File name: JACBudgetHearings2014_20140117_075144.dcr Folder: C:\Documents and Settings\happropriations\My Documents\JAC Audio 2014 0 ~ 1/17/2014 8:27:47 AM ~ Start Recording 55 ~ 1/17/2014 8:28:42 AM ~ January 17, 2014 CREG and Agency Hearing - Chairman Bebout 1:20 ~ 1/17/2014 8:29:06 AM ~ Richards : Introduction of Dan Noble, Bill Mai will stay on committee, 1:34 ~ 1/17/2014 8:29:21 AM ~ Bebout: Welcome to Dan Noble 1:44 ~ 1/17/2014 8:29:31 AM ~ Noble: commentary 2:15 ~ 1/17/2014 8:30:01 AM ~ Bebout: commentary 2:41 ~ 1/17/2014 8:30:28 AM ~ Richards: Added 51.9 M . split among bienniums. Available for spending or savings. Inc in use tax money...1- documented inc in personal income. 2. modest inc in oil and gas employment. CREG reduced sales and use tax in Oct, giving back some. Minerals, .25 per ton dec in coal price 13.75 ton to 13.50 ton for two years. just shy of estimate. spot prices declined, bottomed out, rebounded, starting to increase. 5:07 ~ 1/17/2014 8:32:54 AM ~ Bebout; volumes? 5:11 ~ 1/17/2014 8:32:57 AM ~ Richards..volume...not all dat in..fed gov projections 386 M tons, within 1 M of our projection. Reduced tons in Oct, projected 4 M tons..may be slighlty overestimated in near term and under estimated in LT. we talk to coal copanies, analyst sites,.. Inc. in natural gas prices 8:20 ~ 1/17/2014 8:36:07 AM ~ Bebout: 8:29 ~ 1/17/2014 8:36:16 AM ~ Richards:.....EPA regulations , potential impact. opportunity for export of coal. Neither in forecast 9:12 ~ 1/17/2014 8:36:59 AM ~ Esqubel: eastern coal replaced by powder river coal 9:22 ~ 1/17/2014 8:37:09 AM ~ Richards: possibiliy, have not seen in fed data. powder river declining at same rate as national coal. utility shutdowns more likely for those receiving eastern coal . 10:30 ~ 1/17/2014 8:38:17 AM ~ Bebout: retrofitting..do not see that. coal fired power plants.. down to 39%, nuclear power at about 95% efficienicy, 11:10 ~ 1/17/2014 8:38:56 AM ~ hastert: indicators on inc. projections were documented personal income increaes. inc in sales and use tax. 5 raise in personal income? 11:49 ~ 1/17/2014 8:39:36 AM ~ Richards: declines in personal income in some of the quarterly ..if you annualize the number, you get slightly over 5%. no longer having declines, multiple regression modals. high, low, models...modest increase 8 to 14 millino in sales tax to GF. 13:02 ~ 1/17/2014 8:40:49 AM ~ Richards: did not change; oil production and price (slope of line, oil price, WTI price and wyoming production diff); natural gas production; (slope of line, may be U instead of a V, comfortable with projectons); natural gas price (4.53 per mmbtu, .80 above our forecast, probably high point in the calendar cycle, projection is for annual basis.) 16:17 ~ 1/17/2014 8:44:04 AM ~ bebout: natural gas..oil and gas.more ofa player. 85 is optomistic. ... 16:46 ~ 1/17/2014 8:44:33 AM ~ Perkins: Table 3 on CREG on surface coal production, outyear projection of 400,000 . 17:17 ~ 1/17/2014 8:45:04 AM ~ Richards: surface coal, believe there will be a reboudn. On natural gas believe the decline will contine. On surface caol, in near term may not rebound quite as quickly. contingent on federal regulations.. 17:57 ~ 1/17/2014 8:45:44 AM ~ Richards: No changes cont: revenue component of investment earnings (challenging for fixed income portfolio, capital losses realized , holding 20 M in capital losses, 14M GF PMTF = 100 M capital equity gains, not included in CREG, availabe at end of year if it stays positive, state agency pool does not invest in equities, Treasurer's office policy, losses will be carryed over until gains are realized.) Profile adds to issue of federal sequestration. CREG held fast. Fed gov restored Wyoming federal mineral 46.5 M , included now in CREG, to budget reserve acct, school foundation fund, school capital construction. CREG incorporated them in the green sheets. Challenge is now what. Fed govt has withheld 8% of income stream, no guidance in either fed bill as to what the reduction will be, what agencies or what timelines. A 21:53 ~ 1/17/2014 8:49:40 AM ~ Bebout: Recent budget bill, have not included any PILL funding...counties will feel that 25 M per year. 22:20 ~ 1/17/2014 8:50:07 AM ~ Richards: distributed to counties with federal lands, may be large portion of budget for a county or not. 22:37 ~ 1/17/2014 8:50:24 AM ~ Bebout: #? 22:42 ~ 1/17/2014 8:50:29 AM ~ Richards; 25M, sequester going forward. CREG in profile, wh BRA, school finance, school capital construction. Profiled the federal sequester at 8%. Can change this number as soon as we get guidance from the Dept of Interior. current fed law that funds are restored. took out in 14 put back in 15, follow that sequence..first year will be a takeout, In 13-14 neg 37M . put back in the next year but a like amount is taken out. if sequester reduced or elimnated will make change. 25:01 ~ 1/17/2014 8:52:47 AM ~ Stubson: ramping up of from 5 to 8? 25:20 ~ 1/17/2014 8:53:07 AM ~ Richards: rampoing up from 5.1 to 8%, did not know what the increase would be, difficult to anticipate what would happen. held at 8%. very difficult to forecast ...weather, world makrets and congressional action. 26:30 ~ 1/17/2014 8:54:17 AM ~ Richards: key point add 51.9m, net net is modest at 11.1 M . on a 3.6 Billion dollar budget is amodest change. shifted some timing, legisation stabiization account - 26M deposit dec to 14.9 M. lost in 13-14. in 15-16 gained 19 M, shown on page 3 omc tp 348.5 M.. more automatic once JAC marks up the bill..statutory reserve account. Gov rec OCT third column, number 238.M changes as action is taken next week, whether it is for savings or spednings, If you cut gov budget that number grows. Total balance in budget reserve will give idea of whats availabe for the floor.. 29:33 ~ 1/17/2014 8:57:20 AM ~ Bebout: Colace balance zero 29:43 ~ 1/17/2014 8:57:30 AM ~ Perkins: 238 M - Gov rec. if you took gov budget SB and recommendations that woudl be the 238 M 30:10 ~ 1/17/2014 8:57:57 AM ~ Richards: correct. Sensitivity of separation of powers. We show the gov rec column. judiciary is not in it. we have a place holder, szme for the feed bill. gov rec 17.4 M for legislatue 19.2 M is the bill amount. 31:07 ~ 1/17/2014 8:58:54 AM ~ Nicholas: additional expenditures in letters from the gov, incorporated? 31:20 ~ 1/17/2014 8:59:06 AM ~ Richards: gov profile, ex 175M for cities, towns, counties, not in profile but expect letter on it, All those items included. Not included is issues from testimony that made Gov change his mind. We will incorporate when we receive the Gov letter. 32:13 ~ 1/17/2014 9:00:00 AM ~ nicholas: rough estimate of amount? 32:21 ~ 1/17/2014 9:00:07 AM ~ Richards: defer to budget office, no idea. 32:29 ~ 1/17/2014 9:00:16 AM ~ perkins: placeholer for judiciary - is it the std budget submitted? 32:43 ~ 1/17/2014 9:00:30 AM ~ Richards SB plus Exc Request... 32:55 ~ 1/17/2014 9:00:42 AM ~ Perkins? 32:58 ~ 1/17/2014 9:00:45 AM ~ Richards: Gov did not include Exc reuest for district courts which was an oversight. We included everything they asked for. 33:24 ~ 1/17/2014 9:01:11 AM ~ Meier: degree of certainty - lot more moving parts. fairly conservative, never profile Coal lease bonuses, have an idea of what was coming, now will be a lot less. Can we spend down to that line and not dig a hole for 2 or 3 eyars out. Comfort feeling, degree of certainty, I am uneasy about spending as much as we used to.. 35:17 ~ 1/17/2014 9:03:04 AM ~ Richards: Always a challenging environment, disruptions in world markets, oil price reduction, weather events, winter of 2012 had negatvie impact on natural gas prices and levels. Concerns on horizon include regulation of coal, competition of other supplies of natural gas,. Positives are incrased oil production, ...I like a big number for carryover but there is arisk to that, citizens are paying tax rate. Policy makers may want to consider having funds available for a supplemental budget session. 38:06 ~ 1/17/2014 9:05:52 AM ~ Bebout: supplemental? 38:11 ~ 1/17/2014 9:05:58 AM ~ Richards: for emergencies, natural disasters, edicts from the federal govt, 38:41 ~ 1/17/2014 9:06:28 AM ~ Harshman: shift in profile is a balancing, investment and sales and use tax are a bigger role. 39:09 ~ 1/17/2014 9:06:56 AM ~ 39:19 ~ 1/17/2014 9:07:06 AM ~ Richards: i agree. blancing among the commodities. decline in natural gas, increase in oil. We used to be 80/20. now 1/3 oil, gas, coal. sales tax inc but not in every county. soem counties have real decreases. diversity in the geography of the state. 40:44 ~ 1/17/2014 9:08:31 AM ~ harshman; investment income - plan to double Per min trust fund. compound interest good when working for you..set without disruption to continue policy to double again.. 8 B by 2018 41:36 ~ 1/17/2014 9:09:23 AM ~ Richards: PMTF- 6.5 B mkt value of which 6 B is cost million .5 M in unrealized capital gains . LSRA has 1.6 B. Positive is that in the near term, 18-36 months extraordinary gains in equity, market unlikely to continue . On fixed side, extremely low interest rates. bonds.. LSRA is in short term.. 43:17 ~ 1/17/2014 9:11:04 AM ~ Harshman: work started 10 years ago is saving our budget..challenge with spending is to keep that investment income back to 20% expenditure level. PMTF - savings and investment growth, 44:06 ~ 1/17/2014 9:11:53 AM ~ Bebout: grown govt...build the corpus and it generates the revenue, 44:31 ~ 1/17/2014 9:12:18 AM ~ Perkins: Table 2 in CREG - PMTF income has been second largest source of revnue to GF, when gains are included? 45:36 ~ 1/17/2014 9:13:23 AM ~ Richards: correct, doubled last 10 years. 07-08 was first spike was minerals and PMTF. .... 46:05 ~ 1/17/2014 9:13:51 AM ~ perkins: capital gains in PMTF, trending toward becomein second largest source of revnues for GF. When you have a downturn, like 2010 with 1 B of unrealized losses,, volatitlity with respect to Capital gains. CREG , Treasurers office does not forecst caital gains? 47:12 ~ 1/17/2014 9:14:59 AM ~ Richards: correct, smoothed spikes in past, now does not. CREG is more conservative on capital gains because no safety net in down year. legislature has responded by segregating funds (SIPA), delayed funds for one year. two different approaches with similar outcome. avoid volatility if you have a down year and spent funds. Improtant to recognize you will be appropriating funds that we are projecting revenues 2 years out, no appropriating cash. 48:44 ~ 1/17/2014 9:16:31 AM ~ Perkins: Capital gains timing issue. Meyer rule. Tresurers Office, Perm trust fund is inviolate, losses held in reserve, allocates when receiving capital gains. does not require repayment of capital losses in year happendin. 2008 no income from PMTF if not for the Meyer rule. 50:00 ~ 1/17/2014 9:17:47 AM ~ Richards: Meyer rule says you will get your interst and dividends. restored losses through gains in two years. That did not have to be the case. Losses could have been held for longer depending upon depth and rebound of natinoal economy. CREG is not uniform in opinions on this. As a group, reluctant to include gains when they may not e realized. 51:03 ~ 1/17/2014 9:18:50 AM ~ perkins: Timing of capital gains..100 M of capital gains out of pooled , common agency fund. anticipating higher interest rates, when interest rates go up, value goes down. Anticipating capital losses when interest rate.. Meyer rule for pooled fund as well ? 52:34 ~ 1/17/2014 9:20:21 AM ~ Richards: Meyer rule applys to all funds. ...offset losses against future gains, holding pattern, fixed income only portfolio, may be waiting a while. 53:25 ~ 1/17/2014 9:21:12 AM ~ bebout: timing,, pooled accts in securities instead of fixed. no choice because of statutes, wil take a hit. 53:47 ~ 1/17/2014 9:21:34 AM ~ Meier: Meyer rule put forthe when nto prepared for losses. Not meeting the spirit of the constitution of holding corpus involite. wanted to frontload for capital losses so could take them out of a holding account. We are gambling on a future possible profit. We should put capital gains into a holding account to pull out when we have a capital losses. Imaginary account books losses, against our corpus. Not what constitutional amendment says. from my perspective..segregating classes of revenue from bond portfolio and other revenue sources, both in corpus, do not have corpus just for bonds and just for stocks. 56:25 ~ 1/17/2014 9:24:12 AM ~ Bebout: school foundation program hit of 20 M , reflects state portion, not local mill levy. amount of hit? 56:46 ~ 1/17/2014 9:24:33 AM ~ Richards: does incorporate ad valorm taxes hit..have a guaranteed payment no matter what is generated at local level. 25 M reduction net net. sequester and projected increase expenditures 1.48 to 1.49 Billion dollars, including ECA. Enrollment increases. Enrollment is rising modestly. rising in areas with the highest cost. districts with regional cost inc. 58:18 ~ 1/17/2014 9:26:05 AM ~ harshman: Both numbers including ECA? 10 M growht is student growth. 58:35 ~ 1/17/2014 9:26:22 AM ~ Richards: correct 58:39 ~ 1/17/2014 9:26:26 AM ~ Willmarth: enrollment grew more than projected. 58:52 ~ 1/17/2014 9:26:39 AM ~ Harshman: growth in districts 59:01 ~ 1/17/2014 9:26:48 AM ~ Willmarth; LCCC, Teton, Sweetwater, Estimates take into accoutn local assessed value changes. recapture will dec but entitlement payments will inc. 59:34 ~ 1/17/2014 9:27:21 AM ~ harshman: sequester? 59:41 ~ 1/17/2014 9:27:28 AM ~ Willmarth: no nov meeting preliminary, estimates finalized in this profitle. 39.5 M total, 1 M inc. 1:00:10 ~ 1/17/2014 9:27:56 AM ~ Bebout: total inc in foundation program - give to us. 1:00:21 ~ 1/17/2014 9:28:08 AM ~ Dept of transportation...after 2 minute break 1:01:50 ~ 1/17/2014 9:29:37 AM ~ Pause 1:01:50 ~ 1/17/2014 9:36:55 AM ~ Resume 1:01:54 ~ 1/17/2014 9:36:58 AM ~ Chairman Bebout: Welcome 1:02:58 ~ 1/17/2014 9:38:03 AM ~ Cos: director of DOT.. economic development, enhanced air service, maintenance. roads and wyo link. No requests for deviations from gov rec. 1:03:52 ~ 1/17/2014 9:38:57 AM ~ cox: introductions Hibbard, McComei, Frederikc, Schultz (engineering), Byrne, Butler, Loftin, Ratlif, ..Sandy Scoot commission secretary and leg coordinator Casser - chairman of aeronautics . 1:06:09 ~ 1/17/2014 9:41:13 AM ~ Bebout; commentary 1:06:15 ~ 1/17/2014 9:41:20 AM ~ Cox: wy includes the state highway patrol 1:07:10 ~ 1/17/2014 9:42:15 AM ~ Cos: Components and federal funds update as of yesterday. page 6 , main primary functions of DOT construction, meintenance, law enforcement, administration reegulatroy function, aeronatuics. Gov sullivan reogr in 91 - 1:08:18 ~ 1/17/2014 9:43:22 AM ~ Cox: fed funds update - fed appropriations bill for remainder of this fiscal year. through sept 30. highway funds - continuation at the same funding we had accessed to. does not ineract with the future. map 21 current bill experies on sept 30, 2014. momentum of crafting another bill is slow. Map 21 was to be a template for future bills, hoping for new transportation bill by Sept 30. in past has been years late. 1:10:06 ~ 1/17/2014 9:45:11 AM ~ bebout: fed bill - did it have AML language as well? 1:10:19 ~ 1/17/2014 9:45:24 AM ~ Hibbard? which AML pot? 1:10:34 ~ 1/17/2014 9:45:39 AM ~ Bebout: fed bill with amendment that elimnated AML funds? 1:10:46 ~ 1/17/2014 9:45:51 AM ~ hibbard: yes, rider placed on transportation bill, took sub amount of AM money. 1:11:10 ~ 1/17/2014 9:46:14 AM ~ Cox: ambassador to china, Highway Trust fund - fund through the feds, DC email:. Highway Trust fund balance projected to go negative during 2015 fed fiscal year. Email: question if HTF will make it through...with a positive balance" means an awareness by USDOT will bring blance down to near zero. knew that when passed MAP 21. propped up by GF infusions and fiscal measures.. guess as to how to fund next transportation bill, interact with how quicly bill will move forward... 1:13:11 ~ 1/17/2014 9:48:16 AM ~ bebout: fed gas tax at 23 or 25 cents per gallon. Level of funding is what amount? 1:13:31 ~ 1/17/2014 9:48:36 AM ~ hibbard: 223 M per year on service side 1:13:42 ~ 1/17/2014 9:48:47 AM ~ cox: MAP21 - fiscal support wil be big question. 65% fed funds 35 % state fund ratio currently. historical dependence on federal funds still remains. leg action took up from an 80/20 ration to 65/35. Fuel tax gives us a constant stream of revenue. Thank you 1:15:30 ~ 1/17/2014 9:50:35 AM ~ cos: transportation infrastructure awareness is clear. represented wyoming in DC meeting..asked for sstory of state side initiatives to inc. state funding. congressional awareness of need is clear. Interstate Highway system is a national responsibility. fuel tax for contractor payouts only, not being used on the interstate, met with Sen Barasso. who is member of EPW, has juisdiction for highway bill on senate side. 1:19:09 ~ 1/17/2014 9:54:14 AM ~ Cox: 1:19:19 ~ 1/17/2014 9:54:24 AM ~ Bebout: provide national avg of feds to sates. 1:19:31 ~ 1/17/2014 9:54:36 AM ~ Cox: national avg hoveredat 605 state 40% federal for quite some time. 1:19:49 ~ 1/17/2014 9:54:54 AM ~ Hibbard: budget officer, DOT - avg provided at commission meeting. don Richards provide table in that presentation. 1:20:32 ~ 1/17/2014 9:55:37 AM ~ Bebout: 1:20:37 ~ 1/17/2014 9:55:41 AM ~ Hibbard: Commission budget discussion previous to legilative budget discussion. commission on fiscal year but now shift to biennium. page 4 = request gov approval . commission budget 1.85B. ... 563 positions on legislative side of budget.. DOT 2058 of AandI HR; 563 on legislative side, 1495 on commission side. Dot has reduced by 143 in DOT, 22 positions transferred to ETS, compared to 2010. AWAC, dispatch postion transferred as well. 22 FT, total of 27 transfeerd to ETS. DOT has cut 121 positions since 2010 1:23:50 ~ 1/17/2014 9:58:55 AM ~ Stubson: base compared to std has 2 additional employees? 1:24:09 ~ 1/17/2014 9:59:14 AM ~ hibbard: 1 position in capitol protective srvices, B!1 - page 4. 2nd position? 1:24:42 ~ 1/17/2014 9:59:46 AM ~ Stubson: FT employees 557, std budget 559? 1:24:54 ~ 1/17/2014 9:59:59 AM ~ Hibbard: detail sheet provided to you. 2 commission positions for dispatching as a result of last biennium discussion. 1:25:19 ~ 1/17/2014 10:00:24 AM ~ Meir: clarification of terminology ;legislatively designated GF and FEd Funds? 1:25:41 ~ 1/17/2014 10:00:46 AM ~ Hibbard; DOT has 1 GF position, air service enhancement adminsitration. Remainder are fed funds, commission dolaars, highway funds. Remaining are appropriated by legislature in budget. 2058 total 563 leg appropriated, ..remainder commission budget 1:26:46 ~ 1/17/2014 10:01:51 AM ~ meier: funding of pay raises...how many GF, fed funds or attrition of vacant postions, , take care of it yourself? 1:27:25 ~ 1/17/2014 10:02:30 AM ~ Hibbard: historically, across the board inc. is funded through highway funds. out of transportation commission side of budget. 1:28:01 ~ 1/17/2014 10:03:05 AM ~ hibbard: Page 16, directors office = ER, which is repeated. Reduction in budget authority, Transferring of funds - 1000 dot cut in professional services fees. 6048 is ETS transfer. Prior to ETS movement, DOT IT costs.. after transfer, reduced appropraited budgets in each program for ETS transfer, clean up of funding trail. will be consolidated att end of budget. Throughout budget 310,000 of budget cuts by wydot in this budget. last biennium offered up 1 M in cuts. 1:31:26 ~ 1/17/2014 10:06:31 AM ~ bebout: 1 M? 1:31:31 ~ 1/17/2014 10:06:36 AM ~ Hibbard: yes reduced std by 1 M. 1:31:41 ~ 1/17/2014 10:06:46 AM ~ Bebout: 8% reduction was 2 M. 1:31:51 ~ 1/17/2014 10:06:56 AM ~ hibbard: dot cuts, highway funds..did not include GF budget cuts we discussed. 1:32:22 ~ 1/17/2014 10:07:27 AM ~ bebout: so had an additional 1 M cuts, not profiled so would not see 1:32:35 ~ 1/17/2014 10:07:39 AM ~ hibbard: correct. page 19 legal services of 12,000, moved to AG several years ago. kept money for travel for AG's Ex: meeting in Oklahoma bankruptcy hearing. 1:33:44 ~ 1/17/2014 10:08:49 AM ~ Stubson: how many attorneys assigned to work with WYdot? 1:33:55 ~ 1/17/2014 10:09:00 AM ~ Cox: one full time, two rotate as needed, personnel side as needed. 1:34:22 ~ 1/17/2014 10:09:26 AM ~ Stubson: 2 that roate, half time or as things come up? 1:34:32 ~ 1/17/2014 10:09:36 AM ~ Hibbard: can give dollar amts, do not know FT or part time, attorney specialization, 1:35:10 ~ 1/17/2014 10:10:14 AM ~ Hibbard: page 21 Internal review - fed gov requirement that DOT have internal review function, external audit yearly. Recover fed share 1:36:35 ~ 1/17/2014 10:11:40 AM ~ bebout: 8.23 % parameters, negotiation, revisit, fed bills 1:36:52 ~ 1/17/2014 10:11:56 AM ~ hibbard: reviewed every 3 years, negotiatied every 3 years, will remain effective for following 3 years. 1:37:12 ~ 1/17/2014 10:12:17 AM ~ Cox: federal requirement at one time, the requirement is gone but language on 21 says strongly encouraged to continue. could not administer fed funds without that function. internal audit crew serve other functions within DOT, process flows, audit any function within DOT, 1:38:26 ~ 1/17/2014 10:13:31 AM ~ Meier: externatl audit by state or independent 1:38:35 ~ 1/17/2014 10:13:40 AM ~ Cox: yearly by external auditor..8133 audit. part of it is carried out on the compliance side by our staff. audited on topics by LSO 1:39:10 ~ 1/17/2014 10:14:15 AM ~ Hibbard: LSO, aire service, general transportation, audit of ARRA. 1:39:37 ~ 1/17/2014 10:14:41 AM ~ Hibbard: page 22 - replacement of laptop for internal review program. replace on a 5 year cycle. control scope growth. replace CPU, do not replace other components until they break. 1:41:06 ~ 1/17/2014 10:16:11 AM ~ Stubson: how long on 5 year cycle? 1:41:19 ~ 1/17/2014 10:16:24 AM ~ Hibbard: ...ETS transfer. p26, Public Affairs. Priority is computers. Reduction in production cost for maps. Move in 5 year cycle for computer replacement. p 32 Driver Services. ETS trafer Discussion regarding having to return to Wyoming to renew Drivier's License. What would have to give up Federally to change this. WDOT provide input on this. Discussion on Open Container. Repeat Offender, Open Container discssion. Much is Federal. Real Id Compliance discussion. Details will be profided to committee. There are sanctions if not complaint. One of the sanctions could be nonrecognition of Wyoming CDL. 1:56:30 ~ 1/17/2014 10:31:35 AM ~ Loftin: Correct. Some people do not need CDL and could change their license. Mirror federal regulations; more stringent in 2004 and CDL restrictions. 2:01:41 ~ 1/17/2014 10:36:46 AM ~ Meier: open container, proportional diversion for compliance? 2:04:59 ~ 1/17/2014 10:40:04 AM ~ Cox: Same either way. $134M diverted due to compliance issues. 2:05:54 ~ 1/17/2014 10:40:59 AM ~ Hibbard: page 35, drivers' services. exception request $72,000 eye vision. page 36, exception $20,300 for void machines. denial by governor. Telephone recording equipment, denied; 59 replacement of laptops, approved. 2:07:43 ~ 1/17/2014 10:42:48 AM ~ Hibbard: page 41, motor vehicle services, reduction of budget authority, page 42, ETS transfer. page 45, human resources plan. page 46, professional fee increse. page 49, management services office. 2:09:23 ~ 1/17/2014 10:44:28 AM ~ Wallis: HR, dollars providing for both budgets? 2:10:08 ~ 1/17/2014 10:45:13 AM ~ Hibbard: HR efforts to all positions and commission 2:10:31 ~ 1/17/2014 10:45:36 AM ~ Hibbard: Office services. page 50, exception request, $50,000 ETS transfer, desktop computer replacements. page 54, operating transfers to other state agencies; cost allocation. 2:14:15 ~ 1/17/2014 10:49:20 AM ~ Jones: Page 55, permanently assigned ETS positions, $4.6M. 2:14:51 ~ 1/17/2014 10:49:56 AM ~ Hibbard: Statewide cost allocation incresed; page 56, management services, page 57, ETS transfer. page 60, procurement services for roads, page 61, reduction and transfer ETS 2:16:38 ~ 1/17/2014 10:51:43 AM ~ Nicholas: ETS transfers improved office management? 2:16:49 ~ 1/17/2014 10:51:54 AM ~ Cox: More of a challenge for IT people; break currently even process 2:18:42 ~ 1/17/2014 10:53:47 AM ~ Bebout: Procurement, $12,000 increase in salaries, space rental went up, page 63 2:19:04 ~ 1/17/2014 10:54:08 AM ~ Hibbard: Reclassification of position; space rental, space allocation analysis. 2:21:45 ~ 1/17/2014 10:56:50 AM ~ Hibbard: page 65, strategic performance and improvement. 2:22:43 ~ 1/17/2014 10:57:48 AM ~ McOmie: Handled by districts, main office. 2:23:15 ~ 1/17/2014 10:58:19 AM ~ Hibbard: page 66, page 69, fuel tax administration; computer purchase, ETS transfer. 2:24:17 ~ 1/17/2014 10:59:22 AM ~ Cos: Slightly lower revenues from tax increases 2:24:36 ~ 1/17/2014 10:59:41 AM ~ Hibbard: page 74, law enforcement, page 75, exception request for mobile data terminal. $1.5M for replacement, using federal monies also from open container law. 2:26:22 ~ 1/17/2014 11:01:27 AM ~ Butler: Upgrade incar computer system, working with Supreme Court for e-citations. 2:29:11 ~ 1/17/2014 11:04:16 AM ~ Hibbard: open container repeat offender. $117M funding to highways; $6.4M to use for highway patrol mission. $10M used for highway safety alcohol impairment safety measures. 2:32:09 ~ 1/17/2014 11:07:14 AM ~ Cox: Other highway safety funds 2:32:32 ~ 1/17/2014 11:07:36 AM ~ Moniz: page 76, ETS feedback approval relative to governor approval. 2:33:11 ~ 1/17/2014 11:08:16 AM ~ Hibbard: page 76, computer replacement, page 77, ETS transfer; page 81, radioactive waste in support of mirror exception request in Homeland Security. 2:34:25 ~ 1/17/2014 11:09:29 AM ~ Stubson: Mirror? 2:34:38 ~ 1/17/2014 11:09:43 AM ~ Hibbard: Transfer funds from this account to fund a position in Homeland Security. 2:35:00 ~ 1/17/2014 11:10:05 AM ~ Burkhart: How much in fund? 2:35:10 ~ 1/17/2014 11:10:15 AM ~ Hibbard: $521,000 in FY 2014, $540,000,end period 2:35:33 ~ 1/17/2014 11:10:38 AM ~ Hibbard: page 85, ETS transfer, WYOLINK, page 90, 7 positions, dispatch outside WYDOT. page 92, exception request are on-going costs, $90.7M appropriation, spent over $80M. 2:38:54 ~ 1/17/2014 11:13:59 AM ~ Schultz: Continous monitoring system. 16000 radios on system statewide. 20 million calls.$1.5M/annually. 2:42:08 ~ 1/17/2014 11:17:13 AM ~ Hibbard: WYOLINK budget ongoing. page 96, $5.6M for biennium maintenance agreements, page 92, exception request for hardware maintenance, $1.6M for local government portion; page 93; 2:44:42 ~ 1/17/2014 11:19:47 AM ~ Burkhart: How soon replace hardware? 2:44:53 ~ 1/17/2014 11:19:58 AM ~ Schultz: System in place for 10 years, some hardware will need to be replaced soon, dispatch console replacement after software upgrades, mountain repeaters 2:46:03 ~ 1/17/2014 11:21:08 AM ~ Moniz: Fund into future? 2:47:12 ~ 1/17/2014 11:22:17 AM ~ Hibbard: One time funding source this biennium; however requests are on-going. 2:47:29 ~ 1/17/2014 11:22:34 AM ~ Jones: Governor supportive of WYOLINK, visit periodically to monitor funding, page 93 2:49:41 ~ 1/17/2014 11:24:46 AM ~ Stubson: balance of interest on original appropriation? 2:49:56 ~ 1/17/2014 11:25:01 AM ~ Hibbard: page 93, $694,000 interest available for transfer. 2:51:00 ~ 1/17/2014 11:26:05 AM ~ Harshman: Billing system, 2:51:39 ~ 1/17/2014 11:26:44 AM ~ Schultz: 80% on WYOLINK system, finish buildout and coverage gaps. FCC regulations governing towers and signals to share facilities. No income as share back and forth. 2:53:49 ~ 1/17/2014 11:28:54 AM ~ Wallis: Sharing with private and public entities. Why not bill? 2:54:09 ~ 1/17/2014 11:29:14 AM ~ Schultz: We use their facilities was well, so good neighbor policy. FCC regulations 2:54:41 ~ 1/17/2014 11:29:45 AM ~ Cox: No one billed for services provided by WYOLINK. Can bill federal government, but federal government has provided some spots that state cannot. 2:55:34 ~ 1/17/2014 11:30:39 AM ~ Perkins: any redundancy in system? 2:56:42 ~ 1/17/2014 11:31:46 AM ~ Schultz: some redundancy, Homeland Security and temporary towers. 2:57:38 ~ 1/17/2014 11:32:43 AM ~ Wallis: portion yet to be built out, $5.6M on-going cost, 2:59:09 ~ 1/17/2014 11:34:14 AM ~ Hibbard: Phase 2, buildout of WYOLINK, towers in small pockets, some funding, core towers, some towers in western WY. 3:01:10 ~ 1/17/2014 11:36:15 AM ~ Wallis: $8M fund, where and what? 3:01:22 ~ 1/17/2014 11:36:26 AM ~ Hibbard: WOLFS, number 8. 3:01:44 ~ 1/17/2014 11:36:49 AM ~ Cox: Core system buildout, not asking for future monies for core system. 3:02:09 ~ 1/17/2014 11:37:14 AM ~ Hibbard: page 98, aeronautics. exception request for 2 laptops, ETS transfer. 3:03:19 ~ 1/17/2014 11:38:24 AM ~ Hibbard: page 104, operations of aircraft. recover costs to agencies, 3:04:06 ~ 1/17/2014 11:39:11 AM ~ Byrne: 8 pilots, 2 planes for passengers, 1 WYDOT plane, 1 WYDOT pilot. 95% reliability for 7-12 years. Mission to transport government officials and employees for work related business, mostly in-state.. 9 and 11 passenger aircraft. 3:14:50 ~ 1/17/2014 11:49:54 AM ~ Meier: Schedule on-line, how far? 3:15:41 ~ 1/17/2014 11:50:46 AM ~ Cox: Program level decision as to who and for what purpose planes used. 3:16:48 ~ 1/17/2014 11:51:52 AM ~ Hibbard: page 107, airport improvement program. $7.8M to meet shortage of expectatins of federal revenue. 3:18:54 ~ 1/17/2014 11:53:58 AM ~ Byrne: Local ideas as to what is important at local airports, concensus meeting of locals, feds and state to decide. 3:21:21 ~ 1/17/2014 11:56:26 AM ~ Hibbard: page 112, air service enhancement service program. 3:22:04 ~ 1/17/2014 11:57:08 AM ~ Byrne: Exception of $3.7M , bottom of page 112. account accrues interest. Pooled funds and general fund monies request to maintain current subsidies. Promote robust air service in the state; fares, reliability and schedules. 3:36:03 ~ 1/17/2014 12:11:07 PM ~ Stubson: Current level of support, 3:37:19 ~ 1/17/2014 12:12:24 PM ~ Byrne: communities which are being helped, to continue to do so for current level of support 3:37:41 ~ 1/17/2014 12:12:46 PM ~ Hibbard: page 104, air service enhancement position, highways, $50M request, denial by governor due to fuel tax increase income. $2000M budget in 2009, now $46M budget, general fund. 3:39:51 ~ 1/17/2014 12:14:55 PM ~ Esquibel: reports on 600 and 900 series. 3:40:32 ~ 1/17/2014 12:15:37 PM ~ Hibbard: Since 1999, $100M borrowing authority, Approve again, section 300 series. 3:41:29 ~ 1/17/2014 12:16:33 PM ~ 3:41:57 ~ 1/17/2014 12:17:02 PM ~ Pause 3:41:57 ~ 1/17/2014 12:31:00 PM ~ Stop Recording