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A
Great
thank
you
so
much
good
morning
and
welcome
to
the
joint
committee
or
subcommittee
on
general
government
and
ways
and
means
I
am
ready
to
call
this
meeting
to
order
and
may
the
secretary
please
call
the
role.
C
A
Here,
thank
you,
and
would
you
mark
senator
dennis
present
when
he
pops
in,
of
course,
thank
you
a
couple
of
housekeeping
items.
We've
been
doing
this
for
a
little
bit,
but
just
want
to
make
sure
that
folks
know
we
will
be
doing
public
comment
period
at
the
end
of
the
budget
hearings.
They're,
asking
that
the
public
comment
be
limited
to
two
minutes.
However,
written
testimony
may
be
provided
to
the
committee
for
review
by
the
members.
A
A
We
do
ask
in
this
digital
format,
as
well
as
in
our
general
rooms,
that
folks,
who
are
presenting,
make
clearly
state
their
name
as
they
speak,
so
that
our
committee
secretary
can
reflect
that
in
the
record.
It
makes
it
much
easier
on
them
and
members,
as
you
know,
zoom
chat
is
directs
you
to
broadcast.
So
if
you
have
anything
you'd
like
to
send
to
me,
please
use
skype
or
other
memes.
I
think
have
a
teams
chat
set
up
as
well.
A
If
you'd
like
to
post
questions
there,
otherwise
I
will
keep
an
eye
out
for
hands
raised
and
waving
me
down
for
questions
on
today's
agenda.
The
subcommittee
is
hearing
budgets
from
the
department
of
administration,
I'm
going
to
ask
that
the
representatives
presenting
from
the
national
council
of
juvenile
family
court,
judges
and
national
judicial
college
please
go
go
ahead
and
prepare
to
proceed
with
the
presentation
I
do
want
to.
A
However,
let
you
know
that
we
will
be
stopping
at
the
end
of
each
budget
for
questions
so
that
we
can
keep
our
questions
consistent
with
the
budgets.
So
go
ahead.
If
you
are
ready
and
proceed
with
the
first
budget
presentation.
Thank
you.
B
D
Is
joey
orduna
hastings,
I'm
the
ceo
of
the
national
council
of
juvenile
family
court
judges.
Today,
I
am
joined
by
our
board
of
director,
judge,
egan,
walker
and
our
finance
director,
trudy,
delong
and
I'll
be
quick.
I
believe
you
all
have
a
copy
of
this
powerpoint,
but
I
would
like
to
first
start
by
thanking
you
for
having
us
and
considering
our
budget
and
for
all
that
you're
doing
for
nevadans
during
this
pandemic.
We
really
appreciate
all
your
extra
effort
next
slide.
D
D
I
like
to
describe
the
work
of
the
national
council
as
a
spectrum
of
services,
in
that
we
offer
not
only
judicial
education,
legal
education
for
court
professionals,
but
also
we
provide
research
policy
and
hands-on
consultation.
It
may
take
the
form
of
court
observation
case
file,
review,
surveys
and
evaluations.
D
B
D
All
of
our
offerings
are
offered
free
to
all
members
of
the
public
and
judges
due
to
the
grants
that
we
have
secured
we're
able
to
provide
most
of
our
work
through
those
grants
for
free
for
entities
that
need
to
access
our
education
next
slide.
D
C
D
D
D
So
we
have
had
decades
of
partnership
and
membership
in
the
state
of
nevada.
We
are
84
years,
as
I
said
in
may.
We
are
also
pleased
to
participate
with
our
colleagues
at
the
judicial
college
and
the
university
of
nevada
reno
judicial
studies
program
that
actually
offers
a
phd
program
for
judges
at
the
university
of
nevada
reno.
D
We
have
about
72
employees
and
we
are
really
proud
that,
despite
losing
significant
money
during
2020,
we
were
able
to
keep
all
of
our
employees
employed
and
the
council
continued
to
do
the
work
on
behalf
of
children,
families
and
survivors.
We
do
a
lot
of
work
here
in
nevada,
both
in
the
urban
areas
and
rural
areas.
D
Many
people
think
that
the
national
council
just
serves
judges.
We
actually
are
multi-disciplinary
organization
at
our
core.
We
are
a
judicial
membership
organization,
but
we
support
all
aspects
of
the
system,
so
we
train
teachers,
police
officers,
counselors
attorneys
and
most
recently,
I'll,
give
you
an
example
of
an
allied
agency.
We
did
a
human
trafficking
training
for
here
in
washoe
county
to.
F
D
Their
team
better
understand
and
identify
aspects
of
human
trafficking
that
may
not
be
very
visible
on
its
face
and
really
ask
questions
and
inquire
further
to
help
young
women
and
and
boys
that
that
may
be
being
trafficked,
and
so
that
would
be
an
example
of
an
allied
agency
that
we
would
help
in
the
system
in
the
juvenile
and
family
court
arena.
D
We
have
almost
100
members
here
in
nevada
and
several
board
of
directors
from
las
vegas
and
reno.
The
council
also
offers
two
national
conferences
a
year
and
we're
very
pleased
to
bring
those
home
to
nevada.
We
did
one
in
southern
nevada
in
2019,
our
national
juvenile
justice
conference,
and
we
were
had
all
intentions
to
provide
our
july
2020
conference
here
in
reno
nevada.
D
However,
the
pandemic
had
another
another
goal
in
mind,
so
we
had
to
go
virtual
for
that
conference,
but
we
are.
We
were
able
to
secure
to
bring
back
our
85th
annual
conference
here
in
reno
at
the
nugget
and
2022,
so
we
are
still
committed
to
bringing
much
of
our
work
home.
We
also
rely
on
a
number
of
nevada
judicial
faculty.
D
We
last
year
again
virtually
offered
the
first
of
its
kind
juvenile
justice
institute
for
nevadans
by
nevadans,
and
we
used
a
lot
of
judicial
experts
and
that
training
is
completely
available
for
free
online
for
all
nevadans
probation
officers,
judges
so
on
and
so
forth,
and
that
was
a
very
successful
venture.
D
So
the
council
today
is
hoping
and
respectfully
requesting
to
be
restored
back
to
its
budget
of
125
000
per
year
of
the
biennium
for
a
total
of
250
000,
and
that
would
be
our
request.
Given
the
pandemic
and
the
budget
issues
that
nevada
is
facing,
we
are
not
requesting
any
more
funds
at
this
time,
just
to
be
restored
back
to
the
original
funding,
and
so
with
that.
I'd
like
to
turn
this
over
to
judge
egan
walker,
to
provide
some
comments.
Next
slide,
pete.
E
E
E
I
was
conducting
a
re-sentencing
of
that
gentleman
consistent
with
their
duty.
The
jury
returned
a
verdict
of
death
in
his
case
and,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
in
the
way
of
the
process
of
sentencing
and
imposition
of
sentence
in
nevada,
I
signed
his
death
warrant,
so
it
was
my
signature
that
went
on
an
order
ordering
the
director
of
the
nevada
department
of
corrections
to
put
him
to
death
that
seminal
event
is
important.
For
this
reason,
the
man
whose
death
I
ordered
is
a
former
foster
child
and
and
a
person
who
was
involved
in
the
child
delinquency
system.
E
E
Hearing
the
only
place
I
get
that
specialized
training
and
the
only
place
I
can.
I
can
in
any
way
hope
to
answer
the
question
of
what
does
that
child
needs
is
the
training
I've
received
at
the
national
council
of
juvenile
family
court
judges
and
the
national
judicial
college,
and
so
I
offer
a
request.
Ladies
and
gentlemen,
as
a
boots-on-the-ground
judge
whose
privilege
pleasure
and
job
is
to
serve
all
of
you
and
the
citizens
of
the
state,
please
help
educate.
We
judges
the
only
place
we
can
get.
E
D
A
D
A
You
so
much,
I
do
think
we
have
some
questions
related
to
your
request
for
e225,
which
is
the
enhancement
for
for
the
court
or
the
court
judges
program,
and
those
questions
will
be
coming
from
assemblywoman
miller.
B
Thank
you
chair,
so
my
question
is
that
first,
thank
you
for
the
presentation
and
giving
us
a
better
understanding
of
what
it
is
actually
that
the
the
national
council
on
juvenile
and
family
court
judges
does.
So
we
appreciate
that.
Thank
you.
My
question
is:
if
the
recommended
funding
is
received,
how
much
federal
and
grant
revenue
does
the
council
anticipate
it
will
generate
as
a
res
as
a
result
of
the
restoration
to
the
general
fund
appropriation.
D
That
is
the
highest
in
the
history
of
the
national
council,
and
it
is
with
these
dollars
that
the
that
nevada
supports
us
with
that.
We're
able
to
leverage
and
spend
time
learning
more
writing
proposals
meeting
with
federal
funders
to
achieve
that
and
the
economic
impact
that
we
bring
back
to
nevada
and
that's
a
that's.
A
report
done
by
the
university
of
nevada,
reno.
D
Small
business
department
is
to
the
tune
of
12
million
dollars,
so
we
bring
those
dollars
back
into
nevada
through
employment
through
grants
through
bringing
students,
judge,
students
and
others
to
the
nevada
community
and
through
our
conferences,
and
so
we've
been
able
to
maximize
these
dollars
quite
extensively.
D
D
G
I
would
just
offer
that
it
should
be
understood
that
grant
dollars
cannot
be
used
to
submit
grant
proposals,
that's
strictly
against
the
grant
guidelines,
so
we
rely
on
outside
funding.
If
you
will
so,
we
can
actually
write
the
proposals.
You
know
employ
the
people
to
do
that.
I
would
also
say
that
our
trajectory
of
grants
that
we've
been
awarded
has
increased
since
we've
had
the
funding
from
the
state
of
nevada.
G
It
was
reduced
for
a
few
years
back
in
budget
days,
but
with
that
increased
funding,
we
have
seen
an
upward
trajectory
every
year
of
the
amount
of
grants
that
we
have
been
awarded.
So
every
every
cent
helps.
I
just
can't
emphasize
that
enough
that
we
go
our
and
also
our.
G
I
guess
you
call
it
your
gain
rate,
the
percentage
of
proposals
that
we
apply
for
that
we
are
actually
awarded
that
has
increased
in
the
last
five
years
as
well.
So
we
used
to
get
about
a
third
of
the
grants
that
we
applied
for
now
we're
looking
at
something
around
60,
which
is
a
good
yes,
because
we
can
put
the
effort
into
writing
really
good
proposals
and
making
the
connections.
B
Okay,
thank
you,
follow-up
chair.
Please
go
ahead.
Thank
you
could.
Could
you
then
describe
the
impact
that
it
would
have
on
the
on
the
council
if
the
recommended
restaurant
funded
wasn't
approved.
D
Yes,
joey
or
junior
hastings
for
the
record
assemblywoman.
It
would
impact
us
greatly
it.
As
ms
trudeau
long
noted,
those
funds
are
used
to
allow
us
to
write
grants
if
we
do
not
have
the
funds
to
write
the
grants
that
hampers
our
ability
to
broaden
the
scope
of
work
that
we
can
provide
in
the
services
we
can
provide
to
the
public.
Again.
D
The
beauty
of
having
the
grants
is
the
ability
to
provide
these
services
at
a
larger
scale
for
free,
so
that
at
any
area
of
nevada
and
the
country
can
access
the
resources
and
not
have
to
worry
about
finding
their
own
money
to
pay
for
these
services,
and
so
that
it
would
decrease
our
ability
to
provide
services
on
a
broad
scale.
E
Adam
assemblywoman
can
I
jump
in
yes,
please.
This
is
egan
walker
for
the
record,
so
that
15
year
old
girl
is
in
a
specialized
program
called
project
one
project
one
was
stood
up
by
the
national
council.
These
unrestricted
funds.
Allow
me
to
make
a
technical
request
to
the
council
to
tell
me
what
is
the
evidence
you
can
show
me
for
the
decisions
I
make
in
this
child's
life
that
will
have
good
outcomes
for
her,
and
in
fact
that
happened
with
this
child.
I
was
able
to
get
real-time
research
through
the
council
to
confirm
decisions.
A
And
I
I
want
to
also
echo
assemblywoman
miller
statements
about
us.
Thank
you
for
presenting
your
your
request
and
the
overview
of
what
your
program
does.
I
think
it's
really
important
for
the
state
and
it
is
invaluable.
The
amount
of
grant
dollars
you
guys
are
able
to
bring
in
with
the
funding
you've
received
has
is
really
fantastic
and
impressive.
I
I
have
another
question.
Oh
I'm,
sorry
for
the
record
and
the
secretary.
A
I
just
want
to
point
out
that
senator
dennis,
I
believe,
has
joined
us.
Yes
there
he
is.
I
have
another
question
from
assemblywoman
gorlo.
B
Thank
you,
chair
peters.
I
was
going
over
some
of
the
history
on
past
appropriations
and
I
was
wondering
if
you
could
explain,
or
give
a
little
bit
of
a
background
about
the
decrease
in
the
funding
from
the
2009
2011
biennium,
which
had
you
guys
down
from
like
originally
250
000
to
almost
87
000
and
then
we're
back
up
to
the
250
000
level.
So
could
you
explain
a
little
bit
about
what
happened
historically,
with
the
decrease
in
funds.
D
Yes,
happy
to
field
that
question
assemblywoman
that
so
I've
been
the
ceo
of
the
national
council
for
almost
five
years
in
july,
so
that
predates
me
my
understanding
of
the
history.
It
also
predates
my
finance
director,
trudy
delong,
we're
both
in
this
newer
number
of
years.
D
Our
understanding
is
those
decreases,
came
as
a
result
of
the
recession
and
a
decrease
in
the
ability
for
the
nevada
legislature
to
provide
those
funds,
so
it
was
not
due
to
services
or
performance,
but
rather
an
ability
to
allocate
those
dollars
and
not
take
away
from
other
priority
areas.
That
is
my
understanding
and
then,
in
the
last
five
years
we've
been
able
to
increase
that,
which
is
where
we
are
today.
D
The
restoration
of
to
125
000
per
year
of
the
binary
biennium
is
actually
gets
us
back
to
that
to
that
pre-2009
funding,
so
we're
very
proud
of
that
achievement
in
the
last
five
years.
Thank
you.
B
A
Thank
you
assemblywoman
for
that
clarifying
question
and
for
the
response
are
there
any
other
questions
from
the
committee
on
this
particular
piece
of
the
budget?
I
don't
see
any
so
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
thank
you
so
much
for
your
presentation
and
let's
move
on
to
the
national
judicial
college
presentation.
I
am
going
to
request.
I
saw
the
presentation
online.
Thank
you
so
much.
It
is
40
slides
long
and
I'm
I'm
gonna
ask
that
we
limit
the
presentation,
maybe
to
20
minutes.
A
If
we
can,
I
think
we
can
review
some
of
the
the
background
information.
That's
in
this
presentation
ourselves.
So
if
you
can
stick
to
the
kind
of
broader
overview
and
request
on
the
budget.
H
Thank
you
chair
women,
peters.
Actually,
we
I
was
just
gonna,
provide
a
couple
of
minutes
remarks
this
morning.
I
know
you
have
a
copy
of
the
powerpoint
presentation,
as
well
as
our
narrative
budget
requests.
So
so
good
morning
again,
chair
peters,
chair,
brooks
and
vice
chair
of
haragui
and
members.
H
H
I'm
pleased
to
join
you
remotely,
as
I
said
to
say
a
few
words
in
support
of
the
state
funding
for
the
national
judicial
college.
The
first
words
I'm
going
to
tell
you
is
thank
you.
Thank
you
for
the
state's
generous
support
of
the
college,
which
has
extended
over
many
decades
since
1964,
the
national
judicial
college
has
been
a
crown
jewel
on
the
campus
of
the
university
of
nevada,
reno
and
the
gold
standard
in
judicial
education.
H
H
We
educate
more
judges
from
nevada
than
from
any
other
state.
Almost
2
400
nevada
judges
have
studied
with
us
since
2010
and
last
month,
in
response
from
newly
elected
judges
in
clark
county,
we
added
an
extra
session
of
our
taking
the
bench
course
and
enrolled
16
nevada
judges.
Many
received
scholarship
assistance
nevadans
continue
to
be
well
represented
on
our
governing
board,
former
governor
senator
and
senator
richard
bryan
and
envy
energy
president
doug
cannon
recently
rotated
off
our
board
of
trustees,
attorney
general
aaron,
ford
and
nevada
nv
energy.
H
H
H
It
was
the
best
of
times
it
was
the
worst
of
times
we
typically
have
between
8
000
and
10
000
enrollments
a
year
last
year,
thanks
largely
to
the
popularity
of
two
emergency
response,
webinar
series
we
created
one
on
judging
during
a
pandemic,
the
other
on
racial
justice.
We
cleared
more
than
23
000
enrollments.
H
H
H
H
H
Your
support
help
bring
the
national
judicial
college
to
nevada
and
it
has
sustained
our
internationally
recognized
organization
ever
since.
Thank
you
for
the
pride
and
confidence
you
have
shown
in
us.
We
are
equally
proud
to
call
nevada
home
and
I'm
here
answering
questions
with
my
executive
team.
If
you
have
any
follow-up
questions,
thank
you.
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
that
presentation
and
those
comments.
We
are
all
really
feeling
the
hurt
from
this
last
year
and
appreciate
where
you're
coming
from.
We
do
have
a
couple
of
questions
related
to
the
dividing
the
waters
program.
If
that
is
appropriate
right
now,
great
mike,
I'm
gonna
start
this
with
my
first
question,
which
has
to
do
with
who
utilizes
the
program.
Can
you
tell
us
how
many
judges
and
and
in
what
jurisdictions
participate
in
the
dividing
the
waters
program
annually
and,
in
addition
to
nevada
judges?
A
What
other
states
are
judges
participating
from.
H
Yeah
sure
peters,
the
dividing
the
waters
program
is
mainly
for
western
adjudicators,
who
adjudicated
water
law
issues,
and
in
the
last
biennium
we
had
a
total
of
11
nevada
judges
who
participated
in
our
programmings
as
detailed
in
our
follow-up
responses
in
terms
of
breakdown
in
terms
of
district
within
nevada.
We
don't
have
that
information,
but
we'll
be
happy
to
submit
that
as
a
follow-up.
A
Thank
you.
I
would
be
curious.
I
know
that
our
districts
generally
manage
water
issues
in
their
courts,
but
I
we
have
seen
a
couple
go
through
the
supreme
court
this
year
and
I'm
just
curious
how
how
far
your
program
reaches
within
the
judicial
system.
I
have
another
question
from
assemblywoman
gorlo.
B
Thank
you,
chair
peters.
I
also
had
a
question
regarding
the
divided
waters
program.
How
would
it
be
impacted
if
the
recommended
restorations
of
funding
was
not
approved.
H
If
it
was
not
approved,
we
would
be
limiting.
We
probably
have
limited
programs
in
terms
of
focusing
on
water
law.
I
know
that
water
law
is
becoming
more
important
issues,
as
nevada
continues
to
nevada
courts
deal
with
these
issues
and
we
want
to
expand
that
program.
So
the
impact
would
be
that
we
would
have
limited
programming,
assembly
or
low.
A
Thank
you,
mr
aldania,
and
absolutely
water
issues
are
the
up-and-coming
contentious
issue
in
the
state.
If
they
haven't
already
been
contentious,
I
don't
see
any
other
questions
from
assembly
members.
Oh
senator
gokachia.
Please
go
ahead.
C
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
more
of
a
comment
than
than
a
question
and
clearly
I
believe
we
need
to
reinstate
this
funding,
but
the
bottom
line,
I'm
just
concerned-
and
I
know
where
there's
some
talk-
chief
justice
hardesty-
is
also
looking
at
you
know.
C
Maybe
another
way
we
can
actually
bring
a
little
more
expertise
into
into
the
courts
as
it
pertains
to
water
law,
and
you
know,
I'm
definitely
very
interested
and
see
how
that
moves
forward,
and
I
would
hope
that
you
would
be
able
to
incorporate
at
least
some
of
that
training
with
those
individuals
as
well.
H
Yes,
good
morning,
senator
gogojia-
I
am
actually
back
meeting
with
the
chief
justice
artistey
in
the
next
couple
of
weeks
to
discuss
and
provide
any
support
that
he
needs
in
terms
of
expanded
programming
or
providing
support
in
exploring
creation
of
water
courts
in
nevada.
A
Thank
you,
and
that
was
mr
aldania
for
the
record.
I
just
want
to
remind
folks,
as
you're
presenting
please
remember,
to
state
your
name
for
the
record.
It
just
makes
it
so
much
easier
on
the
other
side
as
we
get
minutes.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
presentation.
Again,
I
don't
see
anybody
else
raising
their
hand
for
questions,
so
I
think
that's
what
we
had
for
those
pieces
and
we
can
move
on.
Thank
you
again,
mr
aldania.
F
Thank
you
and
thank
you
to
the
members
of
the
joint
subcommittee
as
well.
The
department
of
administration,
hearings
and
appeals
division
is
grateful
for
the
opportunity
to
present
our
fiscal
years
21
through
23
governor
recommended
budget.
I
do
have
a
short
powerpoint.
I
believe
that
you
all
have
copies
and
I
will
just
highlight
I
can
share
my
screen.
One
moment.
F
F
All
right,
thank
you.
The
hearings
and
appeals
division
employs
46
full-time
employees,
36
are
located
in
our
las
vegas
office
and
10
are
located
in
carson
city.
F
We
have
three
types
of
officers
that
help
us
establish
and
create
the
division's
priorities.
We
provide
fair
and
independent
resolution
hearings
and
adjudications
in
a
timely
and
efficient
manner,
while
providing
due
process
to
all
of
our
injured
workers,
employers,
insurers
and
others
that
are
subject
to
our
jurisdiction.
Our
first
level
of
hearing
is
before
a
hearing
officer.
F
These
are
informal
hearings
and
they're
designed
to
assist
the
parties
in
resolving
the
issues.
The
majority
of
the
cases
are
workers,
compensation
cases
and
also
victims
of
crime
program.
The
appeals
officers
are
the
final
administrative
hearing
level
for
workers,
compensation,
division
of
industrial
relations,
victims
of
crime,
program,
state,
medicaid
and
purchasing
division
appeals.
F
These
proceedings
are
formal,
they're
recorded
testimony
is
given
under
oath
witnesses,
testify
and
evidence
is
admitted
into
the
record.
This
is
a
final
decision
that
is
subject
to
judicial
review.
The
appeals
officers
are
appointed
by
the
governor
to
two-year
terms
and
are
full
time
state
employees.
F
F
The
agencies
that
we
currently
hear
cases
for
are
the
department
of
employment,
training
and
rehabilitation,
the
division
of
human
resources
management,
mortgage
lending
division,
department
of
education,
department
of
transportation,
the
state
board
of
cosmetology
and
the
state
fire
marshal.
The
las
vegas
office
has
nine
appeals,
officers,
five
hearing
officers
and
four
special
appeals
officers.
F
The
carson
city
office
has
two
appeals
officers,
two
hearing
officers
and
three
appeals
officers.
Our
a225
enhancement
is
requested
to
fund
the
expansion
and
renovation
of
the
las
vegas
office
to
increase
available
courtroom
space
for
the
appeals
officers.
What
our
proposal
is
to
move
the
space
and
employees
downstairs
currently
occupying
the
hearing
office.
There's
a
vacant
space
downstairs
that
is
available
and
then
the
space
that's
vacated
by
the
hearing
office
will
be
renovated
to
provide
for
three
new
courtrooms,
including
an
ada,
accessible
courtroom.
F
Two
of
the
appeals
officers
who
do
not
have
court
rooms
will
now
have
a
dedicated
courtroom.
The
senior
appeals
officer
and
the
special
appeals
officers
will
share
the
remaining
new
courtroom.
F
So
that
we
hear
basically
cases
in
two
manners,
the
first
is
what
we
call
statutorily
mandated
cases
before
the
appeals
officer.
Those
are
contested
workers,
compensation
matters,
the
victims
of
crime
program
or
voc
cases
within
the
purchasing
division,
usually
bid
appeals
and
the
division
of
industrial
relations
which
handles
uninsured
employer
matters
and
fines
and
penalties,
and
this
graph
shows
the
progression
of
the
increase
in
cases
since
fiscal
year
12.
F
fiscal
year.
20
is
a
bit
of
an
anomaly
due
to
the
pandemic,
because
there
were
many
individuals
who
were
not
employed
during
much
of
fiscal
year
20
there
were
no
less
new
workplace
injuries,
so
we
had
fewer
claims
and
fewer
appeals
associated
with
those
claims,
and
this
chart
details
the
non-workers
count
compensation
agency
cases
and
those
are
the
ones
heard
by
the
interlocal
agreements.
F
We
hear
the
department
of
employment
training,
rehabilitation
personnel,
which
is
human
resources,
state
medicaid,
the
mortgage,
lending
division
and
the
rest
are
detailed
there.
We
recently
signed
an
inter-local
agreement
with
the
board
of
cosmetology,
but
we
have
not
heard
any
cases
from
that
agency
as
of
yet
we
were
in
talks
prior
to
the
pandemic,
with
the
cannabis
compliance
board
to
be
a
secondary
appeal
mechanism
and
we
hope
to
resume
talks
with
the
canvas
compliance
board
soon
and
you
can
see
from
fiscal
year
12
through
fiscal
year
21.
F
We
saw
quite
an
increase
from
2017
to
18
and
also
19,
and
then,
as
I
said
before,
20
is
a
bit
of
an
anomaly,
but
we
do
expect
as
people
go
back
to
work,
that
those
amounts
will
go
up.
Each
appeals
officer
also
carries
an
average
open
case
load
in
fiscal
year
21.
As
of
the
end
of
january
of
917,
open
cases.
F
And
these
are
the
amounts
that
we
are
requesting
as
our
budget
enhancement
over
and
above
the
base
budget
to
fund
the
expansion
and
renovation
of
our
location.
It's
212
594
dollars
in
operating
expenses,
59
904
dollars
for
equipment,
13
672
for
information
services
and
then
fiscal
year.
23
is
2007
047,
just
in
operating
expenses.
F
We
also
have
an
e710
equipment
replacement
request
and
that
is
to
fund
replacement
for
the
computer
hardware
and
associated
software
pursuant
to
its
recommended
replacement
schedule
and
for
fiscal
year
22.
The
amount
requested
is
19
464
and
for
fiscal
year
23
it
is
16
824.
F
The
vast
majority
of
the
funding
for
the
hearings
and
appeals
division
is
through
the
fund
for
workers,
compensation
and
safety
within
the
department
of
industrial
relations.
The
statute
that
sets
forth
that
fund
states
that
all
monies
and
securities
in
the
fund
must
be
used
to
defray
all
costs
and
expenses
of
administering
the
program
of
workers.
Compensation,
including
the
payment
of
all
salaries
and
expenses
for
our
division,
and
a
question
arose
in
in
developing
this
budget
enhancement
regarding
the
agencies
that
we
hear
cases
for
that
are
not
workers
compensation
cases.
F
What
we
are
proposing
is
to
calculate
a
facility
usage
fee
for
all
of
the
agencies
that
use
our
courtroom,
except
for
those
for
workers.
Compensation
matters,
the
fee
we
propose
to
calculate
based
on
the
final
price
per
square
foot
of
the
square,
footage
of
the
new
courtroom
that
will
be
used
by
the
special
appeals
officers
calculated
to
an
hourly
rate,
and
we
currently
bill
in
our
inter-local
agreements
and
scopes
of
work.
F
F
A
B
F
B
F
Michelle
morgander
for
the
record.
Thank
you
for
the
question
we
are.
We
are
current
in
setting
our
cases,
we
have
mandatory
guidelines
and
pursuant
to
statute
for
when
we
have
to
set
them,
we
do
have
cases
that
people
want
to
wait
to
have
their
hearing
until
we
reopen
to
the
public
and
we
currently
conduct
hearings
by
telephone.
B
B
F
Yes-
and
I
I
wouldn't
say
it's,
it's
a
a
high
percentage,
but
there
are
either
injured
workers
or
employers
with
cases
such
as
claim
denials
or
termination
of
benefits
for
misconduct.
Things
like
that
where
they
feel
it's
important
for
the
judge
to
see
them
in
person
and
not
just
virtually.
E
B
Explain
to
me
how
the
time
frame
in
which
the
cases
are
heard
and
closed
will
be
improved.
If
you
expand
the
courtrooms.
F
Michelle
morgando,
thank
you
for
the
question.
Yes,
if
we
have
three
more
available
courtrooms,
we
have
at
least
five
days
a
week,
seven
or
eight
hours
a
day
where
the
special
appeals
officers,
the
my
myself
and
the
two
other
appeals
officers
who
don't
have
courtrooms.
F
F
A
Thank
you
senator.
I
have
another
question.
B
B
C
Madam
chair
and
ma'am,
I
was
just
wondering
it
looks
like
in
the
budget.
The
governor
is
proposing
a
a
revenue
increase
or
a
fee
increase,
and
yet
you
haven't
really
determined
the
hourly
rate
for
the
use
of
these
facilities.
When
will
you
have
that
available.
F
Michelle
mergando,
thank
you
for
the
question.
We
are
hoping
to
finalize
our
lease
negotiations
very
shortly
and
once
we
have
a
final
price
per
square
foot
right
now,
I
believe
for
2
000
for
fy
22.
It
is
at
2.07
cents.
F
But
we're
we're
still
finalizing
our
our
negotiations.
A
Yeah
I'd
be
I'm
really
interested
in
what
those
fees
are
going
to
look
like
and,
additionally,
what
the
impact
to
your
inner
local
agreement
organizations
will
be.
So,
as
that
gets
flushed
out,
we
would
love
to
see
those
numbers.
I
have
another
question
from
assemblywoman
gorlow.
B
Thank
you,
chair
peters,
in
my
apologies.
If
I
missed
this,
as
I
was
frantically
writing
down
some
notes,
but
going
back
to
the
renovations
to
increase
your
courtroom
space,
do
you
have
a
timeline
on
how
long
you
anticipate
that
would
take.
F
A
Thank
you
for
the
questions
and
responses.
I
don't
see
any
other
folks
waving
down
the
questions,
so
thank
you
so
much
for
the
presentation
on
that
budget.
Thank
you.
A
I
For
that,
yes,
thank
you.
Let
me
just
share
my.
G
I
Excellent,
thank
you:
jovan
zotek,
interim
administrator
of
the
nevada
state
library,
archives
and
public
records,
division,
chair
peters
and
committee
members.
It's
a
pleasure
to
join
you
this
morning
to
present
the
budget
account
1346
for
the
mail
services
program
with
me
today
are
laura
freed
director
of
the
department
of
administration
and
matthew,
tuma
administrator
of
the
administrative
services
division.
I
To
help
address
any
questions
the
committee
may
have
in
alignment
with
the
department's
mission.
The
division's
mission
is
to
provide
comprehensive
government
information
services
to
state
and
local
governments
and
nevada
citizens
through
the
efficient
library,
archives
and
record
management
and
mail
services
programs.
I
Mail
services
provides
essential
state
mail
services
to
participating
state
and
local
government
agencies
in
the
carson
city,
reno
and
las
vegas
areas.
Services
include
pickup,
processing
and
delivery
of
outgoing
mail
and
overnight
in
our
office,
mail,
which
includes
overnight
in
our
office
mail
services,
features.
A
I
I
am
so
sorry
I
didn't
realize
that
that
we
had
that
swap.
Thank
you
for
letting
me
know
all
right
again.
Jovan's
attack
for
the
record
see
all
right
so
which
sorry,
okay,
so
the
united
states,
postal
service,
actually
processes
and
delivers
all
inbound
mails
mailed
to
the
individual
agencies
on
a
daily
basis
and
other
services
provided
in
the
carson
city
and
reno
areas
include
folding,
inserting
addressing
and
bulk
mailing.
I
So
some
history
prior
to
2011
the
mail
services
program,
was
part
of
buildings
and
grounds
as
part
of
the
reorganizational
efforts.
At
that
time,
buildings
and
grounds
was
moved
into
the
state.
Public
works,
division
and
mail
services
was
moved
into
the
nevada
state,
library,
archives
and
public
records.
I
So
consistent
with
the
overall
departmental
approach,
our
budget
request
for
mail
services
is
conservative.
It
represents
a
2.2
percent
decrease
between
fiscal
years
21
and
the
governor's
recommended
budget
for
fiscal
year
22..
The
base
budget
continues
funding
to
operate
this
program
and
to
support
20
staff
so
with
a
total
biennial
budget
of
14.3
million.
The
revenues
for
this
division
are
from
postage
in
our
office:
mail,
stop
fees,
mail,
finishing
services
and
administrative
charges.
I
I
A
I
A
I
So,
as
I
was
saying,
the
the
most
senior
staff
in
the
mail
services
team
include
a
program
officer
who
is
grade
33
as
well
as
a
program
officer.
One
who's
agreed
31..
Other
staff
include
two
supervisors
and
technicians,
one
in
one,
each
in
the
north
and
the
south,
and
then
ten
male
clerks
in
the
north
and
four
male
clerks
in
the
south
mail.
Finishing
services
have
increased
significantly
year-over-year.
I
Now
this
team
is
on
track
to
finish
eight
million
pieces
of
mail
this
year
for
finishing
versus
5.6
million
in
fiscal
year
2019..
Now
this
matters,
because
these
mail,
finishing
services,
take
more
staff
time
and
they
result
in
greater,
wear
and
tear
on
the
machines.
Current
staff
have
more
mail
than
can
be
processed
effectively,
while
maintaining
proper
business
operations
and
personnel
protocols.
I
Now
prior
to
copa19,
staffing
levels
were
insufficient
to
maintain
the
current
program
and
staff
breaks.
Annual
leave
and
training
are
frequently
delayed
due
to
insufficient
staffing
levels,
and
this
was
of
course,
compounded,
because
a
male
volume
has
become
extremely
volatile
since
the
beginning
of
the
company
19
emergency
with
some
agencies,
including
the
department
of
employment,
training
and
rehabilitation
and
welfare
requiring
unprecedented
support,
while
some
other
agencies
have
curtailed
mail
production
due
to
telecommuting
and
other
short-term
operational
changes.
I
Personnel
have
been,
like,
I
said,
working
so
hard
and
been
bearing
the
brunt
of
aging
and
poorly
functioning
male
processing
equipment,
relying
on
inefficient
methods
of
hand
folding
and
inserting
mail
into
envelopes.
Just
to
ensure
that
the
mail
goes
out
on
time.
I
So
enhancement
unit
225,
it
does
have
an
accompanying
bdr
that
establishes
the
mail
services
division
as
a
stand
or
excuse
me,
it
establishes
mail
services
as
a
standalone
division.
The
business
does
have
operational
oversight
and
resource
management
needs.
That
requires
on-site
leadership
with
a
specific
understanding
of
the
male
industry.
This
person
needs
to
be
empowered
to
analyze
and
develop
the
current
program
and
drive
broad
programmatic
change.
I
The
coven-19
crisis
highlighted
this
opportunity,
as
this
team
struggled
to
maintain
services
by
supporting
more
than
400
agencies
and
280
mail
stops,
and
I
did
want
to
mention
that
the
number
of
mail
stops
is
subject
to
change
and
during
the
session
you'll
see
decision
unit
828,
it's
associated
with
budget
account
11
30,
which
eliminates
the
mail
stop
services
with
the
state
controller,
based
on
the
governor's
recommendation
to
eliminate
the
controller's
office
at
the
grant,
sawyer
building
so
per
nrs.
I
F
B
I
I
Ninety
thousand
eight
hundred
and
seventy
six
dollars
for
year,
one
and
a
hundred
and
twenty
thousand
two
hundred
twelve
dollars
for
year,
two
for
a
total
of
two
hundred
eleven
thousand
eighty
eight
dollars,
which
of
course,
is
slightly
lower
than
listed
here
and
those
include
you
know:
personnel
cost
and
small
amount
of
associated
operating
expenses,
so
in
closing
senior
leadership
is
critical
to
strategically
plan
for
the
rapidly
changing
needs
of
an
agency
that
processes
approximately
24
million
pieces
of
mail
each
biennium
and
they
truly
are
essential
for
the
continuity
of
government.
I
A
Thank
you
miss
sotech,
and
we
apologize.
I
think
that
was
mostly
on
our
end,
which
just
has
happened
as
we
move
through
this
digital
age.
I
do
have
a
couple
of
question
them
from
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
with
senator
dennis.
Please.
C
I
Certainly
so
javon
sotak
for
the
record
through
chair
peters,
I'm
sorry
could
you
clarify
the
question?
Is
it
what
operational
changes
are
needed.
C
Yeah,
what
operates
yeah?
What
offers
operating
changes
are
needed
in
daily
mail
service
that
that
what
has
changed?
That's!
That's!
That's
prompting
this
change
to
to
become
a
division.
I
Absolutely
thank
you
for
the
question:
giovanni's
attacking
term
administrator,
nevada,
state
library,
archives
and
public
records.
So
a
few
things
so,
first,
what
is
what
happened
during
the
copic
19
crisis
really
highlighted
the
need
for
some
operational
improvements.
One
is
because
of
the
male
volatility
right.
Some
program.
Excuse
me,
some
clients
are
producing,
are
sending
through
a
lot
more
mail.
I
I'm
happy
to
provide
some
of
those
numbers
for
you,
but
what
has
happened
is
the
way
the
program
was
originally
designed
and
has
been
run
and
hasn't
allowed
for
these
fluctuations
and
services.
One
of
the
things
that
I
mentioned
in
the
presentation
has
to
do
with
the
mail
finishing
services
which,
in
it
isn't
just
postage.
I
It
can
be
folding
and
inserting
I'm
actually
getting
mail
into
envelopes
and
those
kinds
of
services,
and
that
actually
represents
a
much
larger
and
growing
portion
of
what
our
staff
does,
and
that
requires
actually
a
lot
more
staff
time
to
to
do
that,
and
so
the
the
model
and
the
needs
have
kind
of
changed.
But
there
hasn't
been
any
business
analysis
around
that
and
that
also
what
what
comes
into
play
is
the
equipment.
I
That's
being
used,
and
some
of
this
equipment
is,
is
quite
a
bit
older
and
it
needs
to
be,
of
course,
properly
maintained
and
we've
had
several
equipment
failures
that
have
really
derailed
the
operation
and
those
machines
are
receiving
a
lot
of
wear
and
tear
because
of
this
switch
from
the
percentage
of
mail.
That's
receiving
just
postage
versus
finishing
services.
C
Okay
and
then-
and
then
also
I
want
to
talk
about
you-
you
mentioned
that
that
the
the
that
the
current
division
chair
is,
it
has
to
have
a
masters
of
library,
science
and
you're
you're,
making
the
you're
talking
about
this
new
person
needing
some
different
skills.
Can
you
talk
about
some
of
those
skills
and
abilities
that
that
that
you
need
that
that
are
different
than
than
we
would
currently
have.
I
Absolutely
thank
you
javon,
so
attack
interim
administrator,
nevada,
state
library,
archives
and
public
records
for
the
record
through
chair
peters,
so
so
absolutely
and
to
qualify.
I'm
an
interim
administrator.
I
too
do
not
have
a
a
master
of
library,
science
degree,
and
so
I
think
I
can
offer
a
unique
perspective
as
somebody
who
stepped
into
this
role
for
the
last
two
months,
I
will
say
that
I
I
could
spend
all
of
my
time
at
mail
services,
I'm
right
now
as
an
administrator,
and
I
think
what
skills
are
really
needed
are
some.
I
You
know
high
degree
of
analytical
skills,
somebody
who
knows
the
mail
services
business
who
can
speak
to
you
know
proper
equipment.
I
see
it
really
as
almost
more
like
a
warehouse
operation,
and
there
are,
of
course,
different
safety
concerns,
really
really
somebody,
I
think,
with
with
deep
operational
knowledge
of
business
processes
and
things
that,
in
terms
of
that,
can
analyze
the
male
business
to
really
kind
of
figure
out
what
it
needs.
It's
a
much
different
operation
you've
got
staff
who
are
working
again.
I
Multiple
locations
who
have
very
specific
training,
needs
and
there's,
of
course,
a
different
set
of
regulations
and
everything
that
goes
along
with
that.
So
I
do
see
it
as
a.
Rather
you
know
specialized
business
and,
as
I
mentioned,
the
the
current
sort
of
most
senior
person
on
that
team
has
been
a
program
officer
too,
and
so
really
the
the
analytical
and
and
management
pieces
that
that
business
really
needs
aren't
currently
being
served
by
that
position.
C
So
do
you
find
that
the
the
changes
in
the
operations,
especially
with
the
pandemic
and
everything
has
because
you
mentioned
you-
could
spend
all
your
time
just
doing
the
on
the
male
side?
Does
that
mean
that
the
things
are
not
getting
done
on
the
library
side
or
or
on
the
mail
side?
And
so
we
need
to
that's
one
of
the
reasons
for
doing
this.
I
All
right,
joe
von
smith,
interim
administrator,
nevada
library,
archives
and
public
records
through
chair
peters,
to
senator
dennis
so
it
does
mean
that
that
I
am
spread
thin.
That
is
what
it
means,
and
I
can
say
that,
of
course,
because
I'm
I'm
temporarily
in
in
this
position.
What
I
will
say
is
for
nevada,
state
library,
archives
and
records
teams
right
the
that
represents
six
different
teams
across
kind
of
those
two
sides
of
the
businesses
and,
right
now
we
do
have
a
staffing
shortage.
I
Usually
we
would
have
two
assistant
administrators
within
that
organization
to
help
you
know
the
rest
of
the
the
leaders,
and
I
think
things
are
still
getting
done
at
the
library
and
archives
and
public
records.
We
do
have
quite
a
bit
of
vacancies,
but
what
it
also
means,
of
course,
is
that
the
more
specialized
attention
that
mail
services
needs
may
not
be
able
you
know
to
provide,
so
I,
of
course
I
can.
I
I
can
help
with
with
personnel
and
and
physical
and
all
those
things
that
an
administrator
helps
with,
but
I
lack
specialized
mail
services
and
operational
knowledge.
I
think
there
are
a
lot
of
improvements
when
it
comes
to
just
you
know,
daily
operations
and
long-term
planning,
where
we
could
make
some
improvements.
It's
no
secret
that
mail
has
changed
significantly.
I
You
know
over
over
the
last
few
years,
we've
seen,
of
course,
our
united
states
postal
service
kind
of
struggle
with
those
same
changes,
and
we
do
need
to
take
kind
of
a
look
at
the
business
to
figure
out
how
we
can
better
serve
customers
and
how
that
kind
of
plays
into
long-term
planning
for
facilities
as
well.
As
you
know,
equipment
and
other
operational
improvements.
C
Thank
you.
It
sounds
like
by
having
that
specialized
person
there
that
there's
going
to
be
some
that
somebody
that
knows
the
business
will
probably
be
able
to
save
money
and
avoid
costly
mistakes,
perhaps
as
we
move
forward
so,
okay,
yes,
senator
dennis
matthew
tuma
for
the
record
administrator
for
asd.
Just
to
add
on
to
that
and
to
add
on
to
your
comments,
our
current
structure
of
having
mail
services
under
the
library
system
is
a
unique
one
for
the
country.
C
A
Thank
you,
and,
and
thank
you
for
the
questions
and
responses
and
clarification
on
these
issues.
Is
there
anyone
else
on
the
committee
who
has
questions
related
to
this
budget
item
and
requests
associated
requests?
I
don't
see
any
so.
C
Is
it
going
to
be
soon
that
we
have
to
replace
that
equipment?
Because
I
think
that
would
be
good
for
us
to
kind
of
have
a
heads
up
that
there
might
be
a
big
expenditure
coming.
I
Joe
von
sotech,
interim
administrator,
nevada,
state
library,
archives
and
public
records
for
the
record
through
chair
peters,
to
senator,
dennis.
Thank
you
for
the
question,
not
this
budgetary
session.
You
will
be
seeing
that
soon.
I
We
think
that
the
the
correct
first
step
for
fiscal
responsibility
is
to
get
somebody
with
the
knowledge
of
the
business
and
the
equipment
in
place
to
actually
do
the
analysis
for
what
is
needed
and
that's
in
part,
because
a
different
mail
equipment
is
rated
for
different
volumes
and
we
would
want
to
make
sure
that
we
get
the
the
right
equipment
for
the
volume
of
mail
that
we're
doing
not
just
now,
but
in
the
long
term.
I
C
A
Thank
you,
yeah.
That
is
an
important
piece
to
keep
in
mind
over
the
next
biennium
anything
else.
Folks,
all
right,
I
think
that
we
are
ready.
Thank
you.
So
much
for
the
presentation
really
appreciate
you
being
here.
Well,
I
think
we're
ready
to
move
on
to
our
last
budget,
which
is
1358
purchasing.
J
J
Two
enhancements
one
is
a
typical
710
enhancement
for
replacement
of
computers
in
accordance
with
eat's
replacement
schedule.
The
second
enhancement
225
is
dependent
upon
the
legislature
passing
what
is
currently
known
as
bdr1075,
which
is
a
modernization
of
our
state
procurement
code.
That
would
be
savings
resulting
from
no
longer
advertising
in
newspapers.
J
In
addition
to
buying
goods
and
services
for
the
state,
we
have
a
statutory
obligation
to
take
in
surplus
property
from
agencies
and
try
to
repurpose
it
move
it
around
to
other
agencies
so
that
we
don't
have
to
get
rid
of
things
or
buy
new
things,
and
our
las
vegas
warehouse
is
in
pretty
bad
shape
and
needs
some
work,
including
a
new
roof
and
and
some
other
work.
J
And
with
that
I
would
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
A
I
have
a
question.
I
have
a
question
related
to
that
bill:
draft
request,
1075
that
you
mentioned
and
and
wanted
to
know
what
the
impact
would
be
if
that's
not
implemented.
In
addition
to
what
do
you,
what
other
outlets
do
you
currently
use
to
publish
the
purchasing
options
and
are?
Is
there
a
fee
associated
with
accessing
those
or
not.
J
Thank
you
for
the
question.
Chair,
peters,
kevin
doty
for
the
record,
all
of
our
solicitations
go
out
through
our
e-procurement
system,
nevada,
e-pro,
and
at
this
moment
I
should.
I
should
thank
the
nevada
legislature,
because
in
in
2017
the
legislature
approved
an
an
administrative
fee
that
we
attached
to
certain
contracts
and
that
has
allowed
us
to
pay
for
any
procurement
system,
which
has
enabled
us
to
continue
doing
our
business
even
during
the
pandemic.
J
Since
we're
not
doing
things
in
paper
and
having
to
have
people
come
in
in
person,
so
it's
been
a
a
tremendous
asset
for
us.
So
thank
you
to
the
legislature
for
that
all
of
our
solicitations
go
out
on
that
system
to
all
of
our
registered
vendors.
They
receive
an
email
whenever
anything
that
they've
signed
up
for
interest
in
goods
or
services
happens
to
be
something
we're
in
the
market,
for
we
currently
have
2
700
nevada-based
vendors
registered
in
our
system.
J
The
newspaper
advertising
requirement
goes
back
to
a
an
older
time
when
we
didn't
have
as
many
ways
to
meet
reach
vendors.
It
so
happens
that
back
in
the
90s,
I
served
as
general
counsel
for
the
nevada
press
association.
J
A
J
A
Wonderful.
Thank
you.
For
that
background
information.
I
think
it's
important
to
understand
where
we
stand
with
our
local
providers
of
services,
and
I
look
forward
to
seeing
how
ab28
flushes
out,
I
think
that
that
priority
for
nevada
services
and
goods
is
is
really
important
for
us
to
consider,
particularly
as
we
recover
from
the
pandemic
and
recession.
A
So,
as
anybody
else
on
the
committee
have
questions
about
the
purchasing
budget
or
purchasing
division
all
right,
I
think
that
that's
all
for
questions
today.
I
think
that
that's
it
for
budgets
from
your
office
also
today.
So
thank
you
all
for
being
here
and
presenting
these
budgets
and
and
answering
our
questions,
and
we
will
go
ahead
and
move
on
to
public
comment.
Please
broadcast
you!
I
want
to
go
ahead
and
open
up.
The
public
comment
line
remind
folks
who
may
be
calling
in
that.
A
We
are
asking
to
limit
those
verbal
comments
to
two
minutes,
but
you
may
submit
written
comments
to
the
committee
for
review
broadcast.
Is
there
anyone
on
the
line
for
public
comment.
B
B
K
Okay,
hello,
madam
chair
members
of
the
subcommittee,
this
is
jason
mills.
I
am
a
workers,
compensation
attorney
in
the
state
of
nevada,
and
I'm
here
on
my
in
my
individual
capacity
as
a
partner
of
my
law
firm,
I'm
here
to
speak
of
regarding
budget
number
1015
executive
budget,
page
admin
82
the
expansion
of
the
workers,
compensation
courtrooms.
K
K
The
expansion
of
three
additional
courtrooms
will
certainly
allow
more
time
for
claimants
such
as
my
clients
to
have
hearings
heard
in
a
more
expeditious
manner.
We
believe
that
the
expansion
of
the
court
rooms
and
the
facilities
for
the
workers
compensation
hearings
will
result
in
clements
being
able
to
have
their
cases
heard
in
a
faster
manner.
K
For
that
reason,
as
a
member
of
the
public
and
a
workers,
compensation
attorney
that
regularly
on
a
daily
basis,
appears
before
the
hearing
and
appeals
offices.
I
believe
that
this
expenditure
in
the
infrastructure
being
sought
is
a
wise,
invaluable
investment
of
the
state
resources,
and
I
think
it's
a
valuable
thing
that
the
subcommittee
should
consider.
I
thank
you
for
your
time
today
and
allowing
me
to
give
public
comment.
B
A
All
right
great
well
with
that,
are
there
any
comments
from
the
committee
before
we
wrap
up
and
adjourn
the
meeting
doesn't
look
like
it
all
right?
Well,
let's
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
adjourn
this
meeting
and
look
forward
to
seeing
you
all.
I
believe.