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Senator Kim Hammer Chair Unverified 2:15
Hey, to, uh, to our guests in the audience out there. We are, uh, we're rounding up members try to get a quorum. We may fall under the principle where 2 or 3 are gathered OK, Chair Cesar Corum 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 uh 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, we've got uh a couple other meetings actually going on at the same time, so we're gonna start with, uh, um. No, no other comments from the
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William Parrish Unverified 5:58
chair. Let's roll on B items for approval, Billy. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good morning, members. Uh, we're in islands for approval. Section B, the first item is a letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs. It's for 20,500. This is to continue military funeral honors through the end of the fiscal year. It's supported by motor vehicle tax fees. Next item B2 is a letter from DHS Division Developmental Disabilities for 14,000 in appropriation, according to the letter, it is to pay an additional invoice received after closing the books. 5th year 24. It's supported by General Revenue. Next item B3 is a letter from Education Division of Elementary and Secondary education 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. Before 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, uh, that provides statewide property tax information is supported by general revenue, B5 is a letter from auditor of state for $370 in appropriation. It's to cover a shortfall on expenses for deputy prosecuting attorneys is supported by state central services. Next item is B6. It's a letter from commerce, Economic Development, uh, it's for 30 million in preparation, 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, 50,000s to cover travel needs and supported by general revenue. BA is a letter from uh state police for $2 million. This is a purchase tasers and in-car cameras and to replace computers. It's supported by both special and general revenues. Being on 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. B10 is a letter from the school for the blind. It's for $200,000 in appropriation is to meet operational needs and is supported by salary savings from open positions, 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. B12 is a letter from Corrections Division of Corrections for 250,000. This is the purchase lawnmowers and cover costs of opening the Phillips County jail and the women. Health Unit, supported by general revenue. Next item is B 13, a letter from, uh, Ben shave off of the courts for 159,000. It's provided for a court interpreters supported by state central services funding, B14 is a letter from an administrative Off of courts. This item is being pulled by agency requests, Mr. Chair. So we're gonna pass over B14 and move to B15. B15 is a letter from agricultures for 50,000 is to provide for a design professional for bill generator project. It's supported by inspection fees, uh, B16s letter from Veterans Affairs is for 67,000, according to the letter, it's for general travel expenses is supported by general revenue. The 17 is a letter from public safety state crime labs for 194,000 is to purchase and maintain lab equipment, supplies in support of the, uh, supported by medical marijuana funding, B18 is a letter from Energy and Environment, liquefied petroleum gas board. This is for 41,000 appropriation. It's to replace two HVAC units. It's supported by license and permit fees, uh, B 19 is DFA dispersing officers for 5 million. This is provide for the increased distributions to fire departments from the fire protection premium tax as directed in code, that's the taxes. Insurance premiums B20 is energy environment, environmental quality, 107,000. It's to promote market research and develop grants regarding scrap electronic equipment and it's supported by state surplus sales. Mr. Chair, those are all
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Speaker 7 9:37
the various temporary appropriation requests on the agenda. All right, members,
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Senator Kim Hammer Chair Unverified 9:42
uh, ask if there are any questions about any of them. Give me a minute, I'm sorry, try again. Hang on a second. It's not woke up yet. Yeah, OK, Your Honor. Thank you.
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Speaker 15 10:09
Be, be 1919. Can I get the Department of Finance Administration to the table,
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Senator Missy Irvin Unverified 10:27
please. And name and title for the record, please, sir. Alan McVeigh, DFA. Thank you. Uh, just a quick question about this one. this 5 million then will this follow the Is this for the, um, 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
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Senator Kim Hammer Chair Unverified 10:48
and introduce yourself just in case you have to weigh in, uh,
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Speaker 15 10:55
Robert Brech DFA. OK, go ahead. My understanding 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
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Senator Missy Irvin Unverified 11:14
that. As homeowner's premium tax? OK, so, um, so it's just a direct pass through to the different, is there a formula as to which fire departments get what or how is that dispersed? Do
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Speaker 15 11:26
you know? I'm not, I, I can't describe the form. There is a formula that, that describes how it's to be distributed and it comes in a schedule, uh, I'm not. It familiar with that. I, I can
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Senator Missy Irvin Unverified 11:41
get that information for you. I, yeah, I would, I would, I just want to see how our rural fire departments, this includes our rural volunteer fire departments. Is that correct? OK, yeah. Do you mind just getting that information to me?
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Senator Kim Hammer Chair Unverified 11:53
I appreciate it. Thank you. Let me ask you a follow-up question on that. Is this Act 833 money? Is this Act 833 money. I believe so, yes. And that's dispersed to, and I, I'm gonna stumble over the term, but it's just, it's dispersed to the inter. Intergovernmental. That each county has and then they're the ones that actually decides how the money is dispersed proportionate to the fire departments that they agree upon is that The way it goes. I
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Robert Breck Unverified 12:20
don't know if it'll go through that. It does go through, uh, dispersing officer, and it's one of many, there are many avenues of funding for the fire departments. This is just one of them. But Yeah, sure, go ahead. Yeah, I
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Senator Missy Irvin Unverified 12:36
mean, and that's where I kind of want to see a picture of this, just to make sure because. I, I want to make sure that if, if the fire departments in the rule, 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 rural, uh, rule grants for other entities. So I, I'd just like to know where, like, I want to look at that revenue and see all the different revenue that they're
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Speaker 23 13:06
getting and then who's making the decisions about
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Senator Missy Irvin Unverified 13:08
who gets what. Provide the schedule to you that this assembly make that decision versus anybody. Not really associated with the collection and the taxation. OK. Piece of it. So I, I'm just, if you'll get that for me, I appreciate
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Senator Kim Hammer Chair Unverified 13:24
it. Thank you. Do me a favor, you can send it to Senator Irving 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. to a gentleman name and title when you get
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Speaker 37 14:07
to the table, please, sir, sir. Wayne Ruthin. Chief of
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Speaker 38 14:13
Staff of Veterans Affairs. Stevie Smith, CFO Veterans
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Senator Kim Hammer Chair Unverified 14:16
Affairs. Good morning. Uh, this is going to carry you through the end of this fiscal year in order to, uh, Get
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Speaker 37 14:25
you what you need to give the military honors. Yes, sir. This is a, uh, we had to stop and increase for those military
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Speaker 40 14:31
honor teams in this appropriation then will allow us to make those payments. OK, so
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Senator Kim Hammer Chair Unverified 14:36
in the budget that's under discussion right now, you know, RSA that were coming, did y'all increase your budget to be able to accommodate, uh, the growing demand for this. Yes, sir, we will. And, and it'll be sufficient, you think with what you have then, OK, um. I do quite a bit of funerals and it, it is an honorable thing that y'all do, uh, and it's a great gift of gesture of love on behalf of the nation to. Um, those that are able to do it for, so we, we wanna make sure you, you got what you need to get it done. Does there now on skipping on down, and this may not be in your wheelhouse, but down there, number 16, where it talked about general and travel, um, is that, do those two areas overlap or is that, that, uh, in Uh, letter 16 general and travels that totally unrelated, uh, to, to what's covered
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Speaker 37 15:27
under the military honors. It's separate from the
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Speaker 40 15:29
military honors one, so this is just, uh, general operating expenses and travel within the headquarters itself. OK, all right. Thank you. Any question
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Senator Kim Hammer Chair Unverified 15:36
members? OK, thank you all very much. Thank you for what you do. Any questions on one through 20 members? Otherwise, I need a motion and a second to approve. Can I get a motion? Get a motion, got a 2nd. Got a second a discussion to the motion. Hearing no discussion, all favor say aye. And he posed All right, so moved and we're gonna go on to see
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William Parrish Unverified 16:03
you, Billy. Thank you, Mr. Chair. We're in the American Rescue Plan Act section of the agenda. This is Section C, the first item is C1, uh, Phillips Community College at 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 I don't see 2 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, uh, 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 A 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 items on page 17. On page 17 of C5 DHS again, division of age and Adult Behavioral Health for 16,000. This is again, uh, to cover bills that carried forward from 24 and this program was for the long uh long term care ombudsman. Next item is on page 19. On page 19 is C6 University of Arkansas 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, 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 Aquis. There are any questions
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Representative Aaron Pilkington Unverified 17:55
on any of these items from the members. See none do have a motion to uh review these approve. Second, Because I could, any discussion on the motion? These stand approved. Good item D. They keep
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William Parrish Unverified 18:16
a share. 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. This is, uh, they have a grant from the USDA for Service to advance modernization efforts at their tree nursery. Next item D2 is a 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, intrastate data sharing, and a data transfer to NHSSTA, uh, next item is D3. This is Public Safety Division of Emergency Management, a reallocation of previously awarded appropriation. Uh, they request to move 108,000 among various line items in the. grant from the US 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 the energy and environment, environmental qualities for 500,000. They have a grant from the EPA to do cleanup at Brownfield sites. Next item D5 is for energy environment. This is for the light 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. Uh, 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. Uh,
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Representative Aaron Pilkington Unverified 19:55
are there any questions from any members on these items? Seeing none to have a motion to approve. The 2nd A discussion on the motion. See none, the Santaroof. Go to item E. Thank you,
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William Parrish Unverified 20:12
Mr. Chair. We're in section 8 of, 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 vehicles set aside account within the fund. This is to purchase vehicles. All right.
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Representative Aaron Pilkington Unverified 20:27
Any questions on this item for members? See, none do I have a motion to approve. The second Thank, thank you. Any discussion on the motion? See none, uh, this is approved. Let's go on
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William Parrish Unverified 20:44
to the items for review. Thank you share in the review portion of the agenda, uh, the first section is section F, appropriation and or fund transfer requests. Uh, 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. This will allow the agency to continue projects on replacing firewalls for the K through 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, but share those are two appropriation transfer requests. OK,
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Representative Aaron Pilkington Unverified 21:30
are there any discussions on these items? Seeing none, they will be reviewed. uh, G, please. Thank you, Ms. Cher. We're in
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William Parrish Unverified 21:40
section G. This is the cash appropriation increase requests, uh, G1 is a letter from Veterans Affairs. It's for 2600. This is to spend interest earnings from funds provided by the Attorney General. G2 is a letter from Veterans Affairs 2300. Again to spend interest earnings from funds provided by the Attorney General. This time it's for wreaths, 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 that's profits from commissary stores, G4 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 a complete phase two expansion of the Bird Eye State Veterans Cemetery and supported by a federal grant and cash funds. G6 is DFA revenue. Uh, this is 250,000. It's dispersed funds collected from the motor vehicle specialty license plate fees. G7 is UA Community College at Morton, 6 million appropriation is to construct a nursing and science building. It's supported by a federal grant and bond proceeds, GA is Education Division of Elementary 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 Match, uh, from school districts G9 is a letter from South Arkansas College for 25,000. It's to cover construction projects. It's supported by donations alone and bond issues. Mr. Chair, those are all
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Representative Aaron Pilkington Unverified 23:20
the cash requests. Any discussion on these items, seeing none, they
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William Parrish Unverified 23:26
are reviewed. H, please. Like you must share, we're in section 8. These are budget classification transfer requests. The 1st 1, 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 1, H2 is uh Department of Health counseling examiners. It's for 9500. It's from professional fees to operating expenses and conference and 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 uh code for travel expenses more appropriately. Next item Is H3 uh agricultural 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. A 4 is DFA regulatory division 5000, uh, from professional fees operating expenses, according to the request is to best utilize funding to meet agency needs. Mr. Chair, those are all the budget
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Representative Aaron Pilkington Unverified 24:31
classification transfers. Thank you. Uh, any discussion on these items? See none, they are reviewed. Let's move on to item H.
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William Parrish Unverified 24:45
Sorry, I, thank you, Ms. Sher. We're in section I. These are miscellaneous federal grant appropriation requests. The first one is DHS Division of accounting operations is for 1.1 million. Uh, they have a grant from the USDA for the summer EBT technology projects use tech to help reduce workloads. Next item is I2 Parks 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 nonprofits across the state. Number 3, I3 is DHS division of Medical Services. It's for a million in preparation. 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 as to collect DNA. Next item is uh I-5, energy and environment, environmental quality for 421,000 appropriation. They have a grant from the Department of Energy to
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Representative Aaron Pilkington Unverified 25:48
pay for efficiency upgrades. Mr. Chair, those are all the MFG requests. There any discussion on these items? See
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William Parrish Unverified 25:59
none, these will be reviewed. Let's move to Jay. Thank you, Ms. Cher. We're in the pay plan hold account transfer request section. There are 46 agencies requesting 10.6 million in appropriation for regular salaries, match and extra help. Uh, most site performance increases, EBD increases, and other salary adjustments as the need for more spending authority. The nursing board requests 3500 and deputy prosecuting attorney's request 2.9 million, and both site projected shortfalls in payroll. The counseling examiners board requests 4500 for the hire of a new employee and administrative officer of the court requests 2.75 million to mirror the executive branch increases. Any discussion on this
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Representative Aaron Pilkington Unverified 26:34
item. Seeing none, it is reviewed. Move on to Methods
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Speaker 55 26:41
of finance. Thank you, Mr. Chair. We're in
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William Parrish Unverified 26:49
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 in the next few pages on page 2, the first one is ASU. This is a new method for 662,000 using university reserves for the exterior renovations to the Collegiate Park complex. Number 2 is ASU, uh, another new method for 2 million using the sustainable building energy revolving loan fund. That's for roof replacement on the Studio union building. Number 3. issue. 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 4, again, ASU, a new method for 277,000 using uh university reserves to replace the Fowler center cooling tower, number 5, North Arkansas College. This is a revised method of finance increasing 2 million to a new total of 10.5 million. This is used in a variety of funds to construct the Center for Robotics and manufacturing innovation. Number 6, Ozarka College. Uh, this is new, totaling 927,000 using the higher grant funding to renovate a building on campus to become the Melbourne Skilled Trades Facility, and number 7, UA Pulaski Tech. Uh, 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 3. Number 8 is South Arkansas College. This is a new method for 12 million using donations to construct a new baseball stadium. Number 9 is South Arkansas College. This is a revised method, uh, 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 to 12.5 million using bond proceeds, donations, and cash to construct a new residence hall on campus. Number 11, uh, UVA. 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. Uh, this is increasing the total to 25 million using university reserves for overall maintenance
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Representative Aaron Pilkington Unverified 28:53
of contract work on campus. Mr. Chair, those are the methods. Any discussion on the methods of finance. Seeing
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William Parrish Unverified 29:02
none of these are reviewed. Let's move to general contracts. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Uh, Section 1 is a general contract, uh, construction project exceeding 5 million. There's just one is for South Arkansas College. Uh, they're reporting they intended to spend 12.1 million using donations and municipal funds, uh, contract, contracting with Clark contractors to build a baseball. A discussion on this contract. See none, it is reviewed. It's got a discretionary grant. Thank you, chair. We're in discretionary grants in one, our Department of Agriculture promotion board grants is pages 1 through 3 and uh the unpack it. Uh, the first one is soybean promotion board, 20,000 in special revenues for education and marketing of biodiesel products, 2, soybean promotion, uh, 31,300 to the American Soybean Association for membership dues, project cost training and marketing costs, 3, soybean, $40,000 to the American. be an association to expand the US soybean market internationally to increase Arkansas soybean exports. Uh, number 4, again, soybean, 25,000 to the Farm Bureau Foundation for an elementary school pilot program for soybean promotion. Number 5, soybean, 35,000 to the US soybean Export Council for membership dues and project funding to promote the soybean industry. Number 6, soybean promotion board, 20,000 to the Mid-South Soybean Board for regional research projects. Uh, we're on page 3 now, number 7, soybean promotion board 206,000 to grow, uh, it's for the grow the green program using or working with UA cooperative extension and the Soybean Association to obtain maximum yield. Number 8, rice research and promotion board, 35,000 to the Rice Foundation for National and Global Rights Research and promotion. Number 9, Rice Research and Promotion Board is $20,000 to Farm Bureau for a school pilot program. This is curriculum for the benefits and uses of rice in rice products. uh, Mr. Chair, that's the end of M1 any question on M1. See none. Let's go to M2. You share, we're in M2. These are Department of Health grants we're beginning on page 4. The first one is for, uh, New York Institute of Technology. It's 127,000 state funding for maternal health initiatives. Number 2, Soundart Hands and voices, 157,000 to add funding for hearing loss programs administered by Arkansas Children's Hospital. Number 3, Saint Bernard's Hospital Foundation, 391,000. This is the continued breast cancer screenings and the mobile mammography program. Uh, number 4 is on page 5. This is Arcare, an amendment to increase 2.4 million, that's a grant for Ryan White HIV cancer. I'm sorry, HIV care programs in the state. Number 5 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 6, Arkansas Medical Society, 125,000. Uh, this is using federal funds to focus on informing local communities and education about the overuse of antibiotics. Atmosphere that's the end
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of the M2 health grants. Any questions on these health grants, see
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William Parrish Unverified 32:13
none of these will remain reviewed. We're on M3. These are Department of Human Services grants, uh, the first one is professional counseling associates, it's 179,000 for services rendered for rehab day services, 2 through 6 are various entities for programs and services and proving the quality of older Arkansas statewide older Arkansan seaward. The next item is on page 9. On page 9 is grant number 7. This is the family Center Treatment Foundations 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. Uh, grant number 10, we're on page 10 is uh 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 to 13 or Arkansas Disability Coalition. It adds funding for uh to an existing grant for project delivery on chronic care and for the family Health Information Center. Mr. Chair, those are, uh, the grants.
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DHS and M3. Any questions on these grants? DHS. see none. These will remain reviewed. Let's move to, uh, Department of Commerce. Thank you, Ms. Sherburn in M4
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William Parrish Unverified 33:33
Department of Commerce Insurance Division, uh, there's just one for future builders. It's an increase, uh, it increases in the existing grant for education programs for Medicare and Medicaid fraud prevention. Uh, 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. Disclosures for the committee's information. Following the letter, there is a memo from the Department to legislative audit. Mr. Chair, that's the grant for
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Representative Aaron Pilkington Unverified 34:03
uh insurance department. Any questions on this grant for the Department of Commerce. See none this will remain review. Let's move
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William Parrish Unverified 34:17
on to, uh, service contracts. Thank you Mr. Chair. We're in section N. These are service contracts. Uh, the first page or pages 1 and 2 is a letter from the OSP director stating that no contracts have been procured in violation of state procurement law, 7 contracts are identified to have been procured under the traditional or the MAP methods of procurement. We'll start with the N1. This is on page 3. These are, this is an RFQ request. It's for disability determination for the Social Security Administration. It's pages 3 through 4 and in, uh, it's one request for a medical consultant for disability case processing, uh, it's projected to cost up to 950,000. Mr. Chair, that's the one RFU RFQ request.
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Representative Aaron Pilkington Unverified 34:56
Any questions on this RFQ? up Let's see one from Senator Peyton.
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Senator John Payton Unverified 35:09
That I hit uh I think there you go, there you go. Sorry. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I, I see that there's quite an agenda here and a lot of money flowing through. I'd like
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Representative Aaron Pilkington Unverified 35:21
to challenge the presence of a quorum. Uh That is a reasonable request, um. It appears we don't have corn. 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

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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 ↗

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Senator Kim Hammer Chair Unverified
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William Parrish Unverified
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Senator Missy Irvin Unverified
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Robert Breck Unverified
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Speaker 38
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Representative Aaron Pilkington Unverified
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Senator John Payton Unverified
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