JAC Agency Hearings JAC Index 01-13-17 pm1 Friday January 13, 2017 Agenda: AM 024 State Parks and Cultural Resources 021 Department of Audit 011 Department of revenue 1/13/2017 12:36:56 PM Co Chairman Nicholas called the hearing to order 024 State Park and Cultural Resources Darin Westby, Director, introduced staff, upcoming events both park and cultural Westby: Page 3 budget book, creative ideas in marketing, no supplemental request, page 12 Sommers: 900 series a sustainable cut? Westby: Yes Larsen: what services do you get contractually? Survey, archeological, etc.? School foundation reduction? Westby: IT, page 14, series 100 answers, not tied to any positions, discussion followed, We the People, $80 paid out Wilson: page 20, revenue state museum, raise prices or fees? Would prices be too high? Westby: price point would go up, different marketing campaign, yes, can increase a few items Larsen: store stocking, selling, revenue generating discussion Westby: Page 22, reductions overview. Page 26, 27, 28, 29 – 31 Larsen: sign makers? Westby: contracted out, Sommers: sustainable cuts? Needles: yes, with flexibility in using other sources Westby: scrubbed budget as thoroughly as possible and weighed programs vs people cuts; vacancies discussion Larsen: hire contractor vs hire as needed? Needles: WYDOT work, cheaper to use SPACR folks Sommers: cultural work in highway right of ways? Westby: page 35/36, grant timeline Needles: 50/50 grant match, not sure of next grant deadline Sommers: info wanted on # of students touched with presentations Westby: 200,000 youths with school breakdown to follow; 900 series cuts sustainability, archives and records management, page 41 – 55, Quebec 1 missile site revamping for visitors Bravo: $300K over a biennium to run it, should be revenue neutral Driskill: water parks generate $’s? Westby: some do and some don’t, historic sites, water parks fee and info on usage, all tenants at hot springs state park, law enforcement compensation packages, Bravo: 22 officers, pay scale Schwartz: flexibility with fees, figure our model for appropriate rates, Westby: 2018, lodging tax, status of tenants at hot springs state park, big spring status, wells tapped in, 1/13/2017 1:43:11 PM 021 – Department of Audit, Jeff Vogel, Director, introduced staff, 108 FTEs, no supplemental requests, pages 6 – 10, unfunded, vacant positions – recruitment process expedited if needed, page 14 cuts, page 16 – 21, mineral audit Sommers: vacant positions discussed Wilson: quantify audit results, Vogel: track analysis of results, 93% compliance level, page 26/27 Larsen: findings challenged? Vogel: appeals process 1/13/2017 2:26:57 PM 011 Department of revenue Dan Noble, Director, introduced staff, agency overview, more people vs programs, staff changes in 17 years Sommers: missing taxes how collected, efficient system in collecting Noble: 95% taxes are collected, random audits/tax $’s/error rate/population/yearly, page 7, 10 eliminated 5 FTE’s, page 12, 17 Larsen: taxing CO2 at wellhead or downstream, rate? Grenvik: credited against additional oil, producer of CO2 pays the tax, direct severance tax, follow up info to be provided, helium tax, heavily processed, combine all parts in stream for taxing Noble: page 27, 29 Landen: genesis of property tax refund program Noble: has out lived its usefulness, varies by county, discussion of defunct program, follow up with info Larsen: CO2 questions Grenvik: invoices for sales Sommers: loss of revenue Grenvik: numbers coming Noble: vacant position in property tax division, actively recruiting. 1/13/2017 3:19:31 PM Adjourned