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From YouTube: 8/17/2022 - Interim Finance Committee, Pt. 2
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C
E
Mr
chair,
do
you
tim
burch
for
the
record?
That
is
where
I
mentioned
earlier
operation
home,
and
I
realized
that
maybe
clark
county
jargon.
So
it
is
a
rapid
rehousing
program
we
use
as
the
relocation
part
of
this.
We
have
about
five
people
whose
full-time
jobs
are
going,
recruit,
landlords
work
with
them.
We
host
landlord
summits
three
times
a
year
where
we
use
satisfied
landlords
as
tools
to
recruit
other
landlords.
E
We
have
incentive
bonuses
for
sign
on
500
for
your
first
unit
up
to
a
thousand
dollars
for
your
second
unit,
we'll
also
not
only
put
down
the
deposits,
but
if
the
client
that
we're
case
managing
a
unit
does
damage
that
exceeds
the
damage
deposits,
we're
there
with
a
backup
account
as
well.
So
we
are
doing
a
private
public
partnership
with
our
landlord
to
say,
look
we're
in
this
with
you.
I
mean
it's
not
just
the
four
thousand
dollars
of
back
rent,
there's
twelve
thousand
dollars
on
average,
a
case
manager
goes
into
each
client.
E
E
Now
that
they're
housed
sort
of
significant
investment
in
this
we've
seen
several
we
already
have
about
1200
families
and
just
the
last
year
we've
been
able
to
move
through
this
in
this
tight
market,
and
that's
when
the
rent
was
according
to
the
apartment
association,
it
was
like
a
four
percent
vacancy
rate.
Latest
numbers
show
us
about
6.7,
so
it's
starting
to
soften
a
bit,
so
there's
a
few
more
units
coming
online.
E
So
we
have
great
hope
that
we'll
continue
to
build
on
the
success
we
have
and
work
with,
landlords
are
willing
to
work
with
us
and
a
big
part
of
that
and
not
turn
this
into
commercial,
though,
is
anybody
who
owns
that
second
home
or
that
room
that
wants
to
go
to
helphopehome.org
and
find
out
all
the
information
they
need
to
become
a
partner
for
that
all
the
information
is
there.
If
you
want
to
learn
anything
that
southern
nevada
is
doing
around
their
continuum
of
care
and
homelessness,.
F
For
the
record,
I
just
want
to
add
one
piece:
kevin
schiller,
deputy
county
manager
through
the
chair
to
the
assemblywoman,
the
issue
of
where
they
go
and
kind
of
to
tag
on
to
that
I
did.
I
failed
to
touch
on
this,
but
the
issue
of
that
community
housing
fund
where
we're
building,
affordable
housing-
that's
great
right,
but
it
takes
time.
F
The
other
piece
is
a
large
percentage
of
that
is
also
rehabilitation
of
existing
affordable
units,
because
I
can
go
to
that
owner
and
say
I'm
going
to
rehab
your
units
so
that
you
maintain
that
affordability
for
another
25
to
30
years.
That's
a
big
piece
of
where
we're
using
those
dollars,
because
we
will
literally
build
all
that
affordable
housing
and
if
we
don't
for
lack
of
a
better
term,
maintain
the
existing,
affordable
housing.
We
actually
end
up
with
a
net
zero
or
worse.
F
F
C
A
Yeah,
so
we
are
just
in
a
and
they
briefly.
A
A
Okay,
okay,
so
we're
good
to
continue.
Sorry,
do
we
have
any
an
additional
questions.
A
I'm
not
seeing
any
online
or
in
las
vegas
nobody
here.
So
I
will
go
to
okay.
If
I
could
have
some
of
them
and
danielle.
A
A
A
Okay,
we'll
just
have
just
come
forward.
Whoever
is
going
to
let's
keep
the
presentation
as
brief
as
we
can
and
then
we'll
go
over
our
questions.
G
A
G
G
G
This
is
a
significant
investment
that,
together
with
the
other
items
that
we
have
pulled,
create
the
governor's
statewide
plan
to
invest
federal
relief
dollars
that
present
a
unique
opportunity
for
our
state
to
utilize
and
serve
nevadans
with
critical
public
health
and
healthcare
needs.
As
you
know,
the
pandemic
stretched
and
tested
our
health
infrastructure
in
unimaginable
ways.
This
investment
will
ensure
we
take
the
lessons
learned
and
put
them
into
action.
G
The
worked
product
you
have
before
you
today
reflects
over
a
year
of
work
and
collaboration
of
the
state
and
community
stakeholders
on
the
right
way
to
meet
this
moment
to
best
position:
nevada
for
the
future.
So
first
there
is
a
75
million
dollar
investment
in
the
nevada,
public
health
laboratory
at
the
university
of
nevada
reno.
As
many
of
you
know,
and
have
seen
first
hand,
the
state
public
health
lab
was
pushed
to
the
limits
during
the
pandemic.
G
This
investment
will
increase
the
space
and
capacity
of
the
lab
to
meet
the
demands
of
our
state.
President
sandoval
recognized
very
early
on
in
the
pandemic
that
the
state
requires
this
critical
investment
and
has
worked
closely
with
us
to
ensure
that
the
plan
you
have
before
you
is
reflective
and
responsible
to
the
needs
of
the
state
and
improved
future
services
and
response
times
the
next
item
and
these
next
two
numbers
are
slightly
adjusted
from
what
you
have
seen.
There
was
numbers
lost
in
translation,
so
I
wanted
to
bring
that
to
your
attention.
G
Unlike
the
item
above
and
in
partnership
with
nevada,
health
and
bioscience
corporation,
this
is
not
a
single
source
project,
so
there
are
other
dollars
that
will
be
involved
in
this
project.
The
governor
is
proud
to
support
the
continuation
of
the
school
of
medicine's
contribution
to
meet
the
critical
needs
of
our
community.
This
facility
will
provide
services
targeted
to
meet
the
needs
of
residents,
with
the
focus
on
eliminating
health
disparities
and
access
challenges,
including
critical
mental
and
behavioral
health
needs.
This
is
a
high
priority
for
president
whitfield,
and
we
appreciate
his
leadership.
G
Third
is
a
partnership
between
the
state,
the
university
medical
center
and
the
nevada,
health
and
bioscience
corporation
30
million
dollars.
If
approved
will
go
to
nhbc
to
stand
up,
a
public
health
lab
in
southern
nevada
and
umc
will
operationalize
it.
Dhhs
has
worked
hard
to
identify
a
number
of
lab
deficiencies
within
the
state
and
specifically
southern
nevada,
some
of
which
are
services
we
currently
have
to
send
out
of
state.
I
would
be
remiss
not
to
recognize
umc
for
their
incredible
leadership
and
partnership
throughout
the
pandemic.
G
G
G
The
workforce
that
is
produced
by
these
schools
is
critical
to
the
success
of
all
of
the
public
health
investments
before
you
today.
Unr
will
use
this
investment
to
transform
what
is
currently
the
health
lab
into
a
robust
space
to
allow
the
school
of
public
health
and
dhhs
to
collaborate
and
prepare
for
the
next
public
health.
Emergency
unlv
will
house
the
nevada,
minority,
health
and
equity
coalition
to
improve
the
health
outcomes
of
our
most
disenfranchised
and
vulnerable
populations.
G
These
items
are
before
you
today
because
they
are
transformational
for
our
state
and
have
been
vetted
and
developed
as
strategic
priorities
of
the
for
use
of
the
american
rescue
dollars.
So
the
format
you
have
before
you
looks
different
than
proposals
that
have
undergone
the
cip
process.
I
want
to
put
on
the
record
that
labor
labor
standards
couldn't
be
a
higher
priority
for
the
governor,
so
both
the
state
public
health
lab
and
the
proposed
southern
nevada
lab
will
be
built
if
approved
with
public
project.
G
A
H
Perfect
good
afternoon,
chair
and
members
of
the
inner
finance
committee
for
the
record,
my
name
is
julia
p
and
I
serve
as
the
deputy
administrator
for
the
division
of
public
and
behavioral
health
over
community
health
services.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
speak
today
on
work
program,
23
frf
32232,
which
requests
arpa
funding
to
support
infrastructure
and
staffing
resources
for
our
local
public
health
systems.
H
Dhhs
and
the
governor's
office
reached
out
to
nevada's
local
health
agencies
to
request
a
list
of
funding
priorities
that
would
allow
them
to
better
offer
routine
public
health
services
to
their
residents
to
impact
impact,
the
population
health
in
their
communities,
as
well
as
items
that
would
allow
them
to
continue
to
respond
to
covid
and
other
future
public
health
issues.
After
considering
the
request,
the
projects
noted
in
this
work
plan
were
supported
by
dha
dhhs
and
the
governor's
office
and
prepared
to
be
presented
to
the
committee
for
your
consideration.
H
I
am
happy
to
provide
a
high
level
summary
of
the
projects,
understanding,
there's
a
time
issue
so
for
the
counties
of
churchill,
mineral
pershing
and
eureka.
This
request
would
support
the
development
of
a
building
to
serve
as
the
central
nevada
health
district
in
fallon.
This
building
would
be
a
central
location
for
administrative
operations,
but
also
clinical
services.
H
In
addition
to
this,
the
investment
in
the
central
nevada
health
district
we're
also
requesting
an
investment
for
the
washoe
county
health
district,
also,
a
building
that
would
serve
as
their
satellite
site
for
services
to
their
community,
but
also,
more
importantly,
to
update
their
tuberculosis
clinic.
That
really
serves
as
an
opportunity
to
provide
care
for
patients
that
have
a
very
infectious
disease
and
need
to
be
in
a
negative
pressure.
H
Room,
carson
city,
health
and
human
services
has
requested
that
they
are
able
to
extend
services
that
were
or
staffing
that
was
retained
during
the
covent
response
that
they
would
like
to
continue
through
december
of
2026..
This
includes
community
health
workers,
bilingual
nursing
staff
and
staff
to
support
on
the
ongoing
vaccination
and
epidemiology
needs.
H
Last
but
not
least,
the
southern
nevada
health
district,
as
also
noted
in
public
comment,
provides
a
critical
role
to
their
community,
but
specifically,
as
it
really
relates
to
environmental
health
services,
they
need
to
increase
fees.
They've,
not
increased
fees
for
over
a
decade,
and
this
request
would
actually
allow
them
to
defer
the
approved
fee
for
a
year
so
as
to
not
require
the
businesses
to
pay
an
additional
expense
while
they're
still
recovering
and
then
also
not
to
have
that
expense
passed
on
to
the
public
and
consumers
who
frequent
their
businesses.
H
So,
in
summary,
the
investments
are
as
follows:
central
nevada,
health
district,
1.6
million
dollars
and
I'll
note
that
these
are
not
to
exceed
amounts,
as
some
work
needs
to
be
done
still
on.
The
exact
dollar
amount,
washoe
county
health
district
for
no
more
than
10
million
dollars,
carson
city
health
and
human
services
for
no
more
than
3.7
southern
nevada.
Health
district
for
5.5
million
for
a
total
request
in
this
work
program
of
20.8
million
dollars.
H
In
closing
comments,
I
want
to
note
that
I'm
joined
today
in
the
room
by
my
colleagues
from
churchill,
county
and
carson
city,
health
and
human
services,
as
well
as
remotely
by
my
colleagues
at
washoe
county
health
district.
We
are
happy
to
answer
questions
that
the
committee
has,
and
I
again
want
to.
Thank
you
for
your
consideration.
H
I
know
and
appreciate
that
this
is
a
very
large
request
for
public
health,
but
the
demand
that's
been
placed
on
these
teams
has
been
huge
over
the
last
two
years
and
this
would
really
allow
us
to
to
write
public
health
in
a
number
of
ways.
I
can
go
on
to
item
k
if
you
would
like,
or
I
can
pause.
H
Okay,
for
the
record,
julia
p.
Continuing
on
item
k,
I
want
to
start
by
thanking
the
governor
for
approving
the
request
to
remove
assessment
fees
for
the
counties
of
churchill,
eureka,
pershing
and
mineral
counties.
This
is
just
one
step
in
the
formation
of
nevada's,
first
regional,
rural
public
health
authority
and
has
been
well
over
a
decade
in
the
making.
It
was
through
the
coveted
response
that
these
counties
were
able
to
see
the
need
for
local
public
health
services
and
united
to
develop
this
plan
to
move
forward,
as
is
required
within
nrs
439
4905.
H
These
counties
put
forward
a
request
to
remove
county
assessments
paid
to
our
division,
to
support
the
public
health,
nursing
disease
investigation
and
environmental
health
services
within
these
counties.
These
funds
could
be
retained
then
by
the
counties
and
they
could
provide
the
service
locally.
This
request
was
reviewed
and
supported
by
the
division
and
the
governor's
office
prior
to
the
presentation
to
your
committee.
Today,
these
counties
plan
to
cease
the
payment
of
the
assessments
to
align
with
our
biennial
budget,
starting
on
july
1
2023.
H
So
there's
no
impact
on
the
current
year
assessments,
though
this
plan
has
many
moving
parts
to
ensure
optimal
public
health
service
delivery
and
a
seamless
transition
to
local
support.
There
are
two
ports
parts
that
require
formal
approval.
This
request
being
heard
today
for
the
assessments
and
a
request
for
a
board
of
health
to
form
a
regional
health
authority.
These
counties
will
be
presenting
to
the
board
of
health
later
this
year
for
approval.
That
concludes
my
comments,
but
we
are
again
happy
to
answer
items
on
f-1516
or
item
k.
Thank
you.
A
Okay,
great,
I'm
gonna
go
to
sumum
and
benitez
thompson.
I
Thank
you
so
much
chair
dennis
for
the
question,
so
my
question
is
more
specific
to
item
k.
This
is
very
exciting:
standing
up
a
new
rural
central
nevada
health
district
they're
going
to
be
taking
over
these
services
in
a
year
from
now.
So
we've
got
a
nice
runway
here
for
us
to
get
this
up
and
going.
I
I
see
in
the
follow-up
documents
we're
talking
about
well
as
well
like
a
satellite
public
health
laboratory
and
fallon.
So
some
really
cool
stuff,
that's
happening
out
there.
Could
you
just
really
briefly,
for
the
record,
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
how
this
is
going
to
move
us
towards
the
goal
of
a
stronger,
more
robust
public
health
infrastructure
and
how
specifically
this
new
district
is
going
to
kind
of
play,
a
role
in
getting
us
towards
those
goals
because,
as
opposed
to
state
doing
it
it's
going
to
be
locally
controlled.
H
For
my
pleasure
julia
for
the
record,
and
then
I
will
defer
to
my
colleagues
at
churchill
county,
because
county
manager,
barbie
and
his
team
have
done
a
phenomenal
job,
and
so
how
does
the
public
health
delivery
system
change
when
it's
done
locally?
It's,
in
my
opinion,
an
observation
based
on
the
covid
response
done
very
well
when
done
locally
nevada's,
only
one
states
that
still
remains
a
largely
decentralized
public
health
department.
H
So
the
state
geographically
covers
a
lot
of
the
county,
but
not
by
population
size,
and
one
of
the
things
that
we
saw
during
covet
is
really
the
ability
to
understand
the
needs
of
community.
These
folks
live
in
the
community
and
they
serve
the
community
versus
again
the
state's
doing
the
best
they
can
with
the
resources
they
have,
but
we
don't
live
in
the
community
and
we
aren't
able
to
as
quickly
mobilize
services.
The
other
thing
is
the
the
collaboration
with
covet
again
related
to
their
local
emergency
management.
H
Response
was
incredible
when
done
locally,
and
then
they
could
again
reach
out
to
the
state
when
they
need
additional
supports
or
other
things,
but
but
as
done
locally,
that's
a
really
mature
public
health
system.
Many
states
have
the
formation
of
locally
delivered
services
again
with
a
level
of
state
oversight
and
support,
and
even
surge
support,
but
really
to
have
the
services
done
locally.
Is
is
a
much
better
delivery
of
the
public
health
model,
and
with
that
I
will
pass
it
on
to
county
manager,
barbie
or
shannon.
If
you
have
any.
E
For
the
record,
jim
barbie
churchill,
county
manager,
I
would
just
add
and
echo
the
comments
that
julia
made.
I
think
if
we
want
to
see
what
this
is
going
to
look
like
moving
forward,
we
only
need
to
look
behind
us
and
what
we've
just
gone
through
with
the
pandemic
and
the
successes
that
we
saw
there.
When
this
thing
started,
it
became
apparent
that
the
state
was
going
to
struggle
in
terms
of
being
able
to
have
the
outreach,
especially
with
two
central
locations
for
most
the
population
in
the
state.
E
The
rules
were
going
to
have
to
step
up
and
we
stepped
up
as
eager
partners,
and
it
was
a
good
partnership
and
it
continues
to
be
a
good
partnership
and
it
will
be
a
good
partnership
beyond
the
formation
of
this
central
nevada
health
district,
because
we
will
continue
to
rely
on
the
state
as
we
move
forward
for
guidance
along
the
way.
So,
but
what
we
did
see
on
the
ground
is
by
putting
these
systems
together.
E
I
mean
this
building
would
actually
go
on
a
site
that
has
already
partially
been
funded
and
has
infrastructure
on
it
from
the
covid
response
period
that
we
had
before.
This
would
just
be
adding
better
facilities
on
that
and
carrying
forward
beyond
the
pandemic,
hopefully
pass
the
pandemic
onto
other
health
concerns,
as
we
move
forward
on
the
site
that
we
developed
for
this,
and
that
site
was
visited
by
washoe
county
residents
by
douglas
county
residents
by
eureka
county
residents
by
folks
from
out
of
state
both
california.
E
All
the
way,
I
believe
to
texas
is
the
furthest
that
we
had
coming
through
either
testing
or
getting
vaccinations
in
our
site,
so
that
infrastructure
stays,
and
this
puts
a
building
in
place.
That
gives
us
much
greater
function
to
be
able
to
do
a
better
job
regionally,
but
yeah.
It's
going
to
be
a
good
working
relationship
between
state
and
us.
A
Okay,
I
know
I
vice
chair.
Carlton
has
a
few
questions.
C
You,
mr
chairman,
so
I'm
going
to
focus
on
item
f12,
the
different
buildings
that
are
cited
and
thank
you
for
putting
all
those
things
on
the
record.
There
were
a
lot
of
questions
around
that,
and,
and
thank
you
for
the
the
conversations
that
we've
had
about
and
answering
all
my
questions
on
that
I
just
have
a
couple
for
the
record,
so
the
amounts
that
were
determined
for
each
of
of
the
projects.
C
Could
you
just
very
briefly
just
give
us
an
idea
of
where
you
came
up
with
these
amounts
and
I'm
hoping
that
you
weren't
too
conservative,
because
we'd
much
rather
have
you
over
guess
than
under
guess
and
have
to
come
back
and
ask
for
more
money
and
as
far
as
how
all
the
renovation
and
construction
work
is
going
to
put
be
done
on
this
and
then
also
what
are
our
time?
What
are
some
of
the
timelines
on
some
of
these
projects?.
G
Bailey
bordelin
for
the
record.
Thank
you
for
the
question
we
will
have
the
entities
speak
to
how
the
calculations
have
been
done.
It
is
a
case-by-case
basis
as
we've
worked
through
it.
I
will
note
that
with
you
in
our
public
health
lab,
for
instance,
the
number
has
changed
as
inflation
and
the
cost
of
doing
business
has
happened,
so
we
have
been
accommodating
for
that
as
we
go
along
and
through
the
process
with
the
timelines.
These
are
arp
dollars.
So
time
is
of
the
essence
on
all
of
these
dollars.
G
The
the
dollars
have
to
be
committed
by
2025
projects
have
to
be
done
by
2026,
so
we
will
get
up
and
get
going
and
make
sure
that
the
dollars
can
be
done
responsibly
and
under
all
of
the
rules
and
the
timelines
that
we
have
so
projects
will
commence
as
quickly
as
we
can
with
that.
I'll
have
maureen
speak
to
two
of
the
items
and
I'll
step
out
of
the
way,
so
the
other
entities
can
come
forward.
C
B
Sure,
thank
you.
Warren
shaffer
for
the
record
shared
through
vice
chair,
carlton,
maureen
shaffer,
with
nevada,
health
and
bioscience
corporation,
the
developer
and
owner
of
the
future
prospective
projects
ambulatory
care
center.
We
have
looked
at
this
building
in
consultation
with
the
corcoran
school
of
medicine
and
the
dean
and
talked
about
their
current
needs
and
we're
going
through
a
business
planning
process
right
now
about
current
needs
and
prospective
needs
and
the
size
that
would
fit
on
the
current
site.
B
The
nine
acres
that
we
have
the
existing
medical
education
building
on
and
looked
at
conservatively
what
would
be
with
the
the
capital
needs
and
ffa
the
equipment
and
the
current
services
that
would
go
into
the
building
and
we're
looking
at
a
125
to
140
million
dollar
building,
with
this
appropriation
with
current
philanthropic
catalytic
contributions
that
we're
prepared
to
make
as
a
corporation
with
corporate
donations
that
we're
talking
to
prospective
folks
in
the
community
with
ones
that
have
been
made
that
are
in
a
balanced
right
now.
B
New
market
tax
credits,
other
things
that
we've
done
to
assemble
a
financing
stack
like
what
we
did
with
our
first
building.
That's
how
we're
coming
up
with
how
we
would
potentially
build
and
finance
the
second
building,
both
in
terms
of
services,
capital,
size
and
then
financing
on
the
second
building.
B
We
did
a
similar
process
without
launching
the
business
planning
process
with
umc
bsl
level.
Three
labs
are
built
with
what
you
call
performance
spec.
You
know
what
you
need
to
put
in
them
and
then
how
you
build.
It
is
how
you
build
it,
but
once
we
would
receive
approval
of
this,
we
would
also
do
a
existing
similar
financing
stack
as
well
with
different
sources
of
funding,
and
we
would
go
to
work
and
see
what
else
based
on
a
similar
business
planning
process
needs
and
wants
for
these
types
of
services.
B
We
need
to
provide
to
the
community
and
build
the
capital
building
around
that
and
then
finance
it
behind
that
with
different
forms
of
capital.
So
I
hope
that
answers
your
question.
B
Believe
this
particular
funding
source
needs
to
be
spent
by
the
end
of
2026,
so
pre-development
in
terms
of
the
planning
takes
between
six
and
ten
months.
We
would
start
that
tomorrow
morning
and
from
there
the
the
planning
would
begin
and
then
we
would
hope
to
break
ground
within
a
year,
and
this
would
be
the
first
spend
funds
on
that
because
of
the
timelines
around
this
particular
capital.
C
C
Yes,
okay,
because
there's
a
formula
in
ng's
formula
that
they
have
a
square
footage
thing
if
it's
not
owned
by
ng,
it's
going
to
be
outside
that
formula,
so
we
just
want
to
make
sure
we
know
exactly
how
these
buildings
are
going
to
be
looked
at
in
the
future,
so
they're
going
to
be
owned
by
nevada,
health
and
bioscience.
Thank
you.
Yes,
thank
you.
Vice
chair.
A
C
Thank
you
very
much
for
the
answers
and
then
the
other
entities.
F
Yes,
good
afternoon
for
the
record
scott
brown,
with
the
university
of
nevada,
reno
planning
and
construction
department
for
the
new
nevada
state
health
lab
project.
We
retained
an
outside
design,
firm,
fanworth
bugatti,
who
put
together
a
pre-designed
package
for
us
as
part
of
that
pre-design.
F
We
had
developed
the
square
footage
totals
for
the
building
in
working
with
the
nevada
state,
health,
lab
staff
and
other
entities
to
to
come
up
with
that
total
square
footage,
and
from
that
as
part
of
the
pre-design,
we
retained
a
third-party
cost
estimator,
who
put
together
the
the
budget
numbers
and
also
those
were
reviewed
with
our
department
and
the
architectural
firm
that
designed
the
pre-design
as
well.
F
C
F
For
the
record
scott
brown,
yes,
the
timelines,
we're
actually
ready
to
start
design
immediately,
we've
already
we're
already
ready
to
contract
with
van
work
immediately,
so
we
can
meet
those
deadlines.
Yes,
okay,.
C
Thank
you
very
much,
and
this
would
actually
be
owned
by
enshy.
Then
it
would
be
on
inchi
property
and
it
would
actually
be,
or
is
this
a
state-owned
property?
Is
it
a
partnership
within
she?
How
is
it
going
to
be
viewed
in
the
future
is,
and
she
going
to
come
forward
and
want
to
include
the
square
footage
in
their
operations
and
maintenance
budget.
F
For
the
record,
that
might
be
a
question
for
our
operations
on
actually
on
how
the
building
is
going
to
be
maintained.
Okay,
so.
F
A
C
A
Right
so
we'll
have
answer
you
if
you
just
provide
a
an
answer.
Written
answer
to
us.
Thank
you.
Okay,
any
other
questions.
J
I
I'm
sorry
chair
did
this?
It's
it's.
It's
just
becoming.
You
know
very
complicated.
I
do
have
a
question.
I'm
sorry.
Okay,
go.
A
J
Okay,
I
just
okay.
This
is
on
k,
but
I
had
a
question
related
to
the
assessment.
J
So
when
I
was
looked
up
the
calculation
I
just
wanted
to
know
just
for
sustainability
purposes,
the
amount
of
the
assessment
for
the
four
counties
comes
to
about
a
hundred
and
ninety
two
thousand
roughly
for
the
year,
and
so
that
gives
them
about
three
hundred
and
eighty
four
thousand
and
four
hundred
thousand
for
the
biennium.
So
I'm
wondering
is
that
what
are
the
other
sources
of
money
to
sustain
the
health
center
for
the
central
area
for
the
four
four
counties?
H
Julia
peek
for
the
record
for
item
k,
excellent
question
and
I'll
say
this
group
has
done
a
phenomenal
job.
Planning
they've
been
working
with
the
unr
team
as
well
and
our
team,
and
so
that
funding
will
not
make
a
public
health
agency
that
funding
will
help
support
the
environmental
health
services,
disease
investigation
and
a
little
bit
of
clinical
services
as
it
does
with
dpbh.
H
However,
we're
also
looking
at
categorical
grant
funds
that
we
fund
the
local
health
departments
with
already,
and
so
what
portion
of
those
funds
will
be
redirected
now
that
now
that
the
central
nevada
health
district
will
be
providing
those
resources
so
too
central
nevada
health
district
will
be
a
partner
in
applying
for
grants,
and
so,
as
we
look
at
new
competitive
opportunities
to
to
offer
services,
they
will
be
going
through
that
process
with
us.
They
also
have
the
opportunity
to
apply
for
grants
that
come
out
for
rural
health,
districts
or
rural
health
services.
E
Jim
barbie
for
the
record.
Additionally,
just
to
note,
in
the
last
couple
of
weeks,
we've
identified
that
the
city
of
fallon
will
also
be
joined,
joining
as
a
municipal,
and
so
that
will
help
share
those
costs
across
the
board.
A
M
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
Just
I
am
going
to
support
this
motion,
but
I
just
need
to
comment
number
one.
Thank
you,
churchill
county,
doing
an
excellent
job
proud
to
represent
you
number
two,
I'm
not
supportive
of
having
pla
agreements
and
some
of
these
projects.
I
think
it
caught
increases
the
cost
to
the
taxpayers
and
limits
what
we
could
do
with
some
of
these
funds.
However,
overall,
all
these
projects
are
very
good
and
I
will
be
supporting
them.
Thank
you.
C
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
then
I
I
do
feel
I
do
need
to
respond
to
my
colleague
that
does
represent
churchill
county
when
we
build
things
under
a
project
labor
agreement,
they
usually
come
in
on
time
and
under
cost,
and
time
is
of
the
essence
here.
We
also
have
conversations
about
prevailing
wage.
Those
are
nevadans
making
good
wages
and
taking
care
of
their
families.
C
So
I
don't
think
that
should
be
an
issue
also
in
the
conversations
that
I
had
with
the
governor's
staff
and
I'd
like
to
thank
the
governor
for
being
forward
thinking
on
this,
we
did
look
at
doing
this
through
public
works,
because
you
know
how
much
I
do.
Support
public
works
in
the
cip
project,
but
if
we
tried
to
do
this
through
public
works,
we'd
have
to
increase
their
staff
by
30
to
50
percent,
and
I'm
not
sure
we
could
get
them
done
on
time.
A
A
A
N
F
Good
afternoon,
chair
dennis
vice
chair,
carlton
and
the
rest
of
the
committee,
I
did
shorten
my
remarks.
I
took
the
time
during
the
lunch
break,
to
shorten
them
down
to
just
a
couple
paragraphs
and
I'm
going
to
try
to
just
paraphrase
those
for
you.
F
F
This
originated
with
the
work
that
you
did
in
the
2021
session,
with
the
creation
of
the
ab-455
workforce
development
committee,
which
was
made
up
of
members
of
the
the
community
across
the
state
and
was
co-chaired
by
the
chancellor
of
higher
education
and
derrick
hill
about
midway.
Through
there
we
had
the
switch
of
chancellors
and,
and
vice
chancellor
and
chief
staff,
crystal
abba,
stepped
up
and
chaired
that
committee
and
brought
it
home.
I
was
a
very
expedited
process.
F
We
started
our
first
meetings
in
january
and
had
a
report
due
by
august,
and
they
got
that
done
as
well
as
numerous
recommendations.
The
committee
also
had
to
pivot
a
couple
times
when
it
was
originally
created.
One
of
the
main
focuses
was
just
on
community
college
funding
or
the
funding
formula
things
related
to
community
college
and
workforce
development.
F
Then
arpa
came
along
and
so
did
the
governor's
state
of
the
state
address
in
february
of
this
year,
where
he
made
a
commitment
to
make
community
college
and
training
more
affordable
for
more
nevadans
and
free
for
more
nevadans
by
2025,
and
then
in
discussions
with
the
committee
made
a
commitment
to
to
offer
and
make
some
recommendations
for
some
art
funds
if
they
could
put
a
plan
together
for
that.
So
that's
that's
where
we
get
the
wig
grant
and
from
where
I
stand
it.
It
answers
two
very
important
needs
in
this
community.
F
F
They
don't
have
to
be
going
to
school
full
time.
They
can
be
in
a
certificate
course
or
degree
either
one
and
it
allows
them
to
to
get
their
tuition
paid.
For
the
second
thing-
and
this
goes
to
some
of
the
conversations
that
this
committee
had
early
on
today-
was
about
just
meeting
the
needs
of
our
industries,
our
our
demand
for
a
skilled
workforce.
F
F
I
want
to
introduce
and
commend
the
work
of
those
that
are
up
there
in
carson
city,
you
have
executive
vice
chancellor
christian,
crystal
abba.
You
have
interim
vice
chancellor
for
academics
and
student
affairs,
renee
davis
and
jose
quiroga
who's,
a
research
analysis
analyst
in
academic
and
student
affairs.
It's
been
great
to
work.
The
only
other
thing
I'll
say
on
this
is
this
is
just
one
step.
You
heard
that
earlier
there's
a
lot.
We've
got
capacity
issues
at
our
community
colleges,
the
no
amount
of
scholarship
money,
we'll
fix.
We've
got
a
workforce
sub
cabinet.
That's
not.
F
Better
account
for
colleges
and
with
that
I'll
turn
it
over
to
the
experts
and
unless
anybody
has
any
direct
questions
for
me,.
A
Let's
go
ahead
and
do
all
the
the
other
presentations
and
then
we'll
go
from
there.
N
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
for
the
record
I
am
crystal
abba
executive
vice
chancellor
and
chief
of
staff,
with
the
nevada
system
of
higher
education
very
quickly.
In
regards
to
the
comments
made
by
the
previous
speaker,
I
want
to
start
by
thanking
the
governor's
office
for
this
opportunity,
in
particular
for
his
staff.
They
have
been
incredibly
supportive
is,
as
mr
stewart
indicated,
we
had
to
pivot
a
number
of
times
during
this
process.
The
original
proposal
was
for
a
study
not
for
a
pilot
program.
N
Those
programs
serve
very
specific
populations
and
each
program
is
unique
and
distinct
and
has
its
own
eligibility
criteria.
So
if
you
look
at
those,
there
is
some
overlap
between
those
programs,
but
as
we
developed
this
pilot,
our
aim
was:
let's
look
at
areas
where
these
programs
are
not
serving
certain
students.
So
who
are
those
students
that
they're
not
serving
but
at
the
same
time,
link
this
pilot
program
to
those
programs
that
support
in-demand
occupations.
N
So
we
spent
a
great
deal
of
time
culling
through
the
on
da
on
demand
in
demand
occupation
list
that
has
been
created
by
gohan,
and
I
have
with
me
today
jose
quiroga,
who
actually
was
the
individual
who
combed
through
those,
and
we
had
a
number
of
conversations
with
our
presidents,
because
I
know
that
there
has
been
some
concern
in
regards
to
the
the
programs
that
are
outlined
for
eligibility
for
this
program
and
making
sure,
because
many
of
these
are
high
demand.
N
In
addition,
I'm
sure
one
of
the
things
going
through
your
mind
is
how
many
students
will
we
get
to
with
this
pilot
program.
As
you
know,
the
fall
semester
is
just
about
to
start,
and
financial
aid,
for
the
most
part
has
already
been
awarded.
Those
packages
have
been
notified
to
students
and,
of
course,
we
don't
have
the
funds
in
pocket
now,
so
we
are
aiming
to
award
these
dollars
beginning
in
spring
of
23..
N
Our
plan
is
to
award
them
in
spring
of
23
and
then
the
following
academic
year.
It
is
possible.
It
will
continue
over
into
fall
of
24..
Looking
at
the
program
we
are
anticipating,
we
can
serve
anywhere
between
1250
and
2500
students,
given
the
award
level
and
as
mr
stewart
indicated,
as
you
know,
we've
had
many
conversations
with
the
legislature
over
the
years,
particularly
with
respect
to
the
silver
state
opportunity
grant
where
we
focused
on
full-time
students.
This
program
will
be
available
to
students
who
are
enrolled
part-time
again.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
this.
N
This
opportunity
any
opportunity
that
we
have
to
put
dollars
directly
in
the
pockets
of
our
students
and,
at
the
same
time,
support
economic
development
opportunities
for
the
state.
We
are
grateful
for,
and
so
with
that
I
have
with
me,
as
mr
stewart
previously
introduced
interim
vice
chancellor
fracking
and
student
affairs,
renee
davis,
who
has
a
background
in
financial
aid,
and
I
consider
the
fight
the
subject
matter,
expert
on
this
and
also
mr
caroga.
So
with
that,
mr
chairman,
we
would
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions
you
may
have.
A
Okay,
thank
you
senator
hondura
loop.
Did
you
have
a
question.
B
I
just
thank
you
chair.
I
just
would
like
to
confirm
what
you
just
said.
So
we're
talking
about
2000
to
2500
students
would
receive
these
grant
awards.
Is
that
was,
was
that
the
number
you
said.
B
N
The
record
crystal
abba
in
your
reference
material
is
the
full
proposal
and
within
that
you
have
lists
for
each
institution
and
you'll
notice.
The
lists
vary
by
institution
because,
as
we
analyzed,
the
the
go
in
lists,
obviously
the
in
demand
occupations
in
northern
nevada
vary
from
the
in-demand
occupations
in
southern
nevada
and
also
the
programs
that
are
available
within
those
institutions.
We
also
have
the
issue
of
limited
capacity
programs
versus
those
programs
that
may
be
approaching
capacity.
So
there
is
a
lot
of
flexibility
in
these
lists
over
time.
B
O
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
and
I'm
just
going
to
follow
along
with
my
colleague
a
little
bit,
but
in
the
grant
distribution
there
is
some
flexibility.
I
can
look
at
the
numbers
and
you
know
you've
got
colleges
southern
about
at
3
million
and
some
of
the
smaller
community
colleges
at
300
and
400
thousand.
But
let's
say
their
program
really
took
off
or
again,
as
you
commented,
northern
nevada
and
you
know
some
of
these
institutions
have
great
programs.
They
can
probably
house
more
students.
Will
you
be
able
to
shift
some
of
those
dollars.
L
Renee
davis
interim
vice
chancellor
for
academic
and
student
affairs
for
the
record.
Yes,
we
much
like
we
did
with
and
continue
to
do
with
the
silver
state
opportunity
grant
program
we
make
that
initial
distribution,
and
then
we
just
watch
things
and
in
particular
in
spring
of
23,
we'll
be
watching
very
closely
because
it'll
be
the
first
time
we've
done
it.
So
we'll
shift
as
necessary.
Where
we
see
you
know,
the
demand
is
not
being
filled
in
one
place
and
and
maybe
there's
higher
demand
in
another.
A
Any
other
questions,
some
of
them
and
titus.
M
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
and
again,
thank
you
for
this.
I
think
our
community
colleges
are
definitely
overlooked
frequently
and
and
it's
good
to
be
a
noggis
them
acknowledging
them.
However,
I'm
concerned
about
the
the
students
themselves.
If
you
have
enough
interest
that
you
would
potentially
have
people
applying
in
what
type
of
how
will
you
engage
these
students
allowing
them
to
know
that
it's
even
existing?
Are
you
going
to
start
in
the
high
schools?
Are
you
going
to
be
reaching
out
how
how
will
they
know
this
is
available?
L
Renee
davis
interim
vice
chancellor
for
academic
and
student
affairs.
The
beauty
of
this
program,
much
like
the
silver
state
opportunity
grant
is
the
only
application,
is
the
fafsa,
the
free
application
for
federal
student
aid.
So
we
don't
we're
basically
going
to
as
long
as
we
get
students
to
fill
out
the
fafsa
which
our
campuses
are
very
versed
in
doing
then
at
that
point
it's
our
school's
turn
to
evaluate
and
and
discover
the
students
who
have
these
degree
programs
and
meet
the
eligibility
requirements,
and
so
it's
streamlined.
L
But
on
top
of
that,
of
course
now
should
this
program
be
approved
by
this
body,
then
we
would
start
with
the
actual
recruitment
and
outreach,
and
so
our
campuses
would
build
that
in
to
all
the
recruitment
and
outreach
that
they
do
in
the
fall
semester
for
spring.
So
that
would
be
how
we'd
get
the
word
out.
So.
M
You're
not
looking
actually
at
partnering
with
some
of
the
school
districts
themselves,
because
many
of
our
school
districts
now
offer
say
an
aaa
degree.
At
the
same
time,
you
can
do
that
through
the
school
system.
Have
you
reached
out
to
the
school
superintendents
or
any
of
that
about
this
particular
program?.
L
Renee
davis
for
the
record,
so
really
the
focus,
because
we
have
three
programs
in
place
in
nevada
that
focus
on
recent
high
school
graduates.
Really,
the
focus
for
this
wig
is
to
work
with
students
who
aren't
eligible
for
those
programs.
L
So
it's
it's
still
we're
not
going
to
exclude
recent
high
school
graduates,
but
really
the
focus
is
going
to
be
older,
students,
non-traditional
students
and
that's
where
we
hope
to
really
make
some
gains
in
relationship
to
building
the
workforce
and
bringing
folks
back
in
who
are
either
underemployed
or
not
employed
in
those
types
of
things.
So
that's
going
to
be
the
focus.
M
And
and
final
question
is:
I
always
worry
about
government
doing
stuff
that
private
industries
should
be
doing
themselves,
and
so,
if
we're
looking
at
producing
this,
so
that
that
the
companies
that
come
here
will
have
employees,
are
you
reaching
out
to
the
individual
companies
to
find
out
if
they
want
to
be
partnerships
from
some
of
these
costs
and
if
so,
the
students
themselves?
So
it's
really
a
two-part
question
reaching
out
to
corporations?
Are
they
going
to
be
paying
for
some
of
this
and
number
two?
Is
there
any
obligations?
L
Renee
davis,
for
the
record,
so
in
the
pilot
phase
we
don't
have
plans
to
reach
out
to
employers
to
fund
and,
however,
our
community
colleges
have
partnerships
in
place
with
many
employers.
So
we
see
that
as
something
that
we
could
work
on
for
the
future.
So
if,
if
this
program
were
to
continue
beyond
the
pilot
phase,
that's
something
that
we
can
start
planting
the
seed
for.
L
Renee
davis
for
the
record,
so
the
the
programs
that
are
proposed
for
each
institution
are
based
on
two
things.
So,
first
of
all,
the
in
demand
occupation
lists
established
by
goed,
so
we
use
those
lists
which
are
regional
and
statewide,
and
then
we
compared
those
to
the
programs
being
offered
at
the
community
colleges.
So
that's
how
we
chose
the
program,
so
we
didn't
work
directly
with
employers.
We
looked
at
the
in-demand
occupations
as
published
by
the
goed
office.
L
Renee
davis
for
the
record,
there's
not
such
a
requirement
with
this
program
that
the
recipients
stay
in
nevada.
However,
I
will
say
that
in
general
it
is
usually
safe
to
assume
that
students
who
attend
a
community
colleges
are
much
more
likely
to
stay
in
the
region
where
they
go
to
college
versus,
say
a
university
student.
A
Okay,
we
have
semolin
and
peters.
H
Really
impressive
list
here
we
were
just
talking
at
the
tahoe
summit
about
the
need
for
forestry's
service
folks
and
some
of
the
novel
grant
opportunities
for
those
and
scholarship
opportunities
for
those
students
as
well,
so
glad
to
see
things
are
rounding
out
and
other
areas.
I
just
wanted
to
quickly
affirm
that
we
have
the
administrative
capacity
for
these
grants
at
all
of
our
institutions,
and
it
doesn't
appear
that
there's
funding
for
the
administrative
tasks
but
wanted
to
make
sure
that
that's
in
the
thought
process
and
we're
not
leaving
behind
our
community
colleges.
L
Especially
renee
davis
for
the
record.
Thank
you
very
much
for
that
question.
It's
something
that
from
our
position
our
office,
we
always
are
thinking
about
the
financial
aid
office
and
not
adding
to
the
the
burden
that
they
have,
and
you
know
that
they
have
to
cover
with
existing
staff.
So
at
the
same
time,
we
always
balance
that,
with
the
desire
to
get
as
many
of
those
dollars
to
students
and
not
to
carve
off
administrative
dollars,
so
we
run
a
pretty
lean
ship
and
what
we
have
done
here
is.
L
L
As
I
said
earlier,
it
doesn't
take
the
student
to
have
a
lot
of
knowledge
about
this
specific
one
program
to
know
they
need
to
fill
out
the
fafsa,
so
they
fill
it
out
and
then
we
identify
them
and
then
the
next
phase
is
for
mr
quiroga
here
to
start
working
with
the
financial
aid
offices
on
a
process
that
will
again
be
as
streamlined
as
possible.
So
there
will
be
additional
work,
but
we're
trying
to
streamline
it
as
much
as
possible
and
our
four
financial
aid
directors
at
the
community
colleges
stand
ready
to
to
assist.
B
I
just
thank
you
chair.
I
just
wanted
to
make
a
a
slight
note
of.
I
think
that
when
we
say
dual
credit
can
just
be
got
anywhere,
that's
not
exactly
accurate
and
I'm
hoping
that
when
our
superintendent
possibly
comes
up
in
a
little
bit,
she'll
clarify
that.
But
people
have
this
feeling
that
you
can
just
go
to
any
high
school
and
get
dual
credit
and
a
lot
of
times.
Dual
credit
means
that
you're
getting
your
aaa
degree
and
you
can't
just
go
to
every
high
school
and
get
your
aaa
degree.
B
L
I
you
all
noted,
I
guess
about
the
amount
of
students
that
you
might
be
able
to
help.
Could
you
help
put
that
in
perspective
with
the
need?
So
is
this?
Is
this
going
to
assist?
You
know
50
more
students
being
able
to
to
afford
community
college
or
you
know,
is
there
some
perspective
on
how
big
of
a
push
is
this.
N
For
the
record
crystal
abba,
you
know
when
we
look
at
each
other,
like
that.
That
means
something.
So
the
challenge
is,
as
you
know,
our
system
right
now
serves
over
100
000
students.
So
when
you
do
the
math,
this
is
very,
very
small.
N
N
This
1200
students
relative
to
over
100
000
is
very
small,
but
we
believe,
as
the
governor
believes,
that
this
opportunity
to
bring
students
in
where
they're
they
will
have
no
out-of-pocket
expenses,
and
that's
because
we're
combining
this
as
a
package
with
federal
aid
and
other
aid
and
and
that's
the
whole
kind
of
paradigm
shift
here
for
us,
but
getting
it
out
of
the
chute
for
five
million
dollars.
It
only
goes
so
far.
L
A
I
remember
a
bill
that
senator
harris
that
you
brought
that
kind
of
did
this
and
I'm
going
to
go
to
some
of
them
and
told
in
just
a
second.
I
just
want
to
make
a
comment,
because
that
goes
along
with
that,
and
you
you
alluded
to
this.
A
The
requirement
is
if
they
have
to
fill
out
the
fafsa,
and
so
that
means
that
if
they
fill
the
fafsa,
they
may
not
actually
need.
This.
Is
that
correct.
L
Renee
davis
for
the
record,
so
we
actually
see
this,
unlike
the
nevada
promise
scholarship,
which
is
the
last
dollar
where
it
is
kind
of
an
either
or
if
you
get
pell
grant
you
don't
usually
get
promised.
This
is
meant
to
be
complementary,
so
you
could
get
pell
grant
we're
actually
targeting
pell
grant
recipients
and
part
of
the
reason
for
that
is
because
that's
one
of
the
affected
classes
in
the
arp.
L
You
know
guidelines
because
you
have
to
pick
your
population
that
you're
you're
helping,
but
the
other
part
of
it
is
back
to
the
financial
aid
philosophy,
which
is
a
package
of
financial
aid.
So
it's
not
all,
ideally
sure
it
would
be
great
if
we
had
one
grant
that
gave
you
know
twelve
thousand
dollars
and
that
you
know
the
student
was
good,
for
example,
but
that's
not
really
possible
in
in
this
climate.
L
So
we
take
the
pell
grant
and
we
combine
it
with
the
wig
and
maybe
they'll
have
a
scholarship
and
then
all
of
that
counts
towards
it'll
cover
tuition
or
sorry,
registration
fees
and
other
fees,
as
well
as
books,
maybe
a
little
living
expenses.
That's
really!
Our
goal
is
to
cover
what
we
call
the
total
cost
of
attendance,
which
includes,
beyond
the
obvious
things,
living
expenses
and
and
often
when
you
even
go
into
living
expenses
beyond
to
that
some
foregone
income,
because
the
students
are
in
class,
they
can't
they
can't
be
out
working.
L
A
Well-
and
this
also
will
incentivize
individuals
that
perhaps
didn't
think
they
could
go
to
college
so
that
little
increase
the
the
number
of
workforce
folks
that
we
as
we
move
forward
rene.
A
Thank
you.
Let's
go
to
some
women
tolls.
D
You
so
much
chair
and
thank
you
for
the
this
program
and
the
discussion
around
it.
We
we
had
a
lot
of
discussions
before
lunch
about
pipeline
and,
in
particular
around
mental
health,
and
I
just
wondered
I
I
just
briefly
pulled
up
the
go-ins
list
of
in
demand
and
I
saw
healthcare
and
healthcare
support,
but
I
wonder
how
we
can
utilize
this
as
an
opportunity
to
build
that
pipeline
for
mental
health.
D
I
know
teaching
nursing
and
those
are
not
typically
things
that
you
can
accomplish
within
just
a
you
know,
a
few
semesters,
or
even
some
aaa
degrees
can
get
you
there,
but
oftentimes
you
need
a
four-year
degree
to
get
their
bachelor's
degree.
So
my
question
is
two-fold:
one:
are
we
prioritizing
helping
fill
the
pipeline,
which
we
had
a
lot
of
conversations
about
this
morning
before
lunch,
to
make
sure
we?
We
have
people
to
fill
those
positions
and
then
number
two?
K
Bachelor's
degree
or
master's.
D
A
A
They
are
in
stackable
credentials
so
that
we're
building
the
pipeline
of
licensed
professional
nursing
with
a
certificate
degree
then
going
on
to
an
associate
degree
and
a
bachelor's
so
that
at
each
step
of
the
way,
students
can
be
either
part
of
the
workforce
right
away
or
continue
the
pipeline
to
higher
levels
of
occupations
in
those
areas
and
specifically,
as
was
mentioned,
nursing
and
teaching,
are
included
in
all
four
community
colleges,
because
we
know
that
that
they
are
in
demand.
D
Thank
you
chair.
If
I
could
just
clarify
and
follow
up
on
that,
I
think
that
what
stood
out
to
me,
as
I
looked
at
goinslist
is,
I
did
not
specifically
see
anything
that
helps
build
the
pipeline
for
mental
health
and,
as
we
have
that
discussion
this
morning,
we
can
fund
physicians,
but
if
we
can't
fill
them
they're
not
going
to
actually
help
the
people
who
need
the
help.
D
So
maybe
it's
more
of
a
comment
than
a
question,
but
I
I've
read
a
lot
of
these
reports
over
the
years
and
I
do
think
part
of
that
crisis
is
that
we
don't
target
recruiting,
and
I
know
we
have
a
lot
of
needs,
but
we
often
leave
mental
health
off
and
until
we
start
having
that
conversation
and
continuing
to
put
that
out,
there,
I'm
afraid
we're
going
to
continue
to
have
these
pipeline
issues
down
the
road.
That's
all.
N
N
However,
as
mr
karoga
indicated
these
some
of
these
within
nursing,
they're,
stackable,
so
you're
getting
that
start
at
the
community
college
and
then
moving
on
to
a
university
where
those
programs
are
available
now
that
said,
I
cannot
imagine
that,
after
this
discussion
and
the
the
mental
health
crisis
that
this
state
is
facing,
this
is
going
to
be
an
ongoing
discussion
for
our
institutions.
It
is
already
a
discussion
for
our
board
relative
to
how
our
own
faculty
staff
and
students
are
suffering
in
the
realm
of
mental
health.
So
your
point
is
very
well
taken.
Thank
you.
A
Madame's
chair.
Do
you
have
a
motion.
A
We
have
a
motion
in
from
someone
carlton.
We
have
a
second
from
senator
canadzaro,
further
discussion
on
the
motion,
all
in
favor,
say
aye,
any
opposed,
say,
nay,
okay
motion
passes
all
right.
We
are
going
to
go
the
next
one
is
two
and
three
just
going
to
make
a
comment.
Before
we
start.
We
have
17
items
left
if
we
spend
10
minutes
each.
A
B
A
D
P
Has
been
just
15
youth
per
month
over
the
last
three
fiscal
years,
so
could
you
just.
J
Thank
you
for
the
question,
dr
jacqueline
wade,
deputy
pull.
J
Thank
you
for
the
question
good
afternoon
chair
dr
jacqueline
wade
for
the
record
regarding
the
question,
and
I
think
it
was
2017,
then
legislative
session.
We
had
reduced
numbers
and
in
2019
we
increased
beds.
J
However,
with
the
increase
of
those
beds,
we
inherited
youth
that
would
be
diverted
from
the
jj
facilities
which
increased
a
level
of
complexity
with
regard
to
an
outward
expression
of
emotions,
which
resulted
in
high
acuity
levels,
aggression,
staff,
injuries,
and
so
the
acuity
level
has
been
so
high
that
the
staffing
ratios
had
to
be
kept
adequate
so
that
the
youth
that
were
in
the
hospital
could
be
safe
and
monitored
adequately.
So
that's
why
the
numbers
have
been
kept
to
a
minimum
so
that
we
can
provide
safety
within
the
hospital.
P
Thank
you.
This
is
katrina
nielsen
for
the
record.
Are
you
asking
whether
the
any
new
positions
that
we
would
need
to
fully
occupy?
Okay,
yeah.
D
P
Estimate,
if
you
don't,
you
can
always
send
it
to
us.
So
the
number
of
new
positions,
I
believe
dr
wade,
can
can
respond
to.
J
Dr
wade
for
the
record,
the
number
of
new
position
would
be
approximately,
I
believe,
a
hundred,
because
we
would
double
the
staffing
ratios,
given
the
violence,
because
of
if
youth
is
on
suicidal
watch,
we'll
need
one
to
one,
and
if
the
assault
is
up,
we
need
two
to
one.
So
what
we've
noticed
is
when
the
acuity
is
high.
We
actually
need
more
staff.
P
Thank
you
for
the
answers
and
thank
you,
mr
chair,
and
an
answer
to
your
question.
Sorry,
katrina
nielsen
for
the
record,
so
the
additional
cost
of
those
positions
is
currently
estimated
at
2.9
million
in
fiscal
year.
C
You
and
as
we've
asked
a
lot
of
other
folks,
so
I'm
I'm
assuming
that
the
funding
for
this
moving
forward
through
the
23
and
possibly
the
25
session.
If
you
can
find
the
personnel,
this
will
all
be
included
in
budget
enhancements
in
the
future
to
address
the
ongoing
costs,
because
what
you're
talking
about
here
is
just
immediate.
P
C
And
25.,
okay,
thank
you
and
when
you
say
hardening,
when
we
think
of
hardening
in
the
department
of
corrections
world,
it's
actual
bars
things
like
that.
What
you're
talking
about
as
far
as
hardening
is
more
like
patient
proofing
is
what
I
call
it
it's
to
provide
for
the
safety
of
the
patients
and
the
safety
of
the
staff,
so
that
the
facilities
are
a
little
more
secure.
It's
not
about
turning
it
into
a
prison.
A
Thank
you
second
from
motion
by
vice
chair
carlton,
second,
by
senator
carazzaro.
Any
further
discussion
on
the
motion.
All
in
favor
say:
aye
raise
your
hand
any
oppose,
say,
nay,
okay.
The
motion
carries
we'll
now
go
to
item.
Thank
you
very
much.
We'll
go
to
item
number
four
and
five.
P
Good
afternoon
mr
chair
vice
chair
carlton,
for
the
record,
my
name
is
joan
ebert,
I'm
honored
to
serve
as
your
state
superintendent
of
public
instruction.
Really
briefly.
First,
I
want
to
thank
all
of
you
for
all
the
work
that
you've
done
today
and
that
you
continue
to
do
for
our
state
each
and
every
day,
a
lot
of
the
work
that
we
do
in
the
department
of
education
was
approved
through
many
of
the
programs
that
you've
already
approved
this
morning.
P
P
I
did
have
the
opportunity
to
speak
with
superintendent
wayne
workman
this
morning,
who
you
know
like
I'm
coming
today.
I
want
to
make
sure
everything's
going
well.
Are
you
happy,
and
he
said
joan,
we
would
not
be
able
to
do
our
work
without
these
dollars
that
were
allocated
prior,
and
so
he
too
is
looking,
hopefully
for
the
extension
of
these
dollars.
Moving
forward.
P
The
funds
were
made
available
just
in
january
to
senator
gokuchi's
comment
earlier
today,
when
you're
ramping
up
a
project
and
a
program,
especially
hiring
people.
This
was
a
competitive
grant.
It
wasn't
authorized
until
january
of
this
year,
so
we
just
got
our
dollars
flowing
moving.
Everyone
is
now
being
hired
and
is
in
place
for
this
school
year.
We're
very
excited
and
would
like
to
continue
the
grant.
The
only
other
thing
that
I'd
like
to
add
this
afternoon
is
that,
prior
to
the
pandemic,
I
have
an
amazing
colleague
in
director
mcgill
who's
sitting
to
my
left.
P
She
actually
applied
for
workforce
development
in
mental
health,
a
grant,
a
federal
grant
which
our
state
received
over
two
years
ago,
10
million
dollars
to
make
sure
that
we
built
our
own
pipeline
here
in
nevada
for
mental
health
professionals.
So
we
work
collaboratively
with
unr.
They
currently
have
placements
in
washoe
county
school
district,
as
well
as
churchill,
county
school
district
and
the
goal
there
is
to
build
our
own.
P
So,
as
they're
going
through
their
program,
they
see
how
working
within
our
school
district
success
with
our
children
supporting
them
and
that
they
will
continue
once
they
earn
their
license
and
continue
to
work
in
our
schools.
So
with
that,
we
stand
ready
to
answer
any
questions
that
you
may
have.
Thank
you.
A
C
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
chairman,
and
we
realized
what
an
important
program
this
is
that
way
we
felt
it
was
very
worthwhile.
So
when
we
finished
up
our
budgets
and
put
the
dollars
into
this,
we
were
very
hopeful
to
see
these
dollars
out
there
and
going
in
the
documents
that
I
have
in
front
of
me.
C
Now,
if
that's
not
the
most
current
number,
if
you'd
like
to
give
us
the
most
current
number,
that
would
be
fine
too,
but
I
really
feel
that
we
should
see.
We've
heard
all
the
conversations
about
being
able
to
get
these
professionals.
How
are
these
programs
going
to
roll
out?
Should
we
really
take
a
look
at
what
the
school
districts
are
doing
with
these
dollars
before
we
put
more
money
in
so
with
a
small
amount
of
dollars
that
have
actually
been
used?
I
would
be
concerned
about
putting
money
in
now.
C
I
think
I
would
be
more
comfortable,
you
know,
possibly
in
october,
because
I
think
we'll
have
more
information
in
october
to
see
exactly
how
these
dollars
are
being
spent
and,
what's
being
done.
So
if
you
could
just
address
the
the
le
the
4.2
percent
of
the
dollars
only
being
spent
so
far,
and
if
that's
not
correct,
if
you
would
update
us.
B
Heidi
hearts,
for
the
record,
I
serve
as
the
deputy
superintendent
for
the
student
investment
division.
According
to
our
reports,
as
of
august
16th,
we
have
reimbursed
school
districts
for
approximately
1.2
million
dollars
worth
of
expenses
related
to
this
sub
grant,
and
we
believe
that
there's
approximately
another
six
hundred
thousand
dollars
already
owed
to
school
districts.
B
C
And
thank
you
miss
hearts.
We
appreciate
that
because
we
know
sometimes
when
work
programs
get
sent
in
there
is
a
lag
time.
So
if
I'm
just
doing
basic
cursory,
you
know
waitress
back
of
the
book
math
here,
there's
still
five
million
dollars,
possibly
just
a
little
bit
under
five
million
dollars.
If
we
take
into
consideration
any
requests
that
you
have
in
the
queue
right
now
so,
mr
chairman,
I
would
I
would
say
that
I
think
I
would
be
more
comfortable
getting
more
information
on
this
one
and
being
able
to
have
a
little
bit
closer.
C
Look
at
it
and
possibly
asking
them
to
bring
it
back
in
october,
so
that
we
can
see
the
real
expenditures
at
this
time
before
we
put
more
dollars
into
it,
knowing
that
these
unexpected
dollars
will
probably
balance
forward.
So
we
we
do
have
an
opportunity
to
put
more
money
into
this,
but
I
think
I'd
like
a
little
more
information
before
we
actually
add
more
money
to
something
that
already
has
five
million
dollars
in
it.
Okay,.
A
And
I
was
going
to
do
a
follow-up,
so
talk
a
little
bit
about
that.
You've
got
7
million
now
you're
asking
for
additional
4
million
right,
except
more
or
less.
G
Off
bailey
bortlen
for
the
record.
Thank
you.
I
think
the
team
can
add
to
this,
but
one
thing
I
wanted
to
make
sure
we
got
on
the
record:
is
that
that's
actually
where
this
conversation
started?
The
governor's
office
reached
out
to
nde
and
asked
about
these
dollars
and
how
they
were
working
and
if
they
were
being
effective
and
one
of
the
things
that
we
were
told
very
eloquently
by
our
team
that
I'm
sure
they
can
say
better
than
I
can
say.
G
The
hope
is
that
that
will
help
us
fill
them
and
continue
these
positions
throughout
this
time.
So
I
will,
let
them
add
that.
But
I
wanted
to
say
that's
a
great
question
assemblywoman
and
that's
the
question
that
we
started
with,
and
what
we
learned
is
that
the
short-term
nature
of
the
funding
is
part
of
the
problem,
and
so
this
will
extend
that
investment
in
a
way
that
will
allow
our
mental
health
professionals
to
take
the
jobs.
C
If,
if
I
may
miss
borderlands,
so
we
started
with
seven
and
a
half
million
dollars
and
we're
only
at
you're
requesting
another
four
there's
five
left,
that's
not
short
term
in
in
in
my
mind,
so
I'm
I'm
wondering
if
there's
another
issue
out
there
other
than
just
the
dollars.
Is
it
just
workforce
and
is
putting
money
in
it,
gonna
actually
solve
it.
When
there's
already
five
million
dollars
sitting
there
waiting
to
be
used
and
they're
asking
for
another
force,
that's
going
to
be
nine.
C
They
started
with
seven,
so
I'm
I'm
just
trying
to
figure
out
how
putting
more
money
in
it
is
going
to
incentivize
anything
when
they
started
with
more
than
what
they're
asking
for
and
it's
still
not
being
used.
So
I'm
I'm
not
really
sure
of
that,
and
maybe
I
just
don't
understand
the
intricacies
of
it
all,
but
not
having
all
the
data.
C
P
Thank
you
chair
and
to
the
question
for
vice
chair.
Absolutely.
When
you
look
at
the
total
amount,
the
7.5
we
did
have
to
do
the
competitive
grant
process,
so
the
funds
were
not
made
available
until
january.
These
funds
do
expire
one
year
from
upcoming
month,
so
these
funds
cannot
roll
forward.
They
must
be
expended
by
september
of
2023..
P
A
Okay,
yeah
senator
go
get
you.
O
P
In
some
of
our
districts-
yes,
but
not
all
so
it
varies
on
the
school
district
and
specifically
for
those
school
districts
where
they
would
find
some
candidates
in
being
able
to
do
the
job
offer
to
make
sure
that
that
job
is
there
beyond
the
short-term
period.
That
is
where
they've
been
bumping
up
against
the
issue.
O
O
A
Okay,
other
questions,
yeah
senator,
let's
see
benitez
thompson.
I
And
then
we'll
go
to
titus
yeah,
so
I'm
I'm
gonna
talk
about
this
a
little
bit
in
articulately,
and
I
wish
we
had
a
school
that
might
be
available,
and
I
don't
know
if
there's
one
out
there
that
might
be
available
listening.
That
could
help
us
kind
of
flow
through
how
these
dollars
move
more
there's.
I
At
least
one
of
these
schools
who's
listed
that
that
has
money
that
that
that
I've
worked
with
and
that
in
that
it
seems
to
me
that
it's
more
of
a
timing
thing
so
that
it
was
a
competitive
grant
applied
last
winter,
got
noticed
a
few
months
later
by
that
point
you're
at
the
end
of
the
school
year.
So
then
you
were
not
in
the
budgets
that
had
to
be
approved
over
the
summer.
You
may
or
may
not
have
been
able
to
include
that
money
in
at
least
in
more
recent
meetings.
I
You
can
include
those
dollars
in
because
you
know
you've
got
them,
but
you're
also
braiding
them
with
other
dollars
as
well
and
in
at
least
this
school's
one
specific
situation.
It
was
contracting
for
these
services
to
come
in,
and
so
it's
going
to
be.
One
lump
sum
of
a
receipt
that
gets
submitted
to
the
department
for
reimbursement,
so
I
guess
a
part
of
me
is
feeling
like
it's
a
flow
issue.
I'm
I'm
feeling
that
I
don't
know
how
to
articulate
very
well.
I
I
wish,
if
there
were
some
schools
out
there,
who
could
talk
a
little
bit
more
of
that
timeline
because
it
it
is
tricky
and
those
those
winter
grants
are
tricky
because
you're
winding
down
one
budget
and
then
at
the
same
time
approving
tentative
budgets
for
the
next
year.
So
I
I
guess,
I'm
just
trying
to
say
like
it
feels
like
there's
going
to
be
a
big
risk
receipts
coming
in
and
your
grant
people
who
review
those
receipts
are
going
to
be
sending
out
dollars
like
in
bigger
chunks
coming
up.
I
But
that
would
be
my
assumption,
but
I
think
to
the
point
of
assemblywoman
carlton
saying:
is
that
true?
Are
you
about
to
get?
Are
you
expecting
to
get
hit
with
a
bunch
of
requests
soon
and
you're
like
hold
tight?
These
dollars
are
going
to
be,
we
know
they're
flying
out
and
we
can
get
you
an
update.
You
know
over
the
next
couple
weeks
where
we
they're
coming
they're
coming
and
it's
just
kind
of
a
lag.
B
B
You
know
having
winter
grants
is
always
problematic,
especially
when
you're
hiring
personnel
in
the
schools
and
contracts
and
all
that
stuff,
and
then
the
other
piece
as
well
is
that
we
will
be
checking
with
districts.
This
was
a
competitive
grant,
we'll
be
checking
in
september
to
see
how
they're
doing
if
a
specific
district
tells
us,
you
know
we're
having
some
workforce,
we
can't
find
anyone.
We
will
then
look
at
reallocating
those
funds
to
districts
who
are
not
having
those
issues.
M
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
the
question
also
a
process
question.
It
seems
like
there
is
such
a
delay
and
and
for
the
licensure
of
these
mental
health
professionals
for
the
schools.
M
B
Christine
mcgill
for
the
record,
it
really
depends
upon
the
license
so
like
a
licensed
clinical
social
worker
is
both
by
their
board
of
examiners
and
also
through
the
department
of
education.
So
we
haven't
had
too
many
hiccups,
because
the
need
in
our
schools
is
so
great
whatever
the
lowest
license
is.
As
that
person
is
moving
forward,
say
an
intern.
We
have
different
scopes
of
work
to
apply
to
those
qualification
levels
if
that
makes
sense
so
anywhere
from
a
community
health
worker
that
can
help.
M
And
the
reason
I
bring
this
question,
I've
had
somebody
reach
out
to
me
that
lives
in
my
district,
who
tried
to
get
a
who
was
a
retired
teacher.
Previous
associate
principal
type
of
thing
couldn't
get
a
substitute
license
through
the
state
of
nevada.
It's
been
delayed,
and
now
they
won't
reimburse
him
for
his
application
fee.
So
I'm
just
wondering
if
there's
a
bigger
problem
here
than
we're
seeing
that
that
there's
this
money
hasn't
been
spent
because
there's
delays
that
we
are
not
seeing
and
what
is
going
on
in
the
department
of
ed.
P
M
And
we
will
take
it
offline,
but
for
me
it
was
all
processed
across
the
board.
Maybe
there's
a
backlog,
and
you
know
the
district.
Is
it
at
the
district
level
or
is
it
at
the
state
level
of
processing
these,
and
I
was
worried
that
it
was
the
same
thing
with
these
mental
providers
that
you
weren't
able
to
process
them
in
a
timely
manner.
It
sounds
like
if
you
had
7
000
applications.
You
said
how
many
7
000.
superintendent.
P
Ebert
for
the
record,
for
over
the
last
two
months
we
processed
for
about
4
000
records.
M
Okay
and
so
there's
the
background,
checks
and
all
those,
so
it
may
just
be
a
log
issue
so
and
we'll
chat
about
it
anyway,
but
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that's
not
connected
that
you
aren't
able
or
have
the
staffing
to
get
the
people
licensed.
That
need
to
be
licensed
in
a
timely
manner.
A
I'm
not
hearing
any,
I
think
what
we
should
do,
let's
bring
this
back
in
october.
Let's
give
you'll
have
any
any
of
the
reports
you've
got
coming
in
in
september.
It'll
help
to.
I
think
you
understand
what
the
issues
are
at
least
the
concerns
really
at
the
end
of
the
day,
we
have
to
make
the
decision
you
know.
A
Is
this:
how
we
want
to
spend
these
dollars
and
do
we
want
to
tie
them
up
that
and
you
that,
where
we
could
use
them
somewhere
else,
and
so
we
just
need
you
to
come
back
and
show
us
how
how
you
know
doing
the
additional
4
million
is
going
to
really
help
us,
because
we
I
mean,
I
think
everybody
here
supports
having
these
professionals
in
the
schools,
because
that's
what
we
need
and
but
I
think
we
still
have
a
little
bit
of
time,
especially
since
the
deadline
on
this
4
million
is
a
year
out
further.
R
A
A
Because
we're
not
going
to
meet
before
45
days,
okay,
okay,
so
so
we
do
need
to
do
a
motion
on
this,
so
we
could
bring
it
back
in
october.
Otherwise,
the
we'll
have
an
issue
with
the
timing.
So
madame
vice
chair,
you
want
to
make
a
motion.
C
And
thank
you,
mr
chairman,
and
it's
not
that
I
don't
we're
going
to
say
not
we're
going
to
say
a
motion
not
to
approve,
but
it's
it's
that's
just
because
it's
the
technical
term.
I
I
do
support
this.
I
just
want
more
data
and
want
to
understand
to
bring
it
back.
So
my
motion
would
be
to
not
approve
this
item
and
ask
them
to
return
in
october
to
share
with
us
more
information
so
that
we
can
make
a
more
informed
decision.
So
that
would
be
my
motion,
mr
chairman,.
A
Okay,
so
we
have
a
motion:
senator
candicero.
Do
you
want
to
second
that?
So
we
have
a
second
discussion
once
again
I
this
isn't.
No,
this
isn't
a
rejection,
it's
something
that
we
have
to
do
so
that
we
could
bring
this
back
in
october
and
have
this
discussion
senator
goku.
A
Thank
you
any
other
senator
donderly.
B
I
would
agree
with
my
colleague
I
I
respectfully
understand
that
the
delaying
it
and
having
more
information,
but
I
think
we're
in
a
situation
where
we
need
to
have
these
things
in
place
so
that
they
can
move
forward.
And
if
we
wait
until
october
now
we're
you
know
two
more
months
behind
and
then,
if
there's
something
that's
not
there,
we
could
be
two
more.
You
know
we
could
be
into
session
in
30
seconds,
and
I
just
I
just
feel
like
that.
A
Other
yeah,
some
of
them
and
danielle
moreno
thank.
D
However,
I
feel
that
there's
five
million
dollars
left
that
hasn't
been
utilized.
Yet
we're
not
saying
the
program
can't
move
forward.
The
problem
is
going
to
move
forward.
There
is
money
there
sitting
waiting
for
the
program
to
move
forward,
we're
asking
to
delay
it
so
that
they
do
reimburse.
I
think,
there's
more
to
the
story.
D
Work
but
the
funding
is
there,
doesn't
impact
anyone
getting
employed.
It
doesn't
impact
bringing
people
on
there's
five
million
dollars
sitting
there
to
bring
people
in
to
be
reimbursed
right.
That
money
is
there.
This
would
be
an
additional
money
that
would
be
added
to
it
and
approximately
six
to
eight
weeks,
we'll
be
back
here
to
give
that
money
out
if
they've
utilized
what
they
already
have,
but
I
it
just
doesn't
make
sense
to
to
give
more
money
to
sit
and
waiting.
If
we
haven't
really
addressed.
O
Thank
you
for
a
second
time,
and
I
want
to
get
out
of
here
as
bad
as
anybody
does,
but
clearly
I
I
feel
that
you
know
school
is
starting
right
now
and
if
we
delay
it
another
couple
months
and
if
that
stops
even
one
person
from
actually
applying
and
taking
a
job
in
the
system,
it's
critical.
You
know
we
can't.
We
can't
fill
these
needs.
O
So
if
someone's
waiting
in
the
wings
to
try
to
find
out
if
they're
gonna
have
a
job
in
24
and
they
determined
well
by
our
hesitancy,
we
didn't
fund
it.
Okay,
that
might
mean
the
job's
not
going
to
be
in
place
beyond
next
year.
So
again,
you
know
when
we
have
issues
like
like,
we
saw
in
uvalde
and
I
don't
blame
the
ak-47
there.
It's
the
fact
we
didn't
have
staff
in
those
schools.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
other
comments.
I
don't.
I
don't
believe
that
you
know
I'm
okay
with
waiting
till
october.
I
don't
know
that
I
would
want
to
delay
more
than
that.
I
don't
I
don't.
I
really
don't
see
anything
is
going
to
slow
down
or
because
we
we
didn't
do
this.
I
think
that
the
support
is
there
to
do
that.
We
just
have
some
questions.
I
think,
is
really
what
it's
come
down
to
senator
kansa
now.
A
Okay,
let's
I
will
call
for
the
motion.
Those
in
favor
say:
aye
raise
your
hand,
any
opposed,
say,
nay,
motion
carries.
B
Chair
brooks
and
members
of
the
committee
again
cindy
pitlock,
excuse
me
for
the
record
so
continuing
the
conversation
from
this
morning.
What
this
represents
is
temporary
staffing
for
us
to
continue
services
at
oasis
psychiatric
residential
treatment
center.
B
P
Thank
you,
chair
dennis
just
two
quick
questions.
Could
you
explain.
L
Given
the
workforce
challenges
that
we've
been
discussing
essentially
all
day,
does
the
agency
believe
that
there's
a
pool
of
qualified
candidates
able
to
to
be
hired
for
these
temporary.
B
For
the
record,
dr
pitlock
senator
harris,
thank
you
for
the
question.
So
we
have
found
greater
success
frankly
in
going
through
our
contract
staffing
company
than
we
have
trying
to
recruit
these
positions
through
the
state
process
and
because
it
is
a
temporary
bridge
until
the
rfp
is
completed
and
we
award
those
services
and
we
have
that
successful
overlap
of
transitioning
a
new
vendor
into
that
area.
B
A
Other
questions
vice
chair,
carlton.
C
Thank
you
very
much
so,
with
the
vacancy
savings
that
you
do
have
we
do
see
a
number
of
times
where
agencies
come
to
us
and
ask
to
use
vacancy
savings
for
other
projects.
Is
that
in
your
mind,
do
you
have
plans
for
those
vacancy
savings
in
anywhere,
or
did
you
just
see
that
using
the
arpa
money
here
since
it's
one
time,
money
was
a
better
use.
P
A
A
motion
to
approve
second
senator
canezaro,
further
discussion
on
the
motion,
all
in
favor,
say:
aye,
raise
your
hand
and
you
pose
say
nay.
Motion
carries
all
right,
we're
gonna
know
now.
Thank
you
very
much.
We're
gonna
go
to
item
numbers,
eight,
nine,
and
I
believe
this
was
a
request
from
one
of
our
members,
so
I
don't
know
senator
neil.
J
I
didn't
ask
for
eight
and
nine.
I
asked
for
g.
A
Oh
sorry,
so
who
had
eight
nine,
oh
assemblywoman.
M
If
we
can
go
right
to
the
question,
I
think
that,
yes,
I
had
questions
about
the
reimbursement
and
transfer
of
these
funds
to
the
peb
benefit
program
for
the
reimbursement,
he's
testing,
because
that's
what
this
is-
and
these
were
the
at-home
test
kits.
M
There's
been
a
lot
of
questions
and
concerns
over
these
at-home
test
kits
and
the
how
accurate
they
were,
and
I
was
just
concerned,
if
there's
any
going
after
the
company
themselves,
that
sold
them
to
the
state
were
any
of
the
the
the
kits
that
were
not
accurate
part
of
this
reimbursement
and
I'm
wondering
if
they
have
any
accountability
on
these
funding.
D
D
So
no,
we
don't
have
any
information
on
that.
We
entered
into
an
agreement
through
our
tpa
to
receive
the
at-home
tests
and
paid
for
them
through
our
our
claims
costs,
and
this
is
reimbursement
of
our
actual
costs.
D
M
M
Thank
you
and
I
I'd
appreciate,
maybe
a
follow-up,
so
we
don't
believe
with
this
that
you
might
follow
through
on
that
to
see
if
many
many
of
the
kids
were
inaccurate,
and
so
I'm
just
curious
about
that
and
we
we
might
be
able
to
have
an
answer
here.
Thank
you.
E
Thank
you
chair.
If
you'll
endorse
me
dwayne
young
from
the
office
of
the
governor,
thank
you,
carrie
carrie's,
the
cfo
for
pebb
director
rich,
is
on
a
well-deserved,
vacation
and
she's
halfway
across
the
country,
so
I
did
want
to
clarify,
because
I've
worked
with
director,
rich
and
carrie
and
their
organization
on
this
project.
This
was
implemented
through
pebb
as
a
way
as
a
means
for
employees
who
had
not
been
vaccinated
initially
to
test
themselves.
E
E
And
so
we
are
using
these
art
funds
to
pay
for
those
at
home
tests
that
have
been
distributed
to
employees.
There
has
been,
I
think,
some
conflation
with
the
at-home
test,
as
well
as
some
other
testing
sites
that
were
licensed
by
healthcare
quality
and
compliance.
That
is
a
separate
issue.
These
tests
are
from
approved
vendors
that
were
done
through
an
rfp
that
are
also
being
used
by
the
federal
government.
E
I
keep
a
stack
in
my
office.
I
keep
the
stack
in
my
home
so
wherever
the
exposure
has
occurred,
I
can
test
myself
and
be
aware
and
keep
my
fellow
employees
safe,
and
that
is
what
we
have
asked
state
employees
to
do
with
these
tests
and
so
that
they
do
not
have
to
bear
the
cost
in
peb
or
through
their
premiums
through
pebb.
We
are
requesting
art
funds
to
reimburse
peb
for
the
cost
of
these
tests.
M
M
A
A
M
Yeah,
thank
you
I'll.
Just
go
right
to
my
question
and
my
concern.
I
love
to
fish
and
I
love
to
keep
fish
alive
and
I
love
fish
hatcheries,
but
I
also
pay
a
fishing
license
and
to
to
keep
these
fishing
going
and
I'm
very
concerned,
and
I
do
not
support
using
arpa
funds
for
this
particular
program.
I
think
when
we
have
employee,
we
can't
fill
employee
slots
and
our
highway
patrol
when
we
hear
that
that
aren't
being
reimbursed.
M
People
are
leaving
the
state
retiring
that
to
to
put
this
in
three
million
dollars
when
we
should
be
using
sportsman's
dollars,
and
that's
probably
the
only
time
you'll
ever
hear
me
say
we
should
be
using
sportsman's
dollars
because
I
frequently
will
object
to
using
sportsman's
dollars,
but
but
I
have
a
hard
time
using
arpa
funds
for
this
particular
issue.
L
T
Director
for
department
of
wildlife,
let's
go
ahead.
I'd
just
like
to
offer
a
little
agency
perspective.
If
I
may,
the
situation
at
the
lake
mead,
hatchery,
the
lake
mead
hatchery
was
refurbished
back
in.
I
think
it
was
2006
and
originally
produced
a
cold
water.
Fish
trout
in
particular,
as
the
lake
level
receded,
the
water
temperatures
became
unsuitable
for
cold
water
species,
then
aquatic
invasive
species
and
quagga
mussels
further
complicated
the
production
of
those
cold
water
fish
species
that
couldn't
be
transplanted
into
other
waters.
T
The
combination
of
those
two
factors
resulted
in
a
repurposing
of
the
hatchery
presently
the
the
hatchery
well
up
until
january
of
this
year.
Anyway,
the
hatchery
was
providing
mitigation
that
is
required
for
the
operation
of
of
hoover
dam.
The
mitigation
was
for
razorback
suckers
and
bony
tail
chub,
which
are
federally
listed
species
and
the
only
production
of
those
species
was
occurring
at
the
lake
mead
hatchery,
the
lake
mead
hatchery
was
receiving
its
water
supply
from
basic
water
in
henderson
until
that
intake
was
drought
affected
and
was
no
longer
able
to
provide
water
to
the
hatchery.
T
T
What
this
project
is
requesting
is
3.1
million
in
those
arpa
funds
to
augment
an
existing
8.9
million,
that's
being
provided
by
the
bureau
of
reclamation
to
provide
a
replacement
water
supply
line
that
would
be
below
current
lake
levels
to
allow
us
to
continue
to
provide
mitigation
for
those
federally
listed
species
and
continue
to
impound
water
and
generate
electricity.
T
So
the
total
project
cost
is
about
12
million
dollars
to
replace
the
existing
pipeline.
That's
currently
above
water
level
to
have
a
suitable
water
level,
a
suitable
water
source
to
produce
those
federally
listed
species.
This
is
is
not
a
novel
use
of
the
of
the
water,
it's
raw
water
that
would
just
be
directed
into
the
hatchery
for
the
purpose
of
producing
those
federally
listed
species
and
then
return
immediately
to
the
lake,
so
it
wouldn't
affect
available
water.
T
It
wouldn't
impact
storage
levels
other
than
to
prove
the
mitigation
necessary
for
razorback,
suckers
and
and
ponytail
chub.
The
bureau
of
reclamation
already
provides
the
bulk
of
the
funding
for
the
operation
of
the
hatchery
in,
in
conjunction
with
other
federal
funds,
coming
from
the
u.s
fish
and
wildlife
service,
section,
six,
with
a
very
small
portion
of
of
general
fund
to
that
to
that
cause.
So.
M
So,
director
wesley,
I
understand
the
project
and
I
actually
support
the
project.
I
don't
approac,
I
don't
support
using
arpa
funds
for
this
project,
and
I
I
know
you
reiterated
I've
done
my
homework
on
the
project
and
what
you
intend
to
do
with
the
fish.
I
know
what
the
fish
look
like
and
what
you're
trying
to
do
with
the
fresh
water
etc.
I
just
cannot
accept
using
arpa
funds
for
this
particular
reason.
I
think
there's
other
funds
out
there
and
I
think
we
have
to
I
think,
there's
other
priorities.
M
We've
listed
an
incredible
amount
of
other
priorities
today
and
so
for
me,
as
as
a
person
who
supports
wildlife
certainly
have
donated
my
monies
to
wildlife.
I
I
just
can't
support
this
use
of
this
fund
for
this
project.
Thank
you.
A
I
You
very
much
mr
chair
just
to
follow
up
director
wasli.
Could
you
explain
a
little
bit
more
what
the
consequences
would
be
if
we
were
not
to
allocate
funds
to
this
project
now
and
waited
to
go
through?
You
know
the
budgeting
process
during
the
regular
session.
T
Well,
thank
you
for
the
question
assemblyman
watts.
So,
as
I
indicated,
the
federally
listed
species
that
were
being
produced
on
the
hatchery
were
removed
were
taken
off
station
in
in
january
due
to
insufficient
water.
You
know
we,
we
have
a
hatchery
that
is,
ironically,
without
fish
right
now.
There
is
no
water
for
that
that
hatchery.
T
The
mitigation
requirement
under
that
multi-species
conservation
plant
requires
certain
measures.
The
only
reproduction
that
is
occurring
in
razorback,
suckers
and
bony
tail
chub
was
occurring
on
on
that
station.
Those
species
are
functionally
extinct
and
so,
as
a
as
a
requirement
to
operate
that
dam
and
pound
the
water
generate
the
electricity
that
impacts,
I
think
seven
states
and
40
million
people.
T
There
must
be
some
mitigation
if,
if
this
source
of
funding
is
denied
or
it's
determined
that
other
avenues
be
used,
I
don't
know
specifically
what
the
impacts
would
be,
but
I
can
tell
you,
without
water,
we're
not
going
to
be
able
to
to
rear
those
fish
and
provide
the
mitigation
as
required
by
that
operating
agreement.
So
I
think
the
the
perhaps
folks
that
might
be
better
suited
to
answer
the
specific
impacts
you
know
might
be
southern
about
a
water
authority
or
bureau
of
reclamation.
T
I
Thank
you
very
much
for
that
director
and
you
know
we've
seen
in
the
in
the
news
as
recently
as
yesterday,
the
the
dire
condition
that
the
colorado
river
is
in,
which,
as
you
noted,
is,
is
supplying
40
million
people
in
seven
states.
I
think
30
tribal
nations
and
the
nation
of
mexico-
and
you
know
this
is,
as
you
noted,
not
the
only
issue
related
to
providing
power
from
those
those
dams
and
providing
water
to
to
all
the
different
entities.
But
it
definitely
is
a
factor
in
it.
I
I
had
the
chance
to
go
to
the
opening
of
the
of
your
visitor
center
at
the
fishery.
It's
gorgeous.
I'm
excited
that
we
have
the
opportunity
to
do
some
some
additional
improvements,
while
the
water
is
out
of
there.
But
I
I
want
that
to
be
a
a
functioning
fishery
and,
and
I'm
really
concerned
with
the
some
of
the
potential
cascading
impacts.
If
we're
not
able
to
kind
of
treat
this
as
the
emergency
situation
that
it
is,
you
know
I've.
I
I've
talked
with
other
members
of
of
this
body
about
you
know
wanting
to
to
make
investments
with
these
funds
wherever
possible
in
our
water
resources,
and
I
think
that's
a
goal
that
that
some
of
us
share-
and
you
know
to
me
this-
has
kind
of
risen
to
the
top-
is
something
that
we
do
need
to
address
immediately
and
and
utilize
some
of
these
funds
to
make
sure
we
can
get
this
fishery
back
up
online
online
as
soon
as
possible.
So
thank
you
for
the
question
mr
chair.
O
Yes,
I
just
want
to
thank
you,
mr
chair.
I
just
want
to
establish
on
the
record
mr
wellesley,
but
this
this
request
is
directly
driven
because
by
the
drought,
it's
a
consequence
of
the
drought
right.
O
Yes,
sir,
all
right,
thank
you.
I
just
want
to
make
sure
to
get
that
on
the
record.
There's
been
some
dialogue
that
drought
didn't
qualify
for
arpa
funds.
Thank
you.
A
J
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
and
thank
you
director
for
being
here,
and
I.
D
D
But
I
would
ask
that
if
we
move
forward
with
this,
that
some
sort
of
letter
go
out
asking
the
other
states
to
step
up
and
at
least
get
into
the
negotiations,
to
try
to
address
the
drought
concerns
and
the
the
lake
mead
levels.
When
nevada
is
clearly
going
above
and
beyond.
D
A
A
whole
other
issue,
not
that
we
necessarily
disagree
that
some
something
needs
to
happen
there,
but
definitely
any
other
questions.
C
D
From
the
coveted
funds
for
relief
for
them,
so
I
I'm
at
a
I'm
at
a
loss
here,
but
just.
C
C
So
you
know
we
live
in
cyclical
climates.
This
is
what
we
sometimes
have
to
deal
with,
so
I
I
don't
think
that
I
can
support
this
at
this
time,
just
because
I'm
having
to
choose
between
farmers
and
and.
A
Thank
you.
I
you
know,
I
I
try
to
make
the
comment
that
you
know
this
is
really
something
that
impacts
all
of
us.
I
think
it's
something
that
we
need
to
take
care
of
something
that
we
had.
You
know
we've
made
an
agreement
as
part
of
our
agreement
with
with
hoover
dam,
and
all
of
that
I
think
that
you
know
we
could
either
use
our
funds
or
we
can
take
funds
from
something
else,
but
I
don't
know
what
that
something
else
would
be.
A
A
O
Yes,
thank
you,
mr
chair.
I
will
be
supporting
this
measure
and
clearly
again,
I
was
just
trying
to
establish
that
that
it
was
drought
related
and
hopefully
we
can
take
that
up
in
the
next
meeting.
Thank
you.
A
M
Thanks,
I'm
sorry
to
belabor
this.
I
know
everybody
wants
to
get
out
of
here,
but
we're
accountable
for
this
these
monies.
So
I
just
I
was
wondering
what
the
campaign
was
going
to
look
like
in
this
array
of
rx
prescription
car
program,
and
so
is
it
a
state-funded
thing
or
something
we're
working
with
the
pharmaceutical
companies?
I
just
needed
a
little
bit
more
information
on
it.
D
D
So
earlier
this
year,
nevada
did
join
with
oregon
and
washington
on
this
initiative,
and
we
are
working
to
enroll
nevada
pharmacies
to
prepare
for
nevadans
to
be
able
to
sign
up
later
this
year.
The
card
will
be
available
to
all
nevadans
and
this
work
program
will
be
used
to
develop
a
campaign
in
english
and
spanish
to
let
people
know
that
they
can
enroll
for
free
for
this
card
that
will
help
with
the
cost
of
their
prescription.
Drugs.
A
A
D
M
Actually,
this
is
assemblyman
haven
also
wanted
this
one
pulled.
We
were
just
concerned
about
the
if
they
could
assure
us
that
this
new
program
would
help
limit
the
amount
of
fraud
that
we
saw
and
abuse
of
the
program
before.
K
K
Since
the
beginning
of
the
pandemic
to
reduce
fraud
and
fraudulent
claims
in
our
existing
system
and
in
the
requirements
that
we
put
in
place
for
the
modernization,
we
included
several
requirements
that
would
make
it
easier
for
us
to
work
with
clients,
help
them
process
a
claim
as
needed,
verify
identification
throughout
the
process,
using
a
whole
array
of
resources
that
are
now
available,
so
that
fraud
protection
would
is
part
of
the
request
and
will
be
built
into
the
new
system.
K
Sure
alisa
cafferata
with
dieter,
so
the
whole
system,
the
requirements
that
we've
asked
the
vendor
to
respond
to
is
designed
to
yes,
help
streamline
the
process
for
claimants
to
make
it
a
lot
easier
to
get
from
the
beginning
to
the
end
and
provide
more
explanations
so
that
it's
easier
for
them
to
understand.
What's
being
requested.
K
So
we've
asked
that
the
new
system
be
very
adaptable
and
very
agile,
so
we
can
respond
to
any
changes
in
the
federal
programming,
because
that's
what
we're
implementing
is
the
federal
program,
so
we're
designing
a
system
that
will
be
able
to
scale
up
quickly
and
to
respond
and
be
more
flexible
as
needed,
because
we
think
that
that
will
always
be
something
we'll
see
in
the
future
the
backlog
right
now
that
we
have
in
so
the
pandemic
unemployment
assistance.
K
We
are
just
hearing
the
final
appeals
in
that
program
in
the
next
couple
of
months,
so
we
will
hopefully
be
completely
done
with
that
program
by
the
end
of
the
year
very
beginning
of
next
year,
and
then
we
do
because
of
the
loss
of
staff
that
we've
talked
about
several
times
with
this
committee.
K
We
do
have
a
bit
of
a
backlog
in
regular
adjudications
for
regular
unemployment
and
we've.
We,
we
hope,
you'll
pass
on
to
your
constituents
that
it's
really
important,
that
they
file
a
claim
that
doesn't
have
issues
that
would
delay
their
payments.
K
So
the
number
one
issue
that
we're
seeing
is
when
people
get
a
separation
pay
when
they
are
laid
off
from
their
job.
It's
the
best
thing
for
them
to
do
is
to
if
they
get
two
weeks
of
vacation
to
wait
those
two
weeks
and
then
file
their
claims.
So
they
don't
need
to
report
that
separation
pay.
That's
probably
the
number
one
issue:
that's
delaying
payments
for
folks
right
now,.
K
Yes,
we
did.
The
modernization
requirements
also
include
mobile
accessibility.
You
can
access
the
current
ui
program
on
your
phone,
but
it's
not
ideal
but
going
forward.
Yes,
we're
trying
to
make
all
of
our
phones
or
all
of
our
programs,
mobile
friendly.
A
Yeah
go
ahead.
Senator
tatro.
I
Thanks
and
sorry
I'll
be
quick,
but
and
if
you
can't
answer,
I
was
just
checking
in.
I
asked
a
few
meetings
ago
about
what's
being
done
about
the
fraud
that
was
committed
and,
if
there's
anything
being
done
to
retroactively,
go
after
those.
K
K
We
do
have
a
report
that
we
can
give
you
that
sort
of
gives
you
the
updated
number
of
prosecutions
that
have
occurred
and
seizures
that
have
happened,
which
we
we
sort
of
can
provide
to
you
on
a
quarterly
basis.
So
we
can
show
you
what's
what's
happening,
as
you
know,
if
there's
a
law
enforcement
investigation,
this
can
take
depending
on
how
complex
the
case
is,
can
take
months
and
even
in
some
cases
for
expecting
years.
A
Thanks
some
of
them
titus,
do
you
want
to
make
a
motion.
P
M
Right,
so
this
information
campaign
is
regarding
monkey,
pox
and
I'll.
I
actually
have
so.
M
I
approve
of
arpa
funds
and
this
kind
of
funds
being
used
for
infectious
disease
process,
and
this
is
just
one
of
many
that
we
will
be
seeing
in
the
future.
So
I'm
just
curious
about
what
this
information
is
going
to
look
like
and
what
target
of
population
are
you
reaching
out
to.
H
Thank
you,
melissa,
nevada
city
neologist,
for
the
record,
and
I
appreciate
your
question.
This
monkeypox
campaign
for
nevada
is
specific
to.
J
H
H
D
The
gay,
bisexual
and
men
who
have
sex
with
men
community
is
being
disproportionately
affected
by
monkey
pucks,
so
this
campaign
request
would
be
to
provide
messaging
on
risks
and
harm
reduction.
D
What
it'll
look
like
is:
we
are
partnering
very
closely
with
those
that
know
this
community.
Well,
we
will.
This
work
will
be
done
in
partnership
with
mr
andre
wade
and
his
team
is
silver
state
equality,
the
office
of
minority
health,
our
local
health
authorities
and
other
community
partners,
because
they.
M
M
We
we've
spoke
many
times
about
disparities
and
access
to
care,
and
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
you've
aggressively
identified,
who
you're
going
to
reach
out
to
make
sure
we're
in
front
of
this,
and
and
thank
you
for
what
the
information
you
gave
I'll
move
to
approve
it.
If
there's
no
other
questions.
A
A
D
A
Okay,
I
think
we
we
we
have
a
question
some
of
them
and
how
to
key.
K
Thank
you
so
much,
sir.
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
just
a
couple
of
questions.
One.
Can
you
tell
me
what
year
we
started
falling
out
of
compliance?
When
did
we
start
going
past
the
30
days,
that's
required
by
statute,
and
if
this
agenda
item
is
approved,
will
these
four
new
positions
put
us
into
compliance
with
nrs
and
how
long
do
you
think
it
will
take
us
to
get
there.
D
Good
afternoon
michelle
morgando
senior
appeals
officer
with
hearings
and
appeals.
We
started
to
fall
out
of
compliance
significantly
in
fiscal
year.
20
and
21
and
22
proved
to
be
our
most
challenging
years.
D
Obviously,
in
you
know
particularly
20
and
21.
Covid
related
concerns,
office
closures,
staff
being
unavailable,
including
the
hearing
officers
and
and
their
support
staff,
and
in
in
fiscal
year
15
we
were
at
99.4
compliance
and
fiscal
year.
D
22
was
32.7
and
that's
that's
unacceptable
and
the
the
addition
of
the
the
two
hearing
officers
allows
us
to
add
the
capability
of
scheduling
at
least
160
additional
cases
per
week,
and
the
two
legal
secretary
twos
serve
as
their
support
staff,
but
also
are
a
major
component
in
in
the
entire
scheduling
process,
and
I
hope
that
answers
your
question
just
just.
K
Really
quick,
the
last
part
of
my
question
was
with
the
addition
of
the
new
reporting
position,
so
it's
the
two
hearing
officers
and
the
two
legal
secretaries.
How
long
do
you
think
it'll
get
us
to
fall
back
into
compliance?
Our.
D
Goal
is
once
this
is
approved
and
we
conduct
our
recruitment
and
staff
their
positions,
we're
hoping
to
bring
compliance
within
three
to
four
months.
Okay,
thank
you.
A
See
anybody
there.
Okay,
madame
buy
chair.
A
J
Hi
thanks
a
chair
dennis
so
I'll
make
this
really
quick.
Just
on
the
questions
that
I
had
on
20
and
21
together
was
you
know?
How
are
the
states
public
charter
school
authority,
the
homeless,
youth
that
are
going
to
the
school?
I
was
just
trying
to
see
how
they
were
triggering.
I
I
thought
there
were
existing
dollars
for
wraparound
services
and
how
they
were
coordinating
with
other
agencies
to
try
to
support
those
students
that
they
may
identify
on
their
campus
or
the
various
campuses.
D
Rebecca
fighting
for
the
record
executive
director
of
the
state
public
charter
school
authority,
thank
you
for
the
question.
So,
first
and
foremost,
the
state
public
charter,
school
authority
and
our
schools
are
responsible
for
serving
all
students,
including
those
students
who
enroll
that
are
homeless
and
ensuring
that
they
remove
barriers
for
entry
and
provide
supports
to
those
students.
Currently
we
have
a
set-aside
of
our
title,
1
funding
that
is
available
to
our
schools
for
some
of
those
services,
such
as
supplies
materials.
D
D
Competitive
grant
is
specifically
being
used
to
expand
access
and
resources
for
our
schools.
I
can
provide
some
detail
if
it
would
be
helpful,
but
this
was
a
competitive
grant.
We
applied
for
and
proposed
several
projects
to
the
department
of
education
and
a
couple
of
those
were
funded
and
the
second
grant
the
arp
homeless.
D
Children's
youth
grant
is
a
formula
based
grant
from
the
department
of
education.
I
believe
all
the
all
of
the
leas
were
allocated
these
funds,
and
this
grant
is
very
similar
to
our
mckinney-vento
set-aside,
but
will
provide
additional
resources.
I
will
note
that
we
have
seen
an
increase
over
the
last
couple
years
and
the
number
of
homeless
students
served,
and
so
we
do
anticipate
that
there
is
increased
demand
for
additional
supports
for
those
students.
A
We
have
a
motion,
let's
see
since
you're
in
the
senate.
Let
me
take
some
thinner
vice
chair
carlton
as
the
second
any
further
discussion
on
the
motion.
All
in
favor
say:
aye
aye
ian
opposed
an
a
motion
carries
okay.
Well
now
we
are
now
going
to
number
37.
D
D
A
D
D
The
creation
of
three
new
positions
to
serve
as
regional
coordinators
will
increase
awareness
of
social
service
programs
to
health
care
providers,
address
health
disparities
and
gaps
in
services
for
people
with
disabilities
and
older
adults.
Public
health
promotes
and
protects
the
health
of
people
in
the
communities
where
they
live,
work
and
play.
D
This
is
part
of
our
no
adjusters,
so
you're
aware
this
was
this
concept
of
the
regional
coordinators
was
something
that
we
had
intended
to
put
in
our
future
biennium
budget
request,
but
this
funding
opportunity
came
available
before
that.
So
that
is
why
you
see
this
program
before
you
and
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions
you
may
have.
A
We
do
have
some
questions,
benitez-thompson.
I
Thank
you
so
much.
Thank
you
so
excited
about
these
three
new
positions
and
regional
coordinators.
So
I
think
I
might
have
heard
you
mentioned
it,
but
talk
about
the
plan
for
the
longevity.
So
we
can
keep
these
individuals
once
we've
got
them
locked
in
place
past
the
life
cycle
of
these
dollars.
D
Schmidt
for
the
record,
so
we
will
continue
to
look
for
additional
discretionary
funds
as
they
become
available.
If
this
particular
funding
source
continues,
this
grant,
we
will
be
applying
again,
but
we
do
know
that
some
of
the
activities
that
this
these
people
will
be
doing
is
medicaid
administrative
claim
claiming
appropriate
as
well
as
some
of
our
title,
three
administrative
funding,
and
then
you
will
see
a
small
request
to
for
a
portion
of
general
fund
in
our
future
biannual
budget
to
continue
these
activities.
I
I
think
that
there's
this
assumption
that
everything
that
gets
done
within
your
department
and
all
the
hard
people
who
work
in
your
department
to
put
together
programs
that
it's
always
known
by
the
community
or
in
particular
health
care
providers-
and
that's
not
always
true,
so
it
looks
like
that
they're
going
to
be
bridging
this
gap
and
that
information
and
awareness-
and
we
were
just
having
this
conversation-
I
think
with
oh
she's-
gone
senator
harris
the
other
night
about
how
come
so
many
more
people
don't
know
about
some
of
these
programs,
and
this
will
be
one
of
the
ways
where
people
know
more
about
important
programs.
A
All
right,
thank
you.
Other
questions
on
this
item.
A
Someone
carlton
makes
motion
to
approve
second
from
senator
canozzaro,
further
discussion
on
the
motion.
All
in
favor,
say
aye
anybody
say,
nay,
motion
carries.
M
So
my
my
question
is
to
both
the
the
well-
I
guess,
the
department
of
emergency
management
and
wondering
about
these
fema
funds
for
reimbursement
in
this
and
the
statement
for
justification.
M
H
Here
this
is
julie
for
dpbh.
I
can
speak
to
that
and
I
know
there
is
a
representation
on
the
phone
from
dem
as
well,
but
that,
but
I'm
happy
to
answer
if
that's
all
right.
H
So
julia
peek
for
the
record,
dr
titus.
Thank
you
for
that
question.
So
it
is
confusing
in
the
way
we
wrote
it.
So
I
apologize
for
that
I'll
just
say
as
a
strategy
for
dpbh
and
many
agencies
in
the
state.
We
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
brought
in
as
many
federal
funds
as
possible
to
support
the
covid
efforts
and
what
we
did
in
this
case
is
we
looked
at
what
opportunity
we
had
to
get
a
hundred
percent
federal
reimbursement
for
fema
for
our
grant
funds.
H
This
allows
us
to
free
up,
in
this
scenario,
over
four
million
dollars
of
elc
that
can
be
used
either
to
extend
efforts
for
the
duration
of
the
award
or
do
new
efforts
that
are
allowable
under
the
elc
grant.
So
it's
really
just
trying
to
bring
in
as
many
resources
as
possible
to
expand
and
extend
services
in
this
specific
case,
bringing
in
that
that
four
million
over
four
million
dollars
in
reimbursement
will
allow
us
to
spend
more
time
and
effort
on
the
epi
tracks.
M
Thank
you
for
that.
Just
because
the
way
it
is
presented
that
it's
for
lab
supplies
and
materials,
and
I
have
concerns
if,
if
you've
applied
for
it,
doesn't
have
to
be
used
for
that.
It
sounds
like
you're
going
to
offset
some
you're
going
to
document
that
you're
using
it
for
those
offset
those
costs,
but
that
frees
up
funds
for
other
appropriate
uses.
Is
that
what
I'm
hearing
you
say.
H
Yep,
dr
titus
you're,
absolutely
right,
so
the
scope
in
which
fema
reimburses
is
very
narrow
and
so,
for
example,
in
this.
In
this
case,
they
were
able
to
provide
funding
directly
for
the
purchase
of
a
lab
supply
related
to
coped,
and
so
we
made
many
purchases
in
that
category,
and
now
we
freed
up
elc
funds
that
have
a
much
broader
scope
and
we
can
fill
other
gaps
within
the
epi
program
with
that
grant.
M
H
Yeah
julia
peaked
for
the
record
and
we
did
provide
some
information
in
the
informational
item
as
well
related
to
the
test
kits.
We
are
not
trying
to
store
or
purchase
test
supplies
that
will
expire
on
a
shelf,
so
we
are
not
ordering
until
we
actually
need
it.
We
do
have
a
small
supply
of
antigen
testing
kits
within
our
public
health
preparedness
warehouse,
but
certainly
not
storing
for
many
many
months,
because
there
is
an
expiration.
In
this
specific
case,
these
were
products
purchased
by
the
laboratory
at
southern
nevada
health
district.
H
So
it's
not
going
to
be
your
at-home
test
kits
that
we're
talking
about
for
this
reimbursement.
It
is
lab-based
equipment
and
or
supplies
that
were
purchased
by
the
health
district,
excellent.
M
A
P
Hi
again,
this
is
katrina
nielsen
for
the
record,
we're
actually
here
for
64.,
so
someone
else
will
speak
to
51.
D
T
T
A
Yeah
so
I'll
start
it
off.
What
can
you
explain
your
current
policy
regarding
your
requiring
agencies
to
revert
vacancy
savings
to
the
general
fund,
rather
than
it's
spending
the
savings
on
one-time
expenditures.
A
T
That's
for
again,
john
boyerman.
P
F
You
so
much
amy
stevenson,
director.
I
For
governor's
finance
office,
can
you
repeat
the
question
for
me.
A
Okay,
yes,
so
can
you
explain
the
current
policy
regarding
requiring
agencies
to
revert
vacancy
savings
to
the
general
fund,
rather
than
expanding
the
savings
on
one-time
expenditures
that
potentially
require
ongoing
ongoing
costs.
N
Chair
right
now,
it's
a
case-by-case
basis.
I
am
brand
new
and
still
learning
the
policy
of
gfo
so
to
determine
the
needs.
A
Okay,
thank
you
and
also,
and
the
what's
the
justification
for
seeking
to
fund
a
one-time
cost
now,
instead
of
during
the
2023
session,
work
where
it
could
be
evaluated
much
better.
N
E
For
the
record
duane
young
policy
director
for
the
office
of
the
governor,
we
know
that
typically,
these
budget
categories
do
revert.
We
are
in,
as
we've
discussed
at
nauseam
today,
a
staffing
crisis,
and
so
there
are
particulars,
as
the
director
garland
now
has
put
it
out
stevenson.
Excuse
me:
I
went
back
to
the
old
name
has
pointed
out
today.
This
is
done
on
a
case-by-case
basis,
with
this
particular
system
being
familiar
with
it.
E
This
will
actually
change
the
budgeting
projections
for
the
next
session,
and
so
using
these
salary
savings
to
better
accurately
bill.
Those
private
payers
and
medicaid
insurances
from
our
inpatient
facilities
will
actually
change
the
projections
of
what
they
will
revert,
as
well
as
what
they
will
keep
in
their
ending
fund
balance
for
the
next
session
as
they
build
their
budgets,
and
so,
as
we
know,
but
agencies
submit
their
budget.
It's
by
september
1st.
E
However,
that
remains
in
constant
flux
until
the
governor
releases,
that
in
january,
and
so
to
better
have
this
system
in
place
now
will
better
help
us
to
have
those
projections
more
accurately
in
the
next
year
for
the
next
legislative
session.
A
Okay,
thank
you.
If
we
don't
have
any
other
questions,
madame
meister.
A
We
have
a
motion
from
madame
feister
carlton
and
we
have
a
second
from
senator
cannizzaro.
Any
further
discussion
on
this
motion.
A
M
That
was
also
me,
mr
chair,
so
I'm
sorry
everybody
well.
Actually,
I'm
not
sorry,
I'm
trying
to
do
my
job,
so
I
have
some
questions
regarding
the
shortfall
and
the
transfer
of
the
2.518
million
to
clark
county
for
adoption
categories.
Reading
your
justification
for
this.
The
statement
was
that
there
continues
to
be
a
temporary
increase
in
the
f
map
percent
and,
in
addition,
the
increased
collection
of
the
title.
4E
average
cost
of
subsidies
has
risen
from
629
to
638
per
month.
M
So
in
my
mind,
that
would
increase
the
cost
you
get
some
offset
with
the
fmap
increase
for
a
while,
and
then
the
subsidies
have
increased.
So
why
are
we
then
paying
more?
Is
this
a
transf
transfer
of
funds?
Are
you
our
pass-through
of
funds,
because
if
it
happens
to
you,
why
is
it
just
clark
county
and
not
all
the
state
needing
this.
P
Thank
you
for
the
question
katrina
nielsen
for
the
record,
so
the
title
four,
the
the
temporary
fmap
was
due
to
covet
and
it
was,
I
believe,
a
six
percent
increase
and
that
was
a
temporary
increase
and
so
can.
P
Allows
you
to
bring
in
additional
general
or
excuse
me
additional
title
4e
funding.
We
are
actually
having
experiencing
a
shortfall
in
our
adoption
subsidies
category.
P
It's
not
a
revenue
shortfall,
it
is
a
an
expenditure
category
shortfall,
and
so
we
are.
We
don't
need
additional
title
for
eve
revenue
that
we're
to
bring
in
we're
asking
to
increase
the
adoption
subsidy
category
to
fully
fund
that
category
with
the
love,
with
the
increased
cost
of
the
the
subsidy
rate.
P
M
Can
you
or
anybody
in
your
department
or
anybody
on
the
line
or
your
backups,
tell
us
how
long
you
think
the
fmap
increase
is
going
to
continue.
P
I
I
sorry
katrina
nelson,
for
the
record.
I
don't
know
the
answer
to
that
question,
but
we
could
would
be
happy
to
get
back
to
you.
M
A
M
If
no
one
has
any
other
questions,
mr
chair,
I
will
move
to
approve
62.
A
A
A
So
this
is
office
of
the
military.
D
D
A
Okay,
vice
chair
carlton,
has
a
question.
C
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
and
we've
been
very
proud
of
this
program
and
very
happy
about
it
and
it's.
We
understand
the
difficulties
that
it's
been
facing,
because
this
is
the
youth
challenge
program.
If
I'm
in
the
right
place,
correct
so
good
just
want
to
make
sure
I'm
on
the
right
write,
notes,
there's
so
many
notes
flying
around
here.
So
if
you
could
give
us
a
little
bit
of
an
update
on
what
you're
trying
to
do
to
increase
it,
we
know
how
valuable
a
program
this
is,
and
we
just
need
to
figure
out.
C
How
do
we
get
this
out
to
the
kids
and
and
get
them
involved,
and
when
do
you
anticipate
the
classes
to
resume,
and
I
also
have
some
concerns
that
about-
I
believe
75
of
the
funding
is
federal,
so
with
skipping
a
class.
What
does
this
do
to
the
federal
funding
and
is
there
a
way
we
need
to
compensate
for
that
in
the
future?
D
With
me
again
is
director
shulman,
I'm
sorry
administrator
shulman
to
respond
to
operating.
I
could
answer
to
some
of
the
questions
such
as
we
will.
The
next.
D
D
K
So
our
75
funding
is
not
impacted.
We
will.
C
O
You,
mr
chair
and
yeah:
how
are
we
doing
on
the
recruiting
of
staff?
I
mean
that's
what
I'm
hearing
I
do
represent
that
area
as
well
and
staff
seems
to
be
the
real
issue
when
you
only
got
a
20
or
25
staff
level,
it's
pretty
hard
to
put
a
school
on.
Although
I
understand
elko,
county
school
district
provides
the
teachers.
I
know
there
are
some
issues
with
just
having
enough
people
to
even
maintain
the
facility.
D
Yes,
sir,
thank
you
very
much
for
the
question
again
for
the
record.
This
is
lauren
shulman.
While
we
are
traveling,
we
are
absolutely
recruiting
for
staff,
so
we've
set
quotas
for
each
month.
We
currently
have
recruited
the
two
for
this
month
that
we
have
set
those
goals
for
so
we
are
on
track
to
to
higher
the
number
of
cadre
that
we
need
to
bring
in
a
class
of
70
in
january.
A
I'm
not
hearing
any
so
moomin
carlton.
A
You,
let's
see
we'll
now,
go
to
item
number
122
123.
J
Thank
you
before
we
read
in
the
revised
numbers.
I
want
to
give
just
a
little
bit
of
context
to
be
helpful
for
this
conversation
and
any
questions
that
are
asked.
We
can
definitely
answer
back.
Language
ab494
allows
us
to
transfer
general
fund
revenues
between
safe
fiscal
years
with
ifc
approval
here
today.
J
That's
the
two
work
programs
that
we're
going
to
read
in
the
numbers
for
just
here
in
a
second,
we
have
a
surplus
in
state
fiscal
year
22
because
of
the
family's
first
run
rights
response
act,
the
ffcra,
which
provides
us
an
extra
6.2
f
map
during
the
public
health
emergency.
J
I
think
we
were
just
talking
about
our
conversations
on
that
was
just
discussed
a
minute
ago
for
the
medicaid
program.
That's
six
point
two
percent.
This
saves
the
state
general
funds
and
the
deadline
is
for,
of
course,
on
a
quarterly
basis,
so
the
deadline
for
health
and
community
health
and
home
services,
using
hhs
to
notify
states
that
the
federal
public
health
emergency
would
be
ending
for
october
13
2022
was
august,
14th
2022,
so
sunday
of
this
week.
J
J
during
the
phd,
as
you
guys,
are
all
well
aware.
We've
seen
tremendous
caseload
above
36
percent.
Currently
the
medicaid
population
is
about
904,
000,
plus
with
that
being
about
one
in
four
nevadans.
We
anticipate
this
caseload.
Growth
will
have
an
impact
for
sure
on
our
medicaid
budget
in
23,
but
we're
not
currently
projecting
a
shortfall.
I
wanted
to
make
sure
we
could
highlight
that
the
transfer
amounts
here
are
impacted
by
the
revenues
that
flow
into
our
intergovernmental
transfer
account
31.57
that
funds
our
supplemental
payments
and
state
savings
they
can.
J
The
division
will
continue
to
except
had
continued
to
accept
revenues
as
late
as
possible
for
calendar
year
22
prior
to
doing
the
work
programs
and
the
updated
revised
work
programs
and
that
subsequently
led
to
the
factors
that
we
have
some
last
changes
here
today.
That's
one
of
our
factors
we're
incredibly
fortunate
that
we've
been
working
directly
with
the
lcb
fiscal
staff
as
well
as
gfo
fiscal
leaders
on
this
work
program.
J
All
these
engagements
and
I
just
want
to
show
appreciation
for
them
because
it's
a
continued
process
as
we
work
on
the
very
big
medicaid
budget.
I'll,
stop
right
now
and
ask
abel
ferrar
my
aso4
to
speak
to
the
updated,
revised
numbers,
and
we
can
answer
any
questions
after
that.
A
Okay,
I
don't
do
we
have
anyone
that
has
any
questions.
I
think
the
big
question
had
to
do
with
the
because
it
was
a
revision
that
was
just
done.
We
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
got
that
on
the
record.
D
C
T
Yes,
good
afternoon,
bill
ferrara
for
the
record,
I'm
an
administrative
service
officer
with
healthcare,
finance
and
policy.
The
changes.
The
final
revisions
and
amounts
for
the
work
programs
are
for
work
program,
six,
zero,
two,
two,
seven,
the
we
have
a
reduction
in
state
general
fund
of
104
million
581
650.
T
We
have
a
reduction
in
title,
19,
federal
funds
of
thousand
205
hundred
ninety
three
dollar,
nine
hundred
ninety
three
thousand
and
twenty
six
dollars
for
the
tote
for
a
total
reduction
of
three
hundred
and
ten
thousand
five
hundred
and
seventy
four
dollars.
Five
hundred
seventy
four
thousand
six
hundred
and
seventy
six.
T
Category
twelve
is
being
reduced
by
fifty
one
thousand,
fifty
one
million
seven
hundred
four
thousand
eight
hundred
ninety
five
dollars
category
thirteen
is
being
reduced
by
forty
five
million
two
hundred
fifty
nine
thousand
three
hundred
dollars
category
fourteen
is
being
reduced
by
sixty
seven
million.
Seventy
thousand
eight
hundred
and
nineteen
dollars
15
is
being
reduced
by
four
million
six
hundred
fourteen
thousand
five
hundred
thirty
seven
dollars
category.
Seventeen
is
being
reduced
by
four
million
four
hundred.
T
Ninety
eight
thousand
two
hundred
seventy
eight
dollars
category
nineteen
is
being
reduced
by
four
thousand
one
hundred
twenty
four
dollars:
category
twenty
is
being
reduced
by
sixteen
million
nine
hundred.
Ninety
nine
thousand
nine
hundred
ninety
nine
dollars
category
twenty
four
is
being
reduced
by
thirteen
million
nine
hundred,
ninety
nine
thousand
nine
hundred
ninety
nine
dollars
and,
lastly,
category
twenty
eight
is
being
reduced
by
105
million
470
thousand
356
dollars
for
a
total
reduction
of
310
million
574
676
dollars.
T
We
are
increasing
state
general
fund
by
the
amount
of
91
million
500
12
267
dollars,
we're
increasing
title
19
federal
funds
by
183
million,
eight
hundred
and
thirty
one
thousand
thirty
two
dollars
for
a
total
increase
of
275
million
three
hundred
forty
three
thousand
two
hundred
ninety
nine
dollars.
A
R
Yeah,
thank
you,
mr
winter,
for
the
record.
So
the
numbers
that
were
read
for
work
program
cease
60158.
R
J
R
J
A
A
Okay,
we
will
go
back,
we're
going
to
go
back
on
the
record,
I'm
going
to
have
mr
thorley
clarify
so
that
we
know
what
was
just
read
in
so
that
we
can
do
a
motion.
Thank.
R
You,
mr
chair,
so
again
just
to
reiterate
what
the
agency
provided
testimony
on
regarding
the
revision,
the
revision
to
the
fy
22
work
program,
which
is
c60227.
R
R
R
The
revision
to
that
work
program
will
be
the
inverse
of
the
revision
to
the
fy
22
work
program,
so
everywhere
there
was
negative
amounts
for
general
fund
appropriations
or
federal
funds
in
the
various
categories.
It'll
just
be
the
reverse
of
that.
So
that's
the
that's
the
revision
for
both
those
work
programs.
A
A
Okay
motion
carries
unanimous,
so
that
is
the
last
item
on
g.
Let
me
find
my
agenda
here:
okay,.
R
R
Since
this
is
the
first
ifc
meeting
of
fiscal
year,
23
and
but
fiscal
year,
22
is
still
open.
It's
kind
of
a
bridge
meeting
so
you'll
see
the
detailed
statement
that
begins
on
page
150..
R
There
is
a
detailed
statement
for
fy
22,
so
page
151
152
is
for
fy22
and
then
there's
also
a
detailed
statement
for
fy23
beginning
on
page
152.
on
the
summary
page
on
page
149.
R
There
are
seven
requests
before
the
committee
today
for
allocations
from
the
ifc
contingency
account
and
really
quickly.
If
all
those
requests
are
approved,
there
will
be
27
million
dollars
remaining
in
the
contingency
account
and
rather
than
talk
anymore,
I'll
answer
any
questions.
If
the
committee
members
have
any.
A
What
questions
do
we
have
I'll
give
you?
Let
me
give
you
just
a
second,
because
I
know
he
just
went
through
that.
So
I'll
give
you
30
seconds,
yeah.
M
Sorry,
sorry,
sorry,
I'm
trying
to
put
my
hand
through
that.
Could
you
quote
again
because
I
see
on
when
I'm
looking
at
this?
It's
not
27,
it's
21..
So.
M
A
Oh,
the
one:
a
okay
water
resources,
there's
a
request
for
an
allocation
of
100
105
293
to
find
additional
cost
needed
to
complete
the
repair
maintenance
of
south
fork.
Dam.
D
Good
afternoon
michelin
fairbank,
unfortunately,
I'm
mr
thorson
had
to
leave,
and
so
I
am
standing
in
for
chris
larson
as
a
deputy
administrator
with
the
division
and
I'm
available
to
take
any
questions.
M
Thank
you.
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
ask
a
question.
I'm
curious
is
this
actually
undergone?
I
mean
you've
gone
out
to
bid
and
you're
going
to
start
this
process,
because
we've
been
hearing
about
this
dam
and
the
risk
for
quite
some
time
now.
D
Thank
you
for
the
question
assembly,
one
titus,
so
the
project
is
the
construction
on
the
project
is
ongoing.
At
this
time
they
began
the
work
back
in
may,
and
so
this
is
an
additional
funding
over
the
funds
that
were
requested
and
appropriated
to
address
additional
conditions
that
were
identified
at
the
project
site
so
that
we
can
continue
to
do
the
work
and
to
complete
construction
and
repair
to
the
dam
in
a
timely
fashion.
During
this
construction
season,
great.
M
Thank
you,
and
I
know
you're
substituting
for
somebody
may
not
be
able
to
answer
this
question,
but
perhaps
somebody
in
the
department
can
get
back
to
me
with
it
very
curious
about
the
process
of
putting
bids
out
for
these
dams.
Damn
repair
the
cave
lake
dam
they've
been
money
allocated
for
the
cave
lake
dam,
it's
not
even
put
out
to
bid
and
I'm
wondering
what
that
process
is
and
if
you're
looking
at
putting
that
out
to
bid
and
when.
D
Thank
you
again
for
the
question,
so
the
division
of
water
resources
is
not
the
record
owner
of
the
cave
lake
dam,
but
we
are
involved
in
the
repair
process
as
the
regulator
of
dam,
construction
and
dam
ownership
within
the
state
of
nevada
and
with
respect
to
that
particular
process,
I
would
go
I'd,
be
happy
to
have
someone
contact
you
directly
to
explain
how
that
process
proceeds
great.
M
A
A
motion
from
someone
carlton
to
approve
second
senator
count
rosaro
further
discussion
on
the
motion,
all
in
favor
say
aye.
D
Thank
you
good
afternoon,
chair
members
of
the
committee
for
the
record
casey
casey
state
forester,
fire
warden
for
the
nevada
division
of
forestry.
Our
request
before
you
today
is
a
little
over
1.9
million
dollars
to
pay
the
fire
bills,
so
we
can
close
our
emergency
response
account.
I
will
be
that
brief
and
I'm
available
for
questions.
C
You,
mr
chair,
this
is
pretty
typical
of
what
we
see.
Thank
you
very
much
for
being
so
brief.
If
there
are
no
questions,
mr
chairman,
I
would
move
for
approval.
A
Any
further
discussion
on
the
motion.
All
in
favor,
say
aye,
any
opposed,
say,
nay,
motion
carries
okay,
let's
see,
let's
we
are
now
on
item
number.
A
K
Good
evening,
chair
and
members
of
the
committee,
my
name
is
marcie
riba
and
I
serve
as
the
executive
director
for
the
department
of
indigent
defense
services.
We
are
here
today
to
request
reimbursement
for
our
rural
counties
for
expenses
associated
with
indigent
defense
services
that
are
over
the
maximum
contribution
formula.
If
you
have
any
questions,
we
are
available.
Q
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
so
I
want
to
just
I
want
to
clarify
a
few
things,
because
we
had
this
back
in
our
last
full
in-person
ifc
meeting
in
june,
and
so
a
couple
I'm
going
to
take
a
few
of
these
out
of
order
as
to
item
agenda.
Item
number
j.
As
I
understand
it,
these
are
six
davis
counties,
so
they're
part
of
the
consent
decree
they
you
are
seeking.
Q
You
are
seeking
indigent
defense
costs
for
those
counties.
Those
counties
listed
there,
those
six
counties
douglas
eureka,
lion,
mineral,
nye
and
white
pine
have
all
met
their
max
contribution
and
therefore
you're
asking
for
these
costs,
which
would
be
restricted
funds
pursuant
to
section
80
of
ab494.
Is
that
correct?
Q
That
is
correct?
Okay.
The
second
item
that
I'm
going
to
address,
I'm
going
to
go
through
to
excuse
me
i2,
a
the
first
piece
of
that
in
a
is
a
request
for
unrestricted
funds
to
reimburse
several
counties
that
are
non-davis
counties.
Q
Churchill,
lincoln
carson
city,
humble
and
persian
counties
for
case-related
expenditures,
and
my
understanding
is
that
those
counties
are
also
not
in
have
not
also
not
met
their
max
contribution.
And
I
think
this
is
where
our
previous
issue
had
sort
of
come
up.
But
I
just
want
to
clarify
that.
First
before
I
ask
a
couple
questions.
K
Thank
you
through
the
chair
to
the
senator
as
a
confirmation
that
is
correct,
that
these
counties
have
not
met
their
maximum
for
that
set
amount
that
was
set
in
the
first
part
of
the
maximum
contribution
formula.
However,
part
of
these
are
actually
li
davis
counties
and
some
are
not
davis,
counties.
Churchill
and
lincoln
are
davis
counties.
Q
Okay,
so
that
is
my
that's
my
mis,
my
misspeak,
because
I
think
one
of
the
issues
that
we're
trying
to
as
we're
ferreting
through
these
particular
requests
is
that
we're
trying
to
keep
the
davis
counties
and
the
non-davis
counties
separate,
because
I
do
think-
and
that's
my
question
to
you.
Q
So
I
guess
without
respect
to
those
two
counties,
then
what
is
your
rationale
for
reimbursing
non-davis
counties
so
they're,
not
part
of
the
consent
decree
for
cost
they're
in
access
they're
in
excess
of
the
maximum
contribution
amounts
where
they
haven't
even
met
their
maximum
contribution
amounts.
I
mean
that
I
think
continues
to
be
kind
of
the
question
that
we
have.
K
Thank
you,
marcy
reba,
for
the
record
through
the
chair
to
the
senator.
This
is
a
discretionary
part
of
the
maximum
contribution
formula
that
will
be
up
to
this
legislative
body
to
determine
whether
or
not
they
would
like
to
fund
this.
Pursuant
to
nrs
180.320
subsection,
three,
the
board
was
granted
authority
to
adopt
regulations
to
establish
a
formula
for
determining
the
maximum
amount
that
a
county
may
pay
for
indigent
defense
services.
K
The
formula
that
was
adopted
is
actually
a
two-part
formula.
The
first
part
of
the
formula
is
that
formula
that
is
basically
the
average
of
fiscal
year
1819
plus
inflation
is
the
maximum
out
of
pocket
and
anything
over
and
above
that
would
be
a
state
expense.
K
The
second
part
is
that
discretionary
part,
and
the
reason
that
this
was
placed
in
by
the
board
on
indigent
defense
is
they
wanted
to
create
separation
from
the
judiciary,
in
request
for
case-related
expenses,
at
the
time
that
these
regulations
were
written,
public
defenders
commonly
had
to
request
case-related
expenses
from
the
judiciary.
K
The
board
adopted
this
where
it
said
that
if
they
create
that
separation
from
the
judiciary,
those
expenses
may
be
a
charge
against
the
state
and
reimbursed
to
the
county.
So
we
are
putting
this
to
this
legislative
body
to
make
that
decision
as
to
whether
or
not
they
would
like
to
reimburse
those
requests.
Q
Yeah-
and
I
remember
I
appreciate
that-
and
I
I
remember
our
conversation
from
the
last
time.
I
think
that
the
the
issue
continues
to
be.
For
me,
mr
chair,
is
that
we're
being
asked
to
reimburse
for
expenses
based
on
a
regulation
that
was
adopted
where
this
doesn't
have
to
do?
The
county
could
have
set
up
a
budget
that
said
we're
going
to
pay
for
some
of
these
things,
and
especially
for
counties
where
we're
not
at
the
maximum
amount
of
contribution
that
wouldn't
have
to
involve
the
judiciary.
Q
Q
That's
where
it
gets
a
little
a
little
tricky
for
me.
So
I
I
understand
that
I
think
my
issue
and-
and
I
think,
we've
kind
of
gone
over
this
before
mr
chair
is
just
that-
we're
talking
about
a
situation
where
the
state
could
reimburse
that,
but
we
have
counties
that
haven't
met
those
maximums
and
the
counties
could
still
pay
for
these
without
involving
the
judiciary.
Q
Q
They
are
asking
for
this
429
860
dollars
for
reimbursement
for
unrestricted
funds,
and
that
is
because
the
that
would
exceed
the
amount
that
has
been
set
aside
pursuant
to
assembly
bill
494,
and
I
want
to
make
sure
I've
got
that
correct
and
I've
got
that
those
are
davis
counties,
and
I
see
you
nodding
your
head.
Yes,
so
I
will.
I
will
take
that
as
perfect
and
then
the
last
item
was.
Q
Q
Those
kind
of
fall
into
the
previous
category
that
we
just
talked
about
my
concern
is
my
concern
remains
the
same
as
to
that
mr
chair,
but
I
we
sort
of
just
had
that
conversation,
because
there
were
the
the
non-davis
counties
included
in
that,
and
I
think
that
you've
answered
that
question
that
I
asked.
Q
So
those
were
the
items
that
I
wanted
to
talk
about
on
these
and
mr
chair
I'll
see
if
there
are
other
questions
for
members
of
the
committee,
but
I
I
do
have
a
motion
to
make
for
the
committee's
consideration
after
folks
have
asked
questions.
R
Thank
you
just
for
my
own
clarification.
So
did
the
counties
prior
to.
K
Thank
you
through
the
chair,
the
creation
of
our
department
is
pretty
new.
We
were
created
in
2019
and
we
actually
had
the
opportunity
to
create
this
formula
to
set
maximum
amount
for
the
counties
to
start
having.
Some
support
from
the
state
assembly
bill
480
was
put
into
place
and
it
basically
realized
the
fact
that
the
counties
have
been
taking
100
of
the
responsibility
for
indigent
defense
expenses
thus
far,
and
the
preamble
discusses
that
the
state
wanted
to
stand
up
to
assist
with
those.
K
K
Q
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
I
think
kind
of
given
where
we're
at
and
the
information
that
we've
gotten
over
the
last
two
meetings.
I
would
be
comfortable
asking
for
this
for
this
committee
to
approve
items
j
and
i2b,
which
provides
funding
for
davis
counties
that
have
exceeded
their
calculated
maximum
contribution
amounts,
so
the
counties
have
made
their
contributions
for
indigenous
defense
services,
and
this
would
allow
us
to
pay
the
restricted
funds
from
ab494
for
those
costs
in
j
and
the
non-unrestricted
ifc
contingency
funds.
To
reimburse
for
the
remainder.
Q
Over
and
above
that,
for
I
item
i2
b,
I
would
move
not
to
approve
agenda
item
number
I
to
a
to
reimburse
those
case-related
expenditures
for
those
counties
which,
as
I
understand,
may
include
both
davis
and
non-davis
counties,
because
they
have
not
exceeded
their
match.
Maximum
contribution
amounts.
So
that
should
be
left
with
the
counties
and
should
they
exceed
that,
then
we
can
have
a
another
conversation
and
then
not
to
approve
item
i2
c
for
the
allocation
of
unrestricted
ifc
contingency
funds
to
reimburse
those
non-davis
counties
for
costs
that
have
exceeded
their
maximum
contribution
amounts.
A
On
let
me
so
we
have
a
a
motion
from
senator
cancero
second,
from
vice
chair
carlton
discussion
on
emotion,.
C
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
chairman,
and
I
believe
this
is
consistent
with
the
action
that
the
committee
took
previously
and
I
think
it's
very
important
in
these
particular
cases,
especially
with
the
consent
decree
that
we
stay
consistent
across
the
board
moving
forward.
So
I
I
appreciate
the
majority
leader
walking
us
through
this,
because
this
is
this
was
very
complicated
and
I
want
to
thank
her
for
the
work
on
it.
So
I
would
be
supportive
of
the
motion.
M
Thank
you
just
for
clarification,
just
make
sure
so
those
davis
counties
when
they
do
exceed.
They
can
come
back
and
ask
and
and
get
that
reimbursement.
But
those
counties
who
chose
not
to
be
part
of
that
suit
and
are
not
davis
counties
will
never
get
reimbursed
for
their
cost.
Q
You,
mr
chair,
I
guess
I
well.
I'm
not
gonna
comment
on
what
action
for
in
the
future
this
committee
quote
or
could
not
take
depending
on
what
information
is
presented
to
us,
but
certainly
at
this
time.
I
think
that
to
vice
chair
carlton's
point:
that's
inconsistent
with
the
passage
of
assembly
bill,
480
and
494,
which
designated
those
additional
set
aside
of
funds,
and
so
at
this
point
I
don't
think
that
that
well,
I
won't
comment
on
what
this
committee
may
do
in
the
future.
Q
At
this
point,
I
don't
think
that
we're
at
a
in
a
position
where
we
should
be
reimbursing
for
for
those
costs
for
those
non-davis
counties
and
that's
what
what
this
motion
is
for
today
for
those
non-davis
counties
to
not
reimburse
those
expenses.
O
Q
Q
A
Okay,
mr
chair,
this
was
discussion,
so
we
kind
of
got
a
little
sidetracked.
Yes
go
ahead,
but.
D
Just
discussion
clarification.
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
If
I
understand
the
motion
correctly,
we're
proposing
to
deny
2a.
Q
You,
mr
chair,
the
request
in
item
i2a
was
originally,
I
believed,
was
just
non-davis
counties,
but
it
was
pointed
out
that
there
are
two
counties
that
are
davis
counties
in
either
case.
The
motion
contemplates
not
reimbursing
those
items
because
they
have
not
exceeded
their.
None
of
those
counties
have
exceeded
their
maximum
contributions,
irrespective
of
whether
they
are
davis,
counties
or
not.
A
Okay,
any
other
comments
or
clarifications
on
the
motion.
A
K
K
K
Thank
you
for
the
question.
Cher
story
county.
The
cost
of
the
public
defender
actually
exceed
the
maximum
contribution
for
story
county.
So
there
are
no
additional
expenses
that
we
can
request.
Pursuant
to
the
statute,
an
estimate
was
sent
to
carson
city
in
may
and
that
estimate
becomes
a
final
bill.
So
I
don't
see
authority
under
nrs
180,
where
we
can
ask
for
additional
funding
after
that
estimate
becomes
finalized.
A
Not
hearing
any
vice
chair,
carlton.
C
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
I
would
move
for
approval
of
this
position
and
would
ask
that
moving
forward,
that
the
office
of
the
state
public
defender
requests
the
position
as
an
enhancement
in
its
biennial
budget
request
for
the
2023
session.
Creating
a
position
is
great,
but
we
need
to
put
it
in
future
budget
too,
to
make
sure
it's
still
there.
So
we
request
you
putting
that
into
the
budget.
That
would
be
part
of
the
motion.
A
Okay,
we
already
did
j
and
k
so
we're
moving
on
to
item
number
l,
as
in
larry,
a
request
for
transfer
from
the
interim
finance
committee's
account
for
foreclosure
mediation
assistance,
and
we
have
perry
fagan
from
department
of
business
and
industry.
Deputy
director.
E
D
Is
perry
fagan
for
the
record?
I
am
also
the
president
of
home
means
nevada
inc
and
we
are
currently
requesting
the
transfer
of
175
053
from
the
account
for
foreclosure
mediation.
Assistance
to
the
whole
means
nevada
inc
program
to
continue
support
for
the
foreclosure
mediation
program
and
I'm
happy
to
entertain
any
questions
you
might
have
at
this
time.
A
Not
hearing
any
madame
vice
chair.
A
A
Okay,
we
have
a
motion
from
simulink
and
carlton
to
approve
second
from
senator
canozzaro,
so
this
would
be
to
approve
items.
One
a
and
b
and
item
two.
Is
that
correct?
Mr
smith?
A
We
have
deputy
director
and
denise
frolic
and
karen
long
from
the
grants
and
fiscal
manager.
D
D
Office
of
the
governor,
we
are
asking
to
request
to
expend
50
000
of
the
fund
to
fund
a
portion
of
the
purchase
of
the
electrical
vehicle
testing
equipment
for
the
state
department
of
agriculture,
division
of
measurement
standards
to
measure
electricity
discharge
from
electric
vehicle
charging
stations.
M
M
Is
that
like
you're,
not
gonna,
so
you
have
like
a
little
tester
and
you'll
do
that
throughout
the
state,
and
my
second
question
would
be:
how
often
do
you
then
have
to
repeat
that
and
then
will
you
certify,
like
you,
do
at
a
at
the
scales,
we'll
see
a
certificate
that
you've
been
there
and
we
know
that
the
gas
pump's,
accurate
or
the
scales
are
accurate.
So
can
just
a
quick
process.
D
Yes,
thank
you
denise
frolic,
for
the
record.
Do
you
chair
dennis
to
you
and
titus?
I
am
this.
Is
I
apologize?
This
is
my
fifth
week
in
the
office,
so
I'm
a
little
green
on
the
details
of
the
project
itself.
M
D
M
A
F
Just
for
clarification,
I'm
pretty
sure
that
you're
only
going
to
do
this
in
situations
where
an
individual
is
paying
to
charge
their
vehicle.
There's
really
no
reason
to
go
to
all
the
other
free
sites
and
sit
there
and
waste
taxpayer
dollars
testing
on
something
that's
not
being
paid
for.
Am
I
correct
in
that
assumption
director.
D
A
I
would
think
that,
well
I
and
I
guess
the
other
question.
I
guess
you
can
answer
when
you're
looking
at
all
that
there
is
a
cost
to
the
merchant
to
dispense.
Electricity
and
you'd
want
to
make
sure
that
that
was
accurate.
I
would
imagine
I
mean
I
don't
know
if
we're
reimbursing
them
merchant
for
that,
but
so
anyways,
okay,
any
other
questions.
Yes
go
ahead.
D
I
know
that
the
hour
is
late,
and
so
I
could
provide
the
answer
to
a
few
of
those
questions,
or
I
would
be
happy
to
to
get
that
information
to
your
staff
to
provide
to
you
at
a
later
time.
A
I
would
say
just
send
it
and
share
it
with
us,
because
we'll
you
heard
what
the
questions
were,
so
you
can,
you
can
just
respond
to
that
and
send
it
to
staff
and
they'll
get
it
to.
K
A
We
have
a
motion
from
salem
and
carlton
second
from
senator
cannizzaro,
further
discussion
on
the
motion,
all
in
favor
say
aye,
any
opposed,
saying
a
motion
carries
all
right,
so
that
was
item
number
and
we're
now
on
item
number,
o
department
of
business
and
industry
housing
division.
This
is
an
informational
item.
Only
a
status
report
on
the
home
means
nevada,
initiative
and
affordable
housing
is
requested
and
we
have
the
administrator.
We
have
steve,
eichroth
and
michael
holiday
chief
financial
officer.
E
Good
afternoon,
chair
dennis
vice
chair,
carlton
members
of
the
committee,
make
this
very
very
quick
effectively
the
changes
that
we've
seen
from
the
last
ifc.
We
now
have
our
new
development
and
rehabilitation
applications
open.
They
will
close
august
26th.
E
We
have
an
rfq
out
for
those
interested
in
scoring
the
financial
aspects
and
developer
qualifications.
For
that
particular
application.
Responses
to
those
rfqs
are
due
by
the
end
of
the
month.
We
are
forming
a
scoring
committee
to
score
the
project,
narrative
site
information,
amenities,
project,
accessibility,
section
of
that
particular
application.
E
We
will
be
having
meetings
with
those
individuals
and
hope
to
have
that
done
by
the
time
that
the
applications
will
be
coming
into
the
division.
The
application
process
for
homeownership
and
rehabilitation
is
just
about
completed.
We've
actually
used
time
today
in
the
office
to
finish
finalize
that
so
that
should
be
coming
out
shortly,
and
then
we
are
in
the
development
of
the
land
acquisition
category
applications
and
with
that
we
stand
ready
to
take
any
questions.
C
You
and
thank
you
very
much,
mr
a
croft.
I
know
I
had
asked
the
question
about
the
senior
housing
and
I
did
get
a
response
that
this
was
too
soon
for
you
to
get
us
any
information
now,
but
you
were
going
to
work
on
that
and
make
that
part
of
your
report
moving
forward.
Thank
you
very
much.
As
we
heard
earlier
today,
the
vulnerable
population
is
is
at
risk,
with
the
cost
high
rising
costs
of
rent.
So
thank
you
very
much
for
including
the
senior
housing
component
into
your
reports
in
the
future.
A
S
Good
evening,
chair
brooks
and
by
sure
carlton,
I'm
sorry
make.
S
It's
a
little
late
this
evening,
so
my
apologies
and
members
of
the
committee.
The
report
before
you
is
the
semi-annual
report
for
the
office
of
project
management,
the
smart
21
project,
which
replaces
the
hr
and
finance
system
for
the
period
of
january
through
june
2022
and
I'd
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
The
committee
may
have.
A
Well,
I
think
you're
fortunate
to
go
last,
and
this
is
the
if
we
would
have
taken
this
first.
We
might
be
here
a
while,
but
I
do
have
a
question.
So
when
is
the
lsi
consulting
exit
plan
and
the
gartner
project
review?
S
For
the
record
melissa
laffer-lewis,
the
opm
is
currently
working
with
lsi
to
come
to
an
agreement
in
which
both
the
state
and
the
vendor
agree
on
the
items
that
is
currently
stalled.
At
the
moment
we
are
working
with
the
vendor
to
get
that
information.
However,
at
this
time
a
formal
agreement
with
the
state
and
the
vendor
has
not
been
made.
A
A
S
Sure
for
for
the
record,
melissa
lewis,
so
for
for
the
hr
side
of
the
system,
we
had
discussed
rolling
back
to
our
prior
system
neets
that,
unfortunately,
was
not
going
to
be
viable.
We
already
have
recruiting
and
employee
central
and
learning
management
system
all
live
in
the
system
right
now,
so
the
decision
was
made
to
continue
with
those
services
the
remaining
waves
for
hr,
so
employee
management,
payroll
time
and
attendance.
S
All
of
those
are
currently
on
hold
pending
a
new
systems,
integrator
contract
in
which
the
vendor
can
come
in
on
board
and
see
meet
with
the
state,
determine
what
the
requirements
are
and
configure
the
system.
As
such,
it
is
important
to
note
that
we
are
currently
paying
for
monthly
licenses
for
the
software.
So
really
it's
just
that
configuration
and
implementation
piece
that
would
be
an
additional
cost
in
the
future.
For
the
finance
side,
there
was
enough
concerns
from
large
state
agencies
that
the
sap
solution
may
not
work,
there's
a
actually
quite
a
large
learning
curve.
S
So
the
decision
was
made
to
put
that
project
on
hold
request,
an
independent
assessment
to
compare
the
current
state
processes
with
all
available
erp
solutions
to
make
sure
that
the
state
was
choosing
the
best
financial
solution
for
the
state
in
order
to
comply
with
all
of
our
statutory
and
regulatory
requirements,
so
that
is
in.
We
are
working
with
state
purchasing
to
request
that
independent
assessment
upon
results
of
that
independent
assessments.
S
A
So
what
benefit
is
the
office
of
property
management
project
management
expecting
from
conducting
that
additional
assessment
of
the
state
financial
business
processes?
And
when
is
it
anticipated
that
that
will
be
available.
S
Melissa
law
for
lewis
for
the
record,
so
the
financial,
independent
financial
assessment.
We
are
looking
at
a
time
frame
of
approximately
october
november
for
that
contract.
My
understanding,
based
on
kind
of
market
research,
is
approximately
it's
going
to
take
60
to
90
days
to
conduct
that
research
and
meet
with
the
state
and
see
what
our
processes
are.
The
benefits
would
be.
I
think
it
would
ease
a
lot
of
concerns
from
some
large
state
agencies.
S
We
had
several
concerns
from
agencies
in
terms
of
banking
and
overall
state
reporting
to
the
federal
government,
as
well
as
auditors,
that
the
information
would
not
necessarily
align
in
the
new
system
with
our
current
statutory
requirements
of
budget
account
and
category
specifically
as
well
as
we
didn't
quite
get
into
the
configuration
piece
of
being
able
to
report
like
our
state
cafers,
so
on
and
so
forth.
So
really
just
making
sure
that
we
are
implementing
this
correctly
and
meeting
all
of
our
requirements
for
the
state.
S
Based
on
a
melissa
offer
list
for
the
record,
based
on
additional
feedback
that
we
have
received
as
we've
been
partnering
with
the
state
agencies,
there
does
appear
to
be
some
requirements
that
were
either
initially
in
the
rfp
at
a
very
high
level,
but
not
necessarily
the
the
level
of
detail
that
that
requirement
actually
needed
to
be.
For
example,
nrs
353
is
not
referenced
in
the
requirements
whatsoever
for
the
financial
side,
so
that
was
a
bit
of
a
gap.
S
A
S
A
lot
of
that
melissa
law
for
lewis
for
the
record,
so
a
lot
of
that
is
pending
negotiations
with
the
vendor.
What
we
have
we
have
processed
all
invoices
that
are
eligible
for
payment.
At
this
point,
it's
it's
negotiating
with
legal
counsel
and
the
vendor
on
what
an
appropriate
reimbursement
would
be
for
the
partial
work
that
has
been
completed
since
this
was
a
deliverable
based
contract
and
not
time
and
effort.
S
K
A
A
Not
seeing
any
okay,
this
one's
an
informational,
also
item,
so
we'll
go
ahead
and
close
out
that
item
and
hope
you
were
able
to
get
that
figured
out.
A
A
A
Okay
and
then
so,
if
there
is
somebody
online,
I'm
telling
you
now
so
you
can
get
connected,
and
and
so
we
don't
have
to
wait
because
I
know
it
there's
about
a
30
second
delay
or
so
when
you
when
I
say
it
when
you
hear
it.
So
if
you
have
any
online
we'll
be
back
in
just
a
minute,
we're
going
to
take
a
comment
from
senator
gokuchi.
O
Thank
you,
mr
chair
and
I'll,
be
extremely
brief.
30
seconds
ought
to
be
enough.
I
just
want
to
put
it
on
the
committee's
radar.
Clearly,
our
ag
sector
is
in
real
trouble
in
the
state
of
nevada,
predominantly
the
livestock
sector.
You
know,
input
cost
whether
it
be
feed
fertilizer
fuel
or
up
at
least
30
percent.
O
The
receipt
for
products
when
they're
being
sold
is
down
at
least
30
percent
from
pre-pandemic
levels.
I've
got
sheepman
in
the
state
of
nevada
that
can't
get
a
bid
on
a
set
of
lambs,
because
last
year's
crop
still
in
the
feedlot
and
they
haven't
moved,
can't
move
them,
and
so
we're
really
in
in
trouble.
O
I
know,
there's
going
to
be
industry
is
meeting
with
the
farm
bureau
and
the
cattlemen
are
meeting
with
the
department
of
ag
tomorrow
and
see
if
they
can
formulate
some
kind
of
a
plan
coming
forward,
but
I
did
want
to
put
it
on
this
committee's
radar
screen
we're
going
to
have
to
give
those
guys
some
help
as
well.
Thank
you,
they're
not
homeless.
Yet.
A
D
A
Okay,
so
I
guess
we
have
no
one
online
thanks.
Everyone
really
want
to
appreciate
everybody
participating
grateful
for
staff,
the
great
work
that
they
do
and
and
all
the
insightful
comments
and
questions
that
were
made
today
with
that
we
have
no
items,
no
further
items
to
come
before
us.