JAC Agency Hearings JAC Index 01-12-17 am1 Agenda: AM 103 – Judicial Conduct and Ethics Commission 085 – Wyoming Business Council 066 Wyoming Tourism Board 1/12/2017 8:03:00 AM Co Chairman Burns called the hearing to order Roll Call was taken by Don Richards: Quorum was established 103 Judicial conduct and Ethics Commission Mel Orchard, Chairman, overview of commission Wendy Soto, Page 7, cuts outlined, travel and 900 series Sommers: out of state travel – why Soto: no in state training for judicial acts – various places Wilson: 900 series question Soto: complex case Sommers: Staff training included? Soto: Yes, staff is included Nicholas; how many investigations/cases, complex case finished Soto: 5, not complete 1/12/2017 8:20:31 AM 085 Wyoming Business Council Shawn Reese, CEO, Introduced staff, synopsized board initiatives Page 3, 48 FTE’s, reduced budget by 37%, business ready reduced by 48%, priorities, headcounts Burkhart: breakdown requested Reese: business expansion opportunities, recruitment. Larsen: jobs created vs investment done by business council Reese: extrapolating number and will include in follow up, Page 10 – 13 discussed, SLIB discussion Dockstader: entire state covered Reese: yes, results in all places across the state, getting help to communities to grow, projects for growth in every county Driskill: challenge loans vs private loans through banks Reese: amounts needed, risk Driskill: return, income stream from future investments Reese: repayments, nothing now for future investments, will follow up Wilson: Wyoming banks can’t support loans needed Larsen: SLIB timeframe Reese: timeframe established in rules, page 14, prime interest rates used, page 15, governors cuts Sommers: few 100 series cuts, discussion followed, vacancies open a long time, why, and now filled, contract recruitment – email follow up Reese: 13% 100 series cuts, mission endangered, all AWEC positions, 2 vacant, relooked at strategic plan before filling positions, page 21, page 20 discussion Larsen: business ready acreage 50% good average? Reese: yes, feels its sound for across the state Wilson: grant vs loans percentage Reese: loans $17M, follow up coming 1/12/2017 9:16:50 AM 066 Wyoming Tourism Board Diane Shober, Director, introduced staff, overview of board’s mission, 2016 successes/advertising/getting visitors to visit other places, new website for tourism, efficiencies and innovative use of UW students, page 3 reductions, page 9 narratives, and page 10, 900 series cuts Schwartz: vulnerability in marketing assets for big iconic destinations Shober: Yellowstone example, hosting travel journalists, claiming ownership for our assets, Wilson: Example from German newspaper advertising Yellowstone through Montana Shober: 78% of budget sets in 900 series Schwartz: performance on contracts (ad agency) Shober: Reviewed annually on contractor; performance, results in advertising, held steady for tourism Landen: compete or don’t, Montana is doing a great job, how do we compare as well as Colorado, Shober: Montana, we complete on level playing field with effectiveness, Colorado has bigger budget, SD and Utah getting increases in their tourism budgets, Sommers: 100 series cuts lacking, 4 vacancies, Shober: vacancies discussed, recruitment efforts Dockstader: Advertising contract