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A
Now
I'm
teasing
all
right,
I'll
go
ahead
and
call
the
fourth
and
I
guess
final
meeting
of
the
budget
review
subcommittee
on
General
government
session
call
to
order
and
I
think
I'm
the
only
member
here
today
at
this
time
anyway,
there's
several
committees
going
on
and
it's
just
a
busy
time.
So
I
do
ask
that
you
mute
your
cell
phones
and
if
our
first
presenters
would
like
to
come
up,
oh,
oh,
you
still
have
to
call
Raul.
A
Yeah,
we'll
wait,
we'll
wait!
Okay
and
this
time
the
State
Board
of
Elections
I'll.
Let
you
introduce
yourselves
and
go
ahead
and
proceed.
B
B
B
B
B
B
The
poll
books
verify
that
a
person
is
eligible
to
vote.
It
pulls,
you
know,
uses
the
driver's
license
to
or
an
ID.
It
will
verify
whether
or
not
they've
already
voted.
If
it's
a
person
that
applied
for
a
an
absentee
ballot,
it
will
pull
up
that
that
ballot
has
already
been
issued
and
returned.
So
it's
a
quick
and
easy
way
to
check
in
voters
at
the
polling,
location
and
move
them
on
with
their
ballot.
B
It
also
provides
a
signed
historical
record
of
each
voter's
check-in,
so
we
will
have
that
history,
as
we
you
know,
as
the
poll
as
the
polls
close.
It
also
captures
when
and
where
the
vote
was
cast.
If
a
person
went
to
a
vote
Center
and
they
cast
their
ballot
at
123,
it's
going
to
capture
that
information
when
they
signed
in
it
also
provides
the
voter
with
the
correct
ballot.
B
Also,
these
systems
are
in
no
way
connected
to
the
voting
equipment
or
the
internet
for
the
voting
equipment
and
the
system.
The
the
centralized
data,
the
voter
data
for
all
kentuckians
is
securely
housed
at
an
entirely
separate
SB
server
system
owned
by
USB.
It
is
our
system,
so
when
we
reached
out
to
do
the
budget,
the
biennium
budget
came
to
our
senior
engineer
here
and
architect
that
developing
our
own
in-house
solution
would
be.
You
know
a
good.
B
It
would
be
a
good
thing
for
all
of
Kentucky,
so
we
began
the
process
of
putting
that
in
our
biennium
budget.
It
allows
voter
data
to
be
kept
entirely
at
the
agency.
It
would
be
totally
secure
there.
All
Communications
are
kept
within
the
secure
Kentucky
Network.
That
is
part
of
the
SBE
network
of
voter
data.
B
It
removes
the
complexity
presented
by
having
multiple
vendors.
It's
housed
in
one
location,
similar.
Our
voter
registration
system
is
one.
It's
us,
not
multiple.
Vendors
modifications
and
functionality
can
be
added
more
efficiently.
If
it's,
you
know
our
system,
we
can
upgrade
as
we
need
customization.
If
we
want
to
do
any
customization
to
the
system,
it
is
more
financially
affordable
in
that
sense,
because
we
are
doing
it
ourselves,
each
poll
book
is
synchronized
via
a
secure
connection
to
SBE
servers
and
no
other
place.
B
All
data
is
readily
available
for
backup
and
verification
purposes,
so,
for
instance,
on
Election
Day,
we
are
able
to
verify
update
throughout
the
voting
process
and
we
believe
it's
more
financially
beneficial
for
the
counties,
because
we,
you
know,
started
this
process
to
have
support
and
maintenance
be
offered
through
the
state
as
opposed
to
individual
counties
and
help
them
with
their
election
expenses.
B
B
We've
also
acquired
new
and
upgraded
existing
Personnel
Hardware
projects
that
we
Investments
We
Believe
by
the
close
of
fiscal
year.
23
continued
training
for
existing
and
new
employees
were
ongoing
with
that
and
have
been
now
as
we
bring
new
people
on
we're
acquiring
one
new
network
analyst
employee.
B
B
So
if
someone
has
a
question
about
that,
I
certainly
will
defer
to
Tom
and
new
servers
which
people
are
kind
of
familiar
with
servers,
I'm
not
as
familiar
detail
wise,
but
that
helps
to
isolate
the
data
and
acquiring
new
server
switches.
Again.
That's
it
lingo
and
acquiring
Enterprise
server,
software
and
maintenance
contracts
and
acquiring
devices
and
software
for
development
and
testing
and
all
of
these
pieces
we
need
in
place
before
we
can
move
forward
with
the
true
development
of
the
project.
B
B
So
back
in
in
the
budget
back
in
the
biennium,
when
we
were
preparing
our
binding
budget
last
year,
that's
part
of
this
fiscal
23
and
24..
We
determined
that
building
our
own
in-house
SBE
building
their
our
own
in-house
EPO
Book
Project,
would
be
beneficial
to
the
counties
and
all
kentuckians,
as
opposed
to
having
multiple
vendors
as
part
of
the
poll
book
project.
B
So
that's
why
we
did
it.
We
decided
it
was
the
right
thing
to
do.
We,
you
know
already
own
our
voter
registration
data
that
is
Statewide,
that's
housed
at
SBE.
We
also
have
the
absentee
portal,
which
is
housed
at
SBE,
and
we
built
that
ourselves.
We
also
have
the
election
night
reporting,
which
we
house
that
ourselves
and
built
that
ourselves
and
part
of
the
reason
we
built
that
ourselves
is,
is
to
remove
ourselves
from
a
vendor
that
was
foreign
and
so
now,
all
of
these
pieces
that
we
house
at
SBE
are
domestic.
B
A
B
B
Or
currently
an
amount
that
counties
apply
to
us
or
provide
an
application
to
us
and
we
pay
them
255
dollars
per
Precinct.
So,
given
that
255
dollars
probably
doesn't
pay
for
one
poll
worker
at
one
Precinct
in
many
counties,
some
counties
are
a
hundred
dollars
per
poll
worker.
So
some
are
three
hundred
dollars
per
poll.
Worker
depends
on
how
hard
it
is,
but
one
of
the
things
that
looking
toward
the
2024
you
know
the
next
biennium.
We
would
like
to
look
at
doing
something
about
this.
B
This
statute,
possibly
doing
it
a
little
differently,
not
by
Precinct
by
boater
population.
We
feel
that
will
be
more
Equitable
across
the
counties.
But
you
know,
based
on
your
question:
255
dollars
per
Precinct
is
pretty
low
and
I
believe
that
was
in
1984..
B
B
So
it's
it's
quite
a
bit
of
difference.
There's
two
other
statutes
that
we
also
could
consider
they're
in
statute.
One
is
KRS
116.145.
We
pay
the
counties
25
cents
per
each
new
newly
registered
voter.
Now
that's
annual
I
believe
correct,
correct.
B
B
Right
now,
it's
50
cents
per
registered
voter
for
costs
of
personnel
necessary
to
conduct
elections.
I
will
tell
you
as
well
that's
another
one.
That's
been
in
statute
for
many
many
years
and
50
cents
per
registered.
Voter
many
counties
have
one
two,
three
deputies
that
do
nothing
but
election
work
every
day
that
they're
there,
whether
it's
voter
registration,
recruitment
of
poll
workers.
There
is
always
something
that
the
counties
are
doing
toward
elections.
A
C
Yes,
the
statute
states
that
it's
a
maximum
of
50
cents,
but
that's
based
on
what
we
are
given
as
our
appropriation
each
year
and
that
can
fluctuate
I've
seen
it
fluctuate
from
34
cents
up
to
50
cents
during
the
pandemic,
so
the
maximum
is
50
Cents
and
that's
that
is
declared
they
are
paid
for
that
annually
in
may,
as
well.
For
that
period,.
A
B
B
A
A
E
Okay,
I'm
Megan
sanfis
I
am
the
executive
director
of
The
Office
of
broadband
development.
This
is
a
role
that
I
started
about
six
months
ago
and
it's
been
very
busy
since
then,
and
it's
been
exciting,
so
so,
just
a
little
about
myself.
I
spent
18
years
working
at
the
Northern
Kentucky
area,
development,
District
working
on
the
state
and
local
government,
Community
Development
and
public
administration
projects,
including
infrastructure
projects.
E
So
since
September
I've
been
meeting
with
stakeholders
managing
the
first
round
of
Grants,
we
also
have
the
poll
replacement
grant
that
opened
in
September.
Those
are
both
funded
out
of
the
state
and
local
fiscal
recovery
funds
from
arpa
we've
staged
our
website
and
we've
been
working
on
expanding
the
capacity
of
the
office
with
adding
staff
and
contractor.
We
have
myself
and
one
other
full-time
employee
currently
and
we
are
in
the
Pro
in
the
process
of
hiring
additional
staff.
E
We've
also
contracted
with
connected
nation,
which
is
a
kentucky-based
non-profit,
with
over
20
years
of
experience
in
Broadband
development.
So
this
contract
was
provided
for
in
the
legislation
that
passed
last
year
and
they
are
helping
us
with
our
planning
and
mapping
efforts,
as
well
as
augmenting
our
staff
capacity.
E
So
these
are
some
of
the
activities
we've
been
working
on.
We
were
awarded
our
bead
initial
planning
funds.
Bead
is
the
Broadband
Equity
access
and
deployment
fund
through
the
ntia.
That
is
the
the
big
upcoming
round
of
funding
that,
were,
you
know,
actively
planning
for
at
this
time
we
had
our
U.S
treasury
capital
projects
fund
plan
approved
a
couple
months
ago,
and
that
was
the
182
million
dollars
for
deployment
projects
which
added
to
the
slfrf
funds,
totaled
300
million
dollars.
E
We
filed
over
15
000,
fixed
availability
challenges
to
the
FCC
Broadband
map
in
early
January
to
meet
the
ntia
deadline
because
they
are
using
the
FCC
data
to
determine
the
allocations
for
the
bead
funding
Nationwide,
and
we
are
currently
working
on
our
data
collection
for
our
Statewide
Broadband
map
working
with
the
internet
service
providers
around
the
state
to
collect
data
and
we're
anticipating
the
map
will
be
finished
in
early
May
and
also
working
on
our
Statewide
Broadband
plan.
E
So
just
this
is
just
a
quick
overview
of
the
funding
in
the
Commonwealth
for
Broadband
deployment,
the
first
round
of
funding
with
the
fiscal
recovery
funds
there
was
117
million
dollars
available
and
89.6
million
dollars
were
awarded
to
47
projects
for
34
000
new
locations,
and
that
was
a
total
investment
of
over
204
million
dollars.
E
The
pull
replacement
Grant
fund
is
open
for
applications.
There's
20
million
dollars
available
in
that,
and
that
will
reimburse
up
to
50
percent
up
to
five
thousand
dollars
per
Pole
to
extend
broadband
service
and
unserved
areas
we're
accepting
applications
there
that
that
was
for
any
projects
that
happened
after
July
1st
of
2022.
E
and
then
the
capital
projects
fund.
We
opened
our
grant
round
for
that
in
November
and
closed
it.
Last
month
there
was
206
million
dollars,
which
was
the
remaining
fiscal
recovery
funds,
as
well
as
the
entire
capital
projects
fund
allotment
and
the
pr
the
priority
there
was
for
no
service
locations,
which
is
the
locations
that
have
less
than
10
1
speed,
and
we
are
currently
in
the
challenge
process,
where
the
the
applications
that
came
in
are
being
challenged
by
incumbent
providers
or
providers
that
have
grants
or
plans
to
build
in
those
areas.
E
So
we
received
quite
a
few
applications.
103
applications
requesting
483
million
dollars
in
77
counties,
so
it
was,
there
was
quite
a
bit
more
interest
and
we
have
funds
for
to
award
at
this
point
and
we're
also
planning
for
the
bead
program
we're
expecting
to
get
our
allocation
from
the
ntia
at
the
end
of
June
and
I.
Think
the
estimates
we've
heard
you
know
range
from
about
700
million
dollars
up
to
1.3
billion.
So
you
know
hopefully
we'll
get
around
a
billion
dollars
for
additional
projects
in
Kentucky.
E
So,
just
an
overview
of
the
current
round
of
funding
that
we
are
evaluating.
Applications
for
this
was
the
program
designed
to
meet
the
U.S
treasury
capital
projects
fund
requirements,
as
well
as
the
requirements
of
krs-224a
1121.
So
the
priority
for
the
no
service
locations
and
a
higher
Grant
percentage
for
the
more
Rural
and
less
dense
projects
to
build
to
build
networks
that
will
exceed
meter
exceed
the
100
by
100
megabits
per
second
symmetrical
speed
and
a
lot
of
the
applications
that
we
received
were
proposing
gig
speeds
or
higher.
So
that
was
really
exciting.
E
It's
a
preference
for
fiber
optic
and
Last
Mile
projects,
the
participants
or
the
isps-
must
participate
in
the
affordable
connectivity
program,
which
is
a
FCC
subsidy
program
that
gives
eligible
people
a
30
a
month
discount
on
their
internet
subscriptions.
It
was
a
competitive
grant
program
and
the
projects
must
be
operational
by
December
31st
of
2026.
E
So
for
the
bead
program,
that
is
what
we're
preparing
for
there
is
42.45
billion
dollars
allocated
through
the
iija
for
Broadband
deployment,
Nationwide
and
each
state
is
guaranteed
a
minimum
of
100
million
dollars
and
the
remaining
funds
will
be
distributed
based
on
a
formula
that
considers
the
number
of
unserved
and
high
cost
locations
in
each
state.
So
we're
estimating
you
know
between
that
700
million
and
1.3
billion
dollars.
E
So
we
have
to
prepare
a
plan
and
a
proposal.
How
we'll
use
the
bead
funds
in
our
in
our
state
and
identify
local
and
Regional
broadband
service
needs
and
gaps.
This
is
important
because
we
know,
even
in
areas
where
there
is
a
really
high.
You
know,
availability
of
broadband
service,
there's
still
those
pockets
of
locations
that
haven't
been
served,
and
so
we've
got
to
get
to
to
those
people
to
make
sure
that
they
have
the
have
access
to
the
high-speed
internet.
We
also
have
to
develop
an
extremely
high
cost
per
location
threshold.
E
Yes,
okay,
so
our
planning
funds
were
awarded
in
November
and
we're
expecting
to
receive
our
allocation
at
the
end
of
June.
Our
Five-Year
Plan
is
due
in
August
to
the
ntia
and
following
the
allocations
we
have
to
submit
our
initial
proposal
of
how
we'll
spend
the
funds
to
the
ntia,
and
at
that
point,
when
that's
approved,
they
will
release
20
of
our
allocation.
So
then,
at
that
point
we
could
open
up
requests
for
projects
at
that
point
and
those
projects
have
to
be
completed
by
the
end
of
2027.
E
Yes,
okay,
so
the
initial
planning
Grant
we
received
will
support
the
short-term
planning
and
mapping
projects
that
we're
currently
underway
with,
as
well
as
Staffing
and
office
capacity
through
2027.
That's
it's.
You
know,
five-year
a
five-year
term
sort
of
like
the
like
the
whole
program.
We've
got
to
be
done
by
2027..
We
have
aligned
our
Outreach
and
planning
with
the
digital
Equity
plan,
which
is
also
another
ntia
program,
and
that
is
being
coordinated
through
the
education
and
labor
cabinet
and
we
have
been
holding
our
local
coordination
meeting
Statewide.
A
E
So
this
is
a
little
overview
of
where
we
we've
been
so
we'll
finish,
our
last
meeting
in
Northern
Kentucky
on
March
23rd,
but
we
have
been.
We
were
in
London
yesterday
in
Hazard
earlier
this
week,
so
we
will
also
be
conducting
additional
focus
group
meetings
to
get
additional
input
from
the
industry
groups
and
Workforce
Development
Healthcare,
as
well
as
state
and
local
government.
D
Like
this
no
I
feel
like
I'm
full
of
questions
today,
can
you
explain
about
the
poll
rep
pole
replacement,
Grant
just
refresh
my.
E
Memory
sure
so
replacement
issue,
so
the
Broadband
utilities
usually
don't
own
the
polls
that
they
attach
fiber
to,
and
so
when
there's
an
instance
where
an
electric
company
owns
a
poll
that
might
be
undersized
or
or
worn
that
needs
to
be
replaced
in
order
to
to
support
the
fiber.
This.
This
will
help
cover
the
cost
of
some
of
the
Make
Ready
engineering
requirements
of
the
the
Hang
attaching
to
the
polls.
E
D
Yeah,
it
was
that's
a
little
thorny,
a
while
back
one
more
sir
yeah
explain
that
if
you
would
briefly
the
challenge
process.
E
The
challenge
process
for
the
for
the
so
we
took
applications
that
were
proposing
service
to
specific
addresses
and,
and
you
know,
all
over
the
state,
and
so
if
there
is
a
situation
where
another
internet
service
provider
is
already
providing
service
there
or
has
plans
in
the
next
12
months
to
construct
service
there
or
has
received
another
Federal,
Grant
or
state
Grant.
To
to
do
that,
then
we
would.
We
would
request
the
applicant
remove
those
those
addresses
from
their
project.
E
Yes,
and
so
so
there,
there
was
a
penalty
written
into
the
legislation
that
if,
if
a
provider
challenged
a
an
address
and
was
and
was
successful
in
having
the
applicant,
remove
it
that
if
they
did
not
construct
that
that
service
within
12
months
or
up
to
18,
if
they
have
a
special
circumstance,
a
delay,
they
would
have
to
pay
the
amount
of
the
grant
plus
10
back
to
the
Commonwealth.
E
E
Area,
yes,
yeah,
the
the
still
the
no
service
and
then
the
unserved,
and
then
following
that
would
be
the
underserved,
which
is
the
locations
that
have
25
3
up
to
100
by
20
speeds.
Okay,.