are the grants for
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Representative Aaron Pilkington Unverified 33:16
DHS and M3. Any questions on these grants for DHS? Seeing none, these will remain reviewed. Let's move to Department of Commerce. Thank you,
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William Parrish Unverified 33:24
Mr. Chair. We're in M4, Department of Commerce Insurance Division. There's just one for future builders. It increases an existing grant for education programs for Medicare and Medicaid fraud prevention. The department also included a disclosure letter with the grant request. It's on the next page. The letter states they discovered a past error in which this provider was allowed to begin work prior to the grant being reviewed. This disclosure is for the committee's information. Following the letter, there is a memo from the insurance department to legislative audit. Mr. Chair, that's the grant for insurance department. Any
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Representative Aaron Pilkington Unverified 33:59
questions on this grant for the Department of Commerce? Seeing none, this will remain reviewed. Let's move on
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William Parrish Unverified 34:12
to service contracts. Thank you, Mr. Chair. We're in Section N. These are service contracts. The first page, or pages one and two, is a letter from the OSP director stating that no contracts have been procured in violation of state procurement law. Seven contracts are identified to have been procured under the traditional or the MAP methods of procurement. Let's start with N1. This is on page 3. This is an RFQ request. It's for disability determination for the Social Security Administration. It's pages 3 through 4 in N. It's one request for a medical consultant for disability case processing. It's projected to cost up to $950,000. Mr. Chair, that's the one RFQ request. Any questions on this RFQ?
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Representative Aaron Pilkington Unverified 34:51
Oh, I see one from Senator Payton. Thank you, Mr. Chair, I
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Senator John Payton Unverified 35:07
see that there's quite an agenda here and a lot of money flowing through. I'd like to challenge the presence of
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Representative Aaron Pilkington Unverified 35:16
a quorum. That is a reasonable request. It appears we do not have quorum. All right, we are adjourned.
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Agenda

A. Call to Order

5:30

Items for Approval

5:54

B. Various Temporary Appropriation Requests

5:55

C. American Rescue Plan Act Appropriation Requests

15:57

D. Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Appropriation Requests

18:09

E. Restricted Reserve Fund Transfer Request

20:07

Items for Review

20:40

F. Appropriation and/or Fund Transfer Requests

20:44

G. Cash Fund Appropriation Requests

21:32

H. Budget Classification Transfer Requests

23:24

I. Miscellaneous Federal Grant Appropriation Requests

24:40

J. Pay Plan Appropriation Requests

25:52

K. Methods of Finance

26:42

L. General Contractors Construction Projects exceeding Five Million Dollars

28:58

M. Discretionary Grants

29:24

N. Service Contracts for Legislative Review/RFQ Approvals

34:09

Reports

O. Monthly Reports

P. Other Business

Q. Adjournment

Documents

TitleTypePagesSource
Agenda — JBC-PEER REVIEW, Apr 9, 2025 Agenda 3 Official source ↗
B. vta · Various Temporary Appropriation Requests Exhibit 22 Official source ↗
C. arpa2 Exhibit 27 Official source ↗
D. iija2 Exhibit 9 Official source ↗
E. restricted reserve Exhibit 2 Official source ↗
F. appropriation_fund_transfer Exhibit 3 Official source ↗
G. cash Exhibit 10 Official source ↗
H. bct · Budget Classification Transfer Requests Exhibit 9 Official source ↗
I. mfg · Miscellaneous Federal Grant Appropriation Requests Exhibit 11 Official source ↗
J. payplan Exhibit 4 Official source ↗
K. methods of finance Exhibit 3 Official source ↗
L. general contractors construction projects exceeding five million dollars Exhibit 1 Official source ↗
M. discretionary grants Exhibit 15 Official source ↗
N. services contracts for legislative review - rfq approvals Exhibit 66 Official source ↗
O.1. Surplus Income and Distribution Exhibit 9 Official source ↗
O.10. Executed Contracts Report Exhibit 31 Official source ↗
O.2. Budget Stabilization Trust - TBS Report Exhibit 5 Official source ↗
O.3. Tobacco Settlement Report Exhibit 3 Official source ↗
O.4. State Central Services Report March Exhibit 2 Official source ↗
O.5. ARPA Report Exhibit 15 Official source ↗
O.6. Education Fund Balance Report Educational Adequacy Monthly and Public School Fund Quarterly Exhibit 3 Official source ↗
O.7. Medicaid Trust Fund ltr April Exhibit 8 Official source ↗
O.8. IIJA Report Exhibit 5 Official source ↗
O.9. Services Contracts Amendment without a Material Change Exhibit 27 Official source ↗
P. Other Business - out-of-state contract for review Exhibit 1 Official source ↗

Speakers

Senator Kim Hammer Chair Unverified
16 segments
William Parrish Unverified
55 segments
Speaker 7
1 segment
Speaker 15
5 segments
Senator Missy Irvin Unverified
6 segments
Robert Breck Unverified
1 segment
Speaker 23
1 segment
Speaker 37
3 segments
Speaker 38
1 segment
Speaker 40
2 segments
Representative Aaron Pilkington Unverified
20 segments
Speaker 52
1 segment
Speaker 55
1 segment
Senator John Payton Unverified
2 segments