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Speaker 2
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and dollars of general revenue which includes the savings provided by the two surrendered positions because this is a two-for-two swap there's no increase in the total number of authorized positions and opm has recommended the two new positions all right do we have
any questions on item C seeing none do I have a motion for review. I've got a motion and a second. Do I have any discussion? All those in favor,
please say aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. Item D. Madam Chair,
Speaker 2
0:39
item D is a request from the Department of Higher Education for South Arkansas College in El Dorado. The request includes three growth pool positions as well as two swap pool positions from the higher ed central growth and surrender pools. The request includes two new food service supervisors and one new public safety officer as well as an institutional service assistant and a project program specialist while surrendering two positions. Review this request will increase the total authorized
positions by three. The food services supervisor will provide leadership and oversight for dining services while the public safety officer will support campus security. The institutional services assistant will provide support for housing operations and project program specialist will support the coming p-card changes and expanding compliance requirements. The Department of Higher Education has recommended all of the requested positions. Do we have any questions on item D?
Seeing none, do I have a motion for review? I have a motion. Do I have a second? Second. Any
discussion? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. All opposed, no. Motion carries. Moving on to item E.
Speaker 7
1:47
Madam Chairman, item E is an approval item that will require a motion for
Speaker 2
1:52
approval. This is a reallocation of resources requests from the Department of Commerce. Commerce is requesting to move 17 positions from one division within Commerce to another within the department, and then they're also moving another 51 positions within Workforce Services from one appropriation within Workforce Services to another appropriation. The agency states that this is to consolidate and streamline shared services functions
and ensure positions reflect programmatic needs. There's no increase or decrease in positions, only movement from one area of Commerce to another. Along with the position changes, they're also requesting to move $3 million in regular salaries and match appropriation within the department to support reallocation of positions. The Office of Budget at DFA has recommended the requested reallocation. - Do
we have any questions on item E? Seeing none, do I have a motion for approval?
I have a motion, a second. Any discussion? All those in favor, please say aye. opposed no motion carries and then we're going to handle items F through O we're just gonna go through all of them unless anybody wants to pull one out and certainly you can ask questions along the way if you would like and then we'll just do one motion at the very end. Madam
Speaker 2
3:08
Chairman these are continuations these are requests for items that have been previously reviewed or approved by
ALC or JBC personnel subcommittee during the interim the agency and OPM wish to carry these changes through uh into fy 27. item f is a request for continuation of both growth pool and surrender pool positions previously authorized these include positions at parks heritage and tourism state police and economic development item g is a request for continuation of op of an opm differential for classifications at disability determination for social security administration these differentials are provided for employees who take on additional cases over their normal
assigned caseload based on their accuracy and effectiveness item h is a request for continuation of second language differentials at various agencies for employees who utilize the second language as part of their daily duties following an independent certification process used to determine determine their fluency level item i is a request for continuation of certification differentials for employees at parks heritage and tourism who have met the certification criteria for wastewater management duties item j is a request for continuation of on-call differential for employees at DHS, Agriculture, Military, and Veterans Affairs that are required to work
on an on-call schedule and expect it to report as needed after normal work hours. Item K is a request for continuation of a hard-to-fill differential for positions at the Department of Correction and the Department of Energy and Environment. For the Department of Correction, these include various correctional officer positions, and for the Department of Energy and Environment, it includes positions responsible for inspections of facilities that deal in hazardous waste. Item L is a request for continuation of an established labor market for the crime lab medical examiner positions The approved labor market entry rate for incoming medical examiners is set at $300,000 in order to recruit and retain experienced personnel
Item M is a request for continuation of classifications tied to grant positions provided by the American Rescue Plan Act These are grants for the Department of Commerce State Broadband office in particular this request there were three commerce program coordinators and a fiscal support supervisor expert Items N1, 2, and 3 are continuations of classifications tied to Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Grant for Commerce, State Broadband Office, and Public Safety's Department of Emergency Management and State Police.
The classifications include an extra help position at Commerce, Grants Coordinator at Emergency Management, and a Data Analyst and Public Safety Coordinator at State Police. Item 01 and 02 are continuation requests for existing miscellaneous federal grant position at Commerce's Economic Development Commission for Economic Development Coordinator and a
Speaker 5
5:42
military program manager at the military department. Madam Chairman, that's all the continuations. Do we
have any questions on any of those items?
Seeing none, do I have a motion for review? In a second, I've got a motion in a second. Any discussion? All those in favor, please say aye. all opposed no motion carries and then we have got reports um which require no action but if you've got any questions or want to talk through any of those certainly we can take those questions all right at this time okay okay all right seeing no questions those reports stand reviewed we're going to move on
the supplemental agenda and I'd like to entertain a motion to suspend the rules the motion and a second to suspend the rules any discussion all those in favor please say aye all opposed no motion carries all right item a one under the supplemental agenda thank you madam chair opium has requested
Speaker 7
6:53
approval of salary increases to the persons listed in the attached
Speaker 2
6:57
letter and spreadsheet these are over the maximum of their grade level this is due to merit
increases being provided to these employees which will carry them over the max or increase their salary that is already over the max there are 92 employees on the list that will
Senator Jim Dotson
Unverified
7:24
have increased salaries if the item is approved senator Dotson you're recognized thank you madam chair on the last page of this page for the public safety ones it says med 14 16 14 and 15 I think do you know
Speaker 16
7:38
what those positions are that have that type of salary I would have to call the
Speaker 18
7:41
agency up but I believe it's crime lab it's gonna be medical examiners that kind of thing at the crime lab that makes
sense thank you that's it okay are there any other questions all right seeing no other questions do I have a motion for approval motion and do I have a second I have a second any discussion all those in favor please say aye
all opposed no motion carries all right and that wraps up our business for today thank you all meetings adjourned Thank you.
Agenda
A. Call to Order
Items for Review:
B. Request from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for Job Series Designation Changes for two (2) job titles established by Ark. Code Ann. §21-5-208(c)(1 ). (Kay Barnhill, State Personnel Director)
C. Request from the Department of Military (DOM) to establish two (2) pool positions from the OPM surrender pool established by Arkansas Code Annotated § 21-5-225(a). (Brigadier General Olen C. Bridges, Adjutant General)
D. Request from South Arkansas College to establish three (3) positions from the Higher Education Central Pool and two (2) positions from the Higher Education Surrender Pool. (Ken Warden, Commissioner)
Approval Items
E. Request from the Department of Commerce for the first request for Reallocation of Resources for FY27. (Hugh McDonald, Secretary)
Continuations
F. Request from the Office Personnel Management (OPM) for the continuation of three (3) Growth Pools and six (6) Surrender Pool positions from three (3) departments that are not included in the FY27 appropriation acts.
G. Request from the Office Personnel Management (OPM) for the continuation of the OPM differential through FY27 from the Disability Determination and Social Security Administration.
H. Request from the Office Personnel Management (OPM) for the continuation of previously approved second language differentials for FY27.
I. Request from the Office Personnel Management (OPM) for the continuation of a certification differential through FY27 from the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism, Division of Parks.
J. Request from the Office Personnel Management (OPM) for the continuation of previously approved on-call differentials for FY27.
K. Request from the Office Personnel Management (OPM) for the continuation of a previously approved Hard-to-Fill differential for FY27 from the Department of Corrections (DOC) and Department of Energy and Environment (E&E).
L. Request from the Office Personnel Management (OPM) for the continuation of one Labor Market Rate from the Department of Public Safety, Arkansas Crime Laboratory.
M. Request from the Office Personnel Management (OPM) for the continuation of American Rescue Plan Act Program Funding from ACOM-State Broadband Office.
N. Request from the Office Personnel Management (OPM) for the continuation of Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act of 2021
O. Request from the Office Personnel Management (OPM) for the continuation of Miscellaneous Federal Grant Program Appropriation and Personnel Authorization
Reports:
P. Arkansas Community Correction Quarterly Caseload Report.
Q. Quarterly Employment Report- Third Quarter FY26 State Agencies and Institutions of Higher Education.
R. New June Provisional Report thirty-seven (37) new positions are approved for six (6) Four-Year Institutions of Higher Education. There are three (3) new positions for two (2) Two-Year Institutions of Higher Education. (Department of Education, Division of Higher Education, Dr. Ken Warden)
S. Two-Year Vacant - Act 796 Report (Kay Barnhill, State Personnel Director)
T. Special Compensation and Recruitment Award Report: April and May 2026
U. Personnel Actions Report: April and May 2026
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Speakers
Speaker 2
Senator Breanne Davis Chair
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Speaker 7
Speaker 5
Senator Jim Dotson
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Speaker 16
Speaker 18