File name: JACBudgetHearings2014_20131216_081717.dcr Folder: C:\Documents and Settings\happropriations\My Documents\JAC Audio 2014 0 ~ 12/16/2013 8:57:37 AM ~ Start Recording 18 ~ 12/16/2013 8:57:55 AM ~ December 16, 2013 42 ~ 12/16/2013 8:58:19 AM ~ 270-OAH - Office of Administrative Hearings 55 ~ 12/16/2013 8:58:32 AM ~ Bebout: Welcome 1:09 ~ 12/16/2013 8:58:46 AM ~ 1:56 ~ 12/16/2013 8:59:33 AM ~ Baumer: All other includes dfs, welfare entitlemetn, dept of halth, licensing boards, OSHA, industrial siting, retirement, employee termination, teacher termination, issue final decisions. 15 to 70 pages depending on compelxitiy, 30 mins to 5 days for case. Isue final decision in some areas, and recommended decisions in others. To keep a current docket, DUI on docket = 120 days, all other cases =1 year. 95% are timely. 99.5% within 30 days of closing of hearing. Attorneys, staff, contract hearing officers around thestate. 4:45 ~ 12/16/2013 9:02:22 AM ~ Bebout: Overview, questions then page by page of budget. 5:01 ~ 12/16/2013 9:02:38 AM ~ Hastert: time frames for types of cases? What is the reason for length. ex> workmans comp. 5:20 ~ 12/16/2013 9:02:57 AM ~ Baumer: Workman Comp medically complex, depositions, attorneys used to ask for continues, policy to stop that practice, doctors difficult to schedule. Any attorney that will go over a year has to have my permission for continuence. 6:30 ~ 12/16/2013 9:04:07 AM ~ hastert: same for any type of case? 6:37 ~ 12/16/2013 9:04:14 AM ~ Baumer: correct 6:41 ~ 12/16/2013 9:04:18 AM ~ Bebout: commentary, Any way to get docs to respond quicker? 7:30 ~ 12/16/2013 9:05:07 AM ~ Baumer: Statutory provison that allows us to have medical provider forfeit renumeration for failure to comply. 8:00 ~ 12/16/2013 9:05:37 AM ~ Bebout: have you used it? 8:05 ~ 12/16/2013 9:05:42 AM ~ Baumer: a couple times in the past year. hope doctor does not go after injured workers fore the medical bills., which is objection to time limit rule. Cases can progress through in one year. 8:50 ~ 12/16/2013 9:06:27 AM ~ Bebout: How long in place? results?, letters to docs? 9:01 ~ 12/16/2013 9:06:38 AM ~ Baumer: 3 years, very positive, letter to doctor increase costs associated with case costs of deposition. 9:25 ~ 12/16/2013 9:07:02 AM ~ bebout: Good worker's comp system in Wyoming.. moving to one year is beneficial, 9 months? 9:48 ~ 12/16/2013 9:07:25 AM ~ baumer: Attorneys have askerd me not to tighten it any further . Joan Evans credit and John and crew. Overall referrals are done. Of what is referred number of cases going forward are up.. 11:01 ~ 12/16/2013 9:08:38 AM ~ Bebout: six attornies, turnover? 11:12 ~ 12/16/2013 9:08:49 AM ~ Baumer: lost one recently, other than that have been there for years. 11:37 ~ 12/16/2013 9:09:13 AM ~ bebout: pay schedule? 11:42 ~ 12/16/2013 9:09:19 AM ~ Baumer: comparable to AG but AG has step increase and I do not have that. Working with Dean to figure out how we can institute a step increase. 12:17 ~ 12/16/2013 9:09:53 AM ~ Dockstader; ? 12:21 ~ 12/16/2013 9:09:58 AM ~ Baumer: workman compnumber has gone up. All other cases have increased in number and going to hearings. July 1, 2012 law in effect so received cases in 02013 for teacher termination. Last one I did had 120 seperate numbered paragraphs in the order. 13:34 ~ 12/16/2013 9:11:11 AM ~ Meier: Rules of evidence ..Have been told it is variable, can only make determination on agency record, not like a legal trial. How do the rules of evidence differ? 14:34 ~ 12/16/2013 9:12:11 AM ~ Baumer: Rules are relaxed in administrative hearing.. Trail proceedings with opening, closing statements, testimony. Ex: Employee termination. All agency can use at hearing is termination. .....3 15:53 ~ 12/16/2013 9:13:30 AM ~ Meier: Depending on agency difference in record and how it can be applied. Need for more uniform set of rules, so everyone has option to develop new theory or fact? ...... 17:13 ~ 12/16/2013 9:14:50 AM ~ Baumer: The rules for each type of case are set forth by that particaular agency. Ex: Personnel, rules say based on notice of termination. We do follow APA,. Most agencies are bound by their final actions. 18:02 ~ 12/16/2013 9:15:39 AM ~ Meier: Agency has competitive advantage 18:31 ~ 12/16/2013 9:16:08 AM ~ Baumer: WE are not limited by what is sent over, the agency is limited by what is sent over. The record can be devloped. 18:52 ~ 12/16/2013 9:16:29 AM ~ Meier: If only agency record could be use, would that put person at conflict at a disadvantage? 19:17 ~ 12/16/2013 9:16:54 AM ~ Baumer: yes 19:20 ~ 12/16/2013 9:16:56 AM ~ Burkhart: 5 field offices, why none in northwest part of state. 19:37 ~ 12/16/2013 9:17:13 AM ~ BaumerL I do have -Worland, Casper employee drives to Gillette. 19:57 ~ 12/16/2013 9:17:34 AM ~ Stubson: 5 contract hearing officers. Other situations of traveling to hear cases? Why that situaion in Gillette? 20:32 ~ 12/16/2013 9:18:09 AM ~ Baumer: Johnson, Sheridan, cook Weston and Campbell county - served by contract employee in Casper. He has active practice in Casper, Cheyenne office handles all the Natrona County cases, by travel or video conferencing. 21:36 ~ 12/16/2013 9:19:13 AM ~ Stubson: other 4 contract officers - how are they structured. 21:48 ~ 12/16/2013 9:19:25 AM ~ Baumer: Evanston does hear Unita county cases but not privately involved in cases in her county, travels to other counties. Driver's license attornies do not hear cases from their county, handled electronically. ONly exception is Worland contractor who hears Washakie..., 22:48 ~ 12/16/2013 9:20:25 AM ~ Bebout: Salaries, contract handouts..based on ability, years, 23:13 ~ 12/16/2013 9:20:50 AM ~ Baumer: All are paid the same salray, top 3. Expenses are included. Ex: Sharon Rose travels to Jackson. 23:48 ~ 12/16/2013 9:21:25 AM ~ Bebout: Trends for cwertain cases in parts of state. 23:58 ~ 12/16/2013 9:21:35 AM ~ Baumer: Ex: oil and gas industry will have higher work comp load. DUI is higher in Sweetwater, Albany, ... 24:27 ~ 12/16/2013 9:22:04 AM ~ Bebout: Trends. 24:31 ~ 12/16/2013 9:22:08 AM ~ Baumer: Teton county has a trend of high DUI, which has settleddown. 24:49 ~ 12/16/2013 9:22:26 AM ~ bebout: Sublette county oil and gas activity has dec. Converse county has inc. Might see changes. 25:09 ~ 12/16/2013 9:22:45 AM ~ Baumer: track cases by county and look for trends. 25:24 ~ 12/16/2013 9:23:01 AM ~ Nicholas: Fee amounts for hearing officers, predicated on time? 25:43 ~ 12/16/2013 9:23:20 AM ~ Baumer: it is not, a set amount depending on if workman comp or driver license hearing officer. Same amount no matter how many cases sent and whether it goes to hearing or not. 26:18 ~ 12/16/2013 9:23:55 AM ~ Nicholas: Riverton 100,000 Mike Barton, Met Loom at 118,000? 26:38 ~ 12/16/2013 9:24:15 AM ~ Baumer: Barton is driver's license cases. so makes less than workmans comp. 26:54 ~ 12/16/2013 9:24:30 AM ~ Nicholas: I do workman comp cases. OAH is responsive to expediated cases. Soem cases need to go over a year. You do a good job with time limit. Status of rasing fees from 120 to 150 per hour? 27:32 ~ 12/16/2013 9:25:09 AM ~ Baumer: I am trying to do that. Gov office asked for revision of rules. I have special rules for workman's comp, have not revised yet. General rules revision was to help agencies who refer cases to my office to have the same set of rules going in. I will proceed with that. 28:35 ~ 12/16/2013 9:26:12 AM ~ Nicholas: New computer system - discs with records come out ats photo instead of pdf so printing costs have tripled. Pls consider 29:03 ~ 12/16/2013 9:26:40 AM ~ Meier: You are trying to get uniformity ..If you make those rules on how you will do proceeding and agency has a set of rules that conflict, which set of rules...? 29:43 ~ 12/16/2013 9:27:20 AM ~ Baumer: Enabling legislation says OH rules supercede agency rules.for any agency outside of worker/s comp and Driver's license. 30:15 ~ 12/16/2013 9:27:52 AM ~ Stubson: $120 per hour, claimants having difficulty getting people to represent them. ARe you seeing that around the state? 30:53 ~ 12/16/2013 9:28:30 AM ~ Baumer: We do have that issue - ongoing. When I started rate was 60 per hour, 4 years since attorney fees were raised. It is time to so will have big enough pool of attorneys. 31:30 ~ 12/16/2013 9:29:07 AM ~ bebout: Budget now 31:36 ~ 12/16/2013 9:29:13 AM ~ Baumer: pg 11 55% by DWS and 45% by dept of Transporation. What is not spent is returned. Two operating units. 32:11 ~ 12/16/2013 9:29:48 AM ~ Bebout: How do you determine the amount, no stat, billable, MFO? set fee? 32:30 ~ 12/16/2013 9:30:07 AM ~ Baumer: Split by percentage. 32:43 ~ 12/16/2013 9:30:20 AM ~ Bebout: for how long? 32:49 ~ 12/16/2013 9:30:25 AM ~ Baumer: 17 years I have been there. 32:56 ~ 12/16/2013 9:30:32 AM ~ Bebout: fair representation? 33:01 ~ 12/16/2013 9:30:38 AM ~ Baumer: yes..Workman comp number of cases is half of Driver's license but cases take much longer. volume of DL makes work for us. 33:33 ~ 12/16/2013 9:31:10 AM ~ Bebout: Mandate of losing dollars.. has it inc cases? 33:50 ~ 12/16/2013 9:31:27 AM ~ Baumer: It has reduced the number of cases. 34:04 ~ 12/16/2013 9:31:40 AM ~ Bebout: Budget cuts..Gov did not ask for reductions from you nor di the legislature. same std and base budget, you reduced some in 200 series and added to administration. explain pls. 34:58 ~ 12/16/2013 9:32:35 AM ~ Baumer: WE added two additional employees so inc. in personnal services. Leg. gave me an additonal hearing examiner and paralegel in 2012. 35:28 ~ 12/16/2013 9:33:05 AM ~ Bebout: For 15-16, have taken supportive down and then added to administrative. 35:51 ~ 12/16/2013 9:33:28 AM ~ Baumer: Employee benefits. 36:00 ~ 12/16/2013 9:33:37 AM ~ Baumer: current budget had a computer allotment so zeroed it out. 36:20 ~ 12/16/2013 9:33:57 AM ~ Bebout: Every agency has come with computers but you ddi not. 36:32 ~ 12/16/2013 9:34:09 AM ~ Baumer: Category by category? 36:57 ~ 12/16/2013 9:34:33 AM ~ Bebout: No - worked on budget, keeping case load ....continue 37:20 ~ 12/16/2013 9:34:57 AM ~ Baumer: pg 15 - 0202 unit - pass through acct for the all otehr cases. We charge 120 per hour to agencies who refer cases to us. passes through, deposited into 0201 series so DWs and DOT are not funding the "all other cases". Approx 20,000 per quareter. 38:28 ~ 12/16/2013 9:36:04 AM ~ Bebout: bottom of page 15, ...would we find corresponding revneu in other agencies. 38:52 ~ 12/16/2013 9:36:29 AM ~ Rchards: no, because it is non e 39:08 ~ 12/16/2013 9:36:45 AM ~ Agar: would see as an expenditure and imbedded in the 900 series. 39:22 ~ 12/16/2013 9:36:59 AM ~ Bebout: would not see specifically. Which agencies? 39:32 ~ 12/16/2013 9:37:09 AM ~ Baumer: 40 different agencies referred in the last year or two..A and I personnel cases, DFS and Dept of Health, WE issue recommended decisions to those agency directors. 40:13 ~ 12/16/2013 9:37:49 AM ~ Harshman: how many school districts? 40:22 ~ 12/16/2013 9:37:59 AM ~ Baumer: six cases from 5 counties, sweetwater, laramie, sublette, washakie, 40:38 ~ 12/16/2013 9:38:15 AM ~ Bebout; type of cases 40:46 ~ 12/16/2013 9:38:23 AM ~ Baumer: teacher termination. 40:51 ~ 12/16/2013 9:38:28 AM ~ Stubson:'all other cases" do agencies have right to use someone other than you? How man outside of your dept, 41:16 ~ 12/16/2013 9:38:53 AM ~ Baumer: correct. I do not know of any agencies going outside of OAH. Board of medicine had been using outside and are now using OAH. ..maybe dental Examiners Board. 42:01 ~ 12/16/2013 9:39:38 AM ~ Stubson: Can't imiagine agencies can not get as ffecient service as OAH, would cost more. 42:27 ~ 12/16/2013 9:40:04 AM ~ Bebout: thanks, closing, no call back. Hastert and stubson will carry budget on the floor. 43:05 ~ 12/16/2013 9:40:42 AM ~ Bebout: Scheduling changes this week, Wed afternoon have bills. Work hard on wed to shift agencies so we can have friday off earlier as storm is coming..willing to work late to get it done. I will be gone Friday.Adjust so Wed is full day..work late Tues or Wed. 44:35 ~ 12/16/2013 9:42:12 AM ~ Harshman: only have one bill .. 44:43 ~ 12/16/2013 9:42:20 AM ~ Bebout: updated schedule. 44:49 ~ 12/16/2013 9:42:26 AM ~ 053-DWS - Dept of workforce Services, Joan Evans, Buchanan, . Introduction of others..McKee, Osvold, Wicham , Ysebart. OVerview: 563 employees, 15 % GF 4% Federal. rest other. Function of agency = 55 programs = recruitment, training, enforcement, safety, ......7 years over smaller and now larger combined agency. Committment to excellence. Org. chart included, customer driven. Reorg in 2011, realignment, emp on reaching out to businesses, while conserving resources, Addreessed challenges of reorg: conflictin cultures, two diverse orgs coming together, outdated tech and facilitioes, aligning human resource structure, (reflectedd in exception requests), new assignments, position decreasing due to hiring freezes, restructuring of ETS, working within policy of state govt for reogr. Focus to align resources to get best results. 49:37 ~ 12/16/2013 9:47:14 AM ~ Evans: accomplishments .....OSHA, contractor preferrence, headstart, collaberation 50:36 ~ 12/16/2013 9:48:13 AM ~ Bebout: rock springs issue with timing issues for hiring....resolved? 50:52 ~ 12/16/2013 9:48:29 AM ~ Evans: ... 51:00 ~ 12/16/2013 9:48:37 AM ~ Bebout: No people at office to requalify drivers, prevented .. 51:26 ~ 12/16/2013 9:49:03 AM ~ Evans: Office is to post and notify of labor not vailable which gives them exemption. we have improved. 51:53 ~ 12/16/2013 9:49:29 AM ~ Bebout: commentary 51:57 ~ 12/16/2013 9:49:34 AM ~ Evans: number of days to certify if the labor is availabe, we were assigned enforcement side, Compliance person being educator was not working so now seperate. Consultant works with local field offices to be sure they know how to get certification done. 53:04 ~ 12/16/2013 9:50:41 AM ~ Bebout: Contract preference, rule changes? 53:17 ~ 12/16/2013 9:50:54 AM ~ EVans: not aware of any... Ysebart - rules tied to last changes are done. 53:35 ~ 12/16/2013 9:51:12 AM ~ Wallis: Stae epidemologist transferred? 53:52 ~ 12/16/2013 9:51:29 AM ~ EVans: no, occupational epidemologist identiefies trends,... 54:17 ~ 12/16/2013 9:51:54 AM ~ Evans: rebuild of computer sytem that is on cobolt, in build phase of 4 state cnosortium, support from ETS, teams work 2 weeks at a time on building while doing regular job. 55:24 ~ 12/16/2013 9:53:00 AM ~ Bebout: Unemployment fund stutus? 55:35 ~ 12/16/2013 9:53:12 AM ~ Evans 247 M in fed 47 M in state fund. 55:44 ~ 12/16/2013 9:53:21 AM ~ Bebout: How is that working, flat line? 55:54 ~ 12/16/2013 9:53:31 AM ~ Evans: Fed fund has recovered substantially since the last recession, dipped down to 140 M, when claims ere high. One of only 20 with a solvent fund. did not have to borrow. 147 M low in 2010, 2014 tax rate for employers released and there has been a decrease. 56:47 ~ 12/16/2013 9:54:24 AM ~ Bebout: snaphot of last 4 or 5 years... 57:00 ~ 12/16/2013 9:54:37 AM ~ Evans: summary of amount provided back a 57:15 ~ 12/16/2013 9:54:51 AM ~ Bebout: along with rates chargedto employers. 57:23 ~ 12/16/2013 9:55:00 AM ~ Evans: Compliance Agency. fBusinesses did not understand how to access the programs, realigned resources, business liason positoin - info seminars, answer questions,. Advocacy programs for cont. pref. Workman Comp has a complaintant advocate to reduce adversary relationship. Director Baume spoke of cases being sent over dec. Putting cases through another level of review to stop >unwinnable cases> from going. 59:40 ~ 12/16/2013 9:57:16 AM ~ burkhart: How much has advocate reduced workman comp cases going to OAH? 1:00:00 ~ 12/16/2013 9:57:37 AM ~ Evans: will get number to you. Quality assurance team,Re-employment focus. Asking to file in one agency and search in another agency Challenge of systems not talking to each other, remedied by rebuilt of system. Before reorg, two agencies not talking. 1:01:37 ~ 12/16/2013 9:59:14 AM ~ Bebout: 2011 session - reorg. 1:01:46 ~ 12/16/2013 9:59:23 AM ~ Nicholas: 4 state consortium, more info? 1:02:06 ~ 12/16/2013 9:59:43 AM ~ Evans: Effort started in 2008 with a feasibility study, ARRA dollars. AZ, WY , Id and OK. Two year study. In 2011, US dept of labor made available a suplemental budget for system rebuild, wanted consortiums, Appplied for fed funds, ID dropped out, CO joined. 59 M fed request accepted. 72 M total cost. WY has 3 -4 M set aside through REDACT , given years ago.. originally 8 M used for patches and reprogramming. Each state put in what they could. We are fiscal agents for 59M. CO has taken lead role in procurement. 1900 series payments to Dept of labor in CO. 2 years in - are in build phase until 2016, system launched in 2016. Feel it wil be successful. 4 Directors, CIO's ere involved in process. 1:06:07 ~ 12/16/2013 10:03:44 AM ~ Evans: Special investigation divison to llok at fraud and unempl comp. claimant fraurd, ....rollback in unemployment and workman comp rates, coloccation of offices, combined tax divisions so employers receive auditat same time, reduced bureacracy for people served. Constituent complains down by 50%, emails, gov office blue sheets, individual contact. Osvold handles every one individually, sends to division for response, . Workplace safety effort... 1:09:21 ~ 12/16/2013 10:06:58 AM ~ Evans: Has been accessed. $323,000 of $500,000 appropiration. 1:10:20 ~ 12/16/2013 10:07:57 AM ~ Buchanan: 900 series budget 1:11:20 ~ 12/16/2013 10:08:57 AM ~ Evans: $353,000 appropriated, 2200 have been impacted, tracking...decentralization of OSHA employees, now out in the field. 1:14:09 ~ 12/16/2013 10:11:46 AM ~ Bebout: How much in workmen's comp? 1:14:22 ~ 12/16/2013 10:11:59 AM ~ Evans: $1.5B. Rates are going down. Fund solid to cover potential claims. Frequency issue. 2 year rollout under new structure to employeers. Timeline can be shared. 1:17:44 ~ 12/16/2013 10:15:21 AM ~ Nicholas: Cost savings from consolidation? 1:18:00 ~ 12/16/2013 10:15:37 AM ~ Evans: Hard to calculate because of increasing costs...Realign two agencies to provide better services to businesses and people. 1:20:24 ~ 12/16/2013 10:18:01 AM ~ Nicholas: No signicant savings with consolidation. 1:20:46 ~ 12/16/2013 10:18:23 AM ~ Evans: MVMS consolidated. Saved funds one place and utilized where needed. Meeting with Governor in January regarding consolidation over the past 3 years. 1:22:49 ~ 12/16/2013 10:20:26 AM ~ Bebout: Information that can be shared? 1:23:14 ~ 12/16/2013 10:20:51 AM ~ Evans: Yes, after January meeting with governor. 1:23:25 ~ 12/16/2013 10:21:02 AM ~ Meier: Zero based budgeting now that the house is in order? 1:24:07 ~ 12/16/2013 10:21:44 AM ~ Evans: Could be approach, doing more with less. Not asking to add people, and returning positions. 1:25:17 ~ 12/16/2013 10:22:54 AM ~ Meier: Earn more on employment than working 1:26:15 ~ 12/16/2013 10:23:52 AM ~ Evans: Hopefully, employer would notify a refusal of a potential job opportunity. 1:28:02 ~ 12/16/2013 10:25:39 AM ~ 1:28:10 ~ 12/16/2013 10:25:47 AM ~ Pause 1:28:10 ~ 12/16/2013 10:38:46 AM ~ Resume 1:28:14 ~ 12/16/2013 10:38:49 AM ~ Evans: Page 4, standard budget, $151M, 561 employees, governor approved. 1:28:56 ~ 12/16/2013 10:39:31 AM ~ Stubson: governor denied some positons? 1:29:27 ~ 12/16/2013 10:40:03 AM ~ Evans: 2 positions reduced, in two divisions, vacant and attached to federal dollars. New posituins. 1:30:32 ~ 12/16/2013 10:41:07 AM ~ Buchanan: supplemental budget, added. Made permanent during agency readjustment. 1:31:11 ~ 12/16/2013 10:41:46 AM ~ Evans: Returning another positon, general fund, vacancy. 1:31:47 ~ 12/16/2013 10:42:22 AM ~ Evans, Administrative division, page 15. Exception request, page 18, realignment of positions, funding source or division location. 1:33:13 ~ 12/16/2013 10:43:49 AM ~ Stubson: Any reclassifications? 1:33:32 ~ 12/16/2013 10:44:07 AM ~ Evans: Yes, some classed up and/or down. 1:34:06 ~ 12/16/2013 10:44:41 AM ~ Stubson: Net increase or decrease? 1:34:14 ~ 12/16/2013 10:44:49 AM ~ Evans: Almost net to zero for realignment. 1:35:01 ~ 12/16/2013 10:45:37 AM ~ Jones: Preparing summaries where significant realignment. 1:35:54 ~ 12/16/2013 10:46:29 AM ~ Jones: Dept of Health, Workforce, Education all realized significat realignments with positions 1:37:38 ~ 12/16/2013 10:48:14 AM ~ Bebout: One year reduction, made for biennium? 1:39:28 ~ 12/16/2013 10:50:03 AM ~ Evans: Page 24, Program Assistance Unit. 2 exceptions: revenue correction for position realignment and workforce development training funds increase of $1M. 1:43:33 ~ 12/16/2013 10:54:08 AM ~ Burkhart: Train workers of businesses moving into Laramie? 1:43:52 ~ 12/16/2013 10:54:27 AM ~ Evans: Yes, and they have been trained. Reduction in training fund, but now exception request of $1M. Heavily used by business. 1:44:37 ~ 12/16/2013 10:55:13 AM ~ Meier: Funds can be used for individual startups. 1:45:58 ~ 12/16/2013 10:56:33 AM ~ Evans: 2011-12, funds used so heavily, b-11 from Business Council of $2M. Training budget of $5M. 1:47:37 ~ 12/16/2013 10:58:13 AM ~ Perkins: Summary of where this training money spent during last biennium? 1:47:55 ~ 12/16/2013 10:58:30 AM ~ Evans: Available. Very diverse, statewide. 1:50:13 ~ 12/16/2013 11:00:49 AM ~ Evans: Climb..... 1:51:14 ~ 12/16/2013 11:01:50 AM ~ Perkins: Why $2M short? 1:52:12 ~ 12/16/2013 11:02:48 AM ~ Evans: Started at amount that came from Business Council; but governor recommended only $1M. 1:52:50 ~ 12/16/2013 11:03:25 AM ~ Nicholas: 1:53:07 ~ 12/16/2013 11:03:43 AM ~ Evans: Business training; employee already there, and training costs split 60/40. Pre-hire pays 100% of training cost, neither pays any salary. 1:54:34 ~ 12/16/2013 11:05:09 AM ~ Esquibel: Block grant 1:55:49 ~ 12/16/2013 11:06:24 AM ~ Evans: Quality Child Care. Established 2007 to provide training for quality child care. Impacted by $300,000 reduction, ability to award grants for training impacted. 1:57:23 ~ 12/16/2013 11:07:58 AM ~ Bebout: Who received and amounts? 1:57:30 ~ 12/16/2013 11:08:05 AM ~ Evans: Training component as scholarships and parental awareness component and business training. 1:59:22 ~ 12/16/2013 11:09:57 AM ~ Evans: Page 34, Serve Wyoming, 100% general funds, matched by federal funds. 1:59:46 ~ 12/16/2013 11:10:21 AM ~ Evans: Employment and Training, page 37. 1:59:59 ~ 12/16/2013 11:10:34 AM ~ Stubson: Fund raising component? 2:00:14 ~ 12/16/2013 11:10:50 AM ~ Evans: Other activities include fund raising. 2:01:04 ~ 12/16/2013 11:11:39 AM ~ Evans: Page 38, employment and training. 23 field offices. Exception, revenue correction as part of realignment. 2:02:00 ~ 12/16/2013 11:12:36 AM ~ Evans: Page 40, employment support fund. Decrease in federal funds, therefore participant dollars are declining. Can reduce staff in field officers, Flow chart handout, requesting 1 time increase in spending authority over and above collection of funds prior to deposit into trust fund. ($2M) Base rate, adjustment rate, adjustment factor. 2:08:25 ~ 12/16/2013 11:19:00 AM ~ Meier: Fill in blanks on flow chart 2:09:10 ~ 12/16/2013 11:19:46 AM ~ Evans: Employee taxes based on 3 elements for unemployment. 2:11:03 ~ 12/16/2013 11:21:39 AM ~ Evans: Claims not paid out of Wyoming State Trust Fund. 2:13:03 ~ 12/16/2013 11:23:38 AM ~ Bebout: $14.8, why reduction in upcoming biennium? 2:13:23 ~ 12/16/2013 11:23:59 AM ~ Stubson: Ever diverted from revenue stream prior? 2:13:37 ~ 12/16/2013 11:24:13 AM ~ Evans: State Inpspection of Mines, page 47. Appointed by governor, report within agency. 7 employees. 2:14:21 ~ 12/16/2013 11:24:56 AM ~ Evans: Vocational rehabilitation offers opportunities to those with physical or mental issues, and physical disabilities. 78.7% federal funds, exception, revenue correction dur to realignment. 2:15:57 ~ 12/16/2013 11:26:32 AM ~ Evans: Unemployment insurance, page 63. Tax, page 64, UI tax division, page 68, Exception of revenue correction for realignment. 2:17:12 ~ 12/16/2013 11:27:47 AM ~ Evans: Unemployment benefits section, page 73. position reverting, page 74. 2:20:07 ~ 12/16/2013 11:30:42 AM ~ Evans: Page 77, unemployment insurance revenue, penalities and late payments, and related iterest. Page 80, WYCAM project. 2:21:07 ~ 12/16/2013 11:31:42 AM ~ Evans: Page 82, Research and Planning Unit. $500,000 appropriated for tracking Hathaway scholarship. This work continue, therefore, request for beinnium. 2:22:43 ~ 12/16/2013 11:33:19 AM ~ Evans: Page 85, labor standards division. Exception revenue correction for realignment 2:23:32 ~ 12/16/2013 11:34:08 AM ~ Evans: Workers Compensation, page 92. Includes OSHA. 2:24:08 ~ 12/16/2013 11:34:43 AM ~ Nicholas: Computer program upgrade? 2:24:22 ~ 12/16/2013 11:34:57 AM ~ Evans: September, 2012 new system after 4 years of development. 2:27:12 ~ 12/16/2013 11:37:48 AM ~ Evans: Page 96, Exception: realignment of position, revenue correction 2:29:15 ~ 12/16/2013 11:39:51 AM ~ Burkhart: State Occupational epidemiologist? 2:29:41 ~ 12/16/2013 11:40:16 AM ~ Evans: Working well. Was in governor's office prior, now all the necessary entitites are in same agency. 2:30:50 ~ 12/16/2013 11:41:25 AM ~ Meier: Lots of federal dollars. How handle? 2:31:22 ~ 12/16/2013 11:41:58 AM ~ Evans: Covering any increases in salaries, must work within program funds, especially federal funded. Necessary 2:32:53 ~ 12/16/2013 11:43:28 AM ~ Hastert: Page 63, school foundation program 2:33:40 ~ 12/16/2013 11:44:15 AM ~ Evans: Work that agency did, as requested by LSO since 2012. Collecting data on teacher salaries and migration, and regional study, tracking Hathaway graduates. 2:36:09 ~ 12/16/2013 11:46:45 AM ~ Evans: Transferred 14 positons to ETS, dircectly involved in all computer issues. 2:37:15 ~ 12/16/2013 11:47:50 AM ~ Harshman, community, training $ 2:39:25 ~ 12/16/2013 11:50:00 AM ~ Evans: How do other agencies present? 2:39:36 ~ 12/16/2013 11:50:11 AM ~ Richards: Cutoff $, unit or division, to break out. 2:40:05 ~ 12/16/2013 11:50:40 AM ~ Bebout: 900 series, back injury study, report back to Labor and Health 2:40:41 ~ 12/16/2013 11:51:16 AM ~ Meier: Tires? 2:41:30 ~ 12/16/2013 11:52:05 AM ~ Evans: Don't actually buy tires. 2:41:47 ~ 12/16/2013 11:52:23 AM ~ Bebout: $75M computer? 2:42:23 ~ 12/16/2013 11:52:58 AM ~ Esquibel: Number of employees out of state. Background checks when receive claims? 2:43:19 ~ 12/16/2013 11:53:55 AM ~ Evans: No background checks on employees or employers....UI might catch, Workmen's Comp? Not caught until claim filed. 2:44:31 ~ 12/16/2013 11:55:06 AM ~ Evans: Yes, tip section on website. 2:45:19 ~ 12/16/2013 11:55:54 AM ~ 2:46:04 ~ 12/16/2013 11:56:40 AM ~ Pause 2:46:04 ~ 12/16/2013 11:56:54 AM ~ Resume 2:50:09 ~ 12/16/2013 12:00:59 PM ~ Stop Recording