File name: JAC Budget Hearings FY 13-14_20111209_143114.dcr
Folder: C:\Documents and Settings\HAppropriations\Desktop\Recordings

    8 ~ 12/9/2011 2:31:32 PM ~ Bill mai explaining what is on the thumb drive, reports on the drive .  Vacancies vary by length of vacancy so some on there have not been on their very long  Joyce provided a Dec 6 update by ARRA funds  main directory of 2013-2014 budget,  has UW's large budget used as an operating budget, Alex included budget in your drawers  supreme court, Game and Fish budget, same deal as UW,, Chapter 17 for GAme and Fish  Dept of transportation, seperately is Chapter 17, that entire PDF is there organized by agency  2013-2014 Budget request by agency in a PDF.
 3:51 ~ 12/9/2011 2:35:15 PM ~ Nicholas:  keep as part of the budght bill, will talk to Nelson if change mind  Local Govts...with gas report should wait until after Jan CREG meets ...
 4:43 ~ 12/9/2011 2:36:06 PM ~ Bill:  all those documents are in this jump drive so you can review what you have done
 5:04 ~ 12/9/2011 2:36:28 PM ~ Nicholas:  default is last distribution model and last bill, then allocate.  If poeple want to challenge fine, we have new census information, begin with default, make changes from there.  facilities will work on a greater length, want facilities staff prepare dto talk to them, understand wanting to keep costs down,    10 yrs ago, building facilites to last 50 years then putting money in to areas of bldg that wer not adequate ...Ex:  Natrona.  If you know Natrona will have 500 more students in 5 yrs, can choose to build capacity or not, as long as classrooms can be added on.  Makes no sense to buid a cafeteria that will serve only 400..makes not sense...statutory rules..make god decision.  list of things you see that are different in the budget where we are seein impact of lack of revenue...EX:  take dollars from water 3 to put into 2, not having provision for the growth of water 3.  have tried to put 10 to 20 million in water 3 to build big projects, taking interest out,  AML shifts, cap con,  reduction to business ready communities, highway funds,  50 million oout of AML funds  If staff would make a list that shows we are starting squeeze in budget.
 9:05 ~ 12/9/2011 2:40:29 PM ~ Harshman:  UW matching funds has been hugely successful, run out of steam doing that, motivated donors out there  library matches to leverage money.  AMI tech issues continue to talk about,  state building facilities..where are we with that?  rented cost per year,  sup
10:06 ~ 12/9/2011 2:41:30 PM ~ Nicholas:  State office bldg is a state initiative, deficiencies with this building, no fire protection, if we lost bldg to fire, there is not way to replace it,responsibility laid back to legislature,,building state office bldg to restore this bldg, vacate during remodeling..  core and shell then gets remodeled.  WE pay the highest rents in Cheyenne, always off, A&I goes out and gets space when we need it and the landlords command the highest price.
11:51 ~ 12/9/2011 2:43:15 PM ~ Steward:  Gillette project may fall off list, snapshot of that in respect to declining federal dollars, rainy day policy, what is a rainy day,   Do we need a rainy day account for education?
12:40 ~ 12/9/2011 2:44:03 PM ~ Nicholas:  anything else...see you in January
12:59 ~ 12/9/2011 2:44:23 PM ~ Berger:  Merry Christmas.