ALC-Personnel

Personnel subcommittee LLC is uh now in session and uh uh let's go to B. All right, Mr. Chairman, item B is a request from state crime lab for special entry rate of $375,000 for an exceptionally well qualified applicant for the crime lab associate Medical Examiner. The request will provide a salary that exceeds the current max of the pay grade MPO9 applicant has over 15 years of experience and exceeds all minimum requirements. The applicant shall serve also serve as the deputy medical examiner for the agency with matching the cost of this hire will be roughly $475,000 and the applicant will be paid roughly 41% over max is authorized in crime. have special language after approval by ALC. Opium is recommended approval of the request, and I believe we discussed that at length uh with Doctor Brown earlier, so I see no questions. I have a motion. I have a motion in a second. I have a second, uh, and all in favor say aye. All opposed, seeing none, then that's approved. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Item C1 to C3, a request for special compensation and recruitment plans for the Departments of Public Safety, Veterans Affairs, and Military. These requests also require approval from ALC. OPM has recommended the requested plans, C1, public safety is requesting the special compensation recruitment plans for 6 forensic scientist classifications listed on page 13, agency plans to utilize the available bonuses to help recruit and retain new employees, or excuse me, recruit new employees and retain current employees. The agency has 25 forensic Staff that have left over the last year, the initial cost of the bonuses will be about $210,000. Any questions from the committee seeing none to have a motion, have a motion in a second, have a second, all in favor say aye, all opposed, seeing none, motion passes. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. C2 Veterans Affairs is requesting approval of the plans, uh, for full-time direct care nursing employees at the state's veterans' homes. Plans will provide the agency, uh. The ability to recruit and retain direct care employees and help lower their reliance on contract nurses. The initial cost of the bonuses will be about $315,000 for both the Fayetteville and North Little Rock Homes. Any questions from the committee seeing none to have a motion, have a motion in a second. All in favor, say I, I opposed, say no, seeing none, motion passes. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Last one, item C3 is from the military department. You're requesting approval of special compensation recruitment awards for all active employees within the agency for listed classifications in Appendix 1 on page 30. The department will set up a committee to review recommendations for the bonuses and an awarded leave. No current employees or new hires in positions with grades just 10 or above will be eligible for the cash bonuses or recruitment award. The agency states that the vast majority of all bonuses will be paid with federal funding. Questions. Seeing none motion of motion in a second. All in favor, say hi. I'll oppose seeing none motion passes. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Items D1 and D2 are miscellaneous federal grant requests for new grant positions at Game and Fish in the military, game officials requesting 3 biologist ones to work uh on the USDA National Resources Conservation Grant. Military is requesting two new military firefighter positions at Fort Cheffee through their master cooperative agreement with the Department of the Military. Pierre will be responsible for reviewing the added appropriation tomorrow and recommending the two new positions, personnel is tasked. With reviewing the titles associated with the positions. Opium is recommended the requested titles. Any questions, seeing none, motion, have a motion in a second all in favor say a all opposed say seeing none, motion passes. Mr. Chairman, the only thing we have left is a report for provisional positions at institutions of higher ed. Any questions? That's reviewed see anybody have any, any business you wanna talk about seeing none? We are. Yes, 5 minutes.