File name: JAC Budget hearings 2013_20121211_074152.dcr Folder: C:\Documents and Settings\happropriations\Desktop\JAC Hearings 2013 0 ~ 12/11/2012 8:06:29 AM ~ Tuesday December 11, 2012 Agency Hearings 0 ~ 12/11/2012 8:06:29 AM ~ Start Recording 36 ~ 12/11/2012 8:07:05 AM ~ Jones organization of supplemental budget books; color code tabs; blue-supplemental requests; green budgets with only ets movements. white-budget reductionsl 2:29 ~ 12/11/2012 8:08:58 AM ~ Reiner Introduction of staff; opening statement; last year activities; fire support and MAFF activity second largest amount of retardant; coordination of all 130 fire fighting activity in nation; deployment 55 current deployed; National level-operational readiness; Full time manning on army reduced by 10%. Family services; 7:44 ~ 12/11/2012 8:14:12 AM ~ Schope Page 4 budget recap- 8% reductions from one program; IT consolidations; B-11 process. Detail-Page 11 transfer 3 positions; 9:11 ~ 12/11/2012 8:15:40 AM ~ Berger transfer 9:25 ~ 12/11/2012 8:15:54 AM ~ Schope participation with ETS; administrative issues working out; 10:08 ~ 12/11/2012 8:16:37 AM ~ VonFlateren any Federal fund reinbursment 10:29 ~ 12/11/2012 8:16:58 AM ~ Schope State network and state personnel; movement of money and classified it position within staff; Global information systems not intermixed with state system; Page 14 first responder program 8% reduction in first responder program; 13:00 ~ 12/11/2012 8:19:29 AM ~ Berger How appropriated funds 13:18 ~ 12/11/2012 8:19:47 AM ~ Schope based on 146 people; Page 17 ANG program general funds. CAFFER audit , amount on line one to pay back funds; Governor rec approval;; Page 22 followup on building fundl. Page 23 movement of funds; Page 26 army national guard program; Gov rec approval; Page 27 army guard-5 fire fighter positions to respond to fires; Gov rec denial; 17:22 ~ 12/11/2012 8:23:51 AM ~ Meier Any federal reinbursement 17:37 ~ 12/11/2012 8:24:05 AM ~ schope 100% federal fund reinbursement 18:03 ~ 12/11/2012 8:24:31 AM ~ nicholas what type of fire fighting equipment 18:24 ~ 12/11/2012 8:24:53 AM ~ Schope unique to aircraft 18:51 ~ 12/11/2012 8:25:20 AM ~ nicholas qualified folks 19:11 ~ 12/11/2012 8:25:40 AM ~ Reiner cross training 19:30 ~ 12/11/2012 8:25:59 AM ~ Berger equipment stays active 19:46 ~ 12/11/2012 8:26:15 AM ~ Hastert Need certain number of personnel 20:23 ~ 12/11/2012 8:26:52 AM ~ Reiner Air force regs require number of people required. Needed to service ground 21:15 ~ 12/11/2012 8:27:44 AM ~ 21:16 ~ 12/11/2012 8:27:44 AM ~ Hastert training funds 21:26 ~ 12/11/2012 8:27:55 AM ~ Reiner goal to not turn aircraft away due to lack of personnel; strigent requirements; positions authorized; 22:26 ~ 12/11/2012 8:28:55 AM ~ Moniz 22:43 ~ 12/11/2012 8:29:12 AM ~ Reiner cross training and 23:02 ~ 12/11/2012 8:29:31 AM ~ Moniz 100 % 23:12 ~ 12/11/2012 8:29:41 AM ~ Wallis clarify Gov recommendation; 6 positions filling - 5 denied 23:45 ~ 12/11/2012 8:30:14 AM ~ Reiner Correct 5 positions filled adiditional 24:10 ~ 12/11/2012 8:30:39 AM ~ wallis 6 folks trained to provide service; 100% federal funds - why not fully staffed 24:52 ~ 12/11/2012 8:31:21 AM ~ Reiner Recommendation not to fill positions 25:13 ~ 12/11/2012 8:31:42 AM ~ Hastert Does legislature need to authorize 25:39 ~ 12/11/2012 8:32:08 AM ~ Reiner Responsibility to provide trained personnel; cross 26:24 ~ 12/11/2012 8:32:53 AM ~ Meier cross training; people in current positions; no general funds; Governor's funding level; 27:55 ~ 12/11/2012 8:34:24 AM ~ Reiner Guernsey 5th busyiest army airfield; Legislative funding; tact training; number of fire fighters related to traffic to Guernsey; table of allowances followed; 29:59 ~ 12/11/2012 8:36:27 AM ~ Perkins 5 positions one year of salary 30:27 ~ 12/11/2012 8:36:56 AM ~ Reiner correct money on hand 30:37 ~ 12/11/2012 8:37:06 AM ~ Perkins parttime or full time; drawdown effect on training 31:13 ~ 12/11/2012 8:37:41 AM ~ Reiner sees an increase in training; keep deployments 31:52 ~ 12/11/2012 8:38:21 AM ~ wallis mutural benefit with counties; fire season; fulltime people available to assist 32:47 ~ 12/11/2012 8:39:16 AM ~ esquibel beedle kill 33:11 ~ 12/11/2012 8:39:40 AM ~ Reiner work with state forest service 33:29 ~ 12/11/2012 8:39:58 AM ~ moniz military or civilian; funding dries up; 33:55 ~ 12/11/2012 8:40:24 AM ~ Reiner; would eliminate positions 34:12 ~ 12/11/2012 8:40:41 AM ~ Nicholas measures to increase productivity; Federal missions; people come on state missions 35:11 ~ 12/11/2012 8:41:40 AM ~ Reiner most train in federal status; 35:27 ~ 12/11/2012 8:41:56 AM ~ nicholas lending facility 35:44 ~ 12/11/2012 8:42:13 AM ~ Reiner correct; 36:05 ~ 12/11/2012 8:42:33 AM ~ Nicholas exposure to 36:24 ~ 12/11/2012 8:42:53 AM ~ Reiner P 28 Integrated training position; needed for land acquired 100% federal reinbursement' P29 contracting support costs - reinburse actual costs; Page 30 physical security for 2nd half of biennum; Page 35 veterans education program - federal program; Page 37 vet service positions support state VA benefits; 39:52 ~ 12/11/2012 8:46:21 AM ~ Nicholas positions asked for 40:10 ~ 12/11/2012 8:46:38 AM ~ Schope Page 37 additional client service positions w/supervisor 40:44 ~ 12/11/2012 8:47:12 AM ~ Nicholas How do you know when saturated? 41:09 ~ 12/11/2012 8:47:38 AM ~ Reiner calculated 1 for every 3500 veterans. Compare with other states; North Dakota similar number of vets; system is very complex and confusing; vets need help working through system; Return 1million; 43:41 ~ 12/11/2012 8:50:10 AM ~ Bartlebort; returning issue; minimal coverage currently; 14 people doing work; Complex system need support people 44:56 ~ 12/11/2012 8:51:25 AM ~ Berger 45:03 ~ 12/11/2012 8:51:32 AM ~ Bartlebort records on 45:26 ~ 12/11/2012 8:51:55 AM ~ wallis positions recent as 5 years; state picking up for Feds 46:00 ~ 12/11/2012 8:52:29 AM ~ Bartebort No federal employees to assist veterans; work in concert with other 47:08 ~ 12/11/2012 8:53:36 AM ~ wallis has gone through process as spouse of disabled vet; question redistribution of fed funds 48:22 ~ 12/11/2012 8:54:51 AM ~ Bartlebort at infancy of process; large %of vets who need help to work through system; veteran loss of earning power 50:06 ~ 12/11/2012 8:56:35 AM ~ berger number of people 50:19 ~ 12/11/2012 8:56:47 AM ~ Barrtlebort high 50:38 ~ 12/11/2012 8:57:07 AM ~ Nicholas see increase in number of people enrolled in federal benefits; Issue; our job 52:03 ~ 12/11/2012 8:58:32 AM ~ Meier seniors duplicative effort providing services; military-only 52:46 ~ 12/11/2012 8:59:14 AM ~ Bartlebort outside private organizations offering help; pension poachers term; minimum time for claim approx 4 months; 54:17 ~ 12/11/2012 9:00:46 AM ~ Nicholas backlog of people needing assistance 54:40 ~ 12/11/2012 9:01:09 AM ~ Bartebort people filing for more physical conditions; increase by age; Ortho issues 55:42 ~ 12/11/2012 9:02:11 AM ~ Perkins vet organizations providing services 56:24 ~ 12/11/2012 9:02:53 AM ~ Bartebort 4 counties providing assistance; work with counties with outreach; 57:19 ~ 12/11/2012 9:03:48 AM ~ Moniz PTS funded 57:54 ~ 12/11/2012 9:04:23 AM ~ Bartebort sufficent mental health services available 58:36 ~ 12/11/2012 9:05:05 AM ~ Esquibel veterans from Iraq 59:08 ~ 12/11/2012 9:05:37 AM ~ Bartlebort health care options of all veterans; last hire for power river basin; 1:00:26 ~ 12/11/2012 9:06:55 AM ~ Esquibel clarifies population needing service 1:01:01 ~ 12/11/2012 9:07:30 AM ~ Bartlebort work to find medical evidence dating back; PTSD 1:01:59 ~ 12/11/2012 9:08:28 AM ~ Wallis powder river basin situation/Gillette VA doing a good job; appreciate va and military efforts; 1:03:18 ~ 12/11/2012 9:09:46 AM ~ Bartlebort only way to get va benefits link to service connected illness; means testing to qualify 1:04:46 ~ 12/11/2012 9:11:14 AM ~ wallis means testing 1:05:08 ~ 12/11/2012 9:11:37 AM ~ Bartlebort 5 year requirement for VA treatment; 1:06:01 ~ 12/11/2012 9:12:30 AM ~ Schpe Page 39 fund transfer P 42 Veterans museum P 46 Oregon Trail ; Page 50 capital construction utilities project; 1:08:09 ~ 12/11/2012 9:14:38 AM ~ Berger expand 1:08:15 ~ 12/11/2012 9:14:43 AM ~ Reiner regional training facility construction; classroom space dining facility; Air Force training facility at Guernsey; 100 % federal funded; Page 2 limit on utility; upgrade existing facilities 1:11:02 ~ 12/11/2012 9:17:31 AM ~ berger volume 3 for capital const. 1:11:22 ~ 12/11/2012 9:17:51 AM ~ Edmonds last year funds; maintenance ongoing; federal fund upkeep 1:12:13 ~ 12/11/2012 9:18:42 AM ~ Reiner timing of utility construction; completion in late fall; 1:13:09 ~ 12/11/2012 9:19:38 AM ~ Schope P 53 oregon trail 1:13:30 ~ 12/11/2012 9:19:59 AM ~ VonFlatern narative VA provide grants; reinbursement 1:13:58 ~ 12/11/2012 9:20:27 AM ~ Reiner grant received after budget submission; 99% confidence level 1:14:47 ~ 12/11/2012 9:21:16 AM ~ Harshmann update on bridge 1:15:01 ~ 12/11/2012 9:21:30 AM ~ Bartlebort signed MOA construction in 2013 1:15:52 ~ 12/11/2012 9:22:20 AM ~ Schope 1:16:16 ~ 12/11/2012 9:22:45 AM ~ Reiner Page 118 questions for testimony. Fire suppression; indoor fireing ranges cleaned up; Tracer fire 2 million; 2012 canyon fire; current unreinbursed state liabilities;Return on investment listed on page; 2004 to date investments; look back on accounting records toatal economic impact of Camp Gurensey; $107 million; other units 2.5million; charge only for direct costs; payroll 5 largest employer in platte/goshen county; billeting fee set by legislature; 1:21:47 ~ 12/11/2012 9:28:16 AM ~ meier fed gov restrictions; state investment; 1:22:21 ~ 12/11/2012 9:28:50 AM ~ Reiner question on depreciation; 1:22:58 ~ 12/11/2012 9:29:27 AM ~ Meier direct costs and depreciation bill 1:23:27 ~ 12/11/2012 9:29:56 AM ~ Reiner; Page 20 draft reinbursement for fire suppression; 2013 report to leg committee; indirect costs; federal reinbursement; fire started by people in federal status; Actions; Page 21 federal money not authorized for fire suppression; Option level fees while training-direct cost authorized; Federal claims tort act-making whole individuals harmed; Army claims office working on 13 claims; process ongoing; 1:28:36 ~ 12/11/2012 9:35:04 AM ~ nicholas state owns facility-state liability; 1:29:03 ~ 12/11/2012 9:35:32 AM ~ Reiner federal actions prevent liability to state 1:29:27 ~ 12/11/2012 9:35:56 AM ~ nicholas fed tort claims act. 1:30:19 ~ 12/11/2012 9:36:48 AM ~ Reiner federal gov response;Fire and risk mitigation; 1:31:01 ~ 12/11/2012 9:37:30 AM ~ Nicholas Saw mill canyon fire- 1:31:17 ~ 12/11/2012 9:37:46 AM ~ Reiner fed tort claims act limitations; state funds used not reinbursed; 1:32:24 ~ 12/11/2012 9:38:52 AM ~ nicholas bill for fire 1:32:33 ~ 12/11/2012 9:39:02 AM ~ Reiner; provided costs to date; 1:33:10 ~ 12/11/2012 9:39:39 AM ~ berger expansion on land mass-more risk 1:33:25 ~ 12/11/2012 9:39:53 AM ~ Reiner; lighting risk; fire with dry conditions; last item; direct reinbursement for fire costs; page 22 depiction of fire; orange line fire breaks; shows private land burned; regettable incident; proactive efforts to mitigate fires; numerous investigations on fire; Page 23 recovery of money; conditions for training to ensure safety; good stewards of funds; Page 24 snap shot; Interagency training at Camp Gurensey; Page 25 balance training with environmental safety; Full time safety officer at Camp Guernsey; developed fire matrix; Page 27 matrix; Danger Mitigation; Green - low and moderate level; 1:43:03 ~ 12/11/2012 9:49:31 AM ~ Berger effect on groups coming to Guernsey 1:43:27 ~ 12/11/2012 9:49:56 AM ~ Reiner limitations based on conditions; control burns early in year; Last slide - Enhanced Fire Prevention Measures; weather data available in training areas; 80/20/20 rule; Working with county fire warden; build state fire matrix to improve response; Orientation day for forestry, co commissioers; Community advisory panel. 1:48:44 ~ 12/11/2012 9:55:13 AM ~ Berger thank you. update on armory 1:49:17 ~ 12/11/2012 9:55:46 AM ~ Reiner new challenges. National guard bureau inspection; 3 recruiters; 1:50:17 ~ 12/11/2012 9:56:46 AM ~ Nicholas no budget cuts 1:50:31 ~ 12/11/2012 9:56:59 AM ~ Reiner no change needed. took complete 8%cut 1:51:00 ~ 12/11/2012 9:57:29 AM ~ Nicholas last year salary issue; discussion related to amount ; armory-update on military construction; 3 projects laramie, FE warren., Air guard building; 1:53:00 ~ 12/11/2012 9:59:29 AM ~ Nicholas new project 1:53:15 ~ 12/11/2012 9:59:44 AM ~ Reiner regiional training facility proceeding just fine 1:53:38 ~ 12/11/2012 10:00:07 AM ~ Meier questions on 600 and 900 funds 1:54:04 ~ 12/11/2012 10:00:33 AM ~ Reiner close with thank you to leg body. appreciiate support 1:54:39 ~ 12/11/2012 10:01:08 AM ~ esquibel artifacts -status 1:54:57 ~ 12/11/2012 10:01:25 AM ~ Bartlebort general fund money for archivist. Museum open wed - sat; 1:55:44 ~ 12/11/2012 10:02:12 AM ~ Nicholas; Break 1:55:53 ~ 12/11/2012 10:02:22 AM ~ 2:04:28 ~ 12/11/2012 10:10:56 AM ~ Pause 2:04:28 ~ 12/11/2012 10:24:14 AM ~ Resume 2:04:35 ~ 12/11/2012 10:24:21 AM ~ 057 - WCCC Community College Commission 2:09:39 ~ 12/11/2012 10:29:26 AM ~ Rose agree to let those present Petry and other presidents and officers of colleges introduce themselves 2:11:35 ~ 12/11/2012 10:31:21 AM ~ Rose one exception budget request and p.4 other projects -- what way to proceed 2:12:31 ~ 12/11/2012 10:32:17 AM ~ Berger for familarity for new members of committee highlight as please 2:13:00 ~ 12/11/2012 10:32:47 AM ~ Rose largest funding from state funds as block grants to seven colleges -- funding model includes fixed and variable and determines allocation -- adjustments based upon increasing enrollement - associated increased costs with enrollments are not part of standard budget they are supplement-- base budget based upon 2005 -- agency administer some programs anciallary to the collleges e.g., student loans for nursing students, teacher shortage loan repayment program, overseas combat veteran program. The only departure from July is Governor's recommendation to reduce the amount to 6% from 8% and left the 8% for the agency. Commission is responsible for mechansims of presenting the budget only for Wyoming Public Television 2:19:02 ~ 12/11/2012 10:38:49 AM ~ Rose capital construction requests from colleges 5 year master plan. Matches from colleges resources and present to Commission to prioritize. Anything that college builds beyond $100K must have Commission approval; those above $1 Million require legislative approval. The 5 projects are not requesting funds. It is possible that the State will have some responsibiity for maintenance. 2:21:21 ~ 12/11/2012 10:41:08 AM ~ Meier: question about expertise available at the local level for construction plans. 2:21:57 ~ 12/11/2012 10:41:44 AM ~ Berger: Cathcart already involved in construction projects for colleges 2:22:27 ~ 12/11/2012 10:42:13 AM ~ Rose the agency is also involved in engineering valuation and pay requests for construction, selection of design professionals. The principal role of Commission is the funding model and utiltizes the colleges' data and takes projects from collleges and prioritizes the requests according to criteria of the model to determine relative need of college. State construction management takes over after approvals legislatively. 2:25:14 ~ 12/11/2012 10:45:00 AM ~ Meier no bills paid unless approved by construction management 2:25:31 ~ 12/11/2012 10:45:17 AM ~ Rose correct 2:25:39 ~ 12/11/2012 10:45:26 AM ~ Rose budget consists of standard budget, p.4. summarizes Governor's recommendation, supplemental request on p. 19. The supplemental request is only one being put forward based upon enrollement increases. Four colleges have seen an increase in enrollements and would only benefit from request. 2:27:58 ~ 12/11/2012 10:47:45 AM ~ Meier on p. 9 shows original reduction, Governor's reduction is less 2:28:39 ~ 12/11/2012 10:48:25 AM ~ Rose Governor' recommendation 2:29:28 ~ 12/11/2012 10:49:15 AM ~ Jones Correct number is on p. 18 for Governor's recommendation is $5.56 Million. The budget table has the correct figure 2:31:00 ~ 12/11/2012 10:50:46 AM ~ Mirer Governor's generous offer is in addition to your request 2:31:26 ~ 12/11/2012 10:51:13 AM ~ Rose request for supplemental submitted in advance of Governor's recommendation. Exception request is for 4 colleges. The reduction of the cut benefits all 7 colleges. The net effect is about $1M to colleges distributed to all seven 2:32:39 ~ 12/11/2012 10:52:25 AM ~ Nicholas: Proposed 8% and Governor reduced to 6%, a total dollar amount rather than a pro rata. Health care reimbursement put into 6% reduction not one at all. 2:33:53 ~ 12/11/2012 10:53:39 AM ~ Jones: 6% applies only to state aid figure 2:34:06 ~ 12/11/2012 10:53:53 AM ~ Nicholas: Understand that it doesn't include health insurance 2:34:29 ~ 12/11/2012 10:54:15 AM ~ Rose correct 2:34:35 ~ 12/11/2012 10:54:21 AM ~ Nicholas table on pl 9 how read 2:34:46 ~ 12/11/2012 10:54:32 AM ~ Rose division 200 unit number 202 shows reduction in health insurance 2:35:43 ~ 12/11/2012 10:55:30 AM ~ Nicholas reduction out of state aid 2:35:53 ~ 12/11/2012 10:55:40 AM ~ Rose that is why it is 202 and not 201 2:36:08 ~ 12/11/2012 10:55:55 AM ~ Nicholas: 2:36:13 ~ 12/11/2012 10:56:00 AM ~ Rose reduction on amount of $38 Million 2:36:26 ~ 12/11/2012 10:56:12 AM ~ Petry reduced appropriation for health insurance to $34 Million and 8% cut taken to that amount. 6% to state aid. 2:37:21 ~ 12/11/2012 10:57:07 AM ~ Jones page 24 break out of health insurance showing $38.4 Million in 2013. 2:38:24 ~ 12/11/2012 10:58:10 AM ~ Nicholas: with overfunded account those funds would not be spent anyway 2:38:43 ~ 12/11/2012 10:58:30 AM ~ Jones p.22-23 discussion of $1.5 Million and whether or not an actual reduction 2:39:19 ~ 12/11/2012 10:59:06 AM ~ Nicholas: the 8% reduction is real reduction and not overfunding 2:39:42 ~ 12/11/2012 10:59:29 AM ~ Jones key from budget division the key is that the reduction will need to carry forward $1.5 Million as part of methodology for accounting for it 2:40:27 ~ 12/11/2012 11:00:14 AM ~ Nicholas concern that it grows automatically by number of employees 2:41:05 ~ 12/11/2012 11:00:52 AM ~ Richards: Best estimate included the total . Local resources will be used to subsidize employees. For the 8% local resources would have to subsidize. 2:42:10 ~ 12/11/2012 11:01:57 AM ~ Richards: statutory change for budget reductions 2:42:25 ~ 12/11/2012 11:02:11 AM ~ Nicholas why not reductions out of state aid - cut in health insurance is a change of policy -- isn't easier just to reduce the state aid and continue policy of reimbursing health insurace 2:43:44 ~ 12/11/2012 11:03:31 AM ~ Richards choice referred to college presidents who opted for cut in group health insurance 2:44:31 ~ 12/11/2012 11:04:18 AM ~ Nicholas analysis of why cutting health insurance may cause less money in the future 2:44:54 ~ 12/11/2012 11:04:41 AM ~ Richards enrollement based model would be able to recoup the reductions overtime as opposed to fixed number that staff record and bring forward each year. Also think distribution different for colleges 2:46:16 ~ 12/11/2012 11:06:03 AM ~ Nicholas if premise is zero base budget and based upon enrollement have no control over budget. Additional growth accompanied by addition revenue is not a model that have funded. If denied enrollement increase will there be an allocation among the colleges 2:47:46 ~ 12/11/2012 11:07:32 AM ~ Rose state aid does not increase base amount -- increase is one time funding for increased enrollement 2:48:16 ~ 12/11/2012 11:08:02 AM ~ Nicholas do you reallocate based upon changes in enrollement 2:48:38 ~ 12/11/2012 11:08:24 AM ~ Rose we do change allocation. If enrollement growth not funded then resources are redistribution. 2:49:21 ~ 12/11/2012 11:09:07 AM ~ Nicholas 6% reduction and denial of enrollement increase. Some are seeing a decline in enrollment 2:49:56 ~ 12/11/2012 11:09:42 AM ~ Rose correct the model is set up to reward those with more enrollment 2:50:19 ~ 12/11/2012 11:10:05 AM ~ Nicholas driver for state aid is increases. University mechanism different. To change policy for health insurance costs because of this reduction is an interesting look back. No one will remember what happened. Aternatives requested for mark-up : 1) out of state aid and 2) as presented.. Governor staff should talk about which is most prudent. 2:52:30 ~ 12/11/2012 11:12:16 AM ~ Mirer fund anticipated at 100% of what health care costs to be and have overfunded as a result. Question is have had rate holidays and health formula been overfunded consistently 2:53:40 ~ 12/11/2012 11:13:27 AM ~ Rose refunded significant for health insurance - more recently a shortfall projected given the 8% cut. 2:55:30 ~ 12/11/2012 11:15:16 AM ~ Mirer do all community colleges obtain insurace from same pool 2:55:56 ~ 12/11/2012 11:15:42 AM ~ Rose provided on pro rata basis based upon make-up of employees 2:56:32 ~ 12/11/2012 11:16:19 AM ~ Nicholas good point. If 30 employees at a lower rate for a college get more out of the pool. Funded health care increases separately so that all employees have the same insurance. Rate holiday halt premium payments. Typically move forward to next biennium. Makes sense to continue the program the same. 2:59:32 ~ 12/11/2012 11:19:18 AM ~ Rose will meet with budget staff to develop alternatives. Have always treated health insurance separately. Because of projected shortfalls each college will have to subsidize if shortfall occurs. 3:01:05 ~ 12/11/2012 11:20:52 AM ~ VonFlatern the alternative is to take 6% of state block and leave health match alone. 3:01:45 ~ 12/11/2012 11:21:31 AM ~ Nicholas you add the health care back into state aid and apply the 6% to the state aid rather than health insurance component. 3:02:28 ~ 12/11/2012 11:22:15 AM ~ Richards: UW took cuts out of block grant 3:02:51 ~ 12/11/2012 11:22:38 AM ~ Von Flatern the health grant in seven colleges how will in play out in the colleges 3:03:34 ~ 12/11/2012 11:23:20 AM ~ Rose ask for guidance 3:03:44 ~ 12/11/2012 11:23:30 AM ~ Jones loss based upon conversation 3:04:04 ~ 12/11/2012 11:23:50 AM ~ Nicholas grants go down 3:04:16 ~ 12/11/2012 11:24:03 AM ~ Jones only 6% in state aid 3:04:27 ~ 12/11/2012 11:24:13 AM ~ Nicholas p.31 program for GED will be cut 3:04:49 ~ 12/11/2012 11:24:36 AM ~ Jones correct. The $1.5 M reduction shfit from health insuance to state aid. Accurate? 3:05:30 ~ 12/11/2012 11:25:16 AM ~ Nicholas yes 3:05:34 ~ 12/11/2012 11:25:20 AM ~ Berger p. 25 3:05:43 ~ 12/11/2012 11:25:30 AM ~ Rose Library funding separate and is 8%. Adult basic education at 7 colleges would be reduced and GED that is separately administered would also be reduced by 8%. P. 33 investment in nursing grants recommened a 8% cut, Governor recommended not to reduced it. 3:07:55 ~ 12/11/2012 11:27:41 AM ~ Nicholas: Nursing jobs 3:08:03 ~ 12/11/2012 11:27:49 AM ~ Rose there is demand for nurses although variable. Funds faculty members and student loans. One challege is hiring nursing faculty because of salary. Have noticed a consistent demant and low default rate by students. Suggests that administration of loans is incurring some significant costs -- consider if third party administrator the way to go. 3:10:21 ~ 12/11/2012 11:30:08 AM ~ Nicholas: loss of accreditation to nursing program 3:11:05 ~ 12/11/2012 11:30:51 AM ~ Rose there is one college but Western Wyoming has experienced 3:11:38 ~ 12/11/2012 11:31:24 AM ~ Caldwell National League of Nursing, is secondard accrediting body. Western Community College is accredited through Higher Learning Commission. Approved by Wyoming Board. Students can sit for licensure exam. 3:12:55 ~ 12/11/2012 11:32:42 AM ~ Rose p.36 Veterans program for overseas combat veteran. Governor did not recommend cut. 3:13:40 ~ 12/11/2012 11:33:26 AM ~ Rose five capcon projects do involve only authorization and are not requesting funding. 3:14:18 ~ 12/11/2012 11:34:05 AM ~ Berger projects approved by SBC. Next is Wyoming Public TV 3:14:51 ~ 12/11/2012 11:34:38 AM ~ Ruby bring a handout have requested an exception of 8% cut. Governor has recommended not to cut Wyoming Public TV. Funding made up of three sources: Wyoming Legislature provides 65% Deferred maintenance budget for equipment figured on 1% of accumulated costs. Expenditures for maintenance in handout. Digital system includes 48 sites maintained across the state. Maintenance is basis for supplemental request. 3:19:36 ~ 12/11/2012 11:39:23 AM ~ Mirer Have look at partnership with satellite providers. 3:19:57 ~ 12/11/2012 11:39:44 AM ~ Ruby wishes could carry a statewide with Dish and Direct TV. It is a battle to provide service. Went to Congress so they could provide service. 3:20:48 ~ 12/11/2012 11:40:34 AM ~ Steward thanks Ruby for service to State. 3:21:18 ~ 12/11/2012 11:41:04 AM ~ Ruby thank you for your support. 3:21:32 ~ 12/11/2012 11:41:18 AM ~ Berger we will return at 1:00P.M. 3:22:00 ~ 12/11/2012 11:41:47 AM ~ Pause 3:22:00 ~ 12/11/2012 11:44:02 AM ~ Stop Recording