12/15/2014 8:58:23 AM CHAIRMAN BEBOUT - ROLL CALL QUOROM INTRODUCTION OF INCOMING COMMITTEE: ROSS, WASSERBURGER, BURNS, GREEAR, CONNOLLY MINUTES BY DON RICHARDS – APPROVED 12/15/2014 9:00:28 AM OVERVIEW BY DON RICHARDS – CREG; GF , RESERVE FUND IS NEG 4 MILLION. FUNDS NOT AVAILABLE IN CURRENT ACCTS. IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE = 21.4 m SIPA; 12/15/2014 9:01:31 AM BEBOUT QUESTION RICHARDS: TOTAL 45 m INTO SIPA; 25 MILLION REDISTRIBUTED; 20 M REMAINDER IN BEBOUT; PARK COUNTY, DISTRIBTUION RICHARDS; SPRA ACCOUTN, PMTRFA HAS 190 m = CASH MONEY BUT OBLIGATION FOR POTENTIAL LOAN FOR CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION, LEAVES 70 M OF UNOBLIGATED, UNEXPENDED FUNDS 12/15/2014 9:02:47 AM PERKINS: QUESTION ABOUT SPILLOVER RICHARDS: CASH ON THE TABLE RICHARDS: 2 B IN STABILIZATION ACCT; 384 m TRANSFER FROM BUDGET RESERVE AT END OF BIENNIUM, STATE AUDITOR HAS ELECTED TO MAKE 92 M TRANSFER 4X, 1ST IN AUG, 2ND DEC 31 BEBOUT: REFLECTED IN JAN CREG? RICHARDS YES HARSHMAN: BALANCE REFLECTS TRANSFER: Richards yes RICHARDS: 384m FROM 140M OF REVERSIONS; LAST YEAR EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH FROM SF – CLEANED UP A DECADE OF OLD EXPENDITURES, BALANCE OF 368 FROM REVENUE IN EXCESS OF CREG FORECAST AND PORTION OF CAPITAL GAINS ABOVE PROJECTION, BELOW 5% SPENDING AMOUNT AND ABOVE CREG. CREG MEETS ON Jan 6 – COMMITTEE WILL RECEIVE NEW CREG REPORT, REVENUES ARE SLIGHTLY EXCEEDING EXPENDITURES FOR FIRST 3 MONTHS, DOES NOT REFLECT DROP IN OIL PRICE, BEBOUT; OIL PRICE REBOUND THIS MORNING RICHARDS; ESTIMATE OF 85 PER BARREL, WYOMING OIL SELLS FOR LESS THAN NATIONAL 12/15/2014 9:07:15 AM PERKINS – QUESTION OF CREG AND OIL PRICE, ESTIMATED PROJECTIIONS? RICHARDS – POSTIVIE, HAVE NOT SEEN DOWNTURN OF PRODUCTION YET, CREG TOPIC, CREG PROJECTS A 6% INC IN PRODUCTION IN CALENDAR YEAR 2015, BEBOUT: COMMENTARY ON FUTURE OF OIL ---HAVE PEOPLE COME IN AND SHARE RICHARDS: FOR EVERY 5 DROP, STATE LOSES 12/15/2014 9:09:36 AM ENTRANCE OF GOVERNOR BEBOUT: EXPLANATION HARSHAMN: DIVERSE, THOUGHT OUT RECOMMENDATION, ONE TIME PROJECTS, WE WILL DO OUR DUE DILIGEN CE, GROUP COMMITTEE PROCESS, APPRECIATE STARTING POINT AND WORK BY AGENCIES ROSS; THANK YOU FOR SERVING WITH YOU AS PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AS APPROPRIATIONS CHAIRMAN, YOU HAVE PRESENTED A WELL THOUGHT OUT PROPOSAL, QUESTION OF HOW TO IMPLEMENT, WILL WORK WITH YOU TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY, THANK YOU. BEBOUT: THERE IN THE DOWNTURNS, HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF, EARLY 80’S BOOM THEN BUST IN 86 OR 87, LASTED 8 OR 10 YEARS, WYOMING HAD COMMODITY, SALES TAX, PERM FUND INCOME. WE HAVE DIVERSIFIED ECONOMY BECAUSE OF COMMODITIES. TODAY 3 WAY SPLIT OF OIL, COAL AND GAS, LOT OF GOOD IN PERMANENT TRUST FUND AND LRSA. FUTURE –SHOCK OF OIL PRICE SIS REAL. BETTER ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF IT NOW THAN IN THE 80’S, LEAD IN BEST RUN STATE IN COUNTRY, THANK YOU GOVERNOR. LOT OF THINGS NI BUDGET, LOOKING FORWARD TO COMMENTS. CAN ASK QUESTIONS AS WE GO OR WHILE YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT SUBJECT 12/15/2014 9:14:11 AM GOVERNOR: THANKS. STATE HAS BEEN THROUGH HARD TIMES, PARTICULARLY WHEN LESS DIVERSIFIED. OPENING COMMENTS, THEN SPECIFICS, INTERRUPT AT ANY TIME INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS: THOUGHT ABOUT HISTORY AND PREDICTIBILITY WHEN I MADE THE BUDGET. FIRST SESSION IN OFFICE TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT WAYS OF LOOKING AT BUDGET, 1% STATUTORY DIVERSION IN 3 WAY SPLIT WAS REJECTED. WANT TO CONTINUE SAVINGS, HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, HAVE SAVINGS FOR ONE TIME PROJECTS. OTHER PROPOSAL TO PROVIDE TRANSPERENCY AND PREDICITIBILITY IS TO BUILD RAINY DAY FUND UP TO 3 OR 3.5 BILLION, BASE BUDGET ON CASH IN HAND, NOT ON EXPECTED REVENUE, MOST CONSERVATIVE AND SAFEST WAY TO DO IT. WORTHY OF FUTURE CONSIDERATION, DO NOT WANT TO HAVE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AND LACK OF MONEY. WYOMING RECEIVES RECOGNITION OF FISCAL NATURE AND SAVINGS. MEETING WITH COMPANIES, GREAT TO HAVE LIST OF 1ST AND 2ND STANDINGS..SOUNDIN GF, SAVINGS, TRIPLE A RATING. COMPANIES WANT TO KNOW NOW AND FUTURE, CONCERN ABOUT STATE WITH DEBT RAISING TAXES. ONE HALF OF ONE PERCENT IS FOR ONGOING EXPENDITURES. MOST IS FOR ONE TIME EXPENDITURES. SAVERS AND SPENDERS. I HEAR AROUND THE STATE THAT WE ARE MORE THAN A BANK, WE HAVE A DUTY AS GOVT TO BUILD, NOT HOARD, DIVERSIFY ECONOMY. HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO DIVERSIFY? COMMODITY PRICES CAN GO DOWN. MONEY IN SAVINGS DOES NOT HAVE GUARANTEED RATE OF RETURN, INVESTING IN COMPANIES, COUNTRIES OUTSIDE OF WYOMING. HOW DO WE BEST MANAGE OUR RISK? WHAT ELSE CAN WE INVEST IN, IF STOCK MKT GOES DOWN, THAT STILL GROW OUR ECONOMY AND GOES STRONG. IF OIL PRICES CRASH, HARD TIME DOING ANY OF IT. CONTINUE TO HAVE GREAT SAVINGS, CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THINGS THAT BUILD WYOMING. OCT. CREG REPORT CAUSED PAUSE AS BOTTOM LINE SHOWED 4.4M IN HOLE ON GF. SINCE FISCAL YEAR 2010 CREG MISSED PROJECTIONS BY 349M, 357M, 158M, 302M, 378M IN. NOT CRITICISM OF CRAIG, JUST A WAY OF LOOKING AT THINGS. NOT A LACK OF REVENUE OR AVAILABLE FUNDS. IT IS THE STRUCTURE.OF SETTING MONEY ASIDE IN DIFFERENT FUNDS, GROWTH IN FUNDS. SEEING 4.4 M IN HOLE DOES NOT MEAN WYOMING IS IN BAD FINANCIAL SHAPE WHAT MONEY IS AVAILABLE? COMFORTABLE NUMBER 220-240 M OF AVAILABLE MONEY. WILL WAIT TO SEE THE JANUARY CREG, WORD OF CAUTION AND NOTE..OCT CREG. JULY 2014, OIL PRICES ABOUT 107 OER BARREL, OCT CREG OIL PRICES 80 PER BARREL, 57 THIS MORNING AT WTI. ARTICLES SAYING PRICE WILL GO DOWN. EVERY $5 DOWN COSTS STATE 35m 17.5 FOR GF AND FOR SCHOOLS, EACH. CRASH IN SHORT TIME, HAVE NOT FELT EFFECTS YET. LESS REVENUE DUE TO PRICE LOWERING..IMPORTANT TO SAY BE CAREFUL ABOUT SPENDING IN THE FUTURE, DO NOT ALLOCATE WHAT WE DO NOT HAVE. 240 SAFE NUMBER, WILL SEE ADJUSTMENTS DUE TO JAN CREG. 12/15/2014 9:26:34 AM BEBOUT – QUESTIONS/COMMENTS HARSHMAN- SCHOOL SIDE IMPACT ON ASSESSED VALUE, TRIPLE WHAMMY OF DELAY- ALL CAUTIOS BEBOUT- NAILED IT ON ONE TIME EXPENDITURES. OIL, IMPACT -MOST IS ONGOING REVENUES. CUTS TWO YEARS AGO, YOYO, HAVE TRIED TO LEVEL IT OUT. CRITICAL TO LEVEL OUT. 12/15/2014 9:28:11 AM GOVERNOR – ONGOING COMMITMENT IS CRITICAL. 6% CUTS, OUR OFFICE 10%, DIFFICULT EXERCISE, REPRECUSSIONS, BASE STILL HEAVILY ON COMMODITY PRICES, MAY END UP IN POSITION TO HAVE TO CUT AGAIN. LACK OF PREDICITBILITY CAUSES CHAOS IN AGENCIES AND PEOPLE THEY SERVE, MORE TRANSPARENCY AND PREDICITIBILITY, BASE BUDGET ON REVENUE ON HAND. COULD GET RAINY DAY FUND TO PICK A NUMBER, CONSERVATIVE IN THAT WHAT WE HAVE IS WHAT WE SPEND. FEWER EMPLOYEES, FLATTENED BUDGET FROM PREVIOUS DECADE, GIVES US OPPORTUNITY FOR ONE TIME EXPENDITURES TO BUILD THE STATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE, …………..NOT DOING WHAT WE DID 15 YEARS AGO, PUT PRIORITITES FOR WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW. BEBOUT: LSRA – WHAT IS AVAILABLE, STAFF HAS DONE AN ANALYSIS…NOT PREPARED TO SAY NUMBER NOW BUT DURING SESSION AND INTERIM CAN COME UP WITH GOOD NUMBER, RANGE..PERKINS HAS LOOKED AT IT ON SELECT COMMITTEE, NEED NUMBER AND TO SUPPORT IT GOVERNOR: AGREE..APPROPRIATE THINGS TO CONSIDER, HAVE TO TAKE PROACTIVE LOOK , RIGHT NUMBER, PARAMETERS, TRIGGER 12/15/2014 9:32:58 AM GOVERNOR SPECIFICS ON BUDGET 1. 4.7 M FOR NURSING HOME ; 1.6 M ..; DFS 1 M FOR NONPROFIT INITIATIVE, YOUTH CRISIS SHELTERS CONTINUE TO FUND; DOC – LOWEST RECIDISIM RATE, ADULT COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS AND SPLIT SENTENCING, ADDITIONAL MONEY. TOTAL ONGOING IS 17 m, LESS THAN ONE HALF OF ONE PERCENT 2. INFRASTRUCTURE REQUESTS, a. ONE TIME- LOCAL GOVT WHERE JOBS CREATED, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, GOOD INFRASTRUCTURE, COUNTIES HAVE LIMITED WAYS TO INCREASE REVENUE, EXAMPLE OF LOCAL AND COUNTY RECEIVE COMPLAINTS FROM MINERAL COMPANIES, STATE HAS COLLECTED THE MONEY AND PUT IN SAVINGS, NEED ROBUST FUNDING OF LOCAL GOVTS = 25 m. PASSES 10 CENTS GAS TAX = 47 M REVENUE AND CONTINUED SOURCE OF ‘LOVE LETTERS’. RURAL STATE NEEDS TO MAINTAIN HIGHWAYS, THAT TAX WAS TO DO THAT. EX: DOUGLAS, CASPER, INCREASED TRAFFIC DUE TO INC MINERAL DEVELOPMENT, INCREASED ACCIDENTS, HWY 59 DOUGLAS TO GILLETTE, HIGHWAY NOT DESIGNED FOR THAT AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC, ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR THAT ROAD FOR PASSING LANES; b. WATER DEVELOPMENT, WATER STRATEGY ONE OF BEST THINGS TO DO, WATER ACCT 2 TO BE REFILLED.; c. UW REQUESTS –ENERGY RELATED PROJECTS GOING GREAT, MATCHING FUNDS FROM COMPANIES, ASKED FOR 20 M ENERGY RESEARCH,READING CENTER PHASE 2, ATHLETIC CENTER FACILITY, SCIENCE INITIATIVE FACILITIES NOT WHERE THEY NEED TO BE, 100 M FOR PHASE 1, IF JAC AGREES HOW DO WE FUND? HAVE PHASE 2 – GOOD FOR STATE AND FOR KIDS OF THE STATE, d. ARTICLE ABOUT 1 M IN TODAY’’S PAPER. SALARY INCREASES LAST YEAR. 2 M FOR RETENTION PURPOSES, TO UP SALARIES TO COMPETITIVE AMOUNTS. NOT TO GIVE EVERYONE RAISES BUT TO GIVE ABILITY TO US TO RETAIN AND IT HAS BEEN USED TO KEEP KEY PEOPLE. e. CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION – BUILDING PROJECTS FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES, RELATIONSHIP BUIILDING BETWEEN UW AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES, RECOMMENDED MONEY FOR LEVEL 1 AND 2 STUDIES, 12/15/2014 9:44:38 AM ITEMS NOT PROFILED – PLENTY OF MONEY AVAILABLE BUT WANT TO FOCUS ON AREAS PROVIDING MOST HELP FOR THE STATE, DID NOT RECOMMEND SPECIFRIC AMOUTNS FOR THE FOLLOWING STATE FACILITIES ; GILLETE MADISION, CAPITOL RENOVATION, WILDLIFE TRUST GOAL OF 200 M, DIFFERENT TYPE OF SAVINGS, WILL BE CONITNUAL REQUEST TO GET IT FUNDED, CRITICAL FOR AGRICULTURE AND FOR FIGHTS WITH FEDERAL GOVT FOR LEGACY FOR OUR CHILDREN, PROVIDING LEADERSHIP. 12/15/2014 9:46:27 AM HARSHMAN: BILL ON NON PERMANET SAVINGS , WILDLIFE TRUST FUNDS WOULD BE ONE AT TOP OF LIST, UW TOTAL 50 M WITHOUT SCIENCE INITIATIVE, MOST IS A MATCH SO WILL DOUBLE TO 100 M; 12/15/2014 9:47:58 AM GOVERNOR: BODY RECOGNIZES MATCHING PROGRAMS, CAN’T GET BETTER WITH INVESTMENTS DIFFERENT SAVINGS AND INVESTMENTS – MY VIEW THAT ALL THE MONEY WE HAVE INVESTED IS AT RISK. WITH QUANTITATIVE EASING AND FED POLICY, CAN BE BELOW WHERE WE WERE, NEED TO MANAGE RISK, NEEDS SAVINGS BUT PROJECTS HAVE INVESTMENT VALUE D BEBOUT: COAL LEASE BONUS FUNDING IN 2018 GOES TO ZERO. WHAT IS YOUR LONG TERM STRATEGY FOR SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION FOR K-12? 12/15/2014 9:50:08 AM GOVENOR HAS GIVEN THOUGHT TO THAT, CAP ON HOLDING CAP TO 550m, WHICH IS CASH WE CAN ACCESS, INCREASED COST WITH MAINTAINING BUILDINGS, 200M ON TABLE LAST YEAR, LEGISLATURE TOOK 100 M TO ADDRESS THAT LAST YEAR. NOT BAD IDEA TO TUCK MONEY AWAY FOR THOSE COSTS, 12/15/2014 9:51:43 AM BEBOUT; WOULD YOU AGREE THAT WE SHOULD TAKE CARE OF GILLETE MADISION, CAPITAL RENOVATION…PREVIOUS FUNDING..HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT IF WE DO THAT FIRST? 12/15/2014 9:52:22 AM GOVERNOR: I AGREE..HAVE TO COMMITT TO THOSE, PARTICULARLY THE GILLETE MADISON, 12/15/2014 9:52:49 AM BEBOUT: UNIVERSITY 55M MATCHING. SCIENCE PROJECT IS 195 M, STATE INSTITUTIONS 113 M, SCHOOL CAP CON. NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO GO AROUND ON THE BIGGER PROJECTS, BUILD IN THE FUTURE OR SAY NO TO SOME 12/15/2014 9:53:26 AM GOVERNOR: SCIENCE 100M FOR PHASE 1, LOOKING AT IMPORTANT PROJECTS, LET’S MOVE FORWARD ON THEM NOW, DISCUSSION ON HOW TO PUT THE MONEY AWAY . RECRUITING TRIPS FOR MONEY SHOW ME IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE COMPANIES TO SEE WHERE YOU ARE GOING TO INVEST THEIR MONEY. THEY WANT CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY. HALLIBURTON STATED, WHERE YOU CAN MATCH DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR IS THE TIME TO PUT YOUR FUT ON THE PEDAL. NORTH DAKOTA IS WATCHING WYOMING. WE HAVE ADVANTAGE ON UNIVERSITIES LIKE TEXAS AM BECAUSE WE HAVE MATCH CAPABILITES. PUT FOOT ON THROTTLE 12/15/2014 9:55:50 AM BEBOUT: FOOTNOTE 321- LEADERSHIP WELL RECEIVED, CHANGE OF HEART ON DIVERSIFICATION COMPONENT? 12/15/2014 9:56:24 AM GOVERNOR- IT IS CRITICAL AND IT IS NOTICED IN STATE AND AROUND COUNTRY. HESS COMPANY DOES ZERO BUSINESS IN STATE BUT INVESTS MILLIONS IN UW BEBOUT: STEP FOR STEP ON THAT ISSUE.. WILL CONTINUE, ALSO NOT IN THERE IS INTERNATIONAL TRADE, CONTINUE TO BE INVOLVED? 12/15/2014 9:57:27 AM GOVERNOR; 2013 7TH LARGEST INCREASE OF ANY STATE IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE, GOOD FORTUNE. TIME TO DOUBLE DOWN ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE, INTERNATIONAL TOURISM, NEED COORDINATED EFFORT, TAWAIAN TRIP BY ME, THEN LEGISLATURE MAXIMIZES EFFORT. REPETITIVE OPPORTUNITY AND INCLUSION OF OTHER STATES, LIKE IDAHO, PAY PARTIAL SALARY TO PERSON WHO REPRESENTS TWO STATES, RAW PRODUCTS AND MANUFACTURING OPPORTUNITIES, STATE SHOULD DOUBLE DOWN IF WE AGREE ON COORDINATED EFFORT. PARTICULAR AREA AND REASON. 12/15/2014 9:59:56 AM BEBOUT: TRIP .. ROSS: AGREE WITH GOVERNOR, NEED COORDINATED EFFORT, EXPLORE, PRIME OPPORTUNITY, THOSE COUNTRIES IMPORT EVERYTHING. IF GLOVAL WARMING IS THE CULPRIT, IF THEY BURN WYOING COAL WILL REDUCE ELIMINATION BY 1/3. OPORTUNITY TO BE PLAYER. GOVERNOR: MET PRESIDENT OF TAIWAN..FIRST WYOMING GOV HERE SINCE SULLIVAN, HANDED CONTRACTS TO GOVERNOR TO BRING BACK TO COAL COMPANIES. THEY WANT WYOMING COAL. NUCLER POWER, IF TAIPA GOES DOWN , TAWAIN GOES DOWN, WANT LOW SULFUR COAL 12/15/2014 10:03:18 AM BEBOUT; VOLUMES, PRICE OF COMMODITY BUT CONCERN WITH VOLUMES, OVERREACH OF FEDERAL GOVT, CAN LEGISLATURE DO ANYTHING TO BETTER FACILITATE THAT? PRICES UP AND DOWN BUT VOLUME HAS NEGATIVE EFFECT, IF NOT AVAILABLE, GOVERNOR: SHOULD HAVE SPOKEN TO ATTORNEY GENERAL, NEED TO BE PROACTIVE ON THAT. CAN’T SAY WE DON’T LIKE YOUR IDEA, NEED TO SAY WE DON’T LIKE IT AND NEED A BETTER WAY TO GO. WE ARE RECONGIZED AS LEADER ON COUNTRY LIKE FOR SAGE GROUSE, BEBOUT: ISSUE OF PUBLIC LANDS AND STATE MANAGEMENT VS. FEDERAL MANAGEMENT. NEED TO BE CAREFUL BUT NEED TO TALK ABOUT DOING A BETTER JOB TAKING CARE OF RESOURCES IN STATE 12/15/2014 10:06:37 AM BEBOUT: WATER – COLORADO RIVER COMPACT HAS BEEN OVER APPROPRIATED, CONTINUES TO CAUSE PROBLEMS, ANY THOUGHT TO THESE COMPACTS, GOVERNOR: BEST THING IS TO MAKE SURE COMPACT HAS NTO BEEN BROKEN, POLITICAL CLOUT IN DC BY NUMBERS, LAW BEING WHAT IT IS, ONE OF BEST HINGS IS TO DO A BETTER JOB USING WATER, WE SEND IT DOWN THE RIVER AND WE ARE ENTITLED TO IT. NO AGREEMENTS, COMMITMENTS. COLORADO COMMITMENT TO PIPING WATER ACROSS STATE, WE ARE FIGHTING THAT. WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT IT ALSO. OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDUSTRIAL PARK OR MORE AG, PROJECTS LIKE FONTENELLE DAM. WHEN IT IS TIGHT, WE ARE REMINDED THAT IT IS THE MOST VALUABLE, PRECIOUS AND HIGHEST PRIORITY. 12/15/2014 10:09:19 AM STUBSONS: WYOMING INDUSTRIAL PARKS – PLS COMMENT ON LIFE CYCLE OF EFFORTS, MONEY IN THIS BIENNIUM? GOVERNOR: LOTS OF DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE PROJECT MANAGER, IMMEDIATE NEED FOR MONEY IS NOT THERE NOW..NOT THERE NOW. BRINGING IN ADVISORS ON INDUSTRIAL PARKS.NOT PREPARED TO SAY WE NEED X AMOUNT OF MONEY BUT THERE IS GREAT POTENTIAL THERE. BIG DOLLAR AMOUNT, START SAVINGS ACCOUNT WOULD BE GOOD IDEA, NOT AS IMMEDIATE 12/15/2014 10:11:25 AM PERKINS: 1. PROPOSAL TO ALLOW OTHER PMTF TO BE INVESTED AT LEAST PARIALLY IN EQUITIES. LONG TERM- ANY DISCUSSIONS ON FAVORING THE PROPOSAL? GOVERNOR: WE ARE GOING TO INVEST. EX. RAINY DAY FUND, VAST MAJORITY OF THAT IS BONDS, CONSENSUS THAT INTEREST RATES WILL RAISE AND IF SO, BE IN BAD PLACE. LOOK AT OTHER TYPES OF INVESTMENT. WANTS SOME TYPE OF FLEXIBILITY TO INVEST IN PRIVATE EQUITY. JOE MEYERS CAUTION WAS APPRORIATE, SELECTION PROCESS IS DIFFICULT, ADVISORS FOR TREASURERS OFFICE TALK ABOUT PRIVATE EQUITY AS GOOD OPTION BUT NOT AS HOT. NEED TO LOOK AT EACH ACCOUNT AND IF LIMITING IT TO PARTICULAR INVESTMENT, NEED TO PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY PERKINS: WYOMING LEADERSHIP AND COORDINATION, EPFC OUTREACH 17 DIFFERENT STATES ARE MEMBERS, ENERGY CHALLENGES IN FUTURE FIND COMMONALITIES LIKE OUTER CONTINENTAL DRILLING UNDERSTAND ISSUES WITH FEDERAL MANAGEMENT, HOPE TO DO BETTER JOB OF COORDINATION WITH YOUR OFFICE. LAST 90 DAYS LEASE 193, SOVEREIGN ISSUES WITH ARTIC DRILLING, CONTINENTAL ISSUES, SAGE GROUSE, APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS AND COOOPERATION, GOVERNOR: LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR SUGGESTIONS. ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT OR EPA, DO NOT LOOK AT OURSELVES AS AN ISOLATED STATE BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN LITIGATION WITH OTHER STATES LIKE IDAHO BIG HORN SHEEP, BE PROACTIVE AS LEGISLATORS AND GOVENOR;S. HAVE TO LOOK NATIONALY. 12/15/2014 10:17:55 AM HASTERT: SAVERS AND SPENDERS…SAVERS AND INVESTORS, LANDFILL ISSUES, APPROACHED TOPIC LAST YEAR, YOUR THOUGHTS? GOVERNOR: LANDFILL DISCUSSION WAS DEBATE IF IT IS LOCAL OR STATE ISSUE. LANDFILLS DONE PURSUANT TO REGULATIONS AT TIME, STATE HAS AN APPROPRAITE ROLL IN HELPING TO FINANCE THAT,GAP ACCOUNTING IN SMALLER COMMUNITIES LIKE LAGRANGE, 1.5 M ON TRYING TO DO RIGHT THING, REQUIRE ACCOUNTING SYSTEM TO GET THAT MONEY, HAD SOME UNNECESSARY HURDLES HASTERT: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH EXPANSION OF MEDICAID GOVERNOR: NOTHING IN MY BUDGET ABOUT THAT BECAUSE AS WE LOOKED AT EXPANION AND FINANCIAL IMPACT, DIRECTOR FORSLUND BELIEVES HE CAN BE COST NEUTRAL 12/15/2014 10:21:05 AM GOVERNOR: MEDICAID EXPANSION, POOR PIECE OF LEGISLATURE AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL. ADDRESSED THAT. HHS AND CMS HAVE PROVIDED GREATER FLEXIBLITY TO THE STATE TO GET BETTER STATE RESULTS. STILL BELIEVE IT IS POOR REGULATION, LEGISLATURE LAST YEAR SAID TO WORK ON IT AND FIND BEST DEAL. NARROWED DOWN TO ACA, LOOKED AT INDIANA, UTAH, …BLOCK GRANT TO STATE WYOMING MET WITH NO ENTHUSIASM, BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR STATE IS TO TAKE ACTION UNDER ACA, DO NOT HAVE TO CREATE EXCHANGE, HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION NUMBER OF 200M UNCOMPENSATED CARE. 17000 PEOPLE IN GAP, WORKING PEOPLE, PRIVATE BUSINESS CAN NOT GET HEALTH INSURANCE AND COVERAGE, THIS IS THE YEAR TO SAY WE ARE GOING TO EXPAND MEDICAID OR THE LEGISLATURE WILL COME UP WITH AN OPTION THAT IS BETTER THAN THAT. SMALL HOSPITALS WITH SMALL MARGINS CLOSING GETS MY ATTENTION. WAMSUTTER HAS CLINIC. IF STOPEED, WHERE DO THOSE PEOPLE GO? I DO NOT LIKE TH ACA OR HOW IT WAS PUT ON IT BUT THIS IS THE SESSION TO DEAL WITH IT. STILL SKEPTICAL ABOUT FEDERAL GOVT ABILITY TO COMMIT SO NEED TRIGGER MECHANISM IF FED GOVT FAILS TO PAY..IMMEDIATE TRIGGER ON THAT DAY. WHY DOES WYOMING HAVE THE MOST EXPENSIVE HEALTH CARE IN THE NATION? ASK HOSPITAL, HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS, WHY THIS IS. HOW ARE WE SPENDIGN THIS MONEY AND IN WHAT WAY. 12/15/2014 10:26:37 AM HASTERT: APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND WILLINGNESS TO LOOK FORWARD . AFFORDIBILITY PORTION HAS PROVISON OF 80% OF INSURANCE PREMIUMS GOING TO DIRECT CARE..FACT THAT HIGH HEALTH CARE COSTS ARE IN WYOMING, FUTURE CONVERSATIONS WOULD BE GOOD THING. 12/15/2014 10:28:03 AM MEIER: MEDICARE EXPANSION – ATTITUTDE OF PROVIDERS AND INSURANCE COMPANIES GETTING MONEY, WOULD OFFSET UNCOMPENSATED CARE BUT NO REDUCTION IN HIGH MEDICAL COSTS. INSTRUCT DIRECTOR FORSLUND TO TRACK THE SAVINGS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS..SAID HE COULD NOT DO IT. PIN HIM DOWN ON IT. IT NEEDS TO BE TRACKED. EXPENSIVE WAYS OF CHARGING FOR SERVICES, LIMIT ADMINISTRATIVE BURDENS ON PROVIDERS AND INSURANCE COMPANIES. 12/15/2014 10:29:57 AM GOVERNOR: WE WANT SOMETHING IN RETURN, GOOD INFORMATION, HOW OUR MONEY IS BEING SPENT, LOOK AT WHAT IS PROVIDED AND HOW AND LESS COSTLY FASHION. STATE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THERE IS A 10 DOLLAR ASPIRIN. PUT FORWARD WITH EXPANSION WHAT ELSE WE WANT..WILL WORK WITH DOH, INFORMATION GIVES US POINT TO FIND SAVINGS AND BETTER OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE HEALTH CARE IN RURAL STATE BEBOUT: CRITICAL OF IT, WYOMING MADE RIGHT CHOICE BY SAYING NO, LOT OF REASONS TO CONTINUE TO SAY NO, WILLING TO LISTEN MORE THAN I HAVE IN THE PAST. GOVERNOR: NO MATTER POINT OF VIEW, NEED TO GIVE YES OR NO.CRITISM OF BEING TONE DEATH TO CITIZENS IS UNFAI. , WE TRIED HEALTHY FRONTIERS. 12/15/2014 10:33:05 AM DOCKSTADER: IS THERE PROMISE TO START BUDGET ON HORIZON FOR MAJOR INDUSTRIAL PROJECT? GOVERNOR: IN TERMS OF PRIORITY FUNDING, NOT READY TO START DIGGING DIRT, COMMITTED TO DOING THAT WILL NEED LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY, APPROPRIATE TO START THE SAVINGS ACCOUNT NOW. EX; AIRTRAVEL, ANCHOR TENENAT NOT DEPENDENT ON PRICE OF OIL, NEED SEVERAL. WE HAVE WATER NOT BEING USED, RAIL, ROADS, TRONA, COAL, AND HELIUM SO AN INDUSTRIAL PARK WOULD ADD VALUE THROUGH PROXIMITY OF PARK AND SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP. VERY IMPORTANT TO STATE. 12/15/2014 10:35:17 AM STUBSON; ACTION IN FEDERAL BUDGET ON DEFUNDING OF SAGEGROUSE. WHAT IS IMPACT ON OUR STATE? DOES IT TAKE PRESSURE OFF OF OTHER STATES? GOVERNOR: WYOMING IS READY TO GO. WE DO NOT NEED A DELAY. WE HAVE DONE EVERYHTING RIGHT AND HAVE BEEN A LEADER IN THE COUNTRY. OTHER STATES COULD DRAG US DOWN. CONCERN ABOUT BUDGET…TIME TO GO FULL STEAM AHEAD. END GOAL IS NOT TO LIST IT BUT SAYING DON’T HAVE MONEY IS QUESTION FOR JUDGE. WESTERN GOVERNOR’S MULTIPLE MEETINGS WITH SECRETATRY OF INTERIOR SALLY JEWEL RECOGNIZE WYOMINGS LEADERSHIP. 12/15/2014 10:38:03 AM ESQUIBEL: ECA – FEEDBACK ON DIFFERENCES BETWEEN JOINT EDUCATION COMMITTEE AND JAC, WORRY ABOUT SMALLER SDISTRICTS GIVING KIDS OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SAME COURSE OPPORTUNITIES. GOVERNOR: I MET WITH SUPERINTENDENTS GROUPS. SMALL SCHOOLS DO NOT HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY DUE TO SMALLER BUDGETS,. ROTATION OF TEXT BOOKS IS 4 YEARS VS 6 OR 7 YEARS FOR SMALLER DISTRICTS. CUTTING PARTICULAR TYPES OF CLASSES. K-12 SCHOOLS IN NOSE DIVE ON TECHNOLOGY BUT THAT IS WHERE WE NEED TO GROW. 12/15/2014 10:40:07 AM BEBOUT: ASSESSED VALUATION HAS GONE UP 3X BUT SPENDING HAS GONE UP 10X. CONCERNS ABOUT THAT. GROWTH OF GOVERNMENT IS CONCERN OF MINE. ROSS: STATE FACILITIES SAVING MONEY NOW OR DOING SOMETHING THIS SESSION GOVERNOR: PUT MORE MONEY IN THERE, CONTINUE TO DO SO, IDEA WAS NOT TO CLOSE THEM DOWN BUT TO MAKE THEM EFFICIENT BEBOUT: 55M SIPA LAST YEAR, .. 12/15/2014 10:43:02 AM CONNOLLY: WORKERS, STATE WORKERS, ECA FOR K-12 WORKERS, VISION REGARDING COMPENSATION INCLUDING PENSIONS. GOVERNOR: RETIREMENT SYSTEM – AARP TOWN HALL MEETING, WYOMING RATED AS BEST STATE TO RETIRE TO, SEE STATES GET INTO TROUBLE THEN CHANGE LAW. WE SEE IT AS MORAL AND LEGAL OBLIGATION TO MAKE SURE IT IS WELL FUNDED. DESPITE THE LOWERED ANTICIPATED ROI, INCREASING EXPECTED LIFE EXPECTENCY. DESPITE THAT, MOST OF OUR RETIREMENT SYSTEMS IS AT 77%, 9 PLANS OVERALL ARE VERY SOUND. HAVE NOT FIGURED OUT FIREMANS A PLAN. TRIED TO GET IT DONE LAST SESSION, WORTHY TO TRY AGAIN. CONOLLY; OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE COSTS OF ONE TIME FUNDING PROJECTS. COSTS OF BUILDING, PEOPLE PROVIDING SERVICES, GOOD WAGES AND BENEFITS. GOVERNOR: HISTORICALLY BUILT SOME BULDINGS, GROUPS SAY NEED MONEY FOR OPERATIONS AND MAINTENENACE. WHO WILL PAY, US OR THE OWNER OF THE BUILDING. PEOPLE WORKING IN THEM-WE HAD RAISES LAST YEAR. QUESTION IS IF WE ARE COMMITTED TO THE HAYES PLAN OR NOT. DISCUSSION ABOUT INCREASES IN SALARY IN TERMS OF COST OF INFLATION. WE HAVE INCREASED SALARIES AND WILL BE ISSUE AGAIN IN FUTURE, WHIMS OF GOVENOR AND LEGISLATOR, BASED ON COST OF LIVING, ON HAYES PLAN OR WHAT. IT IS NOT SETTLED YET. BEBOUT: WRAP UP. GIFT FOR GOVERNOR. ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPORTS IN RIVERTON, THANKS FROM COMMITTEE TO GOVENOR. MERRY CHRISTMAS. GOVERNOR: WE HAVE A GOOD SYSTEM OF HAVING DISCUSSION ON PROPOSALS. THIS TYPE OF MEETING PROVIDES TRANSPARENCY AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR GREATER TRANSPARENCY OF WHERE THE MNOEY COMES FROM..COMPLEX PROCESS. THANKS TO CHAIRMAN AND COMMITTEE. RETURN AT 11:15 FOR THE GOVERNOR’S BUDGET. GOVERNOR’S OFFICE, KARI GRAY REFILL DISASTER COTINGENCY FUND FOR HOMELAND SECURITY CAMERON: MONIES SPENT ON ICE JAMS/FLOODING IN BIGHORN, WASHAKIE, CARBON AND ALBANY COUNTIES. $114,465 AND $182,629 SPENT ON TWO EVENTS SOUGHT FOR REPLACEMENT DOLLARS. 12/15/2014 11:22:05 AM STUBSON: EXHAUST FULL $750,000 ACCOUNT DURING LAST BIENNIUM? CAMERON: NO, BUT TRY TO KEEP AT TOP AMOUNT BURNS: WHO AT STATE LEVEL AUTHORIZES USE OF FUND? GRAY: GOVERNOR BURNS: HAS INFLATION ERODED THE AMOUNT? GRAY: GOVERNOR HAS ACCESS TO MORE FUNDS THRU B-11 PROCESS, SO IS ADEQUATE. BEBOUT: LANDER FLOOD IN 2010. LANDER NOT TOTALLY REIMBURSED YET. CAMERON: $4 MILLION PRESIDENTIAL FEDERAL DISASTER. TAKES 3-5 YEARS FOR REIMBURSEMENT. 25 PERSONNEL IN HOMELAND SECURITY WITH BUDGET OF $25 MILLION, WHICH INCLUDES FEDERAL GRANT FUNDING. 12/15/2014 11:43:54 AM HARSHMAN: SCHOOL SECURITY CAMERON: PARTNERED WITH 3 OTHER STATE AGENCIES. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, ATTORNEY GENERAL, SCHOOL FACILITIES. HARSHMAN: ARMING TEACHERS? CAMERON: TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATION FOR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY. CONNOLLY: BACKFILL PRECENDENT? CAMERON: HISTORICALLY, CAME INTO BEING IN 2003, ALWAYS BEEN REFILLED. EXPENDITURES HAVE BEEN WITH EQUIPMENT, SERVICES OR MANPOWER. WASSERBURGER: HOW MANY SCHOOLS IN STATE? CAMERON: 375. SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER IN EVERY SCHOOL NOT RECOMMENDED FOR EVERY SCHOOL, APPLICATION PROCESS. 12/15/2014 12:02:47 PM 12/15/2014 12:57:00 PM BURKE: TRANSITION FROM JUSTICE KITE. INTRODUCTION OF STAFF. $100,000 FOR CENTER FOR LEGAL AID. ADDITIONAL MONIES FOR THOSE WHO CAN’T AFFORD LEGAL REPRESENTATION. HAS INCREASED BY 22%. AUTOMATED FORMS PRO SE NOW AVAILABLE. DORSCH: LEGAL AID. PERKINS: NOT SEEING AS MUCH ASSISTANCE FROM LEGAL AID AS EXPECTED – JUDGES. LIMITED ASSISTANCE BY ATTORNIES. STUBSON: ANY DATA SHOWING LOCATIONS OF THOSE RECEIVING SERVICES? MEIER: LEVERAGING NON-PROFITS’ ASSETS? DORSCH: YES. MONIZ: PROCESS FOR COMMUNITY TO GET GRANT ASSISTANCE? DORSCH: RFP’S SENT OUT ANNUALLY, NON-PROFIT. 12/15/2014 1:22:46 PM\ MONIZ: HOW TO GET MONEY ANNUALLY? DORSCH: MUST REAPPLY ANNUALLY. DOCKSTADER: REGIONAL AUDIENCE IN TETON COUNTY MONIZ: $100,000 AMOUNT? DORSCH: NEEDS REST OF BIENNIUM AMOUNT REQUESTED IN 2014 BUDGET SESSION. INCREASE SPENDING AUTHORITY. PERKINS: ACCESS TO JUSTICE, EXPANDING MARKETS? DORSCH: EXPAND TO THOSE AREAS OF NEED AROUND STATE AND EXPAND EXISTING PROGRAMS. ESQUIBEL: LAW FIRM APPLY FOR A GRANT? DORSCH: ONLY FROM NON-PROFITS. BURKE: ACCESS TO JUSTICE MONIZ: REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL FUNDING? DORSCH: NON-PROFIT LAW FIRM CAN APPLY. LEGAL AID OF WYOMING RECEIVED FEDERAL FUNDS. 12/15/2014 1:40:20 PM DORSCH: LEGAL AID OF WY PRIVATE, BUT NON-PROFIT LAW FIRM. DOCKSTADER: DEVELOP SKYPE CLINICS? DORSCH: ALREADY IN 5 LOCATIONS STATEWIDE. DAVIS: $400,000 TO BE RESTORED, WHICH HAD REVERTED IN JUNE 2014 FOR CIRCUIT COURT TECHNOLOGY. DREHER: E-FILING IN CIRCUIT COURTS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE THIS COMING YEAR. PERKINS: AUTOMATION IN COURTS. ROSS: NEED MORE THAN $400,000? DAVIS: NO. BURKE: COURT SECURITY. RIVERTON AND NO ONE IN SWEETWATER COUNTY AS OF YET. $1.2 MILLION ADDITIONAL PERKINS: CONFIDENTIAL REPORT DEALING WITH COURT SECURITY. KITE: LEVELS THAT SUPPLIES CAN BE OBTAINED AT SITES STATEWIDE. STUBSON: HOW VARIOUS COURTHOUSES CHOSEN? BURKE: GRANTS/ASSESSMENTS MEIER: MAYBE $1.3 MILLION, SO HAVE ENOUGH. ROSS: PERSONNEL COSTS CONSIDERED? BURKE: NO. 12/15/2014 2:23:42 PM BURKE: JUDICIAL LEARNING CENTER. $280,000. MATCHING FUNDS REQUIREMENT AN ISSUE. SECRETARY OF STATE ARP: HELP AMERICA VOTE ITEM. $735,000. FEDERAL FUNDS HAD COVERED THIS IN THE PAST. FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS. FEDERAL FUNDING NO LONGER AVAILABLE. LAST YEAR EXPLAINED THE SITUATION, 12/15/2014 2:32:28 PM ARP – MISUNDERSTANDING OF USE OF FUNDS, IT IS COST OF KEEPING THE SYSTEM RUNNING. ASKED CIO OFFICE TO LOOK AT SYSTEM AND CONTRACT. COULD IT BE BROUGHT IN-STATE. FLINT WATERS AID NO DUE TO LEVEL OF SECURITY, ETC. DID NOT THINK A BETTER CONTRACT COULD BE NEGOTIATED. 3% INCREASE PER YEAR WHILE MOST TECH. CONTRACTS ARE 10% PER YEAR. CAN NOT DO MUCH TO TRIM COST, WATCHED BY DEPT OF JUSTICE, ASKING FOR THE SECOND YEAR OF FUNDING. 12/15/2014 2:34:24 PM HARSHMAN: STEADY AMOUNT GOING UP 3 TO 5%M NEGOTIATED OUT FOR 10 YEARS. Is every state doing this? Arp: YES, MIGHT VARY FROM STATE TO STATE DUE TO STATE LAW, REQUIREMENTS OF THE SYSTEM ARE THE SAME ACROSS THE BOARD HARSHMAN: HOW MUCH HAS THIS INCREASED THE COSTS? ARP: REQUIREMENTS MORE COMPLEX NOW. QUITE A DIFFERENCE. STUBSON: WHY WASN’T THIS INCLUDED IN THE STD BUDDGET? ARP: IT WAS . WE ASKED FOR 2 YEARS. DISCUSSION ON FLOOR WAS MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHETHER IT WAS MAINTENANCE. HARSHMAN: WHERE WAS IT CUT, HERE OR ON THE FLOOR? RICHARDS: I BELIEVE IT WAS IN THIS ROOM. I WILL CHECK. BEBOUT: FURTHER QUESTIONS? CONTINUE 12/15/2014 2:38:18 PM ARP: SECOND ITME IS PRINTING OF CONSTITUIONAL AMENDMENT, NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION 12 WEEKS IN A ROW, IN ADDITION, PRINT IN A DIFFERENT NEWSPAPER IN EACH COUNTY FOR 3 WEEKS. FUNDED IN VARIETY OF WAYS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. SOS BUDGET IN THE PAST. TWO BEINNEMIUMS AGO CHANGED THE PROCESS. GRUVER TOLD AGENCY IT WOULD BE WRITTEN IN FOOTNOTE. AT END OF BUDGET SESSION, THERE WOULD BE A FOOTNOTE IN THE SOS BUDGET TO GIVE EXACT AMOUNT. IN 2013, ONE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PASSED WITH 50000. IN 2014 NO AMENDMENT PASSED. TWO THINGS HAPPENED: NO THOUGHT OF FOOTNOTE, SO 51000 NEVER WENT INTO THE BUDGET. PUBLISHING FOR 2014 ELECTION HAD TO OCCUR, 50666.24 WAS THE EXACT COST. ASKING FOR SUPPLEMENTAL TO MAKE THE BUDGET WHOLE. BREAK_ RETURN AT 3:00 12/15/2014 3:03:28 PM 003 STATE AUDITOR CLOUD: PAYROLL SYSTEM, VENDOR CHECKS, REPORTING SYSTEM, 3X ENVIRONMENT. 2207 UPGRADE TO 3X, CUSTOMIZED ENVIRONMENT, SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE, AKSING MONEY TO MODERNIZE THE SYSTEM, PROVIDE TWO SPECIFIC BENEFITS, PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION FOR RFP AND BUSINESS CASE. SPRING 2015. PROVIDE DATA INTEGRITY WHEN WE MOVE TO STANDARD BASELINE SYSTEM. IT WILL LESSEN WORK TO MOVE TO A DIFFERENT SYSTEM, WILL IMPROVE PORTABILITY. OCIO LOOKED AT DOWNTIME OF THE SYSTEM. DOWN 25% OF EMPLOYEE’S TIME BECAUSE SYSTEM MUST BE DOWN WHEN WE ARE REPORTING. THERE WILL BE 25% EFFICIENCY SAVINGS. COST IS 5.9 M, BASED ON 10 HOURS PER WEEK FOR OUR USERS, SAVINGS FOR MAINTENANCE OF COBALT REPORTS, 9500 SAVINGS FROM PAPER COSTS. WILL TAKE SIX MONTHS. BENEFIT IS MOBIILTY OF INFORMATION. STATE HAS A LOW TRANSPERENCY RATE. THIS WILL BE A STEP TO GET TO A BETTER RATING. DATA INTEGRITY ENSURED. ABILITY TO CREATE LSO SPECIFIC REPORTS. CURRENTLY HAVE STATIC HISTORICAL REPORTS, CAN NOT BE UPDATED AT CURRENT TIME. EASIER FOR LSO STAFF TO USE. 12/15/2014 3:09:48 PM BEBOUT MEIER: 10 HOURS, AVG 40 HOUR WORKWEEK. INCREASE OF UPTIME, SO PEOPLE ARE ONLY WORKING 30 HOURS PER WEEK? CLOUD: NO, DOING OTHER THINGS. CAUSES DIFFICULTY IN PLANNING WORK DAY, VOLUME OF BATCH PROCESSING, MEIER: NEW SYSTEM WILL TAKE CARE OF VOLUME HEADACHES, NO DOWN TIME EVER? CLOUD: REPORT GENERATION IS FROM AN OPERATIONAL PERIODIC COPY FROM TRANSACTIONAL DATA BASE INSTEAD OF A TRANSACTION LOAD TO A WAREHOUSE. SO SYSTEM WILL NOT BE DOWN. MEIER: WHERE IS YOUR DATA STORED? CLOUD: STORED IN ARIZONA IN A SECURED STORAGE, HAVE BEEN IN THE CLOUD, 12/15/2014 3:13:00 PM BURNS: PROBLEM IS WITH LACK OF CAPACITY FOR DOWNLOADING? CLOUD: NO, PROBLEM IS DOWNLOADING OF REPORTS FROM OPERATIONAL , BURNS: WHY AREN’T WE TALKING TO FLINT WATERS, INSTEAD OF AUDITOR’S OFFICE? CLOUD: OUR REPORTING SYSTEM IS USED BY ALL AGENCIES. DIRECTOR WATERS AND I ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONS. WE DISAGREE OVER VISION. MINE IS ENTERPRISE RATHER THAN INTEGRATED, SPAGETTI TYPE SYSTEM. COMING THROUGH OUR OFFICE BECAUSE WE HOLD THE CONTRACT AND IT IS PART OF OUR UNIFORM ACCOUNTING SYSTEM 12/15/2014 3:15:12 BEBOUT: 6 M SAVINGS CLOUD: STAFF CAN NOT ACCESS SYSTEM WHEN NEEDED; A LOT OF TIME IS SPENT ON AD HOC REPORTING. BEBOUT; AGENCIES DOING THEIR OWN SHADOW STUFF,CAN YOU TAKE OVER THE UNIVERSITY AND DO THAT FUNCTION FOR THEM. CLOUD: WE DO HAVE THE CAPABLILTY TO DO THAT. WE WOULD BE SET UP AS AN AGENCY. TREND IS TO SHARE, LIKE QUICKBOOKS SOFTWARE BEBOUT: UW IS NOT AS LARGE OR AS COMPLICATED BUT ASKING FOR A LARGER AMOUNT OF MONEY TO DO WHAT YOU ARE DOING. ROSS: MGT AUDIT REPORT NOT RELEASED UNTIL JANUARY. BEBOUT: WE WILL ASK YOU TO LOOK AT THAT. CLOUD: I WOULD BE HAPPY TO LOOK AT THAT. 12/15/2014 3:19:39 PM BEBOUT: STATE AUDITORS REQUEST NOT IN THE GOVERNOR’S BUDGET REQUEST BECAUSE IT WAS DISCOVERED LATER. THERE WILL BE A GOV LETTER 12/15/2014 3:20:07 PM BEBOUT: COL BUTLER HAS TO LEAVE TO CATCH A PLANE SO WILL LET HIM GO FIRST. BUTLER; WHP. BEBOUT: QUOTAS. I DON’T LIKE IT BUTLER: NOT AN INTENTION TO COME OUT LIKE THAT. I DON’T BELIEVE IT IS A QUOTA SYSTEM. THE ISSUE IS THE CITATION NUMBER FOR SEATBELTS. FATALITY RATE IS UP TO 146, SLIGHLTLY ABOVE 5-6 YR AVERAGE. SEATBELT COMPLIANCE IS NOT WHERE WE WOULD LIKE IT TO BE. APPRECIATE THE LAW EVEN THOUGH IT IS SECONDARY. STATISTICALLY SHOWN THAT ISSUANCE OF CITATIONS HAS A CUASE AND EFFECT TO IT. EDUCATION IS EFFECTIVE. MOST OFFICERS ARE QUALITY AND DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO DAILY. WE HAVE A SELECT FEW WHO WE MANAGE THROUGH PMI SYSTEM, WHICH WE USE. IT IS TIED TO PAY NOW. IF AN INDIVIDUAL IS NOT PERFORMING THEY SHOULD NOT GET A PAY RAISE. THIS IS ONE OF THE MEASURES. IT IS A SMALL COMPONENT OF IT. I DISAGREE WITH THE PERCEPTION. I UNDERSTAND THE PERCEPTION THAT HAS BEEN CREATED. NOT HOW THERE TO JUST WRITE TICKETS. HARSHMAN: WHAT PART OF EVALUATION IN %? BUTLER- DEVELOPED BY FIELD SECTION IN PERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS SECTION, ONLY A SMALL PART OF THAT. IT WILL HAVE AN INFLUENCE BUT WILL NOT DROP YOU DOWN A CATERGORY. CAN NOT HOLD EVERYONE TRO STD. FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT IS AN INSTRUCOR. MIDYEAR AND END OF YEAR CONVERSATION. ESTABLISHED STDS BUT STILL FLUID. CAN’T GIVE AN EXACT PERCENTAGE 12/15/2014 3:28:40 PM HARSHMAN: HIGHWAY DEATHS ARE UP. IS THERE A COMPARISON TO NUMBER OF MILES TRAVELED, NUMBER OF CARS. BUSY HIGHWAYS. BUTLER: YES, WE DO HAVE THEM BUT NOT WITH ME. RURAL COMMUNITY. MULTIPLE FATALITIES IN SINGLE CAR CRASHES WITH SEAT BELTS NOT BEING USED. HARSHMAN: 80 MPH SPPED LIMIT, NO PROVISON THAT IF YOU ARE DRIVING 4 MILES OVER BUT YOU WOULD NOT GET A TICKET IF YOU HAD YOUR SEAT BELT, HAD A 5 FINE, NOT ON YOUR ISSURANCE, NOT WITH 80 MPH BUTLER: HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT HARSHMAN: HELP INCENTIVISE, AS WELL AS EDUCATE AND PUNISH. BUTLER: WE ARE OPEN TO ANY ASSISTANCE TO ENSURE PEOPLE WEAR THEIR SEATBELT. THIS AGENCY HAS A ZERO TOLERANCE STANCE FOR NOT WEARING SEAT BELT OR HAVING NO CHILD SEAT. 12/15/2014 3:31:29 PM ROSS: DISTRICT COURT JUDGE PHONE CALL, ISSUE WITH FACT COLORADO HAS LEGALIZED MARIJUANA. WHAT ARE YOU SEEING AS A RESULT OF LEGALIZATION OF EDIBLES AND POT IN COLORADO? BUTLER: WE ARE TRACKING IT NOW..ASKING WHERE IT IS FROM. ISSUE A CITATION AND TAKE IT AWAY. HWY 287 OUT OF LARAMIE HAS AN INCREASE. TALKING WITH OTHER DEPTS, INCREASE IN THINGS. EARLY TO DETERMINE EXTENT OF IMPACT. WE ARE NOT CATCHIN EVERYONE ANYWAY. BEBOUT: DOJ IN WASHINGTON..HAVE DECIDED THAT THE RESERVATION CAN LEGALIZE MARIJUANN. ROADS AND HIGHWAYS ARE PROPERTY OF THE STATE. GIVE THAT SOME THOUGHT AS TO HOW TO DEAL WITH THAT..FREMONT COUNTY AND HOT SPRINGS COUNTY. SOME ROADS PASSED ON TO TRIBAL MEMBERS BUT SOME ARE NOT. BUTLER: ALL STATES THAT HAVE LEGALIZED AND WILL IN Jan, more people will be traveling with it. Whether they will be under the influence is a different issue,. CONCERN ABOUT DRUG CARTELS. CO EXPERIEENCED A LITTLE BIT OF THAT. WE ARE LEARNING. DO NOT WANT TO EXPRESS MY OPINION. IT IS HAVING AN IMPACT ON US. 12/15/2014 3:35:22 PM BEBOUT: QUOTA, TALKING TO CONSTITUENTS, QUOTA THING DAMAGED THE POSITIVE VIEW OF THE HIGHWAY DEPT. BUTLER: THAT WAS NEVER THE INTENT. WE ARE OUT HERE SERVING THE CITIZENS OF THE STATE. WE ARE HAVING A SERIOUS DISCUSSION 12/15/2014 3:36:34 PM BURNS: POT ISSUE DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE. DO YOU HAVE MEANS TO TEST FOR IT? BUTLER: NANOGRANS - NEED DISCUSSION OF SCIENTIFIC BASIS 3 TO 5 NANNOGRANS CAUSE IMPAIRMENT. THERE ARE DEVICES TO TEST PRESCENCE ROAD SIDE. STILL HAVE TO FOLLOW CRITERIA TO DETERMINE IF UNDER THE INFLUENCE. NOT JUST MARIJUAN BUT DRUGS, PHRMCEUTICALS. OFFICERS TRAINED, HAVE DRUG RECOGNITION EXPERTS TO BRING IN AFTER THE FACT. BIGGEST THING IS TO TRAIN AND EDUCATE. DRE’S ARE HIHGLY TRAINED. THE TESTING IS VERY LONG. A-RIDE CAN BE DONE BY EVERYONE ROADSIDE TO SHOW POTENTIAL OF IMPARIED DRIVING 12/15/2014 3:39:08 PM PERKINS: DISCUSSION OF EDIBLES. CAN’T TEST QUANTITY OF THC BUTLER: WE HAVE ENCOUNTERED THAT ALREADY. PERKINS: LIQUID, PLANT, ORGANICS, MEASURE QUANTITIES TO DETERMINE DIFFERENCE IN MISDEMEANORS..DIFFICULT TO DO WITH EDIBLES, NEED TO FIGURE OUT. 12/15/2014 3:40:17 PM BURNS: MEDICAL MARIJUANA LEGAL IN COLORADO, BILL TO PUT SIGNAGE ALONG ROAD TO REINFORCE THE POT IS NOT LEGAL. HAVE NOT SEEN SIGNS, WHAT HAPPENED WITH THOSE SIGNS? BUTLER: I CAN’T ANSWER THE QUESTION. WE HAVE ENCOUNTERED PEOPLE WITH MEDICAL CARD. SOMETIMES AMOUNT IS A FELONY AMOUNT. CHALLENGE OUT THERE ROADSIDE. 12/15/2014 3:41:48 PM Tom loftin is also leaving, any issues with driver’s services… 12/15/2014 3:42:15 PM COX: QUOTAS – ARTICLE IN CHEYENNE PAPER, IN THE PASTQUOTAS WERE AN ISSUE BECAUSE IT WAS CORRELATED TO REVENUE. THERE IS NO TIE IN THE STATE. QUOTA NEVER ENTERED THE TROOPERS THINKING. DILEMA FOR COL BUTLER IN SETTING STANDARDS FOR HIS PEOPLE. 12/15/2014 3:44:58 PM COS: BUDGET PRESENTATION WHAT TYPE OF SEQUENCE DO YOU WANT, SUPPLEMENTAL OR COMMISION. BEBOUT: CHOOSE IT THE WAY YOU WANT 12/15/2014 3:45:39 PM INTRODUCE STAFF, ONE MINUTE RUN DOWN OF FEDERAL, COMMISSION BUDGET THAN THE SUPPLEMENT RODNEY FRIAR REPLACED KEVIN HIBBARD. DEL MCCOMIE, GREG GREDRICK, KEN SHULTZ, DENNIS BURNS AERONAUTICS, SANDY SCOTT IS COMMISSION SECRETARY AND LEGISLATIVE COORDINATOR, TORY MISSELE AERONATUICS 12/15/2014 3:47:31 PM COS: OPERATING UNDER A MAP 21 PROVISIONS. AMENDMENT TO EXTEND. FUNDED BY HIGHWAY TRUST FUND, FUNDED BY USERS FEES, EXTENSIONS RUN OUT ON 31ST OF MAY. QUESTION IF HIGHWAY FUND WILL LAST THAT LONG. BEBOUT: 150 M IN SECTION 300 TO ALLOW FOR CASH FLOW ISSUES. YOU DID NOT USE. COX: CORRECT …. COX: BUDGET WORKING ON ONMIBUS BILL, WAITING FOR PRESIDENT’S SIGNATURE. WYDOT FED FUNDING WILL STAY FLAT. OBLIGATION AUTHORITY WILL STAY THE SAME. In terms of map 21 being reauthorized, SURFACE TRANSPORTATION ACT FOR FUNDING FOR 6 YEAR BILL, COST 100 Billion. Senator barrasso is one of the big 4 and may move up to chairmanship. WTDIT GETS 68% OF FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVT. BEBOUT: FISCAL YEAR 2015— FRIAR: BEBOUT: DEC 20 OF 2015 – FLAT BUT IN EFFECT UNTIL THERE. COX; NEED TO FIND THE MONEY BEBOUT: AUTHORIZED BUT NTO FUNDED. 12/15/2014 3:52:41 PM FRIAR: BUDGET BUILD ASSUMING THE SAME FUNDING LEVELS THROUGH 2015. BEBOUT: FIRST SLIDE SHOWS 42% ON SLIDE? FREIER: COX: THIS SLIDE IS FOR THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT. I WAS TALKING ABOUT ROAD CONSTRUCTION FREIER: MOTOR FUEL TAX, REGISTRATION INCLUDES TRUCKS, DRIVER’S LICENSE, VEHICLE FEES, 12/15/2014 3:54:25 PM HARSHMAN: 10 CENT FUEL TALANGUAGE, ROLLING INTO BIG PIE. COX: TO MAINTAIN HIGHWAY IN CURRENT CONDITION, SUNSETTED AFTER ONE YEAR, HAVE CONTINUED TO DO EXACTLY THE SAME THING WITH THAT. PROCEEDS OF 10 CENTS GO INTO A SEPARATE FUND, HARSHMAN BEBOUT: TOLD YOU CAN’T USE IT FOR 59? COX: PASSING LANES IS AN IMPROVEMENT, NOT MAITENEANCE, ADDS CAPACITY HARSHMAN: PROVISION IS SUNSETTED SO CAN USE IT FOR ANYTHING NOW COS: 10 CENTS CAN BE USED BUT IT HAS BEEN PROGRAMMED FOR THE NEXT 3 YEARS . 12/15/2014 3:56:46 PM HARSHMAN: 10 CENTS, ACTUAL RECEIPTS, YOUR SHARE WAS A PERCENT. COMPARISION COX: 71.8 PROJECTION BUT WE GOT 48. FREIER: CAN PROVIDE THE NUMBERS FOR 2014 AND THE ESTIMATES BEBOUT: NKGNWAH 59 IS A HIGH PRIORITY BUT A LOT OF DISCUSSION OF FUEL TAX TAKING CARE OF NEEDS. NOW AFTER TWO YEARS, ASKING FOR MORE GF DOLLARS. HARSHMAN: I AGREE COX: MAGNITUDE OF NEEDS HAS NOT CHANGED, LEAVES US 62M PER YEAR SHORT OF KEEPING RAODS IN CURRENT CONDITION, SO ASKING FOR ADDING PASSING LANES. WE ARE ASKING FOR SOMETHING OVER AND ABOVE THE NEEDS FILLED BY THE FUEL TAX AND WHAT WAS NEEDED. THAT DI DNOT GET FIXED BY THE FUEL TAX. 12/15/2014 4:00:20 PM MEIER: PASSING LANES ARE SAFETY, DON’ WE HAVE A MINIMUM OF FEDERAL DOLLARS TO SPEND ON SAFETY. COX: CONVERSION OF FEDERAL FUNDS TO HIGHWAY SAFETY MEASURES. FREIER: I DO NOT KNOW KEVING: 10 Million MEIER: ON REGISTRATION, HAVE 65,473,760, THERE ARE OTHER REGISTRATION FEES? FREIER: SLIDE SHOWING SOURCE OF REVENUES…40.2 M FROM TRUCING, OTHER SMALLER FEES MEIER: OTHER REGISTRATION FEES GOING TO COUNTY, SCHOOLS? COX: REGISTER A VEHICLE, WILL PAY A REGISTRATION FOR PLATE. THE REST IS PROPERTY TAX AND SALES TAX. MEIER: IT IS A LOT MORE THAN REGISTRATION FEE.THAT MONEY GOES TO THE COUNTIES.. 12 WCOUNTIES 40 SCHOOLS? MEIER: POINT IS IT IS A TAX THAT HAS BEEN HIGHJACKED BY THE COUNTIES. 12/15/2014 4:03:35 PM HASTERT: UNDERSTOOD IT WOULD NOT FULLY FUND ALL OF WYDOT’S BACKLOG. SUSTAINABLE JOBS CREATED BY FUEL TAX, WISDOM OF LONG TERM PLANNING WHICH ALLOWS FOR STAGING OF EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS THUS SAVING MONEY, WHAT JOBS HAVE BEEN GENERATED, LONG TERM PROJECTIONS, EARMARKING OF PROJECTS? COX: WILL GET BACK WITH PRECISE NUMBERS OF JOBS CREATED. DEL MCOMIE WILL SPEAK TO LONG TERM PLANNING MCCOMIE: QUESTIONS FROM CONTRACTORS TO MAINTAIN A WORKFORCE. MCMURRAY DOING AGGREGATE WORK ONLY BECAUSE OF THAT ISSUE, STATE TRANSPORTATON IMPROVEMENT PLAN, SIX YEARS, 10% TAX, COMMITMENT WAS TO MAINTAIN THE SYSTEM. 120 M PER YEAR SHORTFALL TO MAINTAIN THE ENTIRE SYSTEM. SIX YEAR PROJECTS OF OVERLAYS, SURFACE, BRIDGES, NOT ADDING CAPACITY, ON WEBSITE, SHARED WITH CONTRACTORS, COMPANIES NEED TO KNOW WHAT WYDOT IS PLANNING BEFORE MAKING COMMITMENTS TO PURCHASE EQUIPMENT, HTO PLANTS, ETC. 12/15/2014 4:09:27 PM MONIZ: 68% FROM FEDERAL GOVT . OF WHAT? MCCOMIE; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, GAS TAX IS 100 % STATE FUNDED. MONIZ: DOLAR AMOUNT OF 68$ FRIER: ALLOCATION PAGE – 348M, 7% GF, 68% FEDERAL FUNDED, REMAINDER STATE FUNDED 12/15/2014 4:11:04 PM STUBSON: ALLOCATINO FOR PASSING LANES? MCCOMIE: WE DO HAVE ALLOCATINOS FOR STIF PROGRAM, ADDITIONAL PASSING LANES IN THE FUTURE, SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST BECAUSE COMMISSION ASKED FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST BECAUSE OF HIGHWAY 59 – ALL HELL BREAKING LOOSE, ANARCHY AND CHAOS. STATISTICS FROM VEHICLE COUNTS AND TRUCK COUNTS, FOCUSED ON HIGHWAY 59 BECAUSE OF ACCIDENTS. I HAVE NEVER SEEN THAT MANY PEOPLE THAT FOCUSED AT A MEETING. CAMPBELL COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING, SLOW MOVING VEHICLES MIXED IN WITH SEMI TRAFFIC AND COMMUTER TRAVEL. HIGHWAY 59 AND 26. STUBSON: HIGHWAY 50 PASSING LANES PART OF STIF? McCombie: NO, IT IS NOT. HAVE SOME TURN LANES 1.3 M; TOWN OF WRIGHT 5 LANE SECTION 3 OR 4 YEARS OUT, 5 LANE SECTION OUT OF GILLETTE, 2000 OR 2021. NOTHING IN OUR PROGRAM FOR THE PASSING LANES. CONVERSE COUNTY AND BORDER OF CAMPBELL COUNTY OIL ACTIVITY KICKING OFF. 12/15/2014 4:15:28 PM BEBOUT: WHY DON’T YOU USE THAT 10 MILLION FOR HIGHWAY 59 – FROM THE CHANGE IN LICENSING. HAVE CHOICE TO USE THE 10 CENTS MONEY. MCCOME: WE COULD USE THOSE SAFETY FUNDS, FEDERAL FUNDS FOR NEXT 6 YEARS ARE PROGRAMMED OUT, WOULD HAVE TO PULL OUT OTHER PROJECTS. BEBOUT 10 M PER YEAR? MCCOME: YES, NOT ALL OF IT GOES BACK INTO HIGHWAY C ONSTRUCTION, SOME MANDATED FOR SIGNS, ETC. BEBOUT: WE DO NOT NEED MORE SIGNS, TAKE CARE OF HIGHWAY 59. ANSWERS FOR USING SOME OF THAT EACH YEAR AS WELL AS THE FUEL TAX MONEY MCCOMIE: LEGISLATIVE MANDATE HAS EXPIRED. CAN USE THE MONEY BUT COMMITMENT WAS FOR PAVEMENT PRESERVATION, FOR 3 YEARS OUT, IT IS IN THE PLANNING PROCESS BEBOUT: IN THE STIPS? GREAT PROGRAM. MCCOMIE: YES 12/15/2014 4:18:37 PM MEIER; SUMMARY OF HIGHWAYS SWTICHED TO THE COUNTIES. HOW BIG OF A PROBLEM? DID NOT WANT ON INVENTORY, LOW TRAVELED ROADS, AND COUNTY HAS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAINTAIN. MCCOMIE: CAN DO. THAT PROGRAM FALLS TO CRIPP – COMMISSION PROGRAM, COUNTIES ASK FOR FUNDING, GENERALLY FEDERAL FUNDING. A NUMBER OF THESE TRANSFERRED WERE OFFSET BETWEEN THE COUNTIES AND THE STATE. BEBOUT: I25 AND I80 IN BETTER SHAPE. AMOUNT SPENT IN COMPARISION TO STATE ROAD. MCCOMIE: WILL PROVIDE INFO BEBOUT: WILL YOU SHIFT MORE TO STATE IN FUTURE? MCCOMEI: THAT IS CORRECT CURRENT FUNDING, COMBINED INTERSTATE AND …10 CENT TAX, LEGISLATIVE COMMITTES WANTE DTHAT MONEY SPENT OFF OF THE INTERSTATE SYSTEM AND THAT IS WEHRE IT IS BEING SPENT ON TWO LANE ROADS.12/15/2014 4:21:55 PM BBOUT: BID LETTING – CONTRACTS LARGER, LOOKING FOR WYOMING CONTRACTORS, REASONS FOR INCREASE AND COMPANIES. ANY TREND? MCCOMIE: COST OF INFLATION, LARGER DOLLARS BUT NOT AS LARGE IN LENGTH, KEEPING UNDER 20 M DUE TO CASH FLOW, 30 TO 35 M PROJECTS INSTEAD OF 60 TO 65. 17 TO 19 PROJECTS IN THE 17 M. MORE NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAN IN THE PAST. 70% OF CONTACTS TO IN-STATE. Out of state firms. LARGER COMPANIES HAVE BOUGHT UP WYOMING CONTRACTORS BUT MAY BE WITH BIGGER COMPANIES. TRUE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 12/15/2014 4:24:23 PM FREIER: REVENUE BUDGER, EXPLANATION OF SLIDE. LARGE PIECE IS 24 CENTS FUEL TAX. FRIER: ROAYALTIES, GF, AND WHAT IS INCLUDED. LUST IS IN THE FUEL TAX; OTHER INCLUDES DAMAGE REPAIR, EQUIPMENT SALES, OUTDOOR ADVERTISING, INTERSET EARNIED ON FUNDS, LAST PIECE IS FEDERAL FUNDS. BURNS: CHEAT SHEET OF ACRONYMS: BEBOUT: BREAKDOWN OF 10 M ALSO 12/15/2014 4:26:39 PM FRIER: MONEY PROVIDED TO CITIES AND COUNTIES..SUMMARY SLIDE –COUNTIES, CITIES, AIRPORTS, TOTAL OF 72.5 MILLION MEIER: AMOUTN SEEMS LOW, .. FREIER: EXPLANATION OF DIFFERENCE MEIER: BEFORE THE 10 CENTS AND AFTER? REVENUE DISTRIBUTION. NEED TO KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE, TOOK AWAY FOOD TAX, GAVE BACK FUEL FREIER: WILL PUT THAT TOGETHER HARSHMAN: FISCAL YEAR 2015 IS FEDERAL FUNDING FLOWING THROUGH – BREAKDOWN? REFER TO SLIDE, BEBOUT: GF UNDER MASS TRANSPORATION, UNDER AIRPORTS? FRIER: AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT AND ENHANCEMENT BEBOUT: FEDERAL DOLLARS IS CONSTRUCTION OF AIRPORTS? FRIER: CORRECT BEBOUT: HOW MUCH LOCAL INPUT.. BURN: FFA DECIDES WHERE THE FUNDING GOES BASED ON THEIR PRIORITY, WE MEET WITH THE FAA, BEBOUT: SPECIFIC TO RIVERTON, IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. BURNS: TO MEET DESIGN STANDARDS. DISCRETIONARY BURNS: SPECIFIC TO THERMAPOLIS, AIRPORT DID NOT MEET DESIGN STANDARDS, GOING ON SINCE 1985. ALTERNATIVE TO SHUT DOWN AIRPORT OR SHORTEN THE RUNWAYS OR BUILD A NEW AIRPORT. FEDS WOULD ONLY PARTICIPATE IN BUILDING A NEW AIRPORT. BEBOUT: DO THEY LOOK AT USAGE? BURN: THEY DO IN THEIR MODAL? BEBOUT: DO THEY LOOK AT DISTANCE FROM TOWN AND MOVING INFRASTRUCTURE BURN: DO NOT KNOW BEBOUT: BURN: COMMUNITY DECISION… BEBOUT; NOT AN ESSENTIAL, HOW FUNDED? BURNS: NUMBERS BEHIND ME 12/15/2014 4:33:33 PM HARSHMAN: SURFACE TRANSPORTATION GIVE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES.. 5 M OF STATE DOLLARS TO LOCALS MCCOME: INDUSTRIAL ROAD PROGRAM, HARSHMAN: GET BACK TO US ON HOW THE 5 MILLION WAS SPENT. CITY AND COUNTY REVENUES HAVE GONE OFF THE CHART MCCOMIE – WILL BREAK THAT DOWN. PART OF IT IS INDUSTRIAL ROAD PROJECT. 12/15/2014 4:35:15 PM MONIZ: FULL COPY OF PRESENTATION PROVIDED? BEBOUT: SEND AN EMAIL. FREIR – WILL DO. 12/15/2014 4:35:56 PM PAGE 3 – MOTOR VEHICLE GASOLINE TAX, LUST- LEAKY UNDERGROUND STORAGE TAX, STATE HIGHWAY FUND, COUNTIES, STATE PARKS FRIER: SLIDE OF DIESAL TAX, STATE HIGHWAY FUND, and SHF ADMIN ONLY COLLECTED ON THE 24 CENTS NOT THE 10 CENTS. LUST, COUNTIES, CITIES. BEBOUT: WHY SO MUCH ON THE DIESEL TAX TO LUST COMPARED TO GASOLINE. KEVIN HIBBARD: DISTRIBUTION FORMULA FOR DIESAL IS BASED ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS, OTHER IS BASED ON ENTIRE STRUCTURE. 75% ON DIESEL, 57.5 ON GASOLINE. FREIER: PROJECTED MOTOR FUEL ALLOCATIONS – 23 CENTS WYDOT, COUNTIES MUNICIPALITIES, BEBOUT: MEIER WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT 12/15/2014 4:38:55 PM FRIER” GASOLINE AND DIESEL TAX DISTRIBUTION LUST PENNY, ….24 CENT TAX, TAKE PENNY OFF THE TOP THEN DISTRIBUTION. BEBOUT: LOW PRICE OF OIL. CONGRESS MOVING TO INCREASE TAX ON OIL? COX: TO DATE, NO POLITICAL APPETITE. 12/15/2014 4:40:17 PM FREIER: ALLOCATION OF REVNUE BIGGEST PIECE IS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT, MAINTENANCE, THEN REGULAR/SPECIAL MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS, PLANNING.ADMINISTRATION; CAPITAL EXPENDITRURES IS BUILDING AND ..; OTHER IS WYOLINK, MOTORCYCLE SAFETY BEBOUT: THAT IS WHERE I WANT THE BREAKDOWN OF THE 10 m FREIER: OPERATING TRANSFERS, SUPPORET SERVICES/REGULARORY, ADMINISTRATION, AERONAUTICS 12/15/2014 4:41:55 PM MEIER: ON AERNAUTICS, COULD YOU GET PRESENTATION GIVEN TO TRANSPORATION COMMITTEE AND DISTRIBUTE TO JAC? BURSN: DIFFERENCE IN ADMINSTRATION AND PLANNING ADMINSITRATION? FRIER: ADMINISTRATION INCLUDES PLANNING TRAINING, CIVIL RIGHTS OFFICE, AND COMPLIANCE. ETC. Other piece is the director’s budget which is director, legal services, internal review and public services Burns why aren’t they listed together? Frier: break out because administration is legislatively appropriated, other piece is commission Ross; civil rights component MCCOMEI: BECAUSE OF FEDERAL FUNDS, MINORITY BASIS, 12/15/2014 4:44:29 PM FRIER: COMPLETION OF ALLOCATION OF REVENUE 12/15/2014 4:44:44 PM FRIER: UNFUNDED BUDGET REQUESTS – UNFUNDED NEEDS SLIDE, HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE, TRAINING, ETC GETS CUT TO BALANCE THE BUDGET FRIER: HGIHGWAY IMPROVEMENT FUNDING SOURCES: 2015 348.5 m HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENEACE THE 68%, TIME COMP0ARISON 6 FREIER: INFLATION IMPACT ON CONSTRUCTION: HAVE TO SPEND 3.5 FOR EACH DOLLAR COMPARED TO 1987. BEBOUT: PER MILE OF ROAD TO DEVELOP THIS 12/15/2014 4:46:44 MCCOME BASED ON CONTRACT COSTS FEDERAL HIGHWAY COMMISSION MONITORS IT AS WELLIT IS NOT A MILE OF ROAD, BASED ON INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS THAT MAKE UP ROADWAY 12/15/2014 4:47:41 PM BEBOUT: CAN YOU GIVE THAT TO US. MCCOMIE: YES WE CAN 12/15/2014 4:47:59 PM FREIER: PERCENTAGE OF ROAD MILES IN POOR CONDITION – RED LINE SHOWS HOW IT WOULD INCREASE W IF WE HAD NOT GOTTEN THE FUEL TAX. STILL AN INCREASE BUT NOT NEARLY AS STEEP. BEBOUT: COMPELLING ARGUEMTN FROM WYDOT TO PAY NOW OR PAY MORE IN 10 YEARS, IS 3 YEARS, INCOROPORATED? COX: YES FREIER: ROAD DETERIORATION VS. TIME – TIMELY MAINTENANCE IS KEY TO GETTING MOST OUT OF ROAD MONEY. BEBOUT: SAME SHEET FROM 8 OR 10 YERS AGO? MCCOMIE; CHART FROM FEDERAL HIGHWAY COMMISSION. GOOD POINT TO TALK ABOUT5 PRESERVATION MODE, WHY WE ARE USING THE 10 CENTS THEY WAY WE ARE. SOME FOLKS THINK ALL THE ROADS WILL STAY THE SAME. THAT IS NOT THE CASE. DOING A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS, MAY NOT SPEND MONEY ON THE WORST SHAPE ROAD, MAY DO OVERLAY BECAUSE SPENDING THAT DOLLAR MAY GET US MORE LIFE, DO NOT HAVE THE 4 TO 8 DOLLAR TO SPEND. OVERALL CONDITION BUT NOT NECESSARILY ALL ROADS, WILL BE WINNERS AND LOSERS. OVERALL, NOT INDIVIDUAL 12/15/2014 4:51:51 PM BURNS: WHAT ELSE WOULD BE INVOLVED IN CONSTRUCTION OF HIGHWAY 59..BESIDES PASSING LANES? MCCOMEI: IT IS THE ADDING OF THE PASSING LANES THEN DOING THE CHIP OVERLAY, MAY HAVE TO DO OVERLAY IN A ONE MILE STRETCH, NOT AN ENTIRE LENGTH OVERLAY, FOCUSED ON ADDING THE LANE, DO A CHIP SEAL, THEN STRIPPING THEN COX: 54.8 ORIGINAL REQUEST WAS FOR PASSING LANES ON 4 ROUTES, 12/15/2014 4:53:24 PM FREIR: 348 M IN 2015 CONSTRUCTION AND CONTRACT MAINTENANC COMPARISION OVER TIME, FED VS STATE FUNDS. FREIER: THREE FUNDING SCENARIOS. HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT SCENIOR 1 – DECLINE WITHOUT EXPNEDIRE; SCENIOR 2- FUNDING, IMPROVEMNET IN SOME AREA SCENIOR 3 287.32 PER YEAR TO IMPROVE AND MEET SAFETY BEBOUT: RETURN AT 5:05 12/15/2014 5:04:57 PM BEBOUT AND COX; DISCUSSION WHILE WAITING FOR QUOROM 12/15/2014 5:08:02 PM SUPPLEMENTATL BUDGET COX: AGEMCY 45, BEGIN AT PAGE 5. WYLINK, SURFACE TRANSPORTATION. PG 6, COLUMN 3 SHOWS TOTAL FOR WYOLINK 420,000. COLUMN 3 THRID ONE DOWN, SHOWS SPLIT – ORIGINAL WORKING AGREMENT ON WYOLINK WAS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF USERS BETWEEN WYODOT AND HIGHWAY PATROL WILL ANTE UP 20% FROM HIGHWAY FUNDS. PAGE 7 – EXPLANATION FOR REQUEST IS TO PURCHASE HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE. WYDOT RESPONSIBIILTY. FOR BENEFIT OF STATE USERS AND OTHER USERS, NEED CAPABILITY SO WHEN YOU BUY A DISPATCH CONSOLE, NEED ABILITY TO HAVE COMPETITION BETWWEN VENDORS, 2016 SOFTWARE UPGRADE WIL RENDER OBSELETE CONSOLES. I AM TRYING TO PUCH THAT OFF BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BUDGET FOR RADIO CONSOLES. TRYING TO PUT OFF SO LOCAL GROUPS CAN BUDGET FOR IT. 420,000 BUYS COMPETITION, VARIETY OF BRANDNAMES IN VEHICLES BUT IT IS PROPRITORY IN CONSOLES IN DISPATCH. This will make it non-proprietary. BENEFITS: MORE THAN ONE OPTIN FOR DISPATCH CONSOLE, BRING PRICE DOWN OR DRIVE UP THE BENEFIT IN THE EQUIPMENT, WE THINK IT WILL BRING EVERYONE’S PRICE DOWN. TINME TO DO IT IS NOW BECAUSE THE UPGRADE IS COMING. MEIER: SIPA FUNDS, 80%, ARE THERE ANY FEDERAL FUNDS THAT GUY CAMERON CAN GET HIS HANDS ON? HAD MASSIVE AMOUNTS WHEN PUT IN? COX: CAN’T ANSWER WITH WHAT IS AVAILABLE TO THE LOCALS. HOMELAND SECURITY FUNDING..GRANT FUNDING NOT AVAILABLE, LAST SOFTWARE UPGRADE WYDOT SPENT MONEY THAT WAS ALLOCATED FOR TOWER ACQUISITION IWHT UNDERSTANDING GRANT MONEY WOULD BE GIVEN..WHICH WS NOT BURNS: TOTAL NUMBER OF CONSOLES COS: KEN SCHULTZ SCHULTZ: DO NOT HAE NUMER OF CONSOLES , CAN GET IT. WE HAVE 70 TOWERS AND A17000 USERS BURNS: 420000 FOR 46 CONSOLES, WHY ISN’T IT GOING TO BE A RECURRING NEED AS CONSOLES AGE OUT? COX: 420000 IS TO PLACE IN THE SYSTEM MULTIPLE BRANDS OF CONSOLES BEING PROCURRED. MONEY DOES NTO PAY FOR CONSOLES. BURNS: CONFUSED, 46 AGING CNSOLES, WHAT IS 420,000 FOR? COX: 420 WILL FUND AN UPDATE TO SYSTEM SO WHEN NEXT UPGRADE BECOMES.. BURNS; TO MAKE IT COMPATIBLE. 12/15/2014 5:17:22 PM HARSHMAN: THIS IS NOT THE UPDATE, TO PUT A PATCH ON THE UPDATE, ANOTHER FUNCTION ON THE UPDATE SO CNOSOLES CAN BE.. COST OF CONSOLES? SCHULTZ: MOTOROLA CONSOLES 350,000 TO 700,000 EACH PER SEAT. THIS WILL REDUCE THE PRICE OF THOSE CONSOLES TO APPROX IN THE 100,000 RANGE BEBOUT: WHERE LOCATED? SCHULTZ: WILL GET IT FOR YOU BEBOUT: DO THEY HAVE TO BE CLOSE TO THE TOWERS? SCHULTZ: NO, HARDWIRED, COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CONSOLES AND MOUNTAIN TOPS BEBOUT: PROVIDE TO THE COMMITTEE WHY THE PRICE DROPS, PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION. 12/15/2014 5:19:25 PM BURKHART: CLARIFICATION, COMMUNICATING WITH NEIGHBORING STATES, MONEY TO OUTSIDE WYOMING? COX: NO- WHEN ENTITIES OUTSIDE REQUEST TO BE PART OF WYOLINK, IT WILL BE EASIER TO TALK TO SYSTEM. THIS IS A TONE TIME UPGRADE TO THE SYSTEM TO EXPAND ABILITY TO HAVE DEVICES TALK TO IT FROM A BASE STATION. 12/15/2014 5:20:26 PM ROSS: WHAT TYPE OF SYSTEMS DO OTHER STATES HAVE? IS WYOLINK STATE OF THE ART BEBOUT: TOTAL AMOUNT IN IT COX: TOTAL FIGURE IS NORHT OF 100M INVESTED IN WYOLINGK SYSTEM. WYOLINK OPERATING TRUNK SYSTEM IS STATE OF THE ART IN CONTIGUOUS STATES CONOLLY: WHY DON’T WE WAIT? COX: WYOLINK HARDWARE, SOFTWARE. ADD TO SYSTEM SO SYSTEM CAN BE SPOLEN TO BY MORE THAN MOTOROLO DEVICES. WILL PROMOTE COMPETITION BETWEEN THE BRANDS AND BRING THE PRICE DOWN, TIMING QUESTION – TIMING IS CRITICAL BECAUSE WE HAVE SPOLEN TO GOVERNOR FOR TWO BIENNIUMS. MOTOROLAS NEXT PROPOSED UPGRADE IS 2016. WHEN THAT HAPPENS, CONSOLES CONVERSENT WITH SYSTEM WILL BE OBSOLETE. CREATING OPPORTUNITY FOR LOCAL ENTITIES AND OURSELVES TO HAVE MORE COMPETIVE PRICE CONOLLOY: EVIDENCE OF COMPETITION? COX: 03-04 RFP FOR WYOLINK INTEROPERABLE SYSTEM. DECISIONS TO MOVE INTO THIS. ONLY ONE PROVIDER COULD MEET THE REQUIREMENTS. MOTOROLA. SCHULTZ: OTHER VENDORS TODAY NOW BUILDING SYSTEM AND HAVE CONSOLES, OTHER VENDORS THAT PROVIDE PIECES SO COMPETITION IS NOW OUT THERE 12/15/2014 5:25:33 PM MNEIER: CURRENT MOTOROLA CONTRACT PROHIBITS THIS PURCHASE OF SOFTWARE? COX: CURRENT CONTRACT DOES NOT REQUIRE THEM TO PUT IT ON. SCHULTZ: PART OF ONGOING UPDATE TO STDS FOR THIS RADIO SYSTEM. STDS WILL PROHIBIT THAT FROM OCCURING GOING DOWN THE ROAD. 12/15/2014 5:26:55 PM BEBOUT: PUBLIC TELEVISION LETTER. 12/15/2014 5:27:11 PM PASSING LANES COX: PAGE 10 , PAGE 11 ORIGINAL REQUEST FOR 54 M. EXPLANATION OF REQUEST CAPTURES DISCUSSION OF HIGHWAYS IDENTIFIED BY SAETY ISSUES, CRASH RATES, . IN 2005-06, IT WAS SUGGESTED BY FORMER GOV THAT WE SPEND MONEY FOR PASSING LANES ON 191. DID THAT. 20% IMPROVEMENT OF CRASH RATE STATISTICS. WHAT WE FOUND IS SAFETY BENEFIT UP TO PLUS 40% IMPROVEMENT. ALONG CORRIDOR, NORHT OF 30% IMPROVEMENT. COX: REQUEST HAS MERIT BECAUSE IT WILL IMPROVE SAFETY. 15 LANES ON 59; 5 BETWEEN CASPER AND SHOSHONI. BEBOUT: 15 FOR 50 MILES AND 15 FOR 100 MILES COX: FOCUSING ON SOUTHERN HALF. POTENTIAL LOCATIONS, SAFETY WARRENTS, ANY WHERE ON STRETCH OF 59. SHOSHONI CASPER IS A STAERT. BEBOUT: IS LIST A PRIORITIZATION? IF COULD ONLY DO ONEWOULD DO HIGHWAY 59. COX: 59 IS NUMBER ONE, 20/26 IS NUMBER TWO. IF I HAD TO CHOOSE ONE, I WOULD GO WITH 59. 12/15/2014 5:32:23 PM BURKHART: NUMBER OF LANES ADDED TO 159 , STASTICS OF SAFETY IMPROVEMENT VERSUS COST. COX: CAN PROVIDE SPECIFIC NUMBERS. 12/15/2014 5:33:11 PM BEBOUT: JONAH FIELD, 50 RIGS, NOW THERE ARE 5. 59 WRE 4 RIGS, NOW THERE ARE 40. ANY LONG TERM ANALYSIS. PASSING LANES IN PINEDALE, NOW UTILIZATION IS DOWN, DO YOU LOOK AT LONG TERM? COX: YES WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH INDUSTRY AND LOOK AT TRENDS. BEBOUT: SPOKE TO COUNTERPART IN NORTH DAKOTA? COX: SPOKEN EXTENSIVELY. NORTH DAKOTA INVESTING, SO USING BOOM MONEY TO INVEST IN HIGHWAYS. HARSHMANN: 1 YEAR TO DESIGN AND BUILDING IN 2016? COX: ACCURATE. BURKHARDT: AVERAGING 1 MILLION PER MILE OF PASSING LANE OR 1 MILLION PER PASSING LANE? MCOMBIE: 1MILLION PER MILE OF PASSING LANE. 12/15/2014 5:42:57 PM MCCOMBIE: TAKES 20% MORE MONIEY IF USE FEDERAL FUNDS. COX: IF DIRECTED TO USE 10 CENT MONEY, LESS PROJECTS WILL BE DONE. 12/15/2014 5:50:29 PM