JAC Index am1 Markup continues Chairman for the day is Co-Chairman Ross Format may include page number, unit number, action on motion Motion on the table is Governor’s Recommendation. The Governor’s recommendation may be amended. The action then becomes Governor’s recommendation as amended. 1/21/2016 8:04:56 AM Meeting called to order by Chairman Ross Rollcall by Richards – all present. Agency 080- Department of Corrections Agency 072-Retirement System Agency 077-Wyoming Department of Enterprise Technology Services Agency 067-University of Wyoming Agency 167 – Agency 205-206 Richards: update from previous day. Balance, Supreme court, Dawn Agar, Ross: Agency 080- DOC – page 26 – unit 103 – adopted Unit 104-adopted Unit 0105-passed Unit 106 – Wyoming state pen commissary – passed Unit 109- passed Unit 0201-county assistance – passed Unit 203 – WHCC assistance – passed Unit 204 – WWC assistance – passed Unit 205- WHF assistance – passed Unit 206 – WSP assistance – passed Unit 209- WMCI assistance – passed Unit 303- WHCC inmate medical – passed Unit 304 – WWC inmate medical – passed Unit 305-WHF inmate medical – passed Unit 306 – WSP Inmate medical – passed Unit 309 – WMCI inmate medical – passed Unit 0431 – WHCC outpatient sub abuse treat – passed Unit 0441 – WWC OSAT-passed Unit 0442 – Residential substance abuse – passed Greear: unit 0442 – tobacco tax reduction in other agencies, appropriate to move some down there Harshman: Move to reduce by 300,000 in tobacco trust funds on page 74 Unit 0442 gov rec as amended passed Unit 0451 – outpatient treatment WHS – passed Unit 0452 Harshman: page 78 Motion to reduce TTSF, by 200,000 - adopted Unit 0452 gov rec as amended – passed Unit 0461 – WSP – adopted Unit 0491 – WMIC – passed Unit 0492 - WMCI Harshman: page 88, move to cut TTF, leave an even I million in the account. – adopted Unit 0492 gov rec as amended – passed Unit 1001- prisons- 1/21/2016 8:16:41 AM Harshman: Governor left 16000 in tobacco Trust Funds. Page 86 table. Richard: That is for the whole division Unit 1001 – page 89 – passed Unit 1002 – education – passed Unit 1004 – investigations – passed Unit 1011- offender management – passed Unit 1012 – facility inmate housing – passed Unit 1018 – WDOC recruitment 1/21/2016 8:18:38 AM Burns: back to unit 1012 – housing for out of state inmates Nicholas: gov denied Unit 1018 – passed Unit 1019 – training academy – passed Unit 1031 – central services – has exception requests. – gov rec 1/21/2016 8:19:40 AM Nicholas: Priority 9 – switch is not dysfunctional now, if goes down, has time and funds to do it or can come back for funds Move to deny priority 9 Second Motion passed Unit 1031 gov rec as amended passed Unit 1032 – program services – passed Unit 1033 – health services – passed Unit 1037 – secure treatment – passed Unit 1038 – sex offender treatment management 1/21/2016 8:21:51 AM Williams: There is another unit 1037, has different funds Unit 1037 – passed Nicholas: Question on reversion Burkhart: answer Nicholas: move to cut 500,000 Second Greear: notes Perkins: page 132- have not exempted DOC from global reductions? Correct. Ross: Line Line 901 Burns: from before reduction or after Richards: from before Ross: amendment passed Unit 1038 gov rec as amended passed Unit 1040 – CI administration and marketing -passed Unit 1041 – fund x - passed Unit 2011 – passed Unit 2011 fund 001 –passed Unit 2012 Williams – voted on 2011 twice Unit 2012 – passed Unit 2013 – split sentencing – passed Unit 2016 – community substance abuse 1/21/2016 8:26:37 AM Harshman: governor has reduced TTF, I move to reduce another 400,000 in tobacco Trust fund Amendment passed Unit 2016 – gov rec as amended – passed Unit 2020 – addicted offender accountability 1/21/2016 8:27:29 AM Harshman: TTF reduction of 400,000 Amendment adopted Unit 2020 gov rec as amended – Unit 3011 – page 163 , table on page 164 – passed Unit 3012 – passed Unit 3021 – passed Unit 3022 – passed Unit 3031 –administration- passed Unit 3032 – food service – passed Unit 3033 – programing at conservation camp 1/21/2016 8:29:47 AM Greear: priority 19 – Conversion of religious consultant, notes indicate a part time position taking it to an AWC position. Move to deny priority 19 – leave person as contract position, can figure out hours to not run afoul of ACA rules. Connolly: Discussion showed need to change profession from contract to AWAC, hours and control Greear: If under 32 hours, does not apply Burns: Fiscal ramification Greear: none Nicholas: Williams: True if you approved the request. Take AWAC out and move the funding back Nicholas Ross: Motion on table to deny priority 19 – passed Unit 3033 – passed Unit 3044 – passed Unit 4011 –offender management – passed Unit 4012 – offender supplies – passed Unit 4021- passed Unit 4022- passed Unit 4031 – passed Unit 4032 – food service - passed Unit 4033 – programming -passed 1/21/2016 8:35:51 AM Nicholas: Move to deny priority 20 Greear: My notes indicate this is a full time position Hibbard: I believe Greear is correct Nicholas: Moving to AWAC Hibbard: Moving to AWAC Nicholas: Withdrawn Unit 4033 – passed Unit 4034 education – passed Unit 4061 – prison industries – passed Unit 5011-passed Unit 5012 – adopted Unit 5021 – passed Unit 5022 – passed Unit 5031 – administration – passed Unit 5032 – food service – passed Unit 5033 – programming 1/21/2016 8:38:43 AM Nicholas: move to deny priority 21-passed Gov rec as amended – Hastert: if we deny request, money goes back into 900 automatically Yes Unit 5033 gov rec as amended - adopted Unit 5034 – passed Unit 5071 – agriculture – passed Unit 6011 – state penitentiary offender management – passed Unit 6012 – supplies – passed Unit 6021 – facility management 1/21/2016 8:40:39 AM Perkins: trades people for maintenance, granting flex authority to 308 and limit it to this unit. Move to do a footnote in that regard Greear: same notes, do we need in the footnote, specific like plumbers, electricians, etc? Richards: The 100 series could supplement the 900 series for certain trades Perkins: to do maintenance of the facility Nicholas: Question Perkins: Ross: footnote passed Unit 6012 as amended – passed Unit 6022 – passed Unit 6031 – administration – passed Unit 6032 – food service – passed Unit 6033 – programming – passed Unit 6034 – education – passed Unit 6061 – prison industries – passed Unit 9011 – wy medium correctional institution management – passed Unit 9012 – offender supplies- passed Unit 9021 – facility management – passed Unit 9022 – operations – passed Unit 9031 – administration – passed Unit 9032 – food service – passed Unit 9033 – programming – passed Unit 9034 –education – passed Unit 9054 – transition – passed Unit 9061 – prison industries – passed Greear: Footnote regarding promotion, flexibility out of the 100 series Harshman: in the unit Richards: Section 300 UW, WDH and DOC Ross: Motion to close adopted 1/21/2016 8:47:57 AM Agency 072- Retirement System 0100 – Administration 0101 page 16 – priorities – Ross: let me know if you disagree with the gov. recommendation 1st priority – software enhancements page 18, 19 – 2nd priority – 3rd priority – 4th priority- 5th priority – Maintain competitive CEO salary Ross: for Ruth Ryerson Richards: best history is in their handout- handout 153 Perkins: I move to reduce by 50%. Second Ross: Oppose the motion, I think she has been working below her salary grade for a number of years and is effective in this department Wasserburger: I move to deny the salary increase and take down to 8000 total. Motion on floor Wasserburger: I don’t think we should give the salary increase at all. It is coming out of retirement money. Connolly: This request and Treasurer’s office. Under national averages of basis points. I struggle with giving raises to some folks and not others. This year, I will resist this type of raise Burns: current salary Motion to reduce 50% failed Division called –six to six failed Wasserburger: move to take the 38000 to zero Hastert: speak to oppose Wasserburger: on and in favor of the motion. People dependent on that fund do not have COLA increase Motion passed. Richards: we will make the appropriate adjustments on the benefits Priority 6: actuarial audit Gov rec as amended has been adopted Connolly: reopen and go to priority 3 – request to move temp office to full FTE, net effect is 51000 on GF. Problematic to have a temporary person Ross: governor denied, you wish to reject Stubson: 50,000 remark. Paying out of 900 series, temporary employee but not part time Harshman: would reduce 900 series Greear: Opposition. Position did exist and funding was given up to pay people more. Connolly: Portion of payment is going to temporary agency. Greear: I forwarded email of positions to the committee Ross: motion to reject gov rec has failed. Unit 101 – gov rec as amended –adopted Unit 0102 – information technology modernization – adopted Unit 0103 – investment – has exception requests Priority 1-4 Wasserburger: page 73 zero out funds Hastert: speak in opposition Burkhart: denied increase to executive director’s salary, how do we know give one to others in that department Perkins: These are the folks who put the plan in effect. Third CIO in 7 years. Plan adjusts and takes a hit. To stabilize turnover in this position. Nicholas: I concur with both speakers. Problem is our new CIO, just had an increase in 2013. Bump went up to all the various positions. Do we bump them up again when no one else has had them? What has been the performance of the team – Not producing. Not appropriate time Ross: Motion to delete salary request 319314 – show of hands – passes Unit 103 gov rec as amended 1/21/2016 9:08:21 AM Harshman: page 36, priority 4 – want to add two positions. I would rather pay the guys we have then add positions. People doing private equity. My original plan was to grant pay raises and eliminate these two positions. Are these salaries at increased level or current level of peers? Nicholas: Move to add additional positions at the current level Perkins: notes- Internship – then become investment analysts. Harshman: priority 4 – adding positions 192000 salary for one and 70908 for AWAC Nicholas: approve priority 4, approved at current level Harshman: Richards: It does include an increase. This is a one year number Nicholas: request it is at lower salary Ross: motion passed Harshman: motion to deny priority 4 Motion failed Ross: unit 0103 gov rec as amended –adopted 1/21/2016 9:14:07 AM 0600- Highway Patrol Unit 0601 – passed 0701 – game and fish wardens – passed Unit 0801 – Volunteer EMT – passed Unit 6501-deferred compensation administration – passed Footnotes Richards: Footnote limiting salaries, very prescriptive according to LSO staff. Ross; We don’t need the footnote now. Motion to close agency 072 – passed 1/21/2016 9:16:02 AM Break 1/21/2016 9:26:17 AM Agency 077, Enterprise Technology Services Wasserburger motion for 900 series and travel restrictions, seconded. Passed Unit 1001, page 38, gov rec, passed. Unit 2001, page 66, gov rec, passed. Unit 2003, page 84, gov rec, passed. Unit 3001, gov rec, passed. Unit 3003, gov rec, passed. Unit 4014, gov rec, passed. Unit 4053, gov rec, passed. Unit 5001, gov rec, passed. Stubson: Motion to restrict on all agencies, seconded. Passed. Nicholas: when will this agency move away from zero based budgeting? Motion to close agency 077, passed. Agency 067, University of Wyoming Harshman: penny plan applies to UW, $6.26M biennium 6700 State Aid Unit 6701. Greear: Motion to restore $5M to block grant, with sideboard that UW receive an additional $5M for priority #3 accounting system, and remove reoccurring cost, seconded. Burns: put $$ exactly where JAC wants it spent? Motion passed. Gov rec, as amended, adopted. Unit 6703. Gov rec, adopted. Unit 6704. Gov rec, adopted. Burns amendment to $6M, seconded. Failed. Unit 6708. Gov rec, adopted. Unit 6800 School of Energy Resources Unit 6801. Gov rec, adopted. Unit 6900, Tier 1 Engineering Unit 6901. Gov rec, adopted. Unit 9600, NCAR MOU Unit 9601, gov rec, adopted. Unit 9700, Endowments Unit 9701. Gov rec, adopted. Unit 9702. Gov rec, adopted. Unit 9703. Gov rec, adopted. Unit 9705. Footnote on page 76 included. Gov rec, adopted. Motion to close agency 067, carried. 1/21/2016 10:08:34 AM Break 1/21/2016 10:23:13 AM Burkhart: footnote request on agency 067. Allow UW borrowing authority for aircraft from Permanent Mineral Trust Fund, 3%, seconded. Adopted. Agency 167 – UW – Medical Education 0100 Family Medical Residency Program Unit 0101, gov rec, passed. Unit 0102, gov rec, exception request. Harshman: Could Department of Health perform study? Perkins: footnote for 048 performing study, seconded. Adopted. Gov rec, as amended, adopted. 0200, WWAMI Medical Education Unit 0201, Greear: bill drafted, tuition funds, endowment fund from payback, codify to have tuition go to cost of extra curriculum. Gov rec, adopted. 0400, Dental Contracts Unit 0401, Greear: same bill which has been drafted. Gov red, adopted. 0500, Nursing Program Unit 0501, gov rec, adopted. 0600, Doctorate, Nurse Practitioner Unit 0601, gov rec, adopted. Richards: Footnote #2, UW request to continue Stubson motion to continue, seconded. Adopted. Motion to close agency 167, adopted. Agency 205, Education – School Finance Harshman: penny plan, apply to ECA, seconded. Adopted. 4100, School Foundation Program Unit 4101, Richards: page 14, $5M should be included in payments; grant payment should be $1,608,225,626. Gov rec incorporating newest data, seconded. Adopted. Unit 4103, gov rec, adopted. 4200, Court Ordered Placements Unit 4201, gov rec as modified by current figures. Adopted. 4500, Foundation, Specials Unit 4502, gov rec, adopted. Unit 4503, gov rec, adopted. Unit 4504, gov rec, adopted. Unit 4505, Wasserburger cut as $$ not needed, seconded. Adopted. Gov rec, as amended, adopted. Unit 4506, Richards: $29,908,658, column far right Gov rec, as modified by current figures, adopted. 4600, Education Reform Unit 4601 Wasserburger motion on student assessment to cut $409,922.04 from page 34, Assessment Task Force recommends eliminating 2 tests at high school level, seconded. Can’t afford to fund ACT. Harshman: large policy decision during session. Failed. Connolly: motion to reduce $9M from figure, seconded. Failed Hastert: remove PAWS test, seconded. Failed. Gov rec, adopted. Unit 4608 Stubson, page 36, obj 221 and 222, motion to reduce by 50%, seconded. Adopted. Gov rec, as amended, adopted. 4700 Student Performance Data Systems Unit 4702, gov rec, adopted. Motion to close agency 205. Passed. 1/21/2016 11:03:28 AM 1/21/2016 11:15:37 AM Chairman Ross calls meeting back to order Agency 206, Department of Education Divisions: 1000-State Board of Education Unit 1001 –State Board of Education – page 26 Perkins: page 27 – move to cut instate travel 50,000, 0221 Richards: Clarification, on top of global funds and split Perkins: yes, order as before. Richards: Only a portion of that – global reductions to GF portion only Ross: cut 0221 code by 50,000 – adopted Unit 1001 has exception requests, priorities Nicholas: explanation of way we are doing the funding cuts. Move to make equal cuts we made on the other agencies to apply to WDE across the board. Perkins: clarification, apply to all categories? Nicholas: I would think so Ross: motion, multiple funds involved Harshman: pass through federal funds; do not want to impact those. Other costs some are GF, do this unit by unit. Nicholas: Amend motion to apply to GF and School foundation dollars but not federal funds Richards: it is easier than unit by unit Ross: motion for GF and School foundation only – division – passed Nicholas: Question – When we had process to separate superintendents’ office, added an extra position, when we recombined, we essentially added an additional position. Williams: I believe it occurs in the next unit 1002 – one position moved and one eliminated. Ross: unit 1001 – gov rec as amended - adopted Unit 1002 – Administration – Harshman: in state and out of state travel reduced, zeroed out, is that an exception Greear: moved to unit 1105 Ross: gov rec unit 1002 passed 1/21/2016 11:25:21 AM 1100-Leadership, Finance & Information Management Unit 1101- Finance – page 39 Harshman: Is this reorganization, moved to State Board and admin? Position transfer Ross: Revenue neutral Close1101 Wasserburger – go back to unit 1002 – created a position for executive of state board. Prior to that it was a department staff member – policy decision to go back to WDE being coordinator of that board. Motion to defund the position Richards: AWAC page 27 line item is for 271,850. Wasserburger: it is 0110 – Board coordinator. If you keep that position in department, you are increasing state employees at a time when you shouldn’t. Harshman: oppose the motion. We have a more active board. Wasserburger: I think we are duplicating services. WDE has a liaison to the board who I believe should coordinate the board activities. Perkins: Explanation of history – not accurate to characterize as an acquisition Connolly: resist the motion Division called – Motion failed. Burkhart: same unit, note on 900 series funds going for board facilitator. Motion to cut 901 by 10% Harshman: 900 series, facilitator is required by statute for PGP. Motion failed Unit 1001 – no changes made 1/21/2016 11:35:01 AM Ross: Unit 1102 - Operations- couple of exception requests Perkins: Typo on page 45, technical correction Williams: in the table Unit 1102 adopted Unit 1103- Workshops & Conferences – Stubson- move to cut funding in half. Make up from fund 440, where they direct income and payments from these conferences. Ross: Balance Williams: This budget is currently funded from that fund 440. Stubson: withdraw motion Perkins: Intent to reduce current appropriation to complementary amount is my motion-adopted Gov rec as amended – Unit 1103 adopted Unit 1104 – Information management - adopted Unit 1105 –State Superintendent and leadership - adopted Unit 1152 – National Center for Education Statistics -adopted Unit 1153 – Youth Risk Behavior – Burkhart: I move to reduce funding to zero. Ross: It is all federal funds. Burkhart: I still make the motion Second Harshman: Irritated with study but has longitudinal data Greear: 30% of time for position used for this survey Nicholas: National posting of data, not a foundation of truth, why condone tests when information is false. Burkhart: I stand by my motion Wasserburger: Having read the survey, some questions are inappropriate for kids. This is used for grant writing. Connolly: on and against the amendment. Test has been normed, gives valid information, use it to reduce teen pregnancy Motion failed Division called – 5 in favor, amendment failed Unit 1153 – gov rec adopted 1/21/2016 11:45:02 AM 1200 –Accountability & Communications Unit 1202- Senate Youth program - adopted Unit 1203 –Communications – adopted Harshman: Time out on 1203. 5 positions, new unit Burkhart: notes say one is FT support of Board of Education, time spent on Hathaway scholarship work. Unit 1204 – CTE Maintenance of Effort - adopted Unit 1205 – CTE Finance - adopted Unit 1207 – School Safety and Security – adopted Wasserburger – note on unit 1207 – I move to eliminate 0026 position for $212,515. Recommendation was that they do not need this position Perkins: Position 0026? page 88, priority 6, Harshman: table on pg 91 Greear: What does position do? Wasserburger: office of homeland security – school safety Perkins: Onsite asbestos and maintenance – does not address security issues Burns: Revenue neutral and transfer of position. Is it occupied? Hibbard: I believe so but vacancy report will identify clearly. Ross: motion to cut position 0026 – Division called – adopted Burkhart: With the adoption of that motion, should we remove all of the 200 series or would they be administered through another unit Richards: Can reduce travel, telecommunications, choice on grant fees, Burkhart: I move to zero out item 0222 and 0240 – I believe 0222 is a technical error and should be 0221 from the previous page. Zero out travel and telecommunications – passed Connolly: Unit 1207 – I voted wrong. Burkhart: We left in money for bullying, etc. We did not eliminate the entire unit Connolly: a motion to reconsider - failed Unit 1207 gov rec as amended - adopted Unit 1208 – State accountability –adopted Unit 1210- After School Alliance – Harshman: Unit 1210 -adopted Unit 1212 – Tribal Triad – 1/21/2016 11:56:20 AM Perkins: unit 1212 – I move to zero out the money. Testimony that we could not get the report from the contractor. Ross: I think we did get the report. Williams: That report was from gov office Motion to zero out-adopted. Unit 1212 – gov rec as amended - adopted. Return at 1230 –