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A
Good
morning,
I
would
like
to
welcome
the
joint
committee
on
finance
and
ways
and
means
for
our
full
committee
this
morning
and
I
would
like
to
we:
we
have
a
quorum
and
if
we
have
any
missing
members,
I'd
like
you
to
mark
them
here
as
they
arrive,
please-
and
I
this
first
week,
I'm
going
to
continue
to
read
the
standard
remarks
for
public
comment
until
the
public
gets
used
to
it
and
we
might
forego
that
in
future
meetings.
A
But
I'd
like
to
explain
how
virtual
meetings
committee
meetings
will
work,
since
this
is
still
a
new
process
for
the
for
us
and
for
the
public.
The
legislative
building
is
currently
closed
to
public
and
all
committee
meetings
will
be
held,
virtually
meaning
committee,
members,
staff
and
everyone
else
participating
through
either
zoom
video
conference
or
by
telephone.
A
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A
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A
B
A
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A
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agenda
all
right,
thank
you,
and
I
would
like
to
remind
members
again
that
if
we
have
questions
from
the
presenters
on
the
budget
accounts
being
presented,
please
put,
let
me
know
in
the
chat
that
we
use
for
this
zoom
meeting
so
that
I
can
recognize
you
and
forgive
me
if
I
get
a
little
scattered
and
I
miss
it,
but
I
will
I'll
be
checking
it
very
frequently.
A
So.
First,
we
have,
we
have.
We
have
four
budget
accounts
that
we'll
be
hearing
today,
two
from
the
treasurer's
office,
one
from
the
comptroller's
office
and
one
from
the
department
of
sentencing
policy.
A
First
up
today
we
have
the
treasures
office.
Welcome
treasurer
conan.
Will
you
please
begin
your
presentation.
C
B
C
Today,
by
our
deputy
treasurer,
amber
law,
who
is
exceptionally
capable
and
she'll
be
able
to
take
you
through
the
specific
details,
but
to
kick
it
off.
The
office
of
the
state
treasurer
was
created
in
1864
under
article
5,
section
19
of
the
constitution.
The
office
is
divided
into
six
functional
areas.
We
have
administration
cash
management,
debt
management,
investments,
our
college
savings
programs
and,
of
course,
unclaimed
property.
C
That's
the
total
amount
of
debt
obligation
authorized
on
behalf
and
in
the
name
of
the
state,
86
million
dollars
in
our
unclaimed
property
trust
fund,
29.1
billion
dollars
in
our
state's
college,
education
and
savings
programs.
And
yes,
that
means
that
our
programs
are
so
good
that
people
from
other
states
come
here
to
invest
in
them
and
1.9
billion
dollars
in
our
state's
pooled
collateral
program.
C
The
state
treasurer's
office
is
primarily
funded
through
assessments
and
trust
fund
transfers.
We
have
the
pleasure
of
being
one
of
the
state
agencies
that
pays
for
itself
and
then
some
at
this
point,
I'd
like
to
introduce
amber
law,
our
deputy
treasurer
of
cash
management
and
merchant
services
amber
is
a
certified
public
manager
and
has
served
in
government
accounting
since
2005..
C
D
Thank
you,
treasurer
conan,
hello,
madam
chairwoman
and
committee
members.
My
name
is
amber
law
and
I'm
the
deputy
treasurer
for
cash
management
and
merchant
services
for
the
state
of
nevada
treasurer's
office.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
present
our
budgets
to
you
today.
The
treasurer's
office
operates
under
10,
separate
budget
accounts
of
which
I'll
be
discussing
two
this
morning.
The
first
budget
account
I'll
be
discussing
is
budget
account,
1080,
titled
state,
treasurer
administration.
D
This
budget
account
operates
cash
management,
merchant
services,
debt
management
and
the
investment
divisions,
as
well
as
administration
costs
for
the
state
treasurer's
office.
Funding
for
budget
account
1080
allows
the
state
treasurer's
office
to
manage
financial
transactions
conducted
on
behalf
of
state
agencies
and
local
governments.
D
D
The
bond
will
be
due
in
january
of
2023
and
is
allocated
across
the
budget
accounts
and
programs
under
the
state
treasurer's
purview.
We
are
requesting
1
870
for
budget
account
1080
in
fiscal
year
23.
Only
the
allocations
across
the
budget
accounts
for
this
expenditure
match
the
state
treasurer's
salary
allocation
percentages,
which
are
as
follows:
budget
account,
1080,
20
budget
account,
1082
20
budget
account,
38,
15,
30
and
budget
account
1092
30.
D
Our
second
enhancement
is
under
e-228,
which
requests
funds
for
adobe
sign,
which
is
a
cloud-based
e-signature
service
that
allows
users
to
send
sign,
track
and
manage
signatures
for
a
variety
of
documents.
This
software
is
needed
due
to
covid19
pandemic
to
allow
for
electronic
submission
of
documents
rather
than
in-person
or
mailing
documents
that
contain
personal
or
sensitive
data.
D
D
Our
final
enhancements
for
this
budget
account
are
under
e-230
and
e-231,
which
requests
the
continuation
of
periodicals.
The
treasurer's
office
is
requesting
funding
for
the
purchase
of
two
periodicals,
the
wall
street
journal
and
the
financial
times.
These
periodicals
are
used
by
the
state,
treasurer
and
staff
for
comparative
and
financial
data.
A
D
A
Okay,
thank
you
miss
hagan.
Before
we
do
move
on
to
the
next
budget,
I
think
we
might
have
some
questions
on
this
particular
one.
Okay
and.
A
I'll
kick
that
off!
So
what?
What
is
the
impact?
The
rep
that
that
the
recommended
transfer
from
from
the
endowment
funds
for
both
upcoming
years
in
the
biennium
have
on
the
college
kickstart
program?.
D
F
G
G
That's
okay!
Let's
get
ahead
of
ourselves
here!
No!
I
my
mouse
just
appeared
in
my
screen.
I
had
to
find
him,
so
I
I
think
under
we
usually
don't
go
into
the
additional
items
too
much,
but
I
think
it's
important
that
these
one
shots.
G
We
have
a
little
bit
of
conversation
about
because
they're
they're
important
to
the
students,
so
the
44
million
for
the
governor
gwen
and
if
you
would
go
through
and
just
give
us
a
little
bit
on
each
one
of
these,
because
they
are
part
of
the
conversation
we'll
have
more
later,
but
I
think
it's
important.
We
get
it
on
the
record.
What
we're
doing
to
support
students.
B
Yeah,
I
don't
I'm
not
sure
if,
if,
if
assembly
with
women
carlton
wanted
to
expand
on
her
question
or
not,
but
my
question
was
about
the
it
was
about
the
e-signature
program.
It's
a
really
small
dollar
figure.
But
I
was
curious
as
to
are
you
not
using
these
signatures
currently
or
is
this
a
new
process
that
you're
adopting.
D
Oh,
thank
you.
This
is
amber
law
for
the
record.
We
are
currently
using
the
e-document
signature
platform
for
our
debt
division,
but
we
would
like
to
use
it
for
both
the
investment
and
the
debt
division
and
the
upcoming
biennium.
D
D
A
No
assembly
woman
benitez
thompson:
do
you
have
a
question
on
1080.
H
Yeah,
just
a
super
quick
one,
and
so
it
was
just
on
the
interagency
transfers,
because
that
looks
to
be
about
a
20
change
and-
and
so
I
was
just
wondering,
then,
if
those
were
kind
of
what
money
was
moving,
where
I'm
I'm
imagining
or
what
I
would
think
is
that
you're
you're
moving
money
from
some
of
the
the
self-funded
funds
in
into
this.
But
I
didn't
I
didn't
want
to
be
presumptuous,
so
I
just
thought
we
could
get
a
quick
note
about
that
on
the
record.
D
Sure,
thank
you
for
the
record.
My
name
is
amber
law.
Currently
we
set
up
a
salary
cost
allocation
for
the
treasurer's
salary.
The
treasury
salary
is
funded
out
of
budget
account
1080.
However,
we
are
transferring
portions
from
other
budget
accounts
to
reimburse
1080,
and
these
allocations
are
based
on
the
time
the
state
treasurer
spends
in
each
of
the
programs
listed
earlier.
D
H
F
That
I
was
probably
late
doing
that,
though,
so
back
to
the
cloud-based
e-signature.
F
I
would
imagine
that
we
have
agencies
across
the
state
that
are
using
or
should
be
using
the
e-signature,
and
I'm
not
sure
if
you
could
answer
this
or
not,
but
it
seems
like
the
state
could
have
a
license
and
then
you
add
different
agencies
potentially
and
maybe
that's
how
it
works
right
now.
So
I
guess
the
question
is
whether
this
licensure
is
strictly
for
the
treasurer's
office,
or
is
this
in
addition
to
a
broader
license?
That's
with
the
state
for
the
state.
D
F
Thank
you,
so
maybe
that's
a
question
for
our
information
systems.
Folks
is
if
we
there's
efficiencies
to
getting
a
state
license
and
then
additions
as
we
need,
if
it's
a
number
of
license
number
of
users
for
that
license,
because
I
think
there's
probably
some
money
to
be
saved
if
we're
not
doing
it
one
at
a
time.
D
D
Okay,
our
next
budget
account
we'll
be
discussing
is
budget
account
1092,
which
is
titled
nevada
college
savings,
trust
the
nevada
savings
division
is
responsible
for
administering
various
college
savings
programs
throughout
the
state,
including
the
five
nationwide
521
college
savings
plans,
the
nevada
prepaid
tuition
program,
the
nevada
college
kickstart
program
and
the
governor
gwen
millennium
scholarship
program.
This
division
is
also
responsible
for
the
student
loan
ombudsman
program,
in
addition
to
maintaining
a
comprehensive
scholarship
database
and
administering
five
twenty
month,
nine
matching
grant
programs
tia
mathis
coleman.
D
The
deputy
treasurer
of
the
college
savings
division
is
here
with
us
today
to
provide
additional
details
on
the
program
and
outreach
activities
to
date.
In
addition
to
answering
any
questions
you
may
have,
after
my
presentation,
the
nevada
college
savings
programs
are
funded
by
fees
via
revenue
contracts.
With
our
third-party
investment
program
managers,
the
fees
are
deposited
into
budget
account
1094.
D
The
college
savings
endowment
account.
Our
first
budget
enhancement
is
under
e-225
and
request.
Continued
funding
for
the
state
treasurer's
bond,
based
on
a
four-year
term.
We
are
requesting
2
805
for
budget
account
1092
and
fiscal
year
23.
Only
the
allocations
across
the
budget
accounts
for
this
expenditure
match
the
state
treasurer's
salary
allocation
percentages,
as
mentioned
earlier.
D
Our
third
enhancement
is
under
e-229,
which
requests
continued
funding
for
the
iq
or
internet
quorum,
annual
maintenance
cost
via
the
state's
master
service
agreement
with
shi
and
each
server
cost
for
storage.
The
treasurer's
office
is
requesting
continued
funding
to
support
the
iq
software
iq
software
is
a
communications
and
process
management
tool.
The
college
savings
division
will
use
to
streamline
internal
workflows,
schedule
events
track
data,
streamline
communications
and
citizen
engagement,
with
email
campaigns
and
survey
capabilities.
D
In
addition,
the
software
provides
client,
tracking
and
monitoring
services
to
be
used
by
the
division,
to
link
participants
to
other
programs
and
scholarship
opportunities
offered
by
the
division.
We
are
requesting
7
612
in
both
fiscal
year,
22
and
23
to
continue
this
contract
and
eats
server
hosting
costs.
D
D
Our
fifth
enhancement
is
under
e-231,
which
requests
a
seven
percent
annual
contract
revenue
for
additional
marketing
spent.
The
treasurer's
office
isn't
requesting
to
increase
its
budgetary
authority
in
category
20
from
the
prior
legislatively
approved
fiscal
year.
2020
budget
consistent
with
nrs,
353b,
0.350
or
7
of
the
revenue
and
budget
account
1094
under
revenue,
gl
3803,
titled,
contract
revenue
pursuant
to
the
marketing
definition
in
nrs
353
b
.003,
we
have
accounted
a
portion
of
the
salary
for
certain
college
savings
division,
employees
and
deducted
this
amount
from
our
request.
G
D
494
dollars
in
fiscal
year,
22
and
23
to
support
these
programs
and
their
initiatives.
This
concludes
our
budget
presentation
for
1092
and
I
would
like
to
mention
that
our
deputy
treasurer
tia
necklace
coleman
is
here
with
us.
If
you
have
any
questions.
A
And-
and
we
do
have
several
questions
on
this-
this
budget
account,
I
think
I'll
start
with
senator
hammond.
E
Thank
you,
mr
mr
chair,
thank
you
for
being
here
this
morning,
a
quick
question,
because
I'm
just
trying
to
get
used
to
or
get
familiar
with
this
it
looks
like
you
have
a
budget
request
of
161
000
plus
to
do
some
advertising,
and
I
would
imagine-
and
as
I'm
reading
this
that
you
have,
this
is
a
continuation.
So
you've
probably
been
doing
this
with
this
particular
vendor
for
a
while
one
of
the
things
that
I
noticed
was
that
I
guess
it's
two-part
question
one.
E
I've
noticed
that
you
one
of
the
the
needs.
Not
only
are
you
going
to
be
doing
some
stuff
on
social
media
but
you're
doing
events
with
nevada
families
in
their
communities.
Just
out
of
curiosity,
do
you
have
a
list
of
the
events
that
you've
done
in
the
past
year
or
two,
so
we
could
look
at
where
you're
having
these
events-
and
you
know
what
kind
of
impact
it
has
had.
E
I'd
like
to
you
know,
be
able
to
see
what
I
guess,
what
outcomes
we
can
come
to
expect
in
the
next
year,
but
based
on
the
ones
that
we've
had
in
the
past
and
then
two
is
there
a
certain
number?
Is
there
a
certain
number
of
participants
you
need
in
the
program
every
year
in
order
to
keep
this
program
going
before
you
know
we
end
up
paying
for
it,
probably
out
of
general
funds.
C
Treasurer
conan
for
the
record
I'll
I'll
start
off
and
then
pass
it
over
to
tms
coleman,
our
deputy
there.
So
we
can
absolutely
provide
a
list.
We've
done
a
little
bit
more
than
107
events
over
the
span
of
the
pandemic,
ranging
from
planners
on
how
people
can
sign
up
and
use
fafsa
programs
to
how
the
millennium
scholarship
could
work
for
you,
how
to
claim
your
college
kickstart,
etc,
etc,
and
some
of
those
have
been
direct
through
our
office.
C
Some
have
been
through
partnerships
with
other
groups
and
then
to
answer
your
other
question.
You
know
our
office
from
a
college
savings
perspective
is
funded
completely
through
dollars,
paid
under
contract
from
our
partners
in
the
investment
space,
so
those
that
do
work
in
the
state
on
the
529
plans,
there
are
no
general
fund
dollars,
and
here,
of
course,
if
those
dollars
decreased,
we
would
be
using
less
of
them
to
to
market
and
less
of
them
to
fund
the
trust
fund.
C
E
Oh
thank
you
that
that
clarifies
a
lot
of
things
and
I
I
get
that
you
don't,
and
hopefully,
mr
you
don't
mind
if
I
ask
this
one
clarifying
one.
I.
C
E
That's
not
the
intent
or
the
hope
to
actually
use
general
fund.
Nobody
wants
to
do
that.
They
want.
You
know,
programs
to
pay
for
themselves,
but
if
it
were
to
decrease,
would
that
would
that
have
to
happen,
because
we
have
an
obligation
to
those
who
are
still
in
the
program.
C
Thank
you,
treasurer
conan,
for
the
record,
so
most
of
our
efforts
in
marketing
are
in
incenting
and
getting
new
people
in
the
program.
New
people
planning
for
saving
for
paying
for
college.
The
actual
administration
of
dollars
that
are
currently
in
the
program
is
primarily
not
handled
with
these
dollars.
It's
handled
by
the
partners
in
that
space.
C
So
is
there
a
conceptual
time
period
where,
if
we
stopped
pulling
in
money
into
the
endowment
fund
and
continued
spending
at
this
rate,
we
would
have
a
problem
absolutely,
but
we
look
at
this
every
year
and
we
only
spend
the
money
that
we
have
and
the
money
we're
sure
we're
going
to
have
in
the
future
and
all
that's
handled
contractually.
It's
not
a
surprise
when
the
money
shows
up
from
our
partners.
A
Thank
you,
chair
carlton,.
G
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
and
to
briefly
follow
up
on
senator
hammond's
comments.
We
we
do
realize
that
they're,
not
general
fund
dollars,
but
we
know
when
times
get
tough
marketing
is
one
of
the
things
that
we
take.
A
really
close
look
at
to
make
sure
that
you
know
we're
in
a
good
position,
because
we
don't
know
what
might
be
coming
around
the
corner
again.
G
It's
it's
a
great
thing
to
do
when
you
have
the
resources,
but
we
always
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
on
solid
ground
before
we
use
those
dollars,
because
those
dollars
could
be
used
another
way
so
just
to
kind
of
circle
around
on
on
that
particular
provision,
I'm
going
to
go
back
to
some
basics,
because
some
of
us
might
not
really
get
how
this
is
going
to
work,
and
we
all
want
to
make
sure
that
the
dollars
are
there
for
the
kickstart
program.
G
Since
we've
made
a
commitment
to
these
families,
so
the
program
is
going
to
move
from
a
cash
model
to
an
actuarially
based
accounting
model.
If
you
would
expand
on
that
a
little
bit
so
that
we
have
a
real
feel
for
exactly
what
you're
going
to
be
doing,
because
we
don't
want
a
couple
years
from
now
to
come
back
and
say:
whoops,
we
missed
and
there'll
be
a
general
fund
impact.
C
Treasure
conan
for
the
record
first
off.
If
I
could
make
a
comment,
I
completely
agree
right
and
we
think
that
it's
deeply
important
to
make
sure
that
we're
spending
the
money
on
marketing,
especially
at
a
time
when
we
know
that
nevadans
are
hurting
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
they
can
get
access
to
the
programs
that
we're
already
paying
for.
But
I
completely
agree
marketing
is,
to
some
extent
a
luxury.
C
We
want
to
make
sure
that
we
take
care
of
our
needs
before
we
take
care
of
our
luxuries
from
a
college
kickstart
perspective.
Historically,
the
way
the
program
works
is
when
a
cohort
of
kindergartners
go
into
the
program.
Fifty
dollars
is
put
aside
for
each
of
those
kindergarteners
into
the
college.
Kickstart
account
that's
that
thirteen
million
eight
hundred
and
forty
nine
thousand
eighty
three
dollars
funded,
which
currently
has
a
market
value
as
of
february
first
of
seventeen
million
six
hundred
and
fifty
eight
thousand
three
hundred
and
fifty
dollars.
C
C
We've
done
different
things
and
continue
to
try
and
increase
that
number
through
our
marketing
efforts
through
partnerships
with
other
groups,
to
try
and
get
kindergartners
to
claim,
but
folks
need
to
claim
those
accounts.
Otherwise
they
sit
dormant.
Now
there
was
some
back
and
forth
legislatively
and
I
don't
want
to
go
all
the
way
through
the
history,
but
certainly
we
could
where
that
money
was
going
to
be
taken
to
use
for
other
purposes
and
then
put
back.
C
C
Take
a
much
more
conservative
view
of
that.
Keep
that
money
there
but
use
the
rest
of
the
money
for
other
purposes,
and
in
this
case
we've
been
working
with
the
governor's
finance
office
to
try
and
lower
the
cost
of
the
governor
when
millennium
scholarship
one
shot
by
taking
money
out
of
the
trust
fund
and
using
it
for
the
one
shot,
and
in
order
to
do
that,
one
of
the
things
we
need
to
do
is
decrease
our
burn
rate.
Our
spend
rate
on
the
trust
fund.
The
best
way
to
do
that.
C
C
Our
goal
here,
assemblywoman
carlton
and
we've-
we've
talked
about
this
a
lot,
and
I
know
how
you
feel
here
and
I
know
how
everybody
else
feels
we
want
to
make
sure
that
those
dollars
are
available
for
kids
when
they
come
to
claim
them
right.
That
was
the
promise
that
was
made.
That's
the
promise
we're
going
to
keep.
C
We
just
know
that
we're
not
going
to
get
to
100
claim
rate
and
college
kickstart
we've,
never
gotten
anywhere
close
to
100
claim
rate
in
college
kickstarts.
We
feel
comfortable
at
least
while
we're
in
the
budget
crunch
we're
in
as
well
we're
finding
every
general
fund
dollar.
We
can
to
make
sure
we
don't
have
to
cut
needed.
Programs
like
the
governor,
glenn
millennium
scholarship
want
to
make
sure
that
we
can
pull
dollars
back
in
that
are
dormant
and
sitting
on
the
sideline.
C
So
that's
the
why,
hopefully,
that
answers
the
question
happy
to
go
into
any
more
detail.
If
I
could.
G
And,
and
thank
you
treasure,
thank
you,
mr
chairman.
If
I
could
just
briefly,
you
know,
follow
up,
we,
we
have
a
lot
of
new
members
on
this
committee
and
some
of
some
of
the
folks
have
not
have
not
been
around
for
this
conversation,
so
the
more
information
they
get
about
it.
Now,
I
I
think
better,
and
it
is
a
promise
we
did
make.
G
It's
a
promise,
we're
expected
to
keep,
but
I
think
we
have
to
be
realistic
in
the
fact
that
if
parents
do
not
claim
these
dollars
at
some
time
in
the
future,
we're
going
to
have
to
have
a
conversation
about
general
fund
dollars
sitting
there
waiting
to
be
claimed
when
there
are
so
many
other
needs
in
the
state
right
now,
but
we
do
want
to
give
parents
every
opportunity
to
add
money
to
that
529.
G
So,
mr
treasurer,
you
do
have
the
parent
will
have
a
side
by
side
account
with
with
the
state.
So
the
kickstart
is
in
in
in
like
one
little
silo
and
then
the
the
parents
that
contribute
are
in
another
little
silo
and
we
have
a
record
of
all
of
those
and
the
time
frames
and
that
could
all
be
available
to
the
committee.
If
we
would
need
it.
C
Treasurer
conan
for
the
record.
We
have
massive
amounts
of
data.
We
deeply
love
data
over
here,
you're
correct
that
the
kickstart
monies
exist
in
a
ledger
account
which
is
separate
from
a
529
account
or
prepaid
tuition,
account
that
that
student
would
set
up,
but
the
goal
there,
of
course,
is
to
use
those
accounts.
Too.
Sorry
start
a
conversation
about
college
savings
and.
C
Thank
you
ma'am.
I
appreciate
that,
and
so
you
know,
that's
always
been.
That's
always
been
the
goal
and
of
course,
we've
been
working
to
try
and
connect
those
two
things
together
so
that
they
become
not
just
correlated
but
but
causated
right
that
there's
a
there's,
a
creation
of
an
account
through
that
process,
and
that
continues
to
be
a
push
and
one
of
the
things
we
use
marketing
dollars.
For
I
would
one
clarification.
C
The
dollars
that
go
into
kickstart
come
from
our
education
endowment
account,
which
is
specifically
for
the
education
purposes
set
up
by
the
legislature.
Now
we're
able
to
take
those
and
use
them
for
education
purposes
if
we're
able
to
pass
a
budget
bill
and-
and
this
is
in
the
legislature's
territory.
So
I
don't
want
to
sound
like
I'm
an
expert
because
I'm
not
but
effectively,
we
can
get
those
dollars
back
into
the
general
fund
to
help
with
the
millennium
scholarship
one
shot
with
some
budgetary
legislative
changes.
G
A
Thank
you,
chair,
carlton,
thank
and
thank
you
treasurer
for
putting
that
into
plain
english,
to
make
it
a
little
easier
for
me
to
understand
exactly
how
those
funds
are
are
separated
and-
and
I
that
this
is
a
big
issue
and
I
think
it's
a
big
move,
and
so
this
is
what
I
think
we
have
the
most
questions
on.
So
I
appreciate
you
breaking
that
down.
For
us,
assemblywoman
tolls
has
a
question
as
well.
J
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
and
good
to
see
you
treasurer,
conan
and
great
to
come
back
and
revisit
some
work
that
we.
J
G
J
That
the
ombudsman
did
as
well
as
one
of
the
things
that
we
predicted
was
that
the
scholarship
database
would
actually
be
a
savings
to
the
treasurer's
office,
because
it
would
help
reduce
some
of
the
workload
in
managing
all
the
phone
calls
by
being
able
to
give
a
portal
for
people
just
to
go
to
the
treasurer's
website
and
search
out
the
available
scholarships
connecting
those
students
with
those
dollars.
J
So
just
wondering
if
we
did
actually
see
that
savings
of
time
to
the
staff
and
if
you
could
help
expand
a
little
bit
more
on
the
request
for
161
494
dollars
and
how
much
of
that
encompasses
the
ombudsman's
program,
the
the
scholarship
database
or
just
more
is
that
assigned
to
general
marketing.
So
I
know
I
threw
three
different
questions.
Ombudsman
scholarship
database
and
then
just
that
particular
line
item
in
the
budget
request.
C
Thank
you,
assemblyman
treasurer
conan
for
the
record
I'll
do
my
level
best
here
on
the
scholarship
database.
One
of
the
best
things
we've
seen
is
that
it
allows
and
calls
for
other
scholarships,
so
people
reach
out
to
the
office
because
they've
got
a
scholarship
for
whatever
purpose
that
hasn't
been
funded.
It's
a
lot
of
times
private
scholarships
and
then
we're
able
to
take
our
navigator,
which
was
a
position
that
you
all
approved
last
time
around
and
our
navigator
is
able
to
work
with
individuals
and
really
help
them
find
programs
right.
C
So
we've
seen
an
increase
in
effectiveness
in
the
number
of
people
that
that
navigator
is
able
to
help,
and
especially
because
it's
online
now
we
aren't
in
person.
So
it's
a
lot
harder
to
go
through
that
process.
Now,
there's
nothing
quite
as
much
fun
as
bringing
out
the
binder
with
the
laminated
pages
of
the
different
scholarship
database
and
having
students
flip
through
it
at
an
event
and
find
things
that
really
resonate
with
them,
but
until
we
can
get
back
to
doing
it
in
person,
it's
been
really
effective
online.
C
I
think
we'd
like
to
professionalize
it
a
little
bit.
As
you
know,
the
promise
was
to
do.
G
C
Last
time,
and-
and
we
did
that,
but
I
want
to
make
sure
that
that
we
can
professionalize
it
up
for
the
student
loan
on
buzzperson
I'll.
Just
take
a
moment
to
shout
out
to
evelyn
castro,
the
state's
first
student
loan
on
bud's
person
she's
been
doing
a
heck
of
a
job
really
setting
up
a
program
from
gazero
right
because
there
are
a
couple
of
student
loan
on
bus
people
in
the
country.
C
But
it's
a
big
job,
a
lot
of
different
ways
to
do
it,
and
one
of
the
things
that
she's
found
massive
success
in
is
just
through
the
sort
of
dogged
persistence
that
we've
come
to
expect
from
our
college
savings
department
right
making
sure
we
can
drag
people
to
find
ways
to
plan
for
safe
for
and
pay
for
college.
Just
last
week,
evelyn
has
been
working
with
the
with
the
federal
government.
C
There's
something
called
the
public
interest
loan
forgiveness
program,
which
has
been
generally
ineffective
at
doing
what
it
was
supposed
to
do,
which
was
provide
loan
forgiveness
for
individuals
who
would
work
public
sector
jobs
and
so
evelyn
was
able
to
work
with
them
to
help
a
nevada
teacher
actually
get
more
than
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
worth
of
student
loan
debt
forgiven.
C
That's
going
to
change
that
teacher's
life
and
that's
the
sort
of
work
that
the
ombuds
person
is
doing
I'll
turn
it
over
to
a
deputy,
tia,
mathis
coleman
and
deputy
law
to
go
through
any
specifics
on
the
extension.
But
but
our
goal
with
that
additional
money
is
both
to
is
to
expand
the
great
work,
that's
being
done
to
do
more
events
to
make
sure
we're
reaching
out
to
more
communities
and
get
the
word
out
so
that
people
apply
for
the
federal
dollars
that
are
available
to
them.
C
People
apply
for
the
college
savings
scholarships
that
exist.
We
continue
to
grow
our
programs,
but
I'll
turn
over
the
team
if
they've
got
any
additional
color
on
that
front.
Thank
you.
L
The
only
thing
that
I
would
add
what,
with
what
treasurer
conan
was
stating
is
that,
like
many
organizations,
our
division
had
to
shift
during
march
of
2020,
and
we
really
had
to
focus
the
goals
for
the
college
savings
division-
and
I
know
we've
talked
a
lot
this
morning
about
marketing
dollars,
but
we
like
to
think
of
marketing
dollars
as
our
tools
to
help
us
educate,
nevada's
families
on
all
of
the
tools
and
resources
that
our
office
has,
so
that
they
learn
how
that
they,
how
that
they
and
their
families
can
plan
pay
and
save
for
post-secondary
education.
L
So
we
have
done
a
lot
of
virtual
events
over
the
course
of
2020.
Like
treasurer
conan
stated,
we've
also
increased
a
lot
of
our
social
media.
We've
redesigned
our
website
to
be
user
friendly
for
nevada
families,
so
that
they
can
have
access
to
the
scholarship
database
and
other
resources
and
tools
to
help
their
families.
L
A
lot
of
students
and
families
have
access
to
social
media,
so
we
are
able
to
basically
help
them
and
we're
meeting
families
where
they're
at
so
we
in
the
past,
we
were
going
into
the
libraries
we
were
going
into
the
high
schools
and
we
were
offering
financial
aid
workshops
and
presentations,
and
now
we're
doing
all
of
that
virtually
so
we're
really
just
hoping
to
continue
to
expand
as
more
and
more
people
go
on
to
our
pages.
We
want
to
be
able
to
provide
more
and
more
resources
to
help
those
families.
A
Assemblywoman
benitez
thompson
has
a
question
regarding
this
too.
I
believe.
H
Thank
you
so
much
chair
brooks.
I
I
appreciate
that
so
I
I
want
to
make
sure
that
I'm
looking
at
the
information
correct,
because
we've
been
talking
about
one
set
of
marketing
dollars,
but
there's
in
the
budget
three
different
sets
of
marketing
dollars,
so
the
putnam
marketing
dollars
stay
consistent
and
flat
at
50
000
and
that's
specific
to
the
the
529
programs
right.
H
But
then
we
also
so
then
there's
the
college
savings
and
I
need
to
be
reminded
from
staff
what
the
actual
was
that
we
approved
last
biannual
biennium,
I
see
the
2019
2020
actual
is
just
68
000,
I
want
to
say
we
approved
a
little
bit
more.
I
see
the
work
program
for
the
rest
of
this
biennium
153
000,
but
then
just
looking
at
what
was
requested
over
last
biennium
versus.
H
What's
in
gov
wreck
this
biennium,
I
mean
it's
a
significant
difference
right
and
up
to
317
thousand
dollars
so
and
then
there's
also
the
financial
literacy
marketing
account
as
well,
which
looks
to
be
significantly
higher.
So
I
just
want
to
see
if
my
understanding
of
that
is
correct,
if
I'm,
if
I'm
reading
or
processing
this
information,
in
a
way
that
that
I
shouldn't
be.
C
Treasurer
conan
for
the
record
I'll
turn
it
over
to
our
fiscal
staff.
On
that
front,.
H
I
can
do
it,
no,
no
you're
fine,
good
morning,
tara,
hagan,
chief
deputy
for
the
record,
so
that's
correct,
so
just
to
kind
of
walk
through.
We
have
what
we
call
the
non-cash
revenue,
so
those
are
agreements
that
we
have
contractually
with
those
partners.
You
brought
up
the
putnam,
which
you
know
is
dollars
then
spent
in
nevada
specific
to
the
putnam
529
plan.
H
We
also
have
the
non-cash
revenue
associated
with
the
program
manager,
a
census,
and
so
that's
the
other
4529
but
associated
with
monies
in
nevada,
and
we
do
have
the
the
category
20,
which
is
the
cash
revenue
marketing
that
we're
talking
about
today
and
requesting
the
enhancement
from
the
three
percent,
which
was
the
base
of
153
000
up
to
the
additional
162
162
round
up
a
little
bit,
it's
162
000
and
then
yes,
we
have
the
financial
literacy
piece
which
we've
done
throughout
it's
kind
of
a
shift
over
the
last
18
months.
H
To
do
quite
a
few
program
and
deputy
t
and
mathis
coleman
can
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
this,
but
in
terms
of
some
guides
and
other
things
related
to
fafsa
and
other
assistants
for
students.
So
but
happy
to
talk
on
those,
but
those,
I
believe,
are
the
major
components.
H
Because
there's
I
mean,
like
my
rub
with
the
marketing
budget
under
the
direction
of
the
last
treasurer,
was
we
we
kept
seeing
it
get
upped
and
upped
and
up,
but
the
enrollment
stayed
flat,
and
so
I
think
you
know
there's
the
argument
that
marketing
will
lead
to
more
enrollment
into
some
of
these
programs,
but
there
it
doesn't
seem
to
be
dollar
for
dollar
or
penny
for
penny,
like
the
actual
calculus
of
what
a
dollar
produces
seems
to
be.
H
You
know
there
seems
to
be
a
level
of
of
not
a
great
correlation
there
right,
because
that
the
number
of
students
does
stay
relatively
flat,
but
we're
getting
back
up.
If
you
add
all
these
budgets
up
we're,
I
mean
we're
getting
back
up
to
that.
Just
shy
of
a
million
dollars
in
marketing
combined
across
these
programs
and
regardless
of
what
fund
it's
coming
from
the
cash
or
the
non-cash
I
just
I
want
to
be
mindful
of
that
and
be
mindful
of
how
that
looks
in
the
aggregate.
H
I
also
want
to
beg
the
question,
because
these
are
in
the
nevada
college.
Savings
trust
account
and
I
need
a
reminder
because
the
board,
which
seems
to
be
doing
really
well.
I
know
that
there's
been
some
history
with
the
board,
but
the
board
seems
to
be
in
a
good
place,
but
looking
at
the
prerogatives
for
how
those
dollars
can
be
spent
and
and
I've
had
this
conversation
with
with
treasurer
conan
and
it's
something
I've
talked
about
before
on
the
record.
But
you
know
that
help
to
the
nevada
prepaid
program.
H
It
just
seems
to
be
that
we
keep
leaving
that
program
behind
it's,
I
think,
producing
at
historically
over
100,
like
130
percent,
and
so
the
question
is
like
how
are
those
dollars
being
reinvested
to
help
the
families
who
are
you
know
paying
for
those
prepaid
programs
to
try
to
keep
their
kids
in
nevada
while
fees
are
going
up
at
nevada,
so
student,
those
might
cover
student
credit
hours,
but
they
don't
cover
the
increasing
fees,
and
so
I
I,
if
there
is
that
prerogative,
I
would
say
you
know
where's
the
discussion
on
reinvesting
those
dollars
in
in
those
kinds
of
programs
versus
just
in
marketing.
C
Treasurer
conan
for
the
record
and
I'll
turn
over
the
team
for
any
specifics.
I
appreciate
that
and
I
think
it's
a
an
exceptionally
important
conversation
to
have
take
those
in
two
parts,
one
when
it
comes
to
correlation
of
marketing
dollars
to
program
growth.
You
know
this
is
a
relatively
significant
shift
in
the
ethos
of
the
college
savings
department.
Since
I
got
in
when
we
first
got
in
what
we
realized
was
we
had
created
over
time.
C
We
spent
a
lot
of
time
talking
about
and
I,
if
you'll
chair
and
assembly
woman,
if
you'll
excuse
the
metaphor,
we
spend
a
lot
of
time
talking
about
the
importance
of
college
savings
and
it
was
like
we
were
going
out
and
talking
about
the
importance
of
housing
right,
everybody
should
have
a
house,
you
should
get
an
apartment,
we
should
build
more
housing,
etc,
and
then
people
said
how
can
you
help
we
were
like?
Well,
let
me
give
you
a
mortgage:
that's
not
the
only
path
to
housing
for
people
and
programs
like
prepaid
college
tuition.
C
529S
in
the
rest
aren't
the
only
path
to
higher
education
for
a
lot
of
nevadans
right.
We've
got
to
make
sure
that
they're,
taking
advantage
of
federal
programs,
we've
got
to
make
sure
they're,
taking
advantage
of
scholarships
gotta
make
sure
they're
managing
their
debt
appropriately.
And
so,
while
we
do
look
at
the
hard
numbers
of
how
many
people
are
signing
up
for
those
programs
and
making
sure
it's
appropriate
and
that
we're
continuing
to
grow
all
of
them
or
trying
to
grow
all
of
them,
that's
not
success.
For
us.
C
Success
for
us
is
more
people
having
access
to
higher
education
and
that's
not
always
going
to
be
through
the
programs
right.
That's
going
to
be
through
work
with
ng.
That's
going
to
be
worked
through
apprenticeship
programs,
we've
taken
a
more
holistic
view
there
and
I
think
it's
important,
because
the
office
wasn't
serving
all
nevadans
right
and
we've
got
the
percentage.
Nevadans
are
on
some
level
of
free
and
reduced
lunch
and
we're
going
to
turn
around
and
say:
hey,
there's
a
24,
000
prepaid
college
tuition
program.
That's
perfect!
C
For
you
we're
just
we
felt
like
we
were
missing
the
boat
a
little
bit
and
we've
talked
about
this
and
and
meeting
nevadans
where
they
are,
and
I
think
that
means
broadening
kind
of
the
the
scope
and
duties
of
what
success
looks
like
when
it
comes
to
maybe
some
of
the
games
that
were
played
in
the
past.
I
could
not
agree
more.
We
look
at
this
as
one
number
right.
C
We
are
providing
one
service
and
the
fact
that
it's
in
one
bucket
or
another,
we
don't
treat
those
dollars
any
differently,
except
for
to
the
extent
that
they're
treated
differently
by
statute
right.
We
want
to
make
sure
we're
planned
by
the
rules,
but
we
think
about
them.
As
as
that
one
number
and
I
apologize,
I
think
there
was
another
piece
to
your
question
and
I
have
lost
it.
H
H
I
guess
I
I
would
want
to
make
sure
that
from
my
on
our
staff
and
if
I
I
know
that
when
we
made
the
change
in
sb
82
in
2019
to
kind
of
make
sure
that
that
marketing
level
was
staying
under
seven
percent
and
once
again,
I
I
I
at
least
had
it
in
my
head
that
that
would
be
the
aggregate
of
all
those
marketing
budgets
and
not
just
one
particular
marketing
budget.
H
But
I
can
circle
back
to
staff
to
see
if
that
that
is
right,
because
that's
what
we
did
kind
of
you
know
figure
out
and
land
on.
So
I
want
to
be
fair
to
that,
but
I
I
think
I
was
thinking
of
aggregate,
so
that
versus
just
one
budget,
but
we'll
continue
that
conversation.
I
thank
you
so
much
for
your
time.
A
Thank
you,
assemblywoman,
and
I
think
senator
ganzard
has
some
questions
on
this
issue.
F
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
and
looking
at
our
529
plans,
I
believe
you
said
we
have
29.1
billion
dollars
in
those
contracts
that
we
have
to
receive
benefits
to
receive
some
income
from
that,
I'm
not
sure
if
the
term
would
be
commissioned,
but
some
income
from
that
it.
How?
How
is
that
contract
is
that
contract
at
market?
How
long
is
the
contract?
How
are
we
positioned
because
almost
30
billion
dollars
is
a
significant
amount
to
have
promoted?
I
guess
and
encouraged
to
have
savings.
C
Charger
conan
for
the
record.
I
can
turn
it
over
to
chief
deputy
tara
hagan
to
walk
through
the
specifics
of
the
contracts.
Some
are
based
on
a
flat
amount.
Some
are
based
on
a
percentage
of
commission.
You
know
the
state's
role
here
is
effectively
we're
the
legal
backing
for
the
entities
that
are
able
to
then
offer
the
529
programs.
I'm
butchering
that
description,
but
effectively
our
work
to
get
that
number
from
zero
to
29
million
is
very
much
in
partnership
with
vanguard
and
the
other
programs
that
offer
those
plans.
H
Deputy
you
good
morning,
tara
higgins,
for
the
record
yeah
there
to
treasure
conan's
point:
there
are
different
contracts
within
there
with
the
five
different
programs,
but
most
of
them
currently
are
flat
fees.
We
have
in
the
past,
had
some
that
were
tied
to
increases
enrollment.
We
had
to
sort
of
negotiate
those
as
they
got
a
little
bit
higher
than
you
know.
H
What,
because
the
other
thing
that
we
try
in
the
partnership
is
there's
a
combination
between
lowering
some
of
those
fees
for
program
participants
and
sort
of
how
that
works
into
also
the
contractual
fees
that
the
the
state
or
the
program
receives
for
them.
But
most
of
them
today
are
straight
line
based
flat
fees
with
an
inflationary
component,
so
it's
always
been
about
5
million,
and
now
it's
a
little
bit
more,
like
5.5
million
that
we
receive
on
an
annual
basis
combined
from
all
those
partners.
C
And
treasurer
conan
for
the
record
just
to
expand
a
little
bit
on
something
chief
deputy
hagan
said.
Sometimes
we
have
a
choice
right.
We
can
push
for
the
nevada,
529
trust
fund,
our
college
savings
trust
fund
to
get
bigger,
but
that's
going
to
be
at
expense
of
making
the
programs
more
expensive
for
the
families
that
use
them
and
historically
we
work
to
push
those
costs
of
the
program
down
to
make
them
accessible
to
more
families
versus
putting
more
money
into
the
trust
fund,
and
it
certainly
isn't
a
one-to-one
comparison
right.
C
It's
not
like
we're
giving
up
a
dollar
of
trust
fund
for
a
dollar
of
savings
to
nevada
families,
it's
much
much
larger
than
that
on
the
nevada
and
other
family
side
right.
We
think
the
cost
of
investing
in
a
college
savings
program
should
be
as
cheap
as
possible,
and
that
means
working
with
our
partners
to
continue
driving
those
down
and
scale
is
one
of
the
ways
we're
able
to
do
it
right.
Vanguard
is
cheaper
than
it
was
because
we're
able
to
you
know
the
size
of
the
assets
is
so
big.
J
F
And
perhaps
we
can
follow
up,
because
I
want
to
know
a
little
bit
more
about
how
our
contracts
are
written
versus
other
states
because
again,
like
30
billion
dollars
very
very
stable
monies
right
because
they
kind
of
they
can
they
know
when
students
are
going
to
be
graduating
from
high
school
and
kind
of
the
time
frame
when
they're
going
to
spend
it
and
so
forth.
And
so
I
want
a
little
bit
more
information
on
that
and
then
the
other
question
that
I
had
was
around
the
kickstart
program.
F
F
Have
we
considered
setting
up
a
time
frame
where
you
have
to
claim
the
account
or
the
account
basically
just
rolls
over,
because
what
I
see
in
the
future
is
a
lot
of
unclaimed
property
right,
so
we're
gonna
have
names
on
amounts
and
those
children
may
or
may
not
live
in
the
state
anymore
and
if
they
didn't
claim
it
originally,
probably
in
the
first
two
three
years.
Even
maybe
they
may
never
claim
that,
and
so
we
end
up
with
with
names
on
accounts
for
individuals
who
we
don't.
F
We
don't
know
where
they
are,
because
that
just
sounds
like
a
very
low
participation
rate.
So
my
I
guess
my
question
is:
if
we
need
to
have
a
time
frame
on,
for
which
you
claim
or
whether
that
money
kind
of
rolls
back
in
because
we
are
we're
holding
quite
a
bit
if
we've
got
13.8
million
and
only
20
is
claimed.
You
know
it's
under
three
million
dollars
of
that.
So
we've
got
like
10
million
that's
sort
of
sitting
in
an
account
that
may
never
be
claimed,
and
it
will
continue
to
grow
too
right.
M
F
C
Treasurer
conan
for
the
record
great
question:
we're
happy
to
walk
through
kind
of
the
history
of
kickstart
and
claiming
kickstart.
There's
been
some
back
and
forth,
and
some
legal
challenges
actually
around
pulling
money
away
from
kindergartners
like
say
when
they
reached
fourth
grade,
because
that
would
be
to
some
and
and
certainly
our
council
considered
a
taking
right
so
and
that's
why
that
went
away
at
some
point
now
those
dollars
wouldn't
end
up
in
unclaimed
property,
though
we
would.
You
know
generally.
E
L
C
Favor
of
unclaimed
property
here
in
the
treasurer's
office,
those
numbers
don't
end
up
there,
because
actually,
when
the
the
student
reaches
or
the
individual
reaches
26,
it
reverts
back
into
the
fund.
The
actuarial
model
intention
is
to
make
sure
that
we
have
less
stranded
money
over
time
by
making
sure
that
we're
actually
funding
accounts
that
we
expect
will
be
claimed
and
we
continue
working
on
ways
to
increase
the
claim
rate.
Hope
that
answers
the
question,
but
we
don't
have
an
unclaimed
property
problem.
F
And-
and
I
think
everybody
wants
children
to
have
that
kick
start
and
have
those
funds,
and
so
so
maybe
the
question
is
kind
of
in
reverse,
where
it
would
be
an
opt-in.
So
right
now
we've
got
years
of
of
children
on
on
account
right
that
we're
tracking
and
again
we
want
all
of
them
to
claim
the
dollars.
So
it's
not
about
that.
It's
kind
of
about
a
pool
of
funds
and
it
sounds
like
maybe
at
26.
It
ends
up
reburning
back,
but
then
maybe
maybe
with
some
time.
We
should
consider
an
opt-in
program.
A
Thank
you,
senator
seaver's
cancer,
senator
key
cooper.
B
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
chairman.
I'm
trying
to
get
out
of
the
weeds
a
little
bit
treasurer
conan
indicated
earlier
that
part
of
this
issue
over
the
lack
of
transfer
from
college.
E
B
E
C
C
But
the
intention
here
is
to
take
six
million
dollars
out
of
the
endowment
fund
and
use
that
to
fill
in
six
million
dollars
of
the
one
shot,
so
the
one
shot
would
have
been
50,
but
for
this
six
million
dollar
transfer,
which
we're
able
to
do
through
the
actuarial
model
and
also
because
the
endowment
fund
have
the
resources
available
to
it,
based
on
the
current
burn
rate
and
proposed
burn
rate
from
marketing
perspective,
and
that's
something.
C
We've
been
working
on
with
the
governor's
finance
office
for
a
couple
of
months
to
try
and
figure
out
the
best
way
to
deal
with
the
millennium
scholarship.
We've
talked
a
lot
about
millennium
scholarship
and
I
know
there's
going
to
be
additional
conversations
on
that
budget
account.
But
one
of
the
things
that
we're
running
into
is
there's
actually
been
a
massive
increase,
17
18
percent,
again
counting
on
chief
deputy
higgin
to
light
my
office
on
fire.
C
If
I'm
wrong
here,
that
is,
has
actually
resulted
from
nevadans
returning
to
the
nc
system
from
other
systems
returning
to
college.
These
are
people
who
graduated
students
who
graduated
from
high
school
in
17
18
19,
who
are
now
enrolling
in
the
millennium
scholarship
for
the
first
time,
because
they're
enrolling
in
nc
the
first
time,
so
that's
kind
of
a
pandemic
caused
event
that
increased
the
rate
of
millennium
scholarship,
pickup
and
and
makes
the
conversation
I
know.
C
Senator
dennis
is
working
with
us
on
a
bill
study
bill
to
try
and
right
some
of
our
scholarship
programs,
but
it
makes
that
conversation
even
more
important.
A
F
Brooke
I
had
a
quick
question
regarding
the
marketing
activities.
I
was
hoping
you
could
elaborate
a
little
bit
more
on
what
those
activities
look
like
and
how
they
differ
throughout
the
state.
L
Good
morning
again,
everyone
tiana
mathis
coleman
for
the
record,
so
our
our
outreach
events
have
significantly
been
impacted
over
the
last
year
and
we
are,
we
basically
do
our
best
to
connect
to
all
families.
So
what
we
want
to
reach
out
to
those
in
northern
nevada,
southern
nevada,
the
rules,
and
so
we
really
have
done
an
excellent
job.
Our
team,
I
would
say,
has
done
an
excellent
job,
reaching
out
to
educators
in
all
of
those
areas
and
trying
to
first
assess
the
needs
of
their
community.
L
So
what
do
the
students
need
information
on?
Do
the
students
need
information
on
the
fafsa?
If
so,
we
can
provide
a
webinar
for
the
fafsa.
Are
there
students
needing
more
information
about
scholarships?
Then
our
college
navigator
can
meet
with
those
students
and
families
and
talk
to
them
about
our
scholarship
database.
Do
they
have
loan
questions,
so
we've
really
just
done
an
excellent
job.
L
I
mean
when
I
say
we
I
mean
our
team
has
done
an
excellent
job,
really
outreaching
outreaching
to
those
individuals
in
the
rules,
seeing
what
they
need
and
then
trying
to
provide
that
information
to
them
in
a
virtual
con.
In
virtual
content,
we've
also,
like,
I
said,
completely
rebranded
our
website.
So
now
we
have
our
new
navigate.gov
website
where
students
and
families
can
actually
get
all
of
the
information
that
they
need
on
our
website.
L
We
have
also
changed
most
of
our
content
into
spanish
friendly
content,
so
that
we
are
making
sure
that
we're
reaching
out
to
those
spanish
speaking
families
and
being
able
to
provide
that
information.
So
earlier,
when
treasurer
conan
was
talking
about
our
virtual
events,
we
also
offer
all
of
our
virtual
events
at
this
point
are
offered
in
spanish.
Also
thank.
F
You
very
much
quick
follow-up
chair.
F
Thank
you
is
spanish,
the
only
other
language
that
the
information
is
available
in
or
are
you
looking
at
doing
some
other
languages?
I
know
some
of
our
schools
have
over
50
different
languages,
so
I
was
just
kind
of
curious
if
you're
looking
in
that
direction
as
well.
L
At
this
time,
yes,
spanish
is
the
only
language
that
we
are
actually
printing
content
and
we
have
like
videos
in
spanish
and
things
like
that,
but
we
have
been
working
with
some
counselors
to
kind
of
see
what
they,
what
their
students
need.
We're
also
in
the
process
of
doing
a
survey
to
see
exactly
what
languages
are
out
there
and
we
are,
we
are
able
to
do
one-on-ones
with
students.
L
So
at
one
point
we
had
a
family
that
did
not
speak
spanish
or
english
and
our
navigator
basically
set
up
with
with
an
interpreter
to
help
them
communicate
and
go
over
our
documents.
So
we
can
offer
that
one-on-one
assistance.
As
long
as
we
know
that
there
is
assistance
needed,
our
team
can
work
with
them
to
make
sure
the
information
is
provided
in
their
language.
A
Thank
you
and
and
chair
carlton.
I
think
I
think
we
want
to
clarify
something
that
that
we
heard
earlier.
G
Yeah,
thank
you
very
much,
mr
chairman.
I
was
going
through
my
notes
and
and
was
was
checking
with
staff.
Also,
mr
treasurer,
you
had
mentioned
something
about
a
six
million
dollar
transfer
in
the
endowment
and
I
don't
think
any
of
us
knew
about
that.
So
could
you
elaborate
on
that
and
then
afterwards,
could
you
please
send
whatever
documents
that
you
would
need
to
over
to
our
fiscal?
So
we
make
sure
we
have
a
thorough
record.
Please.
C
Treasurer
conan
for
the
record,
absolutely
we'll
confirm
with
gfo
what's
been
sent
over
and
not,
but
we'll
make
sure
you
get
all
the
information.
The
goal
was
because
the
size
of
the
one
shot
ggms
was
going
to
be
as
large
as
it
was
the
governor's
office
reached
out
to
us
and
said
there
are
any
ways
we
can
decrease
it.
One
of
the
ways
we
were
able
to
decrease.
C
It
was
looking
at
the
size
of
the
endowment
fund
and
the
burn
rate
saying
do
we
need
to
hold
this
much
money
in
the
endowment
fund
kind
of
on
the
side
when
we've
got
this
one-time
cost
right?
I
think
it's
similar
to
the
conversations
that
you
all
had
on
the
rainy
day
fund
right.
It's
it's
good
to
have
a
rainy
day
fund.
That's
good
to
have
a
savings,
account
it's
bad
to
have
a
savings
account
when
you
got
bills
to
pay
so
happy
to
send
all
the
information
over.
C
There
hope
I
didn't
front
run
governor's
finance
office,
but
here
we
are.
G
No,
no!
No.
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we've
got
all
the
pieces
of
the
puzzle
all
in
the
same
place
so
that
when
we
go
to
put
it
together,
we
don't
miss
anything,
and
you
know
speaker
has
heard
me
say
that
many
many
many
times
you
don't
put
money
in
your
savings
account
when
you
can't
afford
to
feed
your
kids,
so
we
just
want
to
make
sure
we
have
all
the
information,
so
don't
send
it
to
me
or
whatever
just
send
it
to
staff
and
make
sure
that
we're
all
trued
up.
A
Thank
you,
chair
carlton,
for
clarifying
that
and
that,
on
the
record
treasurer,
I
believe
that
that
is
it
for
these
two
budget
items,
and
I
appreciate
you
and
your
team
coming
and
presenting
them
this
morning
and
we'll
be
talking
soon.
C
Treasure
conan
for
the
record.
Thank
you
very
much
for
having
me
it's
always
a
pleasure
to
be
here
talking
about
the
treasury
and
and
thanks
to
my
amazing
team,
for
putting
this
all
together
and
hopefully
sage.
The
turtle
can
show
up
next
time
around.
A
Great
and
so
up
next
we
have
the
control
and
and
we'll
be
hearing
a
budget
account
from
the
controller,
so
welcome.
A
M
Good
morning,
joint
committee
of
this
joint
meeting
of
the
senate
committee
and
finance
and
assembly
committee
on
ways
and
means
chair
chris
brooks
and
chair
assemblyman
carl
carlton.
Thank
you
very
much
for
allowing
us
to
be
here
today
to
talk
about
our
budget
and
what
we've
got
going
on
at
controller's
office
for
the
record.
M
I'm
catherine
burn
your
nevada
state
controller,
and
this
morning
we're
going
to
present
you
an
overview
of
the
structure
and
accomplishments
of
the
past
biennium,
and
we're
also
going
to
talk
about
the
goals
for
the
future,
and
we
will
conclude
with
the
discussion
about
our
2223
budget.
The
controller's
office
is
tasked
with
financial
reporting.
M
We
go
with
financial
reporting.
We
prepare
the
annual
financial
statements
commonly
known
as
the
comprehensive
financial
statement
or
the
kaffir.
We
also
prepare
the
annual
single
audit,
which
is
an
audit
of
federal
awards.
We
work
with
the
auditors
to
get
these
audits
complete
we're
currently
working
on
the
fy
20.
At
this
time
we
also
prepare
quarterly
finances
for
the
permanent
school
fund
and
also
annually.
I
prepare
a
popular
annual
financial
report,
which
is
designed
to
give
the
public
an
overview
information
that
is
based
on
the
president
kafir.
M
The
controller's
office
is
the
debt
collector
of
the
state
and
later
we're
going
to
present
with
you
the
status
of
the
state's
debt
collection
section
and
that's
where
we're
moving
forward
on
that.
M
The
areas
of
focus
that
we're
going
to
be
for
the
next
biennium
are
going
to
be
the
debt
collections,
business
intelligence
tool,
also
known
as
ihub,
which
was
to
replace
the
discoverer.
We're
also
going
to
talk
about
the
state,
erp
system
implementation
and
some
new
accounting
centers
that
are
coming
up.
M
K
Good
morning,
for
the
excuse
me
good
morning
for
the
record,
my
name
is
lori
hoover,
I'm
the
chief
deputy
with
the
state
comptroller's
office.
K
The
debt
collection
section
is
comprised
of
one
chief
accountant
and
three
staff
members
to
complete
the
comprehensive
annual
financial
report,
also
known
as
the
kafir
state
agencies
are
required
to
submit
account
receivable
aging
reports
to
the
comptroller's
office
for
the
june.
For
the
excuse
me
for
the
junior
end,
we
have
provided
a
summarized
state
state
agency
report
in
our
submitted
package.
K
As
of
june
2020,
the
state
agency's
accounts,
receivable
balance
was
approximately
988
million
dollars,
of
which
170
million
dollars
of
bad
debt
accounts
have
been
submitted
to
the
comptroller's
office
debt
collection
section,
in
addition,
there's
six
million
dollars
of
bad
debt
from
state
boards
and
commissions,
and
the
western
nevada
college,
which
are
included
in
the
accounts
receivable
aging
report
for
the
debt
collection
section.
This
report
was
also
included
in
our
submitted
package
due
to
the
covet
19
pandemic
controller
burn
requested
the
collection
efforts
be
focused
on
newly
submitted
bad
debt
accounts
with
larger
balances.
K
The
ability
to
collect
bad
debt
is
higher
if
we
focus
on
newer
accounts.
We
prioritize
collection
efforts
on
newer
accounts,
receivable
with
balances
greater
than
25
000,
which
approximated
4.7
million
dollars
from
march
2020
through
sorry
march
2
2020
through
february
2021.,
starting
in
mid
february
2021.
The
debt
collection
section
will
begin
collection
efforts
on
balances
of
10
000
or
greater,
currently
totaling,
an
additional
4.4
million
dollars
of
the
approximately
4.3
million
dollars
collected
in
fiscal
years.
K
2017
through
2020,
approximately
602
000
was
retained
by
the
debt
collection
reserve,
as
allowed
by
nrs,
353
c
.224,
of
which
approximately
163
000
has
been
paid
against
the
nis
ncis
contract.
The
ncis
system
is
the
application
used
by
debt
collection
section
for
collection
efforts.
An
additional
321
000
has
been
paid
on
the
contract
for
maintenance
and
support.
K
K
An
overview
of
some
of
the
significant
accomplishments
in
this
current
biennium
for
debt
collection,
there
was
a
create.
We
have
created
an
e-check,
slash
credit
card
payment
portal
to
allow
debtors
to
submit
payments
through
our
secured
website.
K
83
of
all
credit
card
payments
are
now
being
paid
through
that
portal
implementation
of
nrs
353c
0.165,
which
requires
state
agencies
issuing
occupational
and
professional
licenses
to
suspend
those
licenses
to
individuals
having
bad
debt
accounts
submitted
to
the
comptroller's
office,
refining
processes
to
timely,
submit
bank
account
levies
against
debtors,
bank
accounts,
the
controller's
office
and
our
deputy
attorney
general
had
started
this
process
just
prior
to
the
court's
closing
due
the
coven
19
pandemic.
We
plan
to
continue
this
process
in
fiscal
2022.
K
Future
projects
include
working
with
agencies
for
timely
submission
of
accounts,
considered
uncollectible
to
the
debt
collection
section
for
write-off
approval
from
the
board
of
examiners.
Debt
collection
section
will
monitor
the
all
agencies
aging
report
to
request
submission
of
old
debt
to
clean
up
the
accounts.
Receivable
balances
working
with
agencies
who
do
not
have
debt
collection
abilities
to
send
current
debt
within
60
days
after
accounts,
are
considered
bad
debt,
as
required
by
nrs
353c
dot,
195
processing
wage
garnishments.
K
This
project
has
been
put
on
hold
indefinitely,
as
it
requires
an
integration
with
the
system
at
the
department
of
employment,
training
and
rehabilitation,
also
known
as
dieter
dieter
currently
does
not
have
the
resources
to
assist
the
controller's
office.
With
this
project,
the
controller's
office
will
reach
out
to
dieter
at
a
later
date
to
determine
a
time
frame
for
this
integration.
K
K
If
so,
the
controller's
office
will
have
visibility
for
overdue
debt
and
will
work
with
the
agencies
to
send
these
accounts
to
the
debt
collection
section
for
collection
effort
using
sap
will
help
greatly
improve
efficiency
and
transparency
of
the
state
debt
implementing
various
upgrades
within
the
ncis
system.
The
ncis
vendor
works
with
the
debt
collection
section
to
implement
various
minor
upgrades.
These
upgrades
reduce
some
of
the
manual
processes
together.
We
continue
to
research
functionalities
that
can
enhance
the
ncis
system
to
assess
assist
with
the
collections
of
state
debt.
A
I
think
we'll
wait
till
you
get
to
the
your
your
slide
presentation
and
then
we'll
call
back
with
some
questions.
Okay,.
K
K
The
next
item
is
the
business
intelligence
tool
which
is
known
as
ihub
ihub
is,
is
the
replacement
for
our
aging
fiscal
reporting
tool
known
as
discoverer,
which
allows
agencies
to
create
fiscal
reports
beyond
the
limited
reports
available
in
the
advantage
data
warehouse
known
as
dawn
in
july
of
2018,
the
controller's
office
I.t
section
created
report
templates
and
data
analytics
in
ihub
and
made
those
available
to
the
agencies.
K
As
of
today,
most
agencies
are
using
ihub
as
their
fiscal
reporting
tool
due
to
the
covet
19
pandemic
and
the
vacancies
of
our
database
analyst
positions.
We
have
not
been
able
to
move
all
agencies
off
of
the
discoverer
tool.
However,
we
continue
to
work
with
agencies
to
move
them
to
the
ihub
application.
K
We
are
currently
working
with
the
smart
21
team
to
determine
if
sap
the
state's
new
erp
systems,
business
reporting
tools
will
work
with
the
format
of
the
advantage
transactions.
If
these
new
reporting
tools
do
work
with
these
transactions,
the
control
the
controller's
office
will
not
need
to
maintain
the
advantage
related
systems.
Past
fiscal
2023.
M
Good
morning
again,
thank
you.
My
name
is
catherine
bern,
I'm
the
state
controller.
M
I
wanted
to
talk
about
the
system
implementation
now
the
controller's
office.
We
are
an
integral
part
of
this
smart
21
implementation
and
our
enviro
involvement
is
necessary
for
the
success
of
the
system.
The
system
must
last
and
we
need
to
have
the
best
implementation
team
for
the
state.
M
M
M
The
next
issue
is
the
accounting
standards
we
always
have
annually.
We
always
have
new
accounting
storms
from
the
government
accounting
standards
boards
that
we
need
to
implement
they
the
controller's
office.
So
we're
required
to
follow
these
standards
established
by
the
governor
county
standards
board
and
when
they
they
issue
accounting
standards
in
the
form
of
statements.
M
They
will
need
to
be
imp,
and
these
statements
need
to
be
implemented
into
the
comprehensive
annual
financial
report
to
be
in
compliance
with
the
government
county
standards
board,
as
well
as
government
generally
accepted
accounting.
Principles
with
this
list
is
a.
M
So
our
vision
for
the
future,
we
want
to
increase,
increase
the
centralized
debt
collection
throughout
the
state
and
look
for
ways
to
reduce
average
age
of
debt
when
we
reduce
the
average
age
of
debt.
That
is
your.
You
will
be
collecting
more
than
you.
Would
it
isn't?
It
is
a
indicator
that
we
want
to
go
to,
and
we
also
want
to
collaborate
more
with
the
office
of
program
management
on
the
implementation
of
sap.
M
That's
just
part
of
how
I'm
trying
to
reimagine
people's
work
work
environment
going
forward
so
from
now
or
now,
we'll
go
ahead
and
take
a
look
at
our
budget
highlights
in
the
in
the
last
section
of
the
present
adaptation.
We
basically
were
going
over
an
overview
of
budget
account
1130,
and
this
budget
account.
We
have
two
enhancement
decisions.
M
The
first
one
is
decision
you
eat
225
for
efficiency
and
innovation.
This
request
funds
the
ability
to
comply
with
government
accounting
standards,
board
statement
number
87
for
leases.
As
I
was
discussing
earlier,
it
includes
an
application
to
prepare
the
lease
related
journal
entries
and
a
contractor
to
enter
the
state's
current
leases
into
the
application
during
implementation.
M
M
The
new
reporting
standard
for
leases
is
required
to
be
part
of
the
comprehensive
annual
financial
report,
starting
in
fiscal
year
2022
under
gasbi
87.
Each
lease
must
have
a
schedule
prepared
showing
calculations
performed
based
on
the
lease
term,
lease
payments,
interest
rates,
lease
modifications
and
yearly
amortization
of
the
asset.
M
M
In
addition,
without
an
application,
the
state's
outside
financial
auditors
were
named
but
may
not
be
able
to
audit
the
manual
calculations
without
extensive
effort
and
potential
potential
additional
auditing
costs.
In
summary,
this
application
is
essential
element
to
prepare
the
kafir
with
an
unmodified
opinion.
M
The
second
enhancement
decision
is
decision.
Unit
e680
for
staffing
and
operations
contained
in
our
budget
request
is
a
budget
reduction
that
includes
the
closure
of
the
controller's
office,
vendor
services
section
located
in
las
vegas
and
relocation
of
these
three
vendor
services,
staff
to
the
carson
city
office,
effective
september
first
2021..
M
B
A
I'm
sorry
committee:
this
is
broadcasting
production
services
to
the
presenter.
Would
you
mind
re-sharing.
C
Could
you
give
us
just
one
second,
to
confirm
that
everyone
can
see
it.
E
B
M
M
By
moving
the
vendor
services
section
to
carson
city,
the
controller's
office
can
greatly
increase
the
efficiency
of
operations
by
better
training
and
better
identifying
staff
roles,
while
moving
forward
with
sap
implementation,
efficiencies
identified,
identifying
procedures
and
processes
are
essential
to
the
success
of
the
sap
going
forward.
These
position
responsibilities
will
change
actual
duties
perform
not
now
will
not
necessarily
be
the
same
procedures
in
the
new
system.
Although
we
expect
changes
in
duties,
we
do
not
expect
changing
their
underlying
employing
classification.
M
M
As
a
result
of
this
move,
we
have
updated
our
disaster
recovery
process
for
state
check.
Printing
the
treasurer's
office
has
graciously
has
agreed
to
house
our
the
printer,
the
czech
printer
in
the
las
vegas
office.
Remaining
domestic
disaster
recovery
processes
performed
by
the
controller's
office
can
be
completed
in
carson
city.
A
Thank
you
controller
burn.
We
do
have
several
questions
and
if
I
get
committee
members,
if
I'm
gonna
run
a
little
long
this
morning,
if
we
could
keep
our
questions,
concise
and
and
controller
burn,
if
you
could
keep
the
answers,
concise
as
well,
I'd
appreciate
that
first
up,
we
have
assemblywoman
miller
chad.
G
H
I
heard
that
it
sounds.
I
K
Yes,
for
the
record,
this
is
lori
hoover,
chief
deputy
with
the
comptroller's
office.
So
thank
you
for
that
question.
Some
of
it
also
just
let
you
know
that
6
million
is
a
part
of
western
nevada
community
college
and
we
don't
have
that
breakdown,
but
we
can
get
that
to
you
for
the
boards
and
commissions.
K
We
have
just
started
implementing
the
requirement
for
those
boards
and
commissions
to
notify
our
office
of
new
licensor,
licensees
and
renewals
with
that,
we
will
then
be
able
to
check
against
our
new
our
debt
system,
and
if
there
is
a
match,
then,
under
that
statute,
we
are
allowed
to
require
their
license
to
be
suspended
until
they
pay
us
back.
So
the
way
that
this
statute
works
is
there
are
requirements
for
these
boards
and
commissions
to
notify
the
controller's
office
twice
a
year.
K
The
first
one
was
in
february,
and
we
just
were
not
prepared,
and
they
were
not
prepared
to
send
that
those
lists
to
us
the
next
time
is
august
of
this
year,
and
we
have
sent
those
letters
out
stating
that
we
will
be
requiring
those
lists
and
we
will
start
making
those
comparisons
to
our
database
and
any
matches.
We
will
then
be
issuing
letters
saying
that
they
are
not
going.
A
Thank
you.
It's
customary
miller
and
next
up
assemblyman's
tools.
J
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
and
thanks
for
the
presentation,
I'm
curious
about
the
closure
of
the
las
vegas
office.
So
a
couple
questions:
do
they
interact
with
the
public
at
all,
or
is
that
just
purely
in-house,
and
I'm
surprised
that
the
savings,
quite
frankly
isn't
a
little
bit
more
by
closing
that
office
would
be
my
second
question.
My
third
question
is:
do
you
know,
are
the
the
current
employees
ready
to
relocate?
J
K
For
the
record
lori
hoover
chief
deputy
patroller's
office,
I'm
going
to
go
backwards
because
I
apologize,
but
I
think
I
just
forgot
your
first
question.
We
have
talked
with
the
staff
that
is
down
there.
They
are
looking
into
the
ability
to
relocate
if
they
choose
not
to
relocate.
Unfortunately,
they
will
be
laid
off
and
we
have
told
them
that
we
will
help
them
as
much
as
possible
trying
to
find
any
other
positions.
There
are
no
relocation
funds
available
for
to
relocate
up
here,
okay
and
then
I
believe
the
second
question
was
the
cost.
K
I
believe
the
first
question
was
access
to
the
public.
Actually,
currently,
all
of
them
are
working
from
home,
but
prior
to
covid,
the
door
was
actually
locked
the
we
in
that
they
would
have
to.
Let
us
know
in
advance
if
somebody
was
coming
due
to
some
privacy
issues
and
a
lot
of
pii
that
we
maintained
there
and
we
are
trying
very
hard
to
put
all
of
the
vendor
requirements
assign
a
registration
online,
because
it's
a
little
bit
more
secure.
It's
a
little
bit
easier
to
read
than
if
they're
handwriting
all
the
documents.
J
Great
thank
you.
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
we
weren't
losing
access
for
people
who
who
needed
to
have
face-to-face
interaction,
but
it
sounds
like
this
is
perfectly
fully
functioning
virtually
so.
M
Correct
and
yes
over
time,
their
public
presence
has
it's
decreased
because
we're
just
moving
into
you
know
a
virtual
environment.
M
So
I
I
see
that
there
was
you
know
we
did
think
about
their
public
presence
first
and
that
impact
was
was
definitely
considered,
especially
asking
three
people
to
move
for
four
people
to
move.
So
three.
A
Yeah
I
I'd
like
to
expand
upon
that
that
assemblywoman's
holes
question
there
there
and
I'm
completely
uncomfortable
with
the
controller's
office
moving
the
only
three
employees
that
they
have
in
the
entire
state
of
nevada
that
are
in
the
area
where
70
percent
of
the
state
lives,
regardless
of
of
how
public-facing
they
are.
I'm
I
you
know,
that's
the
one.
That's
where
you're
gonna
cut
is
the
only
employees
you
have
in
las
vegas.
Yes,
then
you
you
want
to.
There
is
no
plan
or
ability
or
or
funding
available
for
relocation.
A
I
I
just
think
that
that
we
see
it
we're
seeing
a
theme
this
year
and
that's
cut
the
only
if
you
have
to
cut
cut
it
all
down
in
las
vegas
and
so,
and
I'm
also
a
little
concerned
about
having
the
treasure
take
over
printing
the
printer,
very,
very
important
piece
of
equipment
for
the
entire
state
of
nevada
having
them
take
over
your
job
on
that,
as
a
result
of
you
wanting
to
shut
down
your
las
vegas
office.
A
So
I
I
think
that
we're
going
to
have
a
lot
more
questions
on
that
and
and
if
you
and
can
very
quickly
expand
upon
your
your
justification
for
the
printer
issue,
I'm
concerned
about
that
and
how
that's
going
to
function.
M
Thank
you,
chair
brooks.
This
is
katherine
burns
state
controller.
I
want
to
emphasize
as
strong
as
possible
that
the
implementation
of
our
sap
system,
I
need
the
best
of
the
best
and
being
able
to
communicate
with
and
to
hold
meetings
and
to
us.
You
know,
find
out
all
the
processes
that
are
integral
to
their
duties
and
how
that's
going
to
look
in
the
next
system.
M
It's
that
element
of
physical
presence,
the
talk
around
the
water
cooler,
the
pre
and
post
times
that
were
in
meetings
that
is
going
to
greatly
enhance
the
efficiency
of
this
particular
area
in
finance
moving
forward,
and
that
that
I
really
feel
very
strongly
about
that.
As
far
as
the
efficiency
I,
but
at
the
same
time
I
really
do
understand
that
is
this
eliminates
our
presence
in
las
vegas
and-
and
you
know,
if
I
had
more,
there
was
a
way
I
could
split.
M
You
know
even
more
having
more
people
down
in
grant
sawyer
because
we're
just
working
so
much
virtually
now.
You
know
I
would,
but
during
this
implementation
I
feel
very
strongly
that
the
people
that
we
are
having
work
on
this
implementation
and
then
asking
them
to
work
on
the
sifter
the
system
afterwards.
M
K
This
is
lori
hoover,
the
deputy.
I
can
address
the
printer
question
or
comment.
We
currently
work
very
closely
with
the
treasurer's
office.
It's
a
it's
a
two-part
process
when
we
do
print
checks,
and
they
at
this
time.
Currently,
when
we
do
print
checks
up
in
carson,
it
is
the
controller's
office
staff
that
do
oversee
that
printer,
but
the
treasurer's
office
is
involved
in
actually
releasing
those
checks
to
print
and
have
responsibilities
and
accepting
those
checks.
So
we
do
work
very
closely
together.
K
The
piece
that
they
would
be
taking
over
is
simply
the
physical
oversight
of
the
that
printer
and
we
would
still
be
completing
the
majority
of
our
current
responsibilities.
Virtually
this
also
to
let
you
know
this
would
be
our.
This
is
our
third
area
of
disaster,
not
stash
recovery,
but
our
third
area
of
printing.
We
actually
have
three
areas
that
we
can
print
from
right.
Now,
we
print
normally
out
of
the
capitol
in
the
basement,
where
the
treasurer's
office
and
controllers
offices
presence
and
and
work
together.
K
We
established
during
the
kobe
19
pandemic,
another
area
in
the
musser
building,
which
is
just
a
couple
blocks
away
from
the
capitol
where
we
did
a
great
job
printing
for
a
week
with
the
treasurer's
office
through
the
in
our
inauguration
week,
because
the
capital
will
shut
down
for
a
few
days.
So
the
las
vegas
office
for
check
printing
would
only
be
used
in
the
last
possible
case
if
the
capital
was
closed
down
for
some
reason
and
the
muscle
building
would
be
closed
down.
A
Well,
I
think
that
that
doesn't
even
begin
to
satisfy
my
questions,
so
I
I
think
that
we
could
spend
a
lot
of
time
on
this
and
I
think
that
I'm
going
to
have
a
maybe
a
request,
some
information
for
you
to
share
with
the
committee
offline
and
then
I'll,
I'm
sure
I'll
have
a
conversation
to
follow
up.
But
in
the
sake
of
time
this
morning
I
think
we
need
to
move
on,
but
I
I'm
just
this.
This
is
not.
This
is
not
to
be
an
acceptable.
G
A
G
Do
and-
and
thank
you
so
something
was
mentioned
about
going
mostly
digital
and
eliminating
the
hand
written
things
I
just
you
know.
I
know
a
lot
of
small
businesses
and
a
lot
of
folks
that
are,
you
know,
just
barely
making
it.
This
is
vendor
services.
G
I
help
families
who
can't
afford
to
pay
their
cable
and
their
kids
are
in
online
school.
So
I
think
we
have
to
be
very
cognizant
of
the
fact
that
being
digital
has
a
cost
associated
with
it.
So
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
was
on
the
record
and
would
be
happy
to
hear
any
explanations
about
that
off
the
record,
and
then
we
can
have
further
conversations.
K
This
is
lori
hoover.
I'm
sorry
could
I
just
respond
to
that
just
very
quickly.
Just
to
let
you
know
that
we
we
still
do,
allow
mailed
in
registrations
or
for
our
vendors,
so
we're
not
we're
not
requiring
them
to
go
to
digital.
A
Thank
you
and
on
another
subject,
I
think
we
have
a
question
from
assemblywoman
hatagai.
F
Thank
you
chair
and
if
I
can,
I
have
a
couple
of
questions
and
it's
going
back
to
decision
unit
e226,
so
just
so
that
I
understand
this
correctly
gaspi,
that's
just
it's
a
lease
accounting
software,
correct
and
so
do
we
currently
not
use
a
lease
accounting
software.
K
For
the
record
lori,
whoever
chief
deputy
foreign
office-
so
just
let
you
know
gasby
actually
is
the
governmental
accounting
standards
board.
It's
a
regulatory
board
that
on
government
government's
financial
reporting
follows,
but
they
issue
pronouncement
standards
and
this
one
is
called
gatsby
87
releases,
and
so
that's
where
the
the
name
gatsby
comes
in
when
we
talk
about
it.
No.
Currently
there
is
no
visibility
to
any
lease.
No
centralized
visibility
of
state
leases
anywhere
they're
not
required
to
be
included
in
our
contract
system
sets.
K
They
are
not
sent
into
the
gfo
when
they're,
when
they
are
required
to
be
approved
by
the
board
of
examiners,
and
actually
many
of
them
are
not
required
to
be
approved.
Any
contracts.
Excuse
me,
any
leases
for
copiers
is
a
good
example
in
that
the
purchasing
division
has
created
a
master
service
agreement
so
that
the
agencies
don't
have
to
go
out
and
and
negotiate
a
contract
or
a
lease
for
each
time
they
want
to
get
copiers.
K
So
every
copier
lease
that
is
entered
into
by
an
agency
is
done
within
their
own
agency,
and
nobody
else
has
any
visibility
to
that
prior
to
this
gasby.
That
would
have
been
considered
an
operating
lease.
We
asked
for
very
little
information
from
the
agencies
on
that,
and
they
would
give
us
a
one-line
item
on
that
particular
lease.
K
They
are
now
considered
for
both
private
and
and
governmental.
This
leases
have
changed
significantly.
There
is
no
difference
between
a
capital
or
an
operating
lease
they're
now
called
finance
leases
and
they're
all
handled
the
same.
They
all
have
to
be
basically
reported
almost
like
a
capital
lease,
and
so
they
have
to
be
on
the
financial
statement
and
a
variety
of
information
has
to
be
included
on
that.
K
F
Okay
and
then
so,
just
really
quick,
so
I
understand
this
correctly.
It's
just
you
just
answer
quick,
yes
or
no,
but
so
basically
we
didn't
have
to
report
the
leases
before
and
it's
because
of
gas
b
87.
Now
that
we
in
order
to
meet
the
gas
b
87
standards,
we
need
this
lease
subscription
to
meet
them
because
we
didn't
have
to
meet
these
standards
before
now.
We
do
that's
correct,
yes,
okay,
perfect
and
then
this
subscription
it's
about
75
000
a
year.
F
K
Is
lori
hoover?
We
don't
have
a
contract
right
now.
We
have
never
had
this,
so
this
is
simply
asking
us
to
get
authority
so
that
we
could
start
that
process,
and
I
would
assume
that
when
we
go
to
this
contract
it
would
at
least
be
like
most
contracts
where
they
would
stay
stable
until
the
next
renewal
price.
A
time
frame.
F
A
B
Just
a
little
follow-up,
so,
what's
included
in
that
75
000
subscription.
K
For
the
record,
lori
hoover
at
this
point
in
time
for
what
we
can
tell
that's
out
there,
that
we've
done
webinars
on
and
discussions
with
companies
is,
it
will
be
a
database
that
will
will
be
able
to
produce
the
journal
entries
that
are
required
for
the
comprehensive
annual
financial
report.
K
K
They
put
a
lot
of
requirements
around
it,
so
it's
it's
small
things
like
if,
if
one
side
has
the
ability
to
cancel,
but
the
other
side
doesn't
have
the
ability
to
cancel,
then
it's
handled
one
way.
If
both
sides
have
the
ability
to
cancel,
it
has
to
be
handled
a
different
way.
So
there's
a
lot
of
different
minute
requirements
that
would
make
it
difficult
to
to
create
those
journal
entries
manually
and
that's
basically,
what
is
going
to
come
out
of
the
system.
K
In
addition,
though,
it
will
give
us
visibility
as
a
state
to
the
leases
and
might
be
able
to
offer
some
savings.
We
would
be
able
to
share
some
of
this
information,
perhaps
with
purchasing
division,
to
see
if
agencies
are
out
there
leasing
the
same
type
of
items
that
we
don't
have
a
master
service
agreement
on,
and
maybe
then
the
purchasing
could
go
out
and
attempt
to
do
a
master
service
agreement
on
that.
B
K
Lori
hoover
that
would
be
correct.
I
highly
doubt
it
would
be
24-hour
support
only
because
it's
a
system
that
is
not
required
to
be
up
24
hours,
it's
going
to
be
a
system
that
just
needs
to
be
up
when
we
need
to
go
access
it
so,
but
yes,
it
would
have
the
support
with
it.
If
we
had
any
issues,
we
would
be
able
to
contact
them
and
and
have
them
assist
us
with
whatever
issues
we
have.
K
A
You
I'm
you
why
thank
you.
I
think
assembly
assembly,
woman
hattie,
wanted
to
clarify
one
issue
on
that
point.
You
just
made.
F
Yes,
sorry
and
you
might
have
just
answered-
you
might
have
answered
it
and
I
missed
it,
but
we're
talking
about
this
one
subscription
which
cost
75
000,
but
were
there
other
subscriptions
that
were
available
that
might
be
less
or
how
did
you
guys
land
on
this
one
service
provider
for
the.
K
Record
lori
hoover-
that
was
the
least
expensive
one,
that
I
could
get
a
number
out
of
a
sales
person
because
we
weren't
going
out
to
rfp
or
anything
like
that
at
that
point
in
time.
So
we
are,
we
are.
There
are
varying
degrees
of
of
systems
out
there
where
we're
not
set
on
75
000.
If
we
find
something
cheaper,
we
definitely
can
go
that
direction.
We
are
looking
for
a
fairly
simple
system.
K
There
are
systems
out
there
that
will
do
many,
many
other
functions
and
features,
but
we
are
looking
to
to
keep
it
at
that
level
or
less,
but
until
we
put
that
rfp
out
the
request
for
proposal,
we're
not
100
sure
what
we'll
find
out
there.
A
Thank
you,
assemblywoman.
That
I
believe,
is
the
last
question
that
we
had
for
this
budget
and
I
will
be
following
up
and
and
our
staff
and
and
possibly
chair,
carlton,
as
well
with
controller's
office
on
the
las
vegas
office
issue
for
sure,
and
so
with
that.
Thank
you
very
much
for
presenting
your
budget,
but
also
everything
that
your
office
is
doing
this
morning.
We
appreciate
it
and
we'll
move
on
to
our
next
budget
and
our
next
budget.
A
The
last
budget
on
the
agenda
today
is
from
the
department
of
sentencing
policy
and,
and
today
with
us,
I
believe
we
have
executive
director,
victoria
gonzalez
and
and
if
you
could
executive
director,
please
start
your
presentation.
A
I
You
good
morning,
everybody
good
morning,
chair
brooks
chair,
carlton
and
members
of
the
committee.
Again
my
name
is
victoria
gonzalez.
I
am
the
executive
director
of
the
department
of
sentencing
policy.
I
was
appointed
by
the
governor
and
I
serve
at
the
pleasure
of
the
nevada
sentencing.
Commission.
I
I'm
pairing
with
me
today
is
a
chief
justice
hardesty.
He
is
the
chair
of
the
nevada
sentencing
commission.
It
is
an
honor
to
appear
before
these
committees
and
formally
introduce
our
agency
to
the
legislature.
I
As
you
know,
we
are
brand
new,
and
so
I'm
looking
forward
to
you
getting
to
know
us,
I'm
going
to
make
sure
I
can
share
my
presentation.
I
I
I
Okay,
so
here
is
a
general
outline
of
my
presentation
this
morning.
First,
I
will
provide
detailed
information
about
the
vast
statutory
mandates
at
our
agency
and
the
commission.
Next,
I
will
provide
some
details
about
our
current
budget,
including
what
was
projected
and
what
actually
resulted.
I
I
will
conclude
my
presentation
with
what
our
plans
are
for
the
future,
including
the
details
of
the
governor's
recommended
budget
for
our
budget
account
I'm
going
to
review
our
statutory
mandates
by
way
of
the
legislative
history
of
the
of
the
commission
and
our
department.
This
really
all
starts
back
in
2017
with
where
the
passage
of
senate
bill
number
451
established.
The
current
iteration
of
the
nevada
sentencing
commission,
sb
451
created
the
commission.
I
I
I
This
was
from
that
sb
451
in
2017.,
nrs
176
0134
are
the
duties
of
the
commission
as
an
accident
2017.
these
these
duties
included
advising
the
legislature
and
making
recommendations
concerning
sentencing
corrections
in
this
state,
including
the
fiscal
pac
impact
of
sentences
and
considering
various
goals
of
sentencing.
The
statute
specifies
a
non-inclusive
list
of
seven
goals.
I
The
statute
also
requires
the
commission
to
propose
and
recommend
sentencing
guidelines
requires
the
commission
and
then
requires
the
commission
to
submit
as
comprehensive
report
for
each
biennium
nrs
once
the
next
statutes
come
from
8236
and
nrs
176.01343
requires
the
sentencing
commission
to
track
outcomes
relating
to
the
enactment
of
ab236,
as
I
will
talk
in
more
detail
on
the
next
slide.
I
That
statute
also
requires
the
submission
of
a
report
summarizing
the
fun.
The
findings
and
recommendations
of
the
commission
as
it
pertains
to
ab-236
nrs
176-01347
requires
the
sentencing
commission
to
calculate
costs
avoided
from
ab236.
I
Again,
I
will
talk
about
this
in
more
detail
on
the
next
slide.
This
statute
requires
two
more
deliverables
that
need
to
be
submitted
related
to
the
costs.
The
savings
and
costs
and
recommendations
identified
by
the
commission,
nrs
176014
establishes
the
local,
the
nevada,
local
justice
reinvestment
coordinating
council.
What
this
council
does
is
assist
with
implementation
of
av-236
at
the
local
level.
The
coordinating
council
is
a
19-member
public
body
composed
of
representatives
from
each
county.
I
It
is
required
to
submit
recommendations
to
the
sentencing,
commission
and
the
sentencing
commission
is
required
to
provide
staff
support
for
this
coordinating
council
on
the
right
side.
You
can
see
our
primary
statutory
mandate
for
the
department,
which
is
176.01327.
I
I
As
I
said,
I
know
that
some
of
the
members
of
each
of
these
committees
are
very
familiar
with
8236,
but
I
also
realize
that
some
of
you
might
not
be
I'm
going
to
take
this
opportunity
to
provide
some
background
in
detail
of
ab-236,
as
it
will
not
only
help
understand
our
mandates.
But
it
will
also
assist
when
you
hear
from
other
agencies
regarding
8236
ab236
is
a
bill
of
sweeping
criminal
justice
reforms.
I
The
policies
and
recommendations
that
led
to
its
enactment
are
the
result
of
the
justice
reinvestment
reinvestment
initiative
in
nevada,
with
technical
assistance
from
the
crime
and
justice
institute
and
the
justice
reinvestment
initiative.
The
2018
advisory
commission
on
the
administration
administration
of
justice
conducted
a
comprehensive
study
of
the
criminal
justice
system
in
this
state
and
developed
a
package
of
recommendations
and
policies
that
would
slow
the
growth
of
the
prison
population,
which
would
then
result
in
savings
to
the
state
that
can
be
reinvested
in
agencies
and
programs
that
will
reduce
recidivism
while
ensuring
public
safety.
I
The
package
of
recommendations
from
acha
promised
640
million
dollars
over
saved
over
the
next
10
years
in
correctional
costs.
If
the
policies
and
recommendations
were
were
effectively
implemented,
the
statutes
identified
on
the
previous
slide
tasked
the
commission
with
oversight
of
implementing
these
reforms.
I
Here
is
what
this
means.
Nrs
176.01343,
as
I
said,
requires
the
commission
to
collect
data
to
track
and
assess
the
outcomes
resulting
from
8236.
What
this
means
is.
The
commission
collects
hundreds
of
measures
of
data
from
the
nevada
department
of
corrections,
the
division
of
parole,
probation
and
the
central
repository
to
track
and
assess
the
outcomes
of
ab-236
at
a
very
high
level.
The
data
measures
are
related
to
prison
admissions,
prison
releases
and
supervision
of
offenders.
This
includes
various
breakdowns
which
include
by
offense
sentence
length.
Time,
served
programming,
demographic
information,
criminal
history
and
recidivism.
I
I
The
commission
does
this
by
reviewing
the
prison
population
projections
from
jfa,
comparing
the
prison
populations
to
the
actual
prison
population
and
then
use
a
multiplier
to
calculate
the
savings
and
costs
avoided.
If
savings
or
costs
avoided
are
identified,
the
commission
will
recommend
reinvestment
into
treatment
and
programs
and
agencies
to
help
continue
a
reducing
recidivism.
I
I
I
There
were
several
new
agencies
established
during
the
2019
legislative
session,
and
I
think
it
is
worth
noting
a
similarly
situated
agency,
the
department
of
integer
defense
services.
That
agency
is
also
a
new
agency
tasked
with
rigorous
mandates
related
to
the
criminal
justice
system,
and
they
have
a
very
active
board
as
well.
They
were
appropriated,
seven
staff
and
their
budget
is
almost
twice
as
much
as
ours.
I
bring
this
up
as
an
example
of
a
similar,
a
similar
agency
structure
with
rigorous
mandates
and
a
public
body.
I
I
think
this
agency
is
analogous
to
this
to
the
type
of
structure
that
we
need
to
carry
out
our
mandates
and
adequately
adequately
assist
our
commission.
I
consider
this
agency
a
sister
agency.
We've
collaborated
on
different
things
so
far,
including
the
standing
up
of
our
department,
and
I
admire
the
work
of
their
agency
and
would
like
to,
I
think,
align
our
our
staffing
and
our
productivity
with
theirs.
I
So
here
is
what
we
actually
got
from
based
on
the
budget
we
were
appropriated.
Of
course,
this
is
a
as
a
result
of
the
budget
crisis
that
resulted
from
the
pandemic.
The
hiring
freeze
and
the
spending
freeze
resulted
in
the
reversion
of
over
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
of
our
budget.
This
is
over
fifty
percent.
I
I
There
was
only
one
way
to
make
those
reductions
with
our
vacancies,
so,
as
you
can
see,
our
work
program
included,
keeping
our
staff
attorney
position
vacant
until
march
2021
and
our
administrative
assistant
too
positioned
vacant
until
the
fall
of
2020.,
we
were
only
able
to
recently
hire
the
staff
attorney
in
november
because
we
secured
a
sub-award
from
the
crime
and
justice
institute.
I
know
this
is
just
the
beginning
of
the
impacts
that
you
are
going
to
hear
about
as
a
result
of
the
pandemic.
I
I
have
noted
the
staffing
we
had
over
time,
while
attempting
to
fill
our
vast
mandates.
When
I
was
appointed,
we
did
not
have
office
space.
It
was
up
to
me
to
find
that
space
and
secure
it
and
prepare
it.
So
we
could
properly
start
building
our
department.
I
I
I
secured
our
office
space
and
it
took
time
to
get
it
wirelessly
properly.
For
a
state
agency.
We
moved
in
on
march
9th
anticipating
the
delivery
of
our
furniture
and
installations
of
phones
the
following
week.
We
also
anticipated
beginning
the
recruitment
process
for
the
remainder
of
our
staff
and,
as
we
all
know,
on
march
16th
the
state
closed.
You
can
see
with
only
two
people,
a
director
and
an
assistant,
no
furniture,
no
phones.
We
continue
to
work
towards
fulfilling
our
mandates.
I
Additionally,
the
crime
and
justice
institute
provides
agencies
with
technical
to
support,
support
to
implement
ab-236,
including
over
400
thousand
dollars
in
sub-award
funding.
We
assisted
the
commission
in
reviewing
and
approving
requests
for
this
funding.
As
you
can
see,
we
currently
have
one
position
vacant
and
our
current
recruiting
for
that
position.
We
got
to
enjoy
about
a
month
and
a
half
of
being
staffed
at
100.
I
I
hope
you've
had
a
chance
up
into
the
this
point
to
review
our
previously
submitted
deliverables
and
look
forward
to
reviewing
the
one
that
we
submitted
today,
which
includes
our
first
collection
of
data
from
the
agencies,
as
we
begin
to
build
that
baseline
for
determining
for
measuring
the
outcomes
of
the
enactment
of
ab236,
I
have
to
say,
with
the
assistance
and
the
collaboration
of
our
agencies,
I
we
successfully
completed
our
first
collection
of
data.
I
Obviously
there
are
some
gaps
as
these
are
new
mandates
for
everyone,
and
so
we
are
looking
at
what
how
those
gaps
may
be
addressed
everyone's
facing
challenges
financially,
especially
when
it
comes
to
data,
but
the
assistance
and
collaboration
with
these
agencies
has
been
very
encouraging
and
we
have
been
able
to
produce
some
work
that
I'm
very
proud
of
and
also,
as
you
can
see,
we
complied
with
these
mandates.
We
start
our
collection
of
data.
I
I
As
you
can
see
here,
here's
our
vision,
our
mission
and
philosophy.
Our
vision
is
to
be
a
premier
partner
in
facilitating
reliable
criminal
justice
data
and
data-driven
sentencing
correction
policies
in
nevada.
Our
mission
is
to
assist
and
support
the
nevada,
sentencing
commission
and
providing
those
data-driven
sentencing
corrections
and
policies,
and,
as
I
mentioned,
the
oversight
of
justice
reinvestment,
which
is
at
av-236
peace.
Our
philosophy
is
to
collaborate
and
communicate
with
criminal
justice
agencies,
stakeholders
and
the
public
to
facilitate
the
collection
of
criminal
justice
data.
I
In
order
to
organize
our
activities,
I
identified
seven
core
functions,
as
you
can
see
here.
This
is
how
we
organize
our
daily
activities
of
the
department
and
help
keep
us
on
track
to
fulfilling
our
mandates.
For
our
for
the
commission
slide
10
is
our
org
chart,
including
our
proposed
reclassification.
I
I
would
also
like
to
note,
because
we
are
such
a
small
agency.
There
are
many
internal
and
daily
activities
we
cannot
handle
on
our
own.
So
I've
noted
that
down
there
we
have
received
additional
support
from
the
directors
fiscal
office
of
the
department
of
public
safety
agency,
hr
services
and
at
the
administrative
services
division
of
the
department
of
administration.
They
provide
us
support
as
our
pay
clerk.
I
I'm
very
grateful
to
these
agencies
for
supporting
us,
for,
as
you
know,
as
you
can
see,
we
have
a
lot
that
we
need
to
get
done
and
so
having
these
things
taken.
Care
of
and
the
support
for
them
is
very
much
appreciated.
I
So,
finally,
we
come
to
our
budget
as
it
was
introduced
in
the
governor's
recommended
budget.
I
know
we
don't
typically
talk
about
adjustments
to
base,
but
I
want
to
explain
why
why
our
enhancements
are
so
low.
Our
first
base
year
ever
happened
during
the
worst
of
the
state
being
closed
recently,
which
means
we
were
not
permitted
to
hire
staff
or
spend
money.
This
means
that
our
adjustments
to
base
were
used
to
fill
in
those
gaps
of
what
we
were
originally
appropriated.
I
Our
enhancement
allows
us
to
buy
equipment
that
we
were
not
able
to
buy
during
our
first
biennium,
which
will
continue
to
help
us
carry
out
our
daily
operations
and
the
classified
position
change
will
help
us
get
some
of
that
expertise
we
need
in
regards
to
data.
I
I
will
also
note
our
performance
measures.
There
are
two
included
in
our
budget.
However,
I
haven't
in
plans
to
add
these
data
measures
related
to
the
collection
of
our
data,
which
I
think
will
help
measure
what
our
needs
are
in
terms
of
staffing
and
resources,
and
so
you
can
look
forward
to
seeing
those
in
2023
when
we
are
back
here
again.
I
I
thought
it
would
be
helpful
to
know
what
agencies
and
commissions
like
this
look
like
in
other
states.
Information
about
other
states
will
assist
this
legislature
in
making
decisions
about
how
you
want
our
agency
and
our
commission
to
to
look-
and
I
also
thought
this-
I
use
this
information
in
building
and
designing
our
growth
plan.
I
So,
lastly,
here
is
our
growth
plan.
As
I
said,
we
have
vast
mandates
and
I
have
big
dreams
of
how
we're
going
to
fulfill
those
mandates
and
based
on
what
I
have
seen
so
far,
the
collaboration
support
from
parole,
probation
from
the
department
of
corrections
and
the
central
repository.
We
continue
to
improve
the
collection
and
sharing
of
criminal
justice
data
in
this
state.
I
I
So
with
that,
I
would
be
very
happy
to
answer
any
questions
that
members
of
the
community
may
have.
A
Thank
you,
director
gonzalez,
and
thank
you
for
the
work
that
you're
doing
for
the
state
of
nevada
and
what
what
a
time
to
stand
up
a
brand
new
and
an
important
agency
in
nevada
when
all
were
in
the
midst
of
all
of
these
these
issues.
So
it's
tough
work
and-
and
I
think
that
your
presentation
and
your
budget
demonstrates
that
I
wanted
to
see
if
there's,
if
anyone
has
any
questions
regarding
that
presentation
or
anything
in
this
budget
and
but
I'm
going
to
start
with
speaker
fryerson.
A
B
Obviously
ab236
in
particular
has
been
important
to
this
body,
and
I
I
think
I
don't
want
to
oversimplify
it,
but
a
large
part
of
the
momentum
behind
this
was
designed
to
save
the
state
money
by
being
smarter
with
what
we're
doing,
and
so
I
I
certainly
appreciate
the
the
effort
that's
gone
forth
since
the
passage
in
particular
baby,
236
and
and
the
the
the
ability
for
you
all
to
do
so
much
with
so
very
little
and
so
so
few
bodies.
B
But
I
did
have
questions
about
the
the
change
in
classification,
because
my
notes
reflect
that.
The
duties
that
are
targeted
are
not
currently
being
performed
by
other
positions,
but
but
I
would
imagine
somebody's
doing
it.
So.
My
first
question
is
who
is
currently
performing
the
duties
that
are
going
to
be
targeted
for
this,
this
position
and
reclassified
and
then
I'll
just
put
out
there
along
the
same
lines,
would
and-
and
how
would
this
reclassification
address
the
workload
concerns?
B
Because
again,
I
know
that
you're
doing
a
lot
with
with
a
small
number
of
people,
but
this
doesn't
increase
the
number
of
people.
It
changes
title
and
classification
and
presumably
you
know,
pace
kit,
so
how
you
know,
how
are
these
duties
currently
being
performed
and
how
would
this
reclassification
address?
I
So
for
the
record
victoria
gonzalez.
Yes,
thank
you
to
answer
your
first
question.
Those
duties
are
currently
being
done
by
myself
and
the
staff
attorney
which,
as
I
mentioned,
the
staff
attorney
was
only
recently
hired
in
november,
and
so
up
until
that
point
it
was
myself
I
we
do
have
some
assistance
from
and
support
from
the
crime
and
justice
institute.
I
However,
it
is
up
to
me
to
build
something
that
will
be
sustainable
and
have
fidelity
and
be
reliable
in
the
future,
and
so
up
until
that
point,
it
has
been
me
by
my
on
my
own
fulfill,
carrying
out
all
of
this
with
my
assistant
up
until
that
point,
and
then
the
staff
attorney
that
we
recruited
is
very
engaged
in
this
process
and
has
assisted
us
in
making
leaps
and
bounds
about
how
we
can
begin
this
collection
of
data.
I
However,
it's
just
scratching
the
surface
because
she
is
obviously
tasked
also
with
assisting
with
writing
and
then
providing
staff
support
to
that
coordinating
council
and
everything
else.
So
up
until
this
point,
it's
just
been
us
and
so
by
adding
this
position,
what
this
position
will
actually
help
us
do
is
take
what
we're
doing
to
another
level,
because
there
are
some
expertise
that
we
don't
have,
but
what
we
will
be
doing.
I
What
we're
still
currently
doing-
and
this
position
will
help
us
with
that
piece
as
far
as
how
to
actually
produce
reports
and
organize
it
into
worksheets
and
databases
which
we
don't
have
the
time
to
do
and
honestly
don't
have
the
expertise,
and
so
that's
what
I'm
hoping,
but
to
your
point,
it
doesn't
really
add
a
person.
I
It
just
helps
us
shift
everything
and
that's
been
the
experience
of
being
a
brand
new
agency.
Is
that
constant
shifting
of
duties
and
when
we're
recruiting
it's
very,
I
make
it
very
clear
that
everyone
wears
several
hats,
and
so
we
are
learning
as
we
go
and
lovely.
There
are
other
commissions
out
there.
We,
our
sister
agencies,
help
us
when
we
have
questions
about
well.
How
do
we
process
this?
And
what
do
we
do
with
that?
I
But
it's
us
trying
to
figure
this
out,
and
so
it
would
be
helpful
to
have
an
extra
person.
However,
we
were
already
at
our
cap,
and
so
I
I
didn't
have
the
root
the
the
ability
to
request
that.
Additionally,
I
could
only
request
the
management
analyst
one
again
trying
to
stay
within
our
cap.
So
to
your
point,
it's
mostly
a
shifting,
but
it
will
help
alleviate
and
add
another
level
of
expertise
and
sophistication
to
the
reports
that
we're
looking
to
to.
B
Work
towards
well,
thank
you
and
it's
true.
If
I
can
follow
up,
it's
not
really
a
question
more
really.
I
want
to
just
to
clarification,
so
it
sounds
to
me
like
you're,
saying
it's
not
so
much
that
you
want
this
to
be
able
to
keep
doing
what
you're
doing
you
want
to
shift
the
responsibility,
these
responsibilities
to
this
position,
so
that
you
and
staff
staff
council
can
do
more.
I
Yeah
and
we'll
be
and
we'll
be
doing
more,
everyone
will
just
be
doing
more
yeah.
By
having
this,
this
ability
is
to
do
more,
I
would
say
the
the
shifting
would
be
more.
We
can
delegate
this
piece
that
we
didn't
quite
have
we
don't
have
it
figured
out,
and
so
there
will
be
a
little
bit
of
work.
It
doesn't
mean
a
huge
part
of
delegating
that,
because
we
will
still
be
the
individuals
meeting
with
the
agencies
and
with
their
statisticians,
but
yeah
it'll
just
be
so.
B
Well,
thank
you
for
that,
and-
and
I
look
forward
to
hearing
the
next
report
about
those
additional
things
because
you're
clearly
excited
about
your
work.
We're
excited
about
implementing
policies
that
are
smarter
with
our
money.
So
hopefully
we
will
recognize
far
more
savings
by
addressing
these
policies
than
the
increased
cost
and
you
know
potentially
increase
costs
in
a
position
so
that
we
can
be
more
efficient
and
and
and
more,
I
think,
wise
with
our
tax
taxpayer
dollars.
So
thank
you
for
answering
questions.
A
Thank
you,
speaker,
bryerson
assemblyman
roberts.
Do
you
have
a
question.
C
B
She
answered
the
majority
of
it
and
just
to
reiterate,
having
worked
with
criminal
justice
system
and
analytics.
B
B
You
know
so
that
you
can
make
proper
decisions
and
and
move
the
bar
in
the
right
direction,
and
so
that
was
pretty
much
where
I
was
going
to
get
at
so
I
I
support
it.
I
look
forward
to
seeing.
E
What
what
they
can.
A
Thank
you,
assemblyman
roberts,
and
I
I
just
that
this
shines
a
light
on
on
a
problem
that
we
seem
to
have
a
recurring
issue.
We
have
that
we
we
don't
have
enough
money
to
spend
the
money
to
save
the
money.
You
know
and-
and
it's
kind
of
you
know
with
matching
funds
from
the
federal
government
or
in
a
a
modernization
and
analytical
role
such
as
yours
and
it's
it's.
A
You
know
it's
constantly
crisis
mode,
so
I
appreciate
everything
that
you're
doing
and
and
and
everything
that
the
mission
that
you
have
on.
I
also
appreciate
you
sharing
slide.
12.
slide.
12
kind
of
gives
us
a
good
example
of
what
other
other
states
are
doing
with
the
sizes
of
their
commissions
and
then
the
supporting
staff
associated
with
that
and
and
kind
of
lays
once
again
lays
out.
A
You
know
where,
where
we're
bare
bones
on
this,
and
so
I
just
appreciate
what
you're
doing
and
and
and
about
the
good
work,
and
I
I
see
that
that
we
are
joined
by
chief
justice,
hardesty
and
and
just
wanted
to
know,
if
any
comments
on
this
the
closing
comments
on
this.
Since
I
don't
believe
we
have
any
further
questions
on
this
budget.
E
Thank
you,
mr
chairman
justice
hardesty.
I
have
the
privilege
of
serving
as
the
chair
of
the
sentencing
commission
and
over
the
past
17
or
80.
Well,
actually,
almost
24
months
now
or
close
to
it,
I
have
had
weekly
communication
with
ms
gonzalez
as
she
and
her
team.
E
E
I
strongly
commend
to
all
of
the
members
of
the
assembly
in
the
senate
the
review
of
the
report
that
will
be
tendered
to
the
legislature
today
on
the
ab236
report.
It
provides
a
snapshot
of
just
how
challenging
it
is
to
collect
and
evaluate
this
data
and
determine
what
kinds
of
recommendations
could
and
should
be
made.
As
a
result,
we've
also
presented
three
previous
reports
and
I
urge
consideration
or
review
of
those
reports.
They
are
complex.
E
I
really
want
to
also
extend
my
thanks
to
the
crime
and
justice
institute
who
provided
in
excess
of
450
000
dollars
to
assist
these
agencies,
to
try
to
help
build
the
work
product
that
we're
trying
to
collect
and
evaluate
which
has
included
a
wide
spread
of
folks,
and
finally,
we
secured
enough
money
to
be
able
to
hire
the
staff
attorney
in
november
through
that
grant,
but
that
runs
out
the
first
of
july,
so
I'm
really
concerned
that
we'd
be
fully
staffed.
If
we're
going
to
see
success
from
this
effort.
A
Well,
thank
you,
sir.
We
appreciate
that
and
I
don't.
I
don't
believe
we
have
any
any
questions
from
the
committee
today,
but
thank
you
for
joining
us
and
thank
you
for
this
program
with
that.
I
believe
that
we
are
done
with
the
business
of
the
the
committee
this
morning
and
that
was
our
last
budget
item
and
we
can
move
to
our
last
agenda
item,
which
would
be
public
comment
and
and
broadcast
services.
A
G
A
J
A
And
while
we're
waiting
to
see
if
we're
joined
by
anyone
for
public
comment,
I.
A
To
the
committee
and
my
zeal
to
get
started
this
morning,
I
noted
a
quorum
and
just
kept
on
trucking
instead
of
taking
roll,
and
I
will
not
do
that
again.
I
apologize
we.
We
did
note
the
quorum
and
all
the
members
present,
but
in
the
future
meetings
every
future
meeting
I'll
make
sure
we
take
roll.
I
apologize
for.
A
K
A
Thank
you
so
that
that
is
it
for
today.
I
would
like
to
remind
members
that
we
have
another
joint
full
committee
meeting
monday
morning
and
that
will
be
we'll
hear
budget
presentations
from
the
governor's
office
of
science,
innovation
and
technology
and
the
governor's
office
of
workforce
innovation
and
then
following
up.
A
There
will
also
be
an
ifc
meeting
on
monday
after
the
joint
poll
to
consider
a
few
15
day,
expeditious
work,
items,
work,
programs
and
the
ifc
packet
is
available
to
the
excuse
me,
the
ifc
documents
and
packet
is
available
to
members
today.
So
I
will
see
everyone
on
monday
and
enjoy
your.