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A
Wonderful
thank
you
good
morning
and
welcome
to
the
assembly
ways
and
means
and
senate
finance
joint
subcommittee
for
government
general
government.
Today
we
will
be
closing
considering
closing
some
of
our
previously
heard
budgets
before
we
get
started
on
that
couple
of
housekeeping
items.
Just
for
folks
who
are
on
the
zoom,
if
you
could
keep
your
cameras
on
so
that
we
can
maintain
a
quorum
and
keep
your
mics
off.
A
Unless
you
are
speaking
that
is
helpful
for
the
secretary
to
maintain
minutes,
we
will
be
doing
public
comment
after
the
closings
and
that
will
be
limited
to
two
minutes
per
per
per
public
comment.
You
were
always
welcome
to
submit
written
comments
to
the
committee
secretary
or
committee
manager
and
you
can
find
us
online.
A
Apparently,
the
youtube
channel
is
wonderful
and
heard
from
many
people
that
that's
the
best
way
to
watch
us.
However,
you
find
us
welcome
and
thank
you
and
with
that
I
would
go
ahead
and
ask
that
start.
Oh
I'm
sorry,
the
committee
secretary
take
roll.
C
C
A
Oh,
I
had
a
an
issue
with
my
camera.
Yesterday
I
went
to
go
to
speak
and,
and
my
camera
just
suddenly
turned
off,
I
get
it
technical
struggle.
Sometimes
at
this
time
we
are
going
to
take
a
quick
pause.
While
the
committee
gets
their
closing
packets
and
we
will
come
right
back,
the
closing
packets
are
quite
long,
so
we
will
give
folks,
probably
about
10
minutes,
to
get
those
together
and
come
back
in.
So
I
expect
us
to
come
back
in
about
10
minutes
at
8.
A
A
F
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
for
the
record.
Madison
ryan
lcb
fiscal
analysis
division.
There
are
five
budget
accounts
under
the
department
of
administration
for
the
subcommittee's
consideration
this
morning
to
be
closed.
The
first
three
budget
accounts
were
heard
by
the
subcommittee
on
march
4th
2021,
and
the
first
budget
can
be
found
on
page
3
of
your
closing
packet.
It
is
the
budget
for
the
national
council
of
juvenile
and
family
court
judges
and
national
judicial
college,
which
are
located
on
the
campus
of
the
university
of
nevada
reno.
F
F
Unit
e-225
the
governor
recommends
a
general
fund
appropriation
in
the
amount
of
seventeen
thousand
five
hundred
dollars
in
each
fiscal
year
of
the
2021-23
biennium
to
restore
funding
for
the
national
council,
juvenile
and
family
court
judges
that
was
eliminated
as
a
budget
reduction
measure
during
the
31st
special
session,
which
would
bring
total
funding
to
125
000
in
each
year
of
the
biennium.
For
the
council,
as
shown
in
the
table
in
the
middle
of
page
4,
the
restoration
and
funding
would
increase
funding
for
the
council
to
the
2019
legislative
legislatively
approved
levels.
F
The
council
testified
during
the
march
4th
hearing
that
the
trajectory
of
grants
awarded
has
increased
over
recent
years,
coinciding
with
recent
or
with
increased
funding
provided
by
the
state
over
the
last
five
legislative
sessions.
The
council
also
testified
that
the
increased
funding
contributes
to
the
economic
impact
that
is
brought
back
into
the
state
of
nevada.
In
addition,
the
council
testified
that,
should
the
restoration
and
funding
not
be
approved,
there
would
be
an
impact
on
the
council's
ability
to
write,
grant
proposals
and
broaden
the
scope
of
work
offered.
A
Thank
you,
miss
ryan.
I
want
to
go
ahead
and
ask
the
committee
if
there
are
any
questions
related
to
this
budget
document.
G
Madam
chair,
I
would
like
to
make
a
motion
that
that
we
close
with
general
fund
appropriations
of
17
500
each
year
of
the
2021-23
biennium
restore
funding
for
the
national
council
of
juvenile
and
family
court.
Judges.
A
C
C
C
C
F
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
for
the
record,
madison
ryan
fiscal
analysis
division.
The
second
major
issue
for
the
subcommittee's
consideration
is
decision.
Unit
e-226
the
governor
recommends
a
general
fund
appropriation
in
the
amount
of
1
750
in
each
fiscal
year
of
the
2021-23
biennium
to
restore
funding
for
the
national
judicial
college's
dividing
the
waters
program
that
was
eliminated
as
a
budget
reduction
measure
during
the
31st
special
session,
which
would
bring
total
funding
to
twelve
thousand
five
hundred
dollars
in
each
year
of
the
biennium.
F
The
dividing
the
waters
program
is
a
national
judicial
college
affiliated
program
that
helps
judicial
officers,
adjudicate
complex
water
cases
through
education,
networking
and
information
resources.
The
national
judicial
college
indicates
that
the
recommended
funding
would
be
used
to
provide
in-depth
information
to
a
small
group
of
judges
and
adjudicators
fiscal
year.
2020
funding
was
used
to
support
webinars
a
monthly
newsletter
and
creation
of
a
webpage
to
house
resources
for
nevada's
adjudicators.
F
The
organization
indicates
that
the
restoration
and
funding
would
be
used
to
offer
at
least
three
webinars
one
in-person
educational
program
and
monthly
newsletter
updates,
and
continue
to
grant
access
to
all
pre-existing
publications
and
bench
cards.
The
national
judicial
college
testified
that,
should
the
funding
not
be
restored,
there
would
be
an
impact
on
the
programming
related
to
water
law
that
would
be
available.
A
Thank
you.
Are
there
any
questions
on
this
component,
not
seeing
it
not
seeing
any.
I
would
entertain
emotion.
A
C
C
F
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
for
the
record,
madison
ryan
physical
analysis
division.
The
second
budget
account
for
the
subcommittee's
consideration
is
the
hearings
and
appeals
division,
which
is
on
page
nine
of
the
closing
packet.
The
hearings
and
appeals
division
is
primarily
funded
through
allocations
from
the
workers,
compensation
and
safety
fund,
as
well
as
nominal
revenues
derived
from
state
agencies.
The
hearings
and
appeals
division
provides
an
independent
appeals
process
for
disputed
workers.
Compensation
claims
in
a
variety
of
state
agency,
administrative
hearings
through
interagency
agreements.
F
The
agency
indicates
the
expansion
and
renovation
would
address
increasing
caseloads
in
limited
courtroom
space
for
the
division's
two
types
of
cases,
which
includes
both
workers,
compensation
cases
and
non-workers
compensation
cases.
The
agency
indicates
the
expansion
in
courtrooms
would
allow
for
each
of
the
eight
appeals
officers
to
have
their
own
courtroom
to
hear
and
schedule
cases
as
well
as
one
additional
courtroom
for
the
four
special
appeals
officers
and
seniors
appear
senior
appeals
officer
to
schedule
and
hear
cases.
F
In
addition,
the
agency
indicates
the
current
number
of
courtrooms
results
in
delayed
hearings
due
to
a
shortage
in
courtrooms
to
schedule,
cases
that
are
removed
from
the
stacked
calendar
and
moved
to
a
time
certain
hearing
the
division
indicates.
The
expansion
would
allow
the
agency
to
schedule
cases
in
a
more
efficient
manner
which
could
help
reduce
the
length
of
time
it
takes
to
bring
cases
to
a
resolution.
F
During
the
march
4th
2021
hearing,
the
agency
testified
that
caseloads
are
possibly
anticipated
to
increase
as
individuals
return
to
work,
post,
coven,
19
shutdown.
The
governor's
recommendation
includes
a
facility
usage
fee
to
offset
the
use
of
the
facility
by
non-workers
compensation
agencies.
The
facility
usage
fee
is
still
undetermined
and,
as
such,
should
the
subcommittee
wish
to
recommend
approval
of
the
governor's
recommendation.
F
They
may
also
wish
to
recommend
a
letter
of
intent
be
issued
to
direct
the
hearings
and
appeals
division
to
provide
the
interim
finance
committee
with
how
the
facility
usage
fee
rate
was
calculated.
The
finalized
facility
usage
fee
rate
and
the
fiscal
impact,
the
new
facility
usage
fee
rate
will
have
on
agencies
with
interlocal
agreements
that
utilize
the
division
facilities.
F
If
so,
the
subcommittee
may
wish
to
consider
recommending
that
the
full
committee
issue
a
letter
of
intent
to
direct
the
carrington
appeals
division
to
submit
a
report
to
the
interim
finance
committee
on
the
calculation
of
the
new
facility
usage
fee.
The
usage
for
the
hourly
rate
in
the
fiscal
impact,
the
facility
usage
fee
rate
will
have
on
agencies
with
interlocal
agreements.
A
G
Thank
you,
madam
chair
I'd
like
to
make
a
motion
to
recommend
the
approval
of
the
expansion
and
renovation
of
the
leased,
las
vegas
hearings
and
appeals
office
funded
by
an
allocation
of
266
997
dollars
in
fy,
2022
and
193
175
dollars
in
fy,
2023
from
the
workers,
compensation
and
safety
fund
and
fee
revenue
of
nineteen
thousand
one
hundred
and
seventy
three
dollars
in
fy
2022
and
thirteen
thousand
eight
hundred
and
seventy
two
dollars
in
fy
2023
as
rec
as
recommended
by
the
governor.
I
would
also
move
thinking
that.
Excuse
me.
G
I
would
also
move
that
that
the
full
committee
issue
a
letter
of
intent
direct
to
direct
the
hearings
and
appeals
division.
You
submit
a
report
to
the
interim
finance
committee
on
the
calculation
of
the
new
facility
usage
fee.
The
usage
fee
hourly
rate
and
the
fiscal
impact
of
the
new
facility
usage
fee
rate
will
have
on
the
agencies
with
interlocal
agreements.
Once
the
new
facility
usage
rate
fee
has
been
determined.
A
I
have
a
motion.
Do
I
have
a
second
second,
madam
chair?
Thank
you.
A
motion
by
senator
brooks
and
a
second,
my
vice
chair.
How
to
be
is
there
any
discussion
seeing
none
could
go
ahead
and
take
a
roll
call
vote.
Senator
brooks.
C
C
C
H
Thank
you
for
some
reason.
My
computer,
probably
I
couldn't
go,
get
out
so
yeah.
A
Thank
you,
and
with
that
emotion
passes
unanimously,
I
would
ask
staff
to
go
into
the
other
closing
items
of
this
budget.
F
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
for
the
record.
Madison
ryan
fiscal
analysis
division.
There
are
two
other
closing
items
as
shown
on
page
12
of
the
closing
document.
Other
closing
item,
one
is
for
replacement
equipment
and
other
closing
item.
Two
is
a
technical
adjustment
to
the
base
budget
to
adjust
rental
expenditures.
G
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
I
would
like
to
make
a
motion
that
other
client
other
closing
item
one
be
closed,
as
recommended
by
the
governor
and
other
closing
item
two
be
closed
with
the
noted
technical
adjustment.
I
would
also
like
to
move
that
we
grant
authority
for
staff
to
make
other
technical
adjustments
as
necessary.
A
Thank
you.
I
was
and
forgot
to
ask
for
questions.
Are
there
any
questions
from
the
committee
on
this
particular
issue
before
I
go
ahead
and
entertain
a
second
all
right?
Is
there
a
second
on
the
motion.
A
C
C
D
C
C
A
Yes,
and
with
that
motion
passes
unanimously
now,
I
would
like
to
go
back
to
account
one
zero
one,
one,
three,
zero
two.
I
forgot
to
ask
staff
to
go
over
the
other
closing
items
in
that
budget.
If
staff
wouldn't
mind
going
back
to
that
budget,
giving
us
the
details
of
the
recommendation.
F
A
G
Adam
chair,
I
move
that
we
grant
staff
authority
to
make
technical
adjustments
on
that
budget
as
needed.
C
A
A
motion
do
I
have
a
second
second
by
shareholding.
Thank
you.
Is
there
any
discussion
go
ahead
and
take
a
roll
call
vote.
C
H
C
C
A
Yes,
that
the
motion
passes
unanimously,
I
would
like
for
staff
to
go
ahead
and
present
the
closing
documents
on
account.
718-13-58,
please.
F
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
for
the
record,
madison
ryan
fiscal
analysis
division.
The
third
budget
account
for
the
subcommittee's
consideration
is
the
purchasing
division,
which
can
be
found
on
page
13
of
the
closing
packet.
The
purchasing
division's
primary
responsibility
is
to
assist
state
agencies
in
political
subdivisions
with
the
efficient
procurement
of
quality
supplies,
equipment
and
services
at
a
reasonable
cost.
There
are
no
major
closing
issues
in
this
budget.
F
There
are
two
other
closing
items
in
this
account
that
are
identified
in
the
table
on
the
top
of
page
14
and
information
regarding
capital
improvement,
project,
21
and
49
in
the
middle
of
page
14..
There
is
one
item
of
note
regarding
other
closing
item
1
in
the
middle
of
page
14,
that
a
statutory
change
would
be
required
to
implement
the
recommendation
in
decision
unit
e-225
bill
draft
request.
F
21A0832639
has
been
submitted
to
implement
this
recommendation.
There
is
one
additional
item
in
this
budget
account
in
relation
to
capital
improvement,
project,
21
m49,
which
the
governor
recommends
internal
service
funds,
totaling
969
423
for
the
renovation
of
the
las
vegas
purchasing
warehouse.
However,
the
recommended
budget
for
the
2021-23
biennium
does
not
include
the
transfer
of
funds
to
public
works
in
this
budget.
A
G
Thank
you,
I'm
chair.
I
move
that
other
item
or
other
closing
item
one
be
closed,
as
recommended
by
the
governor
contingent
upon
the
passage
of
bill
draft
request,
two
1,
a
0
8,
3,
2,
6,
3,
9
or
other
enacting
legislation
and
other
closing
item
2
be
closed,
as
recommended
by
the
governor.
G
I
also
with
the
fiscal
staff
to
make
technical
adjustments
as
necessary,
as
and
and
also
in
the
same
motion,
have
a
fiscal
staff
make
technical
adjustments
to
include
the
associated
transfer
of
funds
to
public
works
for
capital
improvement
project
2-1
m49
contingent
upon
the
approval
of
the
project
by
the
money.
A
Committees
have
a
motion.
Do
I
have
a
second
second,
madam
chair
second,
by
vice
chair
howdy?
Is
there
any
discussion
on
the
motion.
C
C
C
A
Yes,
that
the
motion
is
approved
unanimously,
I
would
like
to
go
ahead
and
ask
staff
to
go
through
the
closing
documents
for
account.
718-1367.
F
Thank
you,
madam
chair
madison,
ryan,
fiscal
analysis,
division
for
the
record.
I
will
now
begin
presenting
the
budgets
which
the
subcommittee
has
not
previously
reviewed
for
the
department
of
administration
and
for
which
fiscal
staff
is
responsible
for
developing
developing
closing
recommendations.
F
I
will
pause
following
my
presentation
of
each
budget
to
allow
for
questions
when
I
have
presented
the
last
budget
in
this
group,
and
questions
have
been
addressed.
The
chair
may
wish
to
ask
for
a
single
motion
for
closing
consideration
and
all
of
the
budgets
for
which
fiscal
staff
is
responsible
for
developing
recommendations.
F
The
first
budget,
which
staff
is
responsible
for
developing
closing
recommendations
for
is
the
federal
surplus
property
program
budget
account
which
can
be
found
on
page
15
of
the
closing
packet.
The
federal
surplus
property
program
is
under
the
purchasing
division
and
provides
state
and
municipal
government
agencies
access
to
federal
surplus
property
items
such
as
vehicles,
heavy
machinery,
weapons,
emergency
response
equipment,
food
and
medical
equipment
are
included.
This
budget
account
was
discontinued
in
2001
and
was
re-established
via
work
program
in
fiscal
year,
2019
to
better
separate
funding
for
this
federal
program
from
other
state
purchasing
activity.
F
A
Any
questions
regarding
this
budget
seeing
none,
I
would
request
that
you
go
ahead
with
the
next.
F
Thank
you,
madam
chair
madison,
ryan,
physical
analysis,
division
for
the
record.
The
second
budget
which
staff
is
responsible
for
developing
closing
recommendations
for
is
the
insurance
and
loss
prevention
account
also
known
as
the
risk
management
division,
which
is
comprised
of
the
insurance
and
loss
prevention
and
workers,
compensation,
sections
the
risk
management
division,
provides
insurance
claims,
safety,
loss
prevention
and
risk
management,
consultation,
services
to
state
agencies
and
employees.
There
are
no
major
closing
issues
in
this
budget
account
and
only
one
other
closing
item
for
replacement
equipment
identified
on
page
18
of
the
closing
packet.
F
A
F
Budget
accounts,
718-1367
federal
surplus
property
program,
including
a
technical
adjustment
to
the
base
budget
to
add,
projected
interest
earnings
of
one
thousand
dollars
in
each
year
of
the
2021-23
biennium,
which
was
omitted
from
the
governor's
recommended
budget
and
budget
account.
715-1352.
The
insurance
and
loss
prevention
budget
account.
A
G
A
Thank
you
vice
chair
of.
Is
there
any
discussion
on
the
motion?
C
C
C
A
E
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
for
the
record
jamery
mangoba
from
the
lcv
fiscal
analysis,
division
and
I'm
here
to
present
the
closing
documents.
First,
six
budgets
under
the
department
of
administration,
nevada,
state
library
and
archives
division.
The
first
budget
on
page
21
is
the
mail
services
budget
which
was
heard
by
the
subcommittee
on
march
24
2021.
E
There
are
two
major
closing
issues
for
this
budget.
First,
more
major
closing
issue
is
the
governor's
recommendation
for
reserve
reductions
of
two
hundred
eleven
thousand
eighty
eight
dollars
over
the
2021-23
biennium
for
one
new
unclassified
division
administrator
position
to
establish
a
new
mail
services
division
within
the
department
of
administration.
E
A
G
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
I
moved
to
add
one
new
unclassified
division
administrator
position
contingent
upon
approval
of
legislation
that
would
establish
a
new
mail
services.
Division
within
the
department
of
administration,
if
approved
the
salary
for
the
unclassified
division,
administrator
position
would
be
set
in
the
pay
bill.
C
H
C
C
A
Yes,
and
with
that,
the
motion
passes
unanimously
and
I
would
ask
that
staff
move
on
to
the
next
closing.
E
Issue.
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
for
the
second
major
closing
issue.
The
governor's
finance
office
submitted
budget
amendment
8215271346
on
march
20th
2021,
which
recommends
reserve
reductions
of
ninety
seven
thousand
six
hundred
eighty
dollars
over
the
two
thousand
twenty
one.
Twenty
three
biennium
for
one
mail
service
clerk
position.
E
The
agency
indicates
the
recommendation
for
one
you,
mail
service
clerk
position
would
address
the
increased
workload
in
mail
services
and
specifically
for
the
first
two
quarters
of
fiscal
year.
21
mailings
from
the
division
of
welfare
and
supportive
services
increased
by
31.9
percent
and
the
nevada
department
of
employment,
training
and
rehabilitation
increased
by
13.
E
By
245.9,
when
compared
to
the
first
two
quarters
in
fiscal
year,
20.
the
agency
projects
to
process
over
13.5
million
pieces
of
mail
in
fiscal
year
21,
which
represents
a
7.5
increase
when
compared
to
the
12.6
million
pieces
of
mail
it
processed
in
fiscal
year
19..
The
agency
indicates
it
currently
manages
the
mail
services
needs
by
rotating
staff
schedules,
utilizing
temporary
services
and
reassigning
staff
from
other
divisions
to
manage
the
increased
workload.
The
agency
further
indicates
a
male
service.
E
The
agency
indicates
the
recommendation
for
one
full-time
state
position
would
provide
efficiencies
in
the
mail
services
operation
by
having
a
trained
staff
with
expertise
in
running
specific
mail
equipment
and
staff.
Would
just
note
that
the
budget
amendment
includes
an
anniversary
month
for
the
new
position
of
october,
which
is
incorrect
and
should
show
july.
Since
the
new
mail
service
clerk
position
is
recommended
to
start
on
july.
1St
fiscal
staff
recommends
a
technical
adjustment
to
change
the
new
positions
anniversary
month
to
show
july,
which
reduces
reserves
by
an
additional
402
dollars
in
fiscal
year
23..
G
Madam
chair,
I
move
that
we
approve
budget
amendment.
G
A215271346,
which
recommends
reserve
reductions
of
97
680
over
the
2021
23
biennium.
Add
one
new
mail
service
clerk
with
fiscal
staff
to
enter
the
noted
technical
adjustment
and
other
technical
adjustments
as
needed.
A
Thank
you
for
the
second
vice
chair.
Is
there
any
discussion
on
the
motion
seeing
none
take
a
roll
call
vote.
H
A
Yes,
and
with
that,
the
motion
is
unanimously,
I
would
go
ahead
and
ask
staff
to
go
over
the
other
closing
items
for
this
budget.
E
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
There's
only
one
other
closing
item
for
this
budget.
That's
the
governor's
recommendation
to
reduce
inner
office
mail
service
revenues
by
five
hundred
sixty
three
dollars
over
the
2021-23
biennium
to
eliminate
a
male
stop
for
the
office
of
the
state
controller
contingent
upon
the
governor's
recommendation
to
eliminate
the
office
of
the
state
comptroller's
las
vegas
office.
But
staff
would
note
that
the
money
committees
did
not
approve
the
governor's
recommendation
to
eliminate
the
office
of
the
state.
Comptroller's
las
vegas
office.
G
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
I
move
other
closing
item.
E228
not
be
approved
consistent
with
the
closing
of
the
office
of
the
state,
controller's
budget
and
request
and
and
give
staff
the
authority
to
make
other
technical
adjustments
as
necessary.
A
C
C
C
A
And
with
that,
the
motion
passes
unanimously
and
I
would
ask
staff
to
go
ahead
and
move
into
the
closing
document
of
account
one
zero
one.
Oh
let's
see,
I
guess
we
are
actually
going
into
the
staff
closing.
E
That's
correct.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
I
will
now
begin
presenting
the
remaining
five
budgets,
which
the
subcommittee
has
not
previously
reviewed
for
the
department
of
administration,
nevada,
state
library
and
archives
and
for
which
fiscal
staff
is
responsible
for
developing
closing
recommendations.
E
I
will
pause
following
my
presentation
of
each
budget
to
allow
for
questions
when
I
have
presented
the
last
budget
in
this
group,
and
questions
have
been
addressed.
The
chair
may
wish
to
ask
for
a
single
motion
for
closing
considerations
on
all
of
the
budgets
for
which
which
fiscal
staff
is
responsible
for
developing
recommendations.
E
So
starting
on
page
25
is
the
state
library
budget.
There
are
no
major
closing
issues
for
this
budget.
There
are
three
other
closing
items
and
staff
would
note.
Other
closing
item
number
two
relates
to
a
new
federal
stimulus
grant.
The
subcommittee
have
not
heard
before
on
april
2nd
2021,
the
governor's
finance
office
submitted
budget
amendment
8215772891,
which
recommends
federal
american
rescue
plan
act
of
2021
grant
funds
of
2.7
million
in
fiscal
year
22..
E
The
agency
plans
to
provide
sub-awards
to
support
libraries
in
responding
directly
and
immediately
to
the
pandemic
and
activities
related
to
economic
and
community
needs
that
are
aligned
with
the
library,
services
and
technology
act.
Trends
to
states,
programs
goals,
fiscal
staff
recommends
technical
adjustments
to
establish
new
federal
american
rescue
plan
act
of
2021
grant
funds
of
2.7
million
in
fiscal
year
22
for
suburbans
to
libraries.
E
Over
the
2021-23,
by
em
from
the
governor's
office
of
economic
development
to
continue
funding
the
contract
project
coordinator
I'll
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions
the
subcommittee
may
have
regarding
this
budget.
Thank.
E
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Moving
on
to
page
29
is
the
archives
and
public
records
budget.
This
budget
administers
programs
for
the
creation,
maintenance,
retention,
preservation
and
disposition
of
records
of
the
executive
branch
agencies.
There
are
no
major
closing
issues
for
this
budget.
There
are
three
other
closing
items
related
to
ongoing
system
maintenance
which
were
discussed
during
the
december
18
2020
interim
finance
committee
meeting
and
just
a
computer
replacement
and
I'll
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
Disciplinary
may
have.
A
From
the
committee
seeing
none
go
ahead
and
move
on
to
the
next
budget.
E
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
On
page
31
is
the
library
cooperative
budget,
the
nevada
library,
cooperative
plans,
develops
shares,
operates
and
maintains
services
for
the
management
of
automated
library
functions
for
the
public
and
provides
advanced
library
and
technological
services
to
41
service
locations
statewide.
There
are
no
major
closing
issue
for
this
budget.
E
There's
one
other
closing
items
related
to
a
minor
technical
adjustment
to
correct
fee
revenues
in
base
and
correct
the
decision
unit
and
300,
which
were
inadvertently
funded
with
reserves.
Fiscal
staff
recommends
technical
adjustments
to
reflect
total
county
participation,
funds
of
two
hundred.
Seventy
five
thousand
six
hundred
ninety
nine
dollars
in
each
year
of
the
two
thousand
twenty
one,
twenty
three
biennium
and
to
fund
decision
unit
and
three
hundred
with
county
participation
funds.
H
And
I
just
want
to
clarify
the
county
participation
funds.
Now,
that
is
what
they've
been
paying
over
the
last
two
years:
well
274
and
then
it
went
to
275.
So
that's
actually
based
on
actual
participation,
numbers.
E
A
Saying
none,
I
would
ask
staff
to
move
on
to
the
next.
A
E
E
A
E
As
previously
noted,
fiscal
staff
is
responsible
for
developing
recommendations
for
the
following
budgets
to
assist
with
the
closing
fiscal
staff
has
identified
the
budgets
that
are
recommended
to
be
closed,
as
recommended
by
the
governor,
along
with
identified
technical
adjustments
that
are
recommended
below
staff
recommends
that
the
following
budgets
be
closed,
as
recommended
by
the
governor,
with
the
technical
adjustments
noted
and
request
authority
for
staff
to
make
other
technical
adjustments
as
necessary
budget
account.
1052,
the
state
archives
budget
account
1053
ips
equipment.
A
C
A
C
H
C
C
A
Yeah,
I
am
a
yes
and
I
just
want
to
make
note
that
this
is
a
deadline
week
and
all
of
us
have
had
very
long
days
and
it's
only
tuesday.
So
with
that
the
motion
passes.
Thank
you.
I
would
go
ahead
and
ask
that
staff
move
on
to
the
next
budget
account,
starting
with
the
pad
program,
account
number
six,
two
five
one,
three
three
eight.
D
D
Closing
issues
in
this
budget
account
beginning
on
page
41.
The
first
major
closing
issue
relates
to
the
2021-23
biennium
plan.
Design
on
page
42
is
the
first
decision
for
the
subcommittee
with
regard
to
the
governor's
recommended
budget.
The
governor
recommends
a
reduction
in
the
monthly
medicare
retiree
health
reimbursement
arrangement
or
hra
contribution
from
13
per
year.
C
C
D
C
D
There's
information
provided
in
your
closing
packet,
beginning
on
page
42.
With
regard
to
information
that
the
agency
provided
at
the
budget
hearing
as
well
as
subsequent
to
the
hearing
in
response
to
committee
questions
in
terms
of
the
number
of
retirees
who
participate
in
head
through
the
medicare
tab,
sponsored
medicare
exchange.
D
Unless
the
committee
requests
me
to
go
through
some
of
it,
I
will
not
cover
the
committee's
responses
and
or
the
agency's
information.
At
this
time,
staff
would
note
that,
according
to
the
public
employees
benefits
program
and
its
actuary,
it
would
cost
approximately
1.65
million
per
plan
year
or
3.3
million
over
the
2123
biennium
to
add
one
dollar
to
this
benefit,
based
on
the
projected
count
of
medicare
exchange.
Enrollees.
D
A
G
C
C
C
D
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
for
the
record,
alex
hearts
fiscal
analysis
division.
The
next
item
begins
on
page
43
and
is
elimination
of
the
long-term
disability
insurance
benefit.
The
subcommittee
will
recall
there
is
no
specific
decision
unit
within
this
budget
account
where
this
benefit
is
recommended
to
be
eliminated
as
a
budget
reduction
measure.
Instead,
it
is
being
reduced
through
a
reduction
to
the
plan
design.
The
overall
plan
design
has
included
in
the
governor's
recommended
budget
information
is
provided
on
the
benefit
itself.
This
is
a
a
benefit.
That's
provided
on.
D
There's
also
information
provided
as
to
the
expected
cost
for
a
voluntary
product
for
a
sample
individual
such
as
a
51
year
old,
active
employee,
with
an
annual
income
of
perennial
salary
of
seven
thousand
dollars
for
comparison
purposes
as
compared
to
what
the
what
the
cost
would
be
under
the
current
benefit
plan
staff
would
note
that,
according
to
pebb
and
its
actuaries,
it
would
cost
approximately
4.5
million
dollars
per
plan
year
or
not
9.1
million
over
the
2123
biennium.
D
D
H
Thank
you,
madam
chair
and
mr
hearts.
I'm
just
curious.
Are
there
any
numbers
available
on
how
many
people
we
have
actually
accessing
this
long-term
disability?
You
know
when
it's
costing
us
four
and
a
half
million
a
year.
We
have
to
assume
there
are
a
number
of
people
that
are
actually
drawing
on
it.
D
D
D
H
D
I'm
sorry
senator
glicky.
H
A
For
the
clarification
that
the
folks
who
are
actively
drawing
from
this
will
not
be
impacted
by
this
decision
is,
are
there
any
other
questions
related
to
this
item?
Seeing
none,
I
would
entertain
the
motion.
G
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
I
moved
to
recommend
approval
of
the
governor's
recommendation
to
eliminate
funding
for
the
long-term
disability
insurance
benefit
provided
by
pebb
program
to
active
employees
for
each
year
of
the
2123
biennium.
A
Thank
you
vice
chair.
Is
there
any
discussion
on
this
motion.
A
Again,
I
would
just
like
to
say
that
I
wish
we
were
in
a
different
financial
position
right
now.
Would
the
staff
take
the
roll
call,
though
please.
H
B
C
C
D
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
The
next
major
issue
begins
on
page
44
and
that
is
plan
maintained,
reserves
information.
The
plan
maintains
several
actuarially
determined
reserves
for
the.
D
D
D
During
the
hearing
discussion
post
hearing
update,
it
was
information
with
regard
to
the
reserve
staff
would
point
bring
to
the
committee's
subcommittee's
attention
that
at
the
pet
board's
march,
25th
2021
hearing
the
board
discussed
the
plan
year.
21
utilization
claims
experience
to
date,
which
staff
would
notice
through
december
of
2020.
D
The
board
received
information
that
is
december.
31St
2020
claims
claims
expenses
were
projected
to
be
approximately
33
million.
Less
than
budgeted
for
the
plan
year
continue
to
surpr
and
the
information
that
was
provided
is
that
the
principal
reason
for
the
under
utilization
or
the
less
claims
than
revenues
was
a
result
of
the
continued
suppression
of
medical,
pharmaceutical
and
dental
utilization.
D
D
Staff
would
note
that
the
state
annual
contribution
amounts
are
established
in
session
law
in
each
biennium.
For
example,
senate
bill
550
of
2019
session
as
such,
once
passed
by
the
legislature
and
approved
by
the
governor.
There
is
no
mechanism
available
to
peb
to
fund
increases
in
the
utilization
or
inflation
other
than
reducing
benefits
or
increasing
participant
premiums,
although
allowing
pep
to
carry
excess
reserve
functions
as
a
contingency
fund
before
the
catastrophic
or
the
rate
stabilization
reserve
is
drawn
down.
D
D
Additionally,
while
funding
for
medical
pharmaceutical
and
dental
inflation
is
budgeted,
it
is
unclear
at
this
time
whether
inflation
of
3.52
percent
for
medical
trend,
four
percent
for
pharmaceutical
and
two
point
five
percent
respectively
provides
adequate
funding
in
this
post-pandemic
period
that
will
represent
the
2123.
D
D
From
staff's
perspective,
due
to
the
uncertainties
at
this
time
with
regard
to
utilization
going
forward,
at
least
for
the
cr
for
the
next
biennium,
it
is
not
unreasonable
to
allow
pet
to
carry
a
larger
than
normal
excess
reserve.
A
Thank
you
is
there,
are
there
any
questions
from
the
committee.
G
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
I
moved
to
recommend
approval
of
the
reserve
balance
amounts
recommended
in
the
executive
budget
for
21
23
biennium,
with
the
recognition
that
excess
reserves
will
likely
be
higher
in
fy
2022,
possibly
fy
2023
until
utilization
and
claims
return
more
traditional
experience
patterns.
A
E
C
C
C
A
Yes,
and
with
that
the
motion
passes
and
I
would
ask
the
staff
to
go
over
the
other
closing
items
in
this
budget.
D
Thank
you,
madam
chair
other
closing
items
begin
on
page
46
of
your
closing
packet.
There
are
six
other
closing
items
which
are
all
appear
reasonable
to
staff.
Fiscal
staff
recommends
other
closing
items
one
through
six
be
closed,
as
recommended
by
the
governor
and
request
authority
to
make
technical
adjustments
as
necessary.
G
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
I
move
that
other
closing
items
one
through
six.
He
closed,
as
recommended
by
the
governor
with
staff,
to
make
technical
adjustments
as
necessary.
A
Thank
you
is
there,
are
there
any?
Is
there
any
discussion
on
the
motion.
C
C
C
A
Yes,
thank
you
with
that.
The
motion
passes
unanimously.
Is
there
any
anything
else
in
this
budget
that
we
need
to
cover?
Mr
hearts.
D
Yes,
madam
chair,
thank
you.
Normally,
staff
does
not
cover
information
contained
in
the
additional
information,
no
action
necessary
section.
However,
staff
would
like
to
take
the
opportunity
to
point
out
to
the
committee
that,
beginning
on
on
pages
47,
there's
information
contain
contained
for
the
board
for
the
subcommittee
with
regard
to
the
pep
boards
action
on
march
25th.
With
regard
to
participant
premiums,
staff
would
direct
the
subcommittee's
attention
to
page
51
of
your
closing
package
based
on
information.
D
Are
action
taken
by
the
by
the
board
of
the
public
employees
benefits
program
on
march
25th
and
information
provided
by
by
the
public
employees
benefit
program.
Staff
fiscal
staff
has
updated
the
attachment
b
that
was
originally
provided
in
your
budget
hearing
package
to
reflect
the
actions
of
the
peb
board
on
participant
premiums
for
plein
year,
2022,
which,
like
the
fiscal
year,
begins
on
july.
1.
D
staff
would
just
take
a
moment
to
explain
the
revised
attachment
d
in
the
left-hand
column
for
each
plan
type.
So
there
are
three
plan
types,
as
you
will
recall,
there's
the
high
deductible
health
plan,
which
is
ppo
plan,
the
new
copay
plan,
which
is
also
a
ppo
plan.
D
Then
there's
the
hmo
epo
plan
on
the
left
hand
side
for
the
high
deductible
health
plan.
You
will
see
that
in
the
far
left
hand
column.
There
is
what
the
plan
year
2021
actual
participant
premium
is.
That
is
what
a
participant
pays
currently
per
month,
depending
on
the
tier
that
in
which
they
enroll,
such
as
employee,
only
employee
plus
spouse,
employee
plus
child
or
children
and
employees
family.
D
That's
for
active
employees,
the
governor's
recommended
budget
included,
a
premium
of
which
was
estimated
at
47
and
13
cents
for
a
participant
only
in
the
high
deductible
health
plan,
the
board's
action
on
march
25th.
If
you
move
to
that
column,
you
will
see
that
the
board
approved
a
monthly
participant
premium
of
44.63,
which,
instead
of
being
a
3.19
cent
per
month,
increase
as
included
in
gov
wreck
over
the
current
plan
year.
A
D
You,
madam
chair,
I
will
now
begin
presenting
the
budgets
which
the
subcommittee
has
not
previously
reviewed
for
the
public
employees
benefits
program
and
for
which
fiscal
staff
is
responsible
for
developing
closing
recommendations.
D
As
with
other
staff,
I
will
pause
following
my
presentation
on
each
budget
to
allow
for
questions
and
then,
when
I
have
presented
the
last
budget
in
this
group
and
questions
have
been
addressed.
The
chair
may
wish,
as
has
been
done
previously,
to
ask
for
a
single
motion
for
closing
consideration
on
the
three
budgets
for
which
fiscal
staff
is
responsible
for
developing
the
recommendations.
D
D
D
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
The
next
budget
account
begins
on
page
55..
This
is
budget
account,
680-1368,
pebb,
retired,
employee
group
insurance.
As
with
the
active
employee
group
insurance
there,
this
budget
account
is
dedicated
and
serves
for
the
purposes
of
collecting
the
state's
portion
of
the
or
the
state's
contribution
for
for
re
retired,
employee
group
insurance.
D
D
This
is
a
decrease
from
the
2.73
percent
assessed
on
gross
salaries
in
the
current
fiscal
year.
The
the
revenue
once
it's
collected
as
an
assessment,
is
then
turned
into
a
contribution.
A
base
state
contribution
for
retired
employees
based
upon
15
years
of
service,
though
the
so
as
recommended
in
the
governor's
budget.
D
2023
and
madam
chair
I'd
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions
with
regard
to
this
budget
account.
A
H
All
right
for
being
slow
on
the
draw
here
this
morning,
I'm
just
and
actually
I
don't
know
if
it's
it's
actually
under
the
graph,
but
I'd
forgotten
that
we
actually
put
in
place
as
of
january
1st
2012.
Then
there
is
no
state
contribution
for
retiree
health
care
insurance
if
you're
hired
after
january
1st
of
2012.
Is
that
correct?
That
is
correct.
D
C
A
D
D
This
budget
account
was
established
in
2000
in
fiscal
year
2018
as
a
result
of
the
2017
legislature's
passage
in
the
governor's
approval
of
senate
bill
552,
the
intent
of
senate
bill
552
was
to
ensure
that
non-state
retirees
participating
in
pebb
paid
the
same
monthly
premium
as
a
similarly
situated
or
similarly
enrolled
as
state
retirees
in
doing
so.
This
required
additional
contributions
from
local
government
from
their
former
local
government
employers
to
to
mitigate
the
cost
of
the
immediate
cost
on
local
governments.
D
Sb
552
established
a
four-year
declining
state
contribution
methodology
by
which
the
state
general
fund
subsidized
the
cost
of
the
local
government
until
plan
year
2022
as
such,
the
four
years
have
been
completed
of
state
of
the
state
subsidizing,
the
local
government,
increased
cost
and
therefore
the
governor
recommends
no
additional
general
fund
appropriations
for
this
particular
budget
account.
D
There
are
no
major
closing
issues
and
there
are
no
other
closing
items.
Staff
would
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
Madam
chair.
A
D
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
As
previously
noted,
fiscal
staff
is
responsible
for
developing
the
recommendations
presented
to
you
for
the
following
budgets
to
assist
with
the
closing
fiscal
staff
have
identified
the
budgets
that
are
recommended
to
be
closed,
as
recommended
by
the
governor,
along
with
any
of
the
any
identified
technical
adjustments
which
are
identified
below.
D
Therefore,
fiscal
staff
recommends
that
the
following
budgets
be
closed,
as
recommended
by
the
governor,
with
the
technical
adjustments
noted
and
request
authority
for
staff
to
make
other
technical
adjustments
as
necessary
budget
accounts,
680-1368
have
re
retired,
employee
group
insurance
budget
account
101
1369,
head
non-state
retiree
rate
mitigation
and
budget
accounts.
625-1390
have
active
employee
group
insurance.
A
G
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
I
move
that
the
following
budgets
be
closed,
as
recommended
by
the
governor
with
the
technical
adjustments
noted
and
that
staff
make
other
technical
adjustments
as
necessary
budget
680-1368,
the
heb
program,
retired,
employee
group,
insurance
budget,
101
1369,
the
pad
program,
non-state
retiree
rate
mitigation
and
budget
six,
two
five,
one:
three:
nine
zero
pep
program,
active
employee
group,
insurance.
A
Thank
you
for
the
second.
Is
there
any
discussion
on
the
motion
seeing
none,
I
would
ask
staff
to
take
a
roll
call
vote.
C
H
A
I
think
our
next
item
on
the
agenda
is
public
comment,
so
I
will
close
out
the
item
on
our
agenda
for
budget
clothing
and
ask
broadcast
if
there's
anybody
on
the
line
for
public
comment.
I
I
I
J
Doug
unger
d-o-u-g-u-n-g-e-r,
unlv
chapter
president
nevada,
faculty
alliance
and
southern
nevada
government
affairs
representative.
Thank
you,
chair
peters,
chair,
brooks
and
members
of
the
subcommittee
for
your
work.
This
morning,
I
would
like
to
echo
senator
goykichia's
comment
toward
the
end
of
the
budget.
Closing
that
no
wonder
it's
so
difficult
to
hire
in
nevada
having
served
on
more
than
30
search
committees
at
unlv.
J
In
my
30
years
of
service
there
I
can
tell
you
that
the
quality
of
the
people
applying
for
jobs
and
the
people
who
are
leaving
job
searches
has
been
going
down
and
more
people
are
leaving
part
of
the
reason
they're
leaving
is
the
dire
health
benefits
that
they
anticipate.
They
would
have
under
a
state
system.
J
J
I
K
Local
40-41
and
a
u.s
military
veteran,
we
oppose
the
cuts
by
ted
to
our
insurance
plans.
We
implore
the
legislature
to
restore
funding
to
our
health
insurance
plans
and
change
the
plan.
Design,
cut
costs
of
living
expenses
are
not
being
adjusted
the
way
our
benefits
have
been.
I
am
fortunate
enough
to
remember
a
time
when
giving
up
private
sector
opportunities
for
service
to
our
fellow
citizens
was
a
prideful
thing
that
the
private
sector
opportunities
we
passed
on
was
compensated
by
the
assurance.
K
C
K
C
K
That
we
and
our
families
are
protected
not
taken
for
granted,
make
no
mistake.
State
workers
cannot
afford
to
take
on
the
financial
burden.
These
changes
would
cause
when
we
need
their
protections,
the
most
retirees
more
so
because
their
monthly
benefits
are
already
shamefully
low
compared
to
ever
increasing
cost
of
living
expenses.
They're
constant,
they
constantly
must
choose
whether
to
pay
for
medications.
J
K
I
L
L
The
purpose
of
the
passage
of
the
american
rescue
plan,
first
and
foremost,
is
to
allow
states
to
address
their
budget
shortfalls.
This
is
great
news,
but
what
I'm
hearing
are
questions
about
how
the
state
should
spend
these
funds.
The
funds
should,
first
and
foremost,
fix
the
budget
shortfall
before
they
start
spending
it.
On
other
things.
L
L
L
If
you
have
never
experienced
such
a
health
care
crisis,
you
have
no
idea
what
the
stress
of
not
being
able
to
afford
treatment
results
in.
Let
me
ask
each
of
you
listening:
have
you
ever
faced
a
serious
illness,
not
knowing
whether
you
would
make
it
through
it
alive
and
then
make
it
through
that
situation
only
to
be
unable
to
afford
co-pays
and
have
medical
bills
turned
over
to
collections,
then
imagine
having
to
make
those
choices
of
whether
to
have
treatment,
because
you
just
can't
afford
it
think
about
that.
A
That
was
the
two
minutes.
If
you
have
written
comments,
please
feel
free
to
send
those
to
the
committee
and
we
can
review
those.
I
I
I
I
A
I
They're
still
on
the
line,
they're
just
having
trouble
with
hearing
their
audio.
Are
you
there
caller.
M
C
I
M
Anyway,
my
name
is
linda
l,
I
hoxy
d,
a
h,
o
x's
and
x-ray
s
and
samuel
I.e,
I
retired,
in
2009,
from
the
state
of
nevada.
After
over
22
years
of
service,
I
am
a
member
of
rpen.
M
C
M
Are
medical
insurance
premiums
which
must
be
paid
every
month?
I
rely
on
that
subsidy
from
the
state
each
month
to
help
offset
insurance
premiums
and
prescription
costs.
I
currently
receive
the
full
260
per
month,
reducing
that
by
40
dollars
per
month
may
not
seem
like
a
lot
to
some
of
you,
but
is
a
gut
punch
for
me.
M
Costs
have
gone
up
for
seniors
too.
During
the
past
year.
According
to
the
consumer
price
index,
summary
food
went
up:
3.6
percent
gasoline
1.5
percent
electricity,
2.3
percent
and
medical
care
services,
3.0
percent.
Since
august
of
2020.,
I
can
assure
you
my
pension
checks
have
not
gone
up
by
anywhere
near
those
amounts,
nor
has
my
social
security
which
strangely
always
seems
to
increase
by
the
exact
amount
of
the
increase
in
my
part
b
premium.
I
know
right
what
a
coincidence
and
then
to
also
cut
in
half
our
life.
M
M
I
I
I
N
Yes,
thank
you,
chair
peters,
my
name
for
the
record
is
terry
laird,
l-a-I-r-d
last
name.
First
name
is
terry
t-e-r-r-I,
I'm
the
executive
director
of
the
retired
public
employees
of
nevada
r-pen,
and
we
were
calling
in
today
to
hopefully
be
able
to
dissuade
the
committee
from
making
these
cuts.
You
just
heard
from
one
of
our
members
linda
hoxie.
We
have
8
000
members
and
many
of
them
are
retirees,
and
quite
a
few
of
them
are
in
pebs
medicare
exchange
and,
as
linda
has
succinctly
put
it.
N
It's
also
difficult
to
retain
employees
as
well
with
what
you're
hearing
on
the
public
comment
line
today.
So
we
just
echoed
so
many
of
the
comments
that
were
made
and
I
can
only
say
we're
disappointed
by
the
action
today.
Thank
you.
I
A
Well,
thank
you
and
thank
you,
committee
and
staff
for
being
here
today
and
being
a
part
of
this
committee.
We
are
in
a
place
of
making
rough
decisions,
as
the
state
of
our
financial
burden
due
to
the
pandemic
has
forced
our
hand
in
some
of
these
cases.
I
believe
we
have
committee,
I
don't
have
a
calendar,
we'll
see
you
guys
tomorrow.
Thank
you
so
much.
I'm
closing
the.