File name: JACBudgetHearings2013_20130129_161138.dcr Folder: C:\Documents and Settings\happropriations\My Documents\JAC Audio 2013 0 ~ 1/29/2013 4:42:53 PM ~ Start Recording 3 ~ 1/29/2013 4:42:57 PM ~ Bebout; Called meeting to order; Roll Call Walk through supplemental budget. 1:26 ~ 1/29/2013 4:44:19 PM ~ Richards two packets; Summary with major highlights. JAC spending over Gov. rec. Summary of Gov recommendations; JAC cuts over Governor's cuts; changes in supplemental budget; shown two ways; Swap with Gillette Madison; Mega data centers; pre-schools; 13.5m bottom line; JAC has spent; Next page - one page profile; $90m cash; $61m in cuts; JAC has $13m left on table; Balance of ; Gov spending slightly lower than JAC for education; Next 5 pages - goldenrod. Page 2 profile senate and house bills; Page 4 on bottom; Gov vs JAC columns; 8:25 ~ 1/29/2013 4:51:18 PM ~ Bebout all coal lease bonus money? Sheet on page 4. Where do the coal lease money start to show up. School foundation program? 9:36 ~ 1/29/2013 4:52:29 PM ~ Richards if fed mineral royalties decrease? Stoveipe graphic; visural exp; CREG estimate; Gov discretionary; Following two pages; flow into stovepipe; Sweep into PLMTF 12:49 ~ 1/29/2013 4:55:42 PM ~ Bebout amount lower? 13:00 ~ 1/29/2013 4:55:54 PM ~ Richards will go down further if retirement bill passes spreadsheet city and county receipts; total amount in FY 2014; Working on a distribution of potential fuel tax 14:29 ~ 1/29/2013 4:57:22 PM ~ Stubson Total different? 14:57 ~ 1/29/2013 4:57:50 PM ~ Richards Next item sheet will be modified for first two agencies 15:52 ~ 1/29/2013 4:58:46 PM ~ Bebout 15:58 ~ 1/29/2013 4:58:51 PM ~ Richards at agency level footnote 1 budget reductions for agency; some cuts imbeded with other things; Numbers in table are net numbers Number 3; JAC deny Gov request; Last: discussion to any footnotes Budget before you not final budget; 18:47 ~ 1/29/2013 5:01:40 PM ~ Bebout all budgets had a section 7. How much work to show it 19:22 ~ 1/29/2013 5:02:15 PM ~ Richards 19:35 ~ 1/29/2013 5:02:28 PM ~ Bebout will have budget books 19:51 ~ 1/29/2013 5:02:44 PM ~ Richards referring to budget; Lot of agencies not shown in bill explaination; 21:02 ~ 1/29/2013 5:03:55 PM ~ Richards Section 1 no changes section 2 page 5 shows every agency with changes Footnote 4 and 5 Section 2 Sec of State Section 3 budget reduction Section4 no supp requests Section 5 FTE reduction and budget reduction Section 6 page 14, line 21 CIO's office moved; line stricken; line 27 Section 7 Military Dept. 2 footnotes, Add'l staff in firefighting, Lost ETS. Line 19 ...Page 20 Section 8 Office of Public Def. net reduction of empl Section 9 pipeline Section 10 Dept of Ag. Section 11 Section 14 Miner's Hospital received an increase; No GF Section 15 AG ETS transfers; Section 20 DEQ Budget reductions, ETS transfers; LUST fund Section 28:37 ~ 1/29/2013 5:11:30 PM ~ Meier we took 2 positions out of DEQ. can Gov add back in 29:03 ~ 1/29/2013 5:11:56 PM ~ Richards can't add positions back in Section Dept of Audit Section 24 state parks and cultural resources; lost FTE and other funding Section 27 school facilities portion. No GF. 31:03 ~ 1/29/2013 5:13:56 PM ~ Section 23 Wyoming infrastructure Section 37 State Engineer 4 full time employees reducte Section 39 Wyo Wildlife Trust Fund Section 40 Gand F no FTE reductions Section 41 Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety Section Geological Survey Section 44 Insurance Dept. Health exchanges study funding 33:39 ~ 1/29/2013 5:16:33 PM ~ Meier commission looking at special assessment positions 34:32 ~ 1/29/2013 5:17:26 PM ~ Richards Section Dept of Health all reductions out of 34:59 ~ 1/29/2013 5:17:52 PM ~ Section 45 WYDOT 4% reduction out of GF appr Section 48, Dept of Health; split; O48 B numerous changes; Public health addition to medical homes; Footnotes discussed; Carryover and report back from FT 13. Footnote 15 new - woodwork effect 38:16 ~ 1/29/2013 5:21:09 PM ~ Bebout 38:21 ~ 1/29/2013 5:21:14 PM ~ Richards new footnote 16 preschool enrollment; Section 49 dept of family services Number of positions dropped Section Livestock board Section 53 Dept of workforce services; most reductions by JAC Section 57 Community Colleges 4% admn cut, 4% Section 60 Gov letter request; review by budget division; correction on line referenced; 42:08 ~ 1/29/2013 5:25:01 PM ~ Bebout would consider technical correction 42:27 ~ 1/29/2013 5:25:20 PM ~ Richards Section replenish firefighting funds Section 43:07 ~ 1/29/2013 5:26:00 PM ~ Meier discussion on $11.2 million fire suppression funds. 43:32 ~ 1/29/2013 5:26:25 PM ~ Richards $8.2 million owed from last year; 44:08 ~ 1/29/2013 5:27:01 PM ~ Harshman Gov letter 3 parts; 44:46 ~ 1/29/2013 5:27:39 PM ~ Jones; budget division error; should be in fire division; Depends on nature of expense being applied; $20 million for county expenses; 46:37 ~ 1/29/2013 5:29:30 PM ~ Bebout Feds bill counties 47:07 ~ 1/29/2013 5:30:00 PM ~ Jones a federal component to that; reimpursements come later. Fires being decl 48:06 ~ 1/29/2013 5:31:00 PM ~ Richards section 53 Gov residency section 66 Wyoming Tourism Board Section 67 UW School of energy Section 70 similar to university Section 77 49:53 ~ 1/29/2013 5:32:46 PM ~ Bebout. 50:02 ~ 1/29/2013 5:32:55 PM ~ richards Section 77 new agency ETS. Request for an technical correction. Section 300 and authorized number of positions to 280 51:30 ~ 1/29/2013 5:34:23 PM ~ Harshman Technical 51:48 ~ 1/29/2013 5:34:42 PM ~ Richards Section reduction in medical costs; transfer; Technical correction $420,000; Footnote inaccurate; Section Board of Parole Section Business Council reductions on page 19 and 20 Section 101 Supreme Court 54:57 ~ 1/29/2013 5:37:51 PM ~ Bebout position vacant? 55:09 ~ 1/29/2013 5:38:03 PM ~ Richards question prompted a change in footnote; effective July 1, 2013. Technical correction approved Section 103 Judicial Districts Section 120 - 142 page 75 4% budget reductions; supplemental budget request; Exception request; Section 157 reduction one staffer Section Section ___ proportional distribution of funds; Board of Equalization Section 220 Section ___ Board of euth. Section 3 of bill 3 new cap const. projects; Section 57 auth Sect 67 addition of for UW Section ___ match for engineering building Section 300 80.8 million setaside. Cap on ___ Section 301 Section 311 personal services 1:03:32 ~ 1/29/2013 5:46:25 PM ~ Bebout more depth on 1:03:40 ~ 1/29/2013 5:46:34 PM ~ Richards budget developed on old premium data Language adds caps 1:04:29 ~ 1/29/2013 5:47:22 PM ~ Bebout 1:04:36 ~ 1/29/2013 5:47:29 PM ~ Richards 1:04:54 ~ 1/29/2013 5:47:47 PM ~ Harshman where is that data 1:05:04 ~ 1/29/2013 5:47:57 PM ~ Richards Section ___ expands ; Allows ETS to move Section ___ 1:05:51 ~ 1/29/2013 5:48:44 PM ~ Meier Does not appear to have a freeze on any positions not GF. Positions funded with insurance assessments; 1:07:01 ~ 1/29/2013 5:49:54 PM ~ Richards they could B-11 federal positions into budget; No prohibition; 1:07:37 ~ 1/29/2013 5:50:30 PM ~ Meier no language change needee 1:07:48 ~ 1/29/2013 5:50:41 PM ~ Richards Section ___ square footage calculation in community colleges Facilities could receive 100 percent. 1:09:03 ~ 1/29/2013 5:51:56 PM ~ Bebout 3 colleges to receive no major maintenance; footnote gives them more major mainterance; Footnote page 85. Facilities underlined receive major maintenance payments; 1:10:56 ~ 1/29/2013 5:53:49 PM ~ Bebout question change not a technical correction at this time 1:11:19 ~ 1/29/2013 5:54:12 PM ~ Harshman treat everyone the same 1:11:32 ~ 1/29/2013 5:54:25 PM ~ Richards it would after ___; Current formula; 1:12:10 ~ 1/29/2013 5:55:03 PM ~ Bebout Questions? Doing nothing --schools get 100 percent? We will work on it 1:13:04 ~ 1/29/2013 5:55:58 PM ~ Richards Section 319 budget reductions; Dept of Health brought down to __% reduction. Paragra Page 94 provides additional flex to cities and counties; can use it for one-time needs; not salaries Section 329 $60 million sweep to state auditor's office Section ___ market based increase for judicial branch; 2011 general fund approp Section 1:15:52 ~ 1/29/2013 5:58:45 PM ~ Meier only part 1:16:10 ~ 1/29/2013 5:59:03 PM ~ Richards Subsection F limits funds usage Section 331 1:17:04 ~ 1/29/2013 5:59:58 PM ~ Bebout teacher sal 1:17:13 ~ 1/29/2013 6:00:06 PM ~ Richards Section Jamestown Section 332 Section 333 Section 334 monitoring fed rulemaking Section 335 and 336 modified; Section 400 1:18:53 ~ 1/29/2013 6:01:46 PM ~ Bebout Rep Nicholas did you kick in a bill 1:19:09 ~ 1/29/2013 6:02:03 PM ~ Wallis attending bill signing downstairs. split agency 5 into two budgets; when do we address that problem 1:19:48 ~ 1/29/2013 6:02:41 PM ~ Bebout bill gives Governor lattitude; not prepared today to address; draft language; 1:20:48 ~ 1/29/2013 6:03:41 PM ~ Harshman 1:21:00 ~ 1/29/2013 6:03:53 PM ~ Bebout transition; how do we accopmlish? Need to give it carefull consideration; Federal funds, special revenue funds, etc. could be similar to ETS setup. any other questions 1:22:34 ~ 1/29/2013 6:05:28 PM ~ Nicholas LSO any thoughts 1:22:53 ~ 1/29/2013 6:05:46 PM ~ Garver bill similar to 1:23:08 ~ 1/29/2013 6:06:02 PM ~ Bebout 1:23:18 ~ 1/29/2013 6:06:11 PM ~ Esquibel capital construction in agency; are we doing it all at once? 1:23:55 ~ 1/29/2013 6:06:48 PM ~ Bebout 1:24:08 ~ 1/29/2013 6:07:01 PM ~ Meier one pager on AML ; up to 115 1:24:48 ~ 1/29/2013 6:07:41 PM ~ Bebout show AML funds, swaps, 1:25:06 ~ 1/29/2013 6:07:59 PM ~ Perkins 1:25:23 ~ 1/29/2013 6:08:17 PM ~ Bebout go through it 1:25:39 ~ 1/29/2013 6:08:32 PM ~ Richards Alex and Don will be at the House. Dawn and Dean on Senate side to assist with amendments, questions 1:26:30 ~ 1/29/2013 6:09:23 PM ~ Bebout Senate and House floor leaders ; dicusss bill for two days; Friday 3re reading; Other questions? expressed appreciation for staff assistance; Motion on bill; moved and seconded; House Bill 1, Roll Call; Motion passed; Meeting adjourned; 1:29:21 ~ 1/29/2013 6:12:14 PM ~ 1:29:54 ~ 1/29/2013 6:12:47 PM ~ Stop Recording