JAC Agency Hearings
JAC Index 01-08-18 PM1
Monday, January 08, 2018
Agenda: PM
039 – Wildlife and Natural Resource Trust
010 – Department of Agriculture
999 – Local Government Direct Distribution

1/8/2018 2:23:14 PM
039 – Wildlife and Natural Resource Trust, Bob Budd, director, Kim Floyd, Board Chairman, Robin Haynes, grants manger, no changes to budget, reductions remain the same, removed all GF several years ago, function only on the trust and meet requirements, project balance $30m, over $25M obligated
Burns: corpus of trust is $4M
Budd: overview of board members
Driskill: interest on corpus
Budd: budget a 4% return on trust corpus presently, concluded

1/8/2018 2:30:04 PM
010 – Department of Agriculture, Doug Miyamoto, director, Julie Cook, senior administrator, introduced staff present, pg. 12, exception requests priorities, pg. 15, 16, 17 exception requests, pg. 22, board of Ag, pg. 24, Brucellosis task force, no exceptions asked for, pg. 27 livestock reporting no ER, pg. 31, Consumer Health Services Unit, pg. 33, AWEC Inspector exception request, MOU discussion on interstate vs. intrastate meat inspection process, USDA
Cook: beef inspection grant, not only inspect but also must be present for processing
Miyamoto: provide number of animals slaughtered in a year to Sen Driskill
Landen: overlap with county food safety inspectors
Miyamoto: pg. 34, 320 reduction, CHS inspector, commercial food inspection realm, fee is $100, renewal $50,fee schedule would have to reviewed, pg.39, technical services, ER on pg. 41, pg. 45, analytical services, collocated with UW lab
Jarvis: lab manger, need ultrapure system for water, buys commercially - return on investment
Driskill: list of what is tested requested
Landen: UW students use lab 	
Miyamoto: use lab occasionally, pg. 47, replacement equipment, pg. 48, pg. 51, no ERs, pg. 54, no ERs, pg. 57, no ERs, pg. 59, no ERs, pg. 62, no ERs, pg. 65 no ERs, pg. 73, no ERs, pg. 74, pool license inspection,  pg. 76, APHIS homeland security, pg. 77 ER remove this from DOA budget, pg. 84, emergency insect management program, no ERs, pg. 87 no ERs, pg. 91 state fair, ER $400K, fees have been increased but revenues are down, overarching philosophy
Goodrich: state fair director, fees have been historically low, increased fees, camping and vendor space went up, brought fees up comparable to state wide fees, about a 15% increase, overall 2017 attendance – 41K folks, state fairs around the country seem to be having the same problems with gate numbers going down, demographics of attendees
1/8/2018 3:26:46 PM
Burns: scheduling of state fair vs county fairs, national finals high school rodeo
Goodrich: doesn’t affect state fair schedule
Miyamoto: pg. 93, DOA will cancel the state fair is the $400k is biennialized
Cook:  2 ER’s, budget reduced by $400K last year, losing $800K total, too steep of cut to keep putting on a fair unless budget cut is reversed to BFY 17
Sommers: requesting a concise breakdown of fair expenses and what is wanted to be able to hold a state fair
Cook:  pg. 97 discussions, $700K to put on a fair
Sommers: 11 employees, $1.3M in wages, accounting request/review
Cook: employee explanation
Miyamoto: off season events for the fairgrounds, cost for maintenance, etc.
Goodrich: events not always cover cost; fees are at what the market can stand
Larsen: consider not doing off season events
Goodrich: have looked at it, demand great within the community for use
Cook: use a B-11 process to make up differences
Nicholas: business plan for future of fair
Miyamoto: have business plan but contingent on allocation from Legislature, trying to capture better participants at no added expense
Wilson: joint Ag bill
Miyamoto: revenue generating shows/conventions, focus more on generating revenue throughout the rest of the year vs fair week, getting back to BFY 17 will give board time to generate revenue ideas, report of expenses and income for the past couple of years, maintenance challenges/costs coming up, projecting over the next decade, WY pioneer museum on grounds, state lands – 118 acres, Douglas county fair held here, cost/pay
Burns: self-funding has been a push for state fair,  
Walters: Pg. 93, biennial reversal, biennializing requested twice, numbers don’t add up
Miyamoto: confusing
Walters: demand for higher performance rodeo, numbers still questioned
Cook: various events as one time funding, but now continuous
Walters: fair goes as the economy of Douglas and not an all over state contributions
Miyamoto: 4H/FFA more statewide participants, marketing efforts continuing
Schwartz: private fundraising efforts/ sponsorships, any numbers for contributions
Miyamoto: have solicited for private dollars, past 3 years $75K/year in sponsorships

1/8/2018 4:14:56 PM
Miyamoto: analysis of past years fairs, noted trends, non-sustainable with projections, need $700K/year to put on a fair, can possibly do one more fair at today’s budget, have done what we can may need to condense days
Dockstader:  are counties interacting with Converse, County and making it a state fair
Miyamoto: all counties participate, pg. 95 data circuits, pg. 98, 102, weed and pest control budget no ERS, pg. 106, predator management, gray wolves discussion, pg. 110, beef council, pg. 116, wheat marketing, pg. 125 leaf cutter bee, concluded. 

1/8/2018 4:38:23 PM
Senator Muniz and Representative Klaussen, speaking about meeting held on 01-07-18 on state fair, make state fair self-sufficient, why have a state fair – for youth of our state, bill forth coming, management of state fairgrounds other 51 weeks of the year, proposing appointed by governor, one from each - tourism, parks dept. and one from energy industry, facilities – donated over 100 years ago, caveat no state fair in 3 years and the land goes back to owner, maintenance schedule, ask what is the investment worth to the state, facility maintenance
Sommers: does the current board get new per diem?
Muniz: no pay, LSO study on comparing boards across the state
Burns: economic responsibility for state fair board
Klaussen:  Converse County, $40K from county, board outlined with new bill
Landen: adding comments to issue, corporate sponsors one of the keys, foundation fund for fair
Nicholas: marketing plan, 4H/FFA “save our Fair” campaign, lots of ideas. Long and short term business plan
Muniz: state fair has a strategic plan, request it, folks working on making state fair successful
Larsen:  impact on surrounding area
Klaussen:  lot of interest, no community organization to efforts
Obermeyer: pari-mutual cannot happen in Converse County as no statute for it

1/8/2018 5:00:04 PM
Matt Sackett/Josh Anderson LSO fiscal office
Sackett: went through power point slides, 2004 removed sales tax on food; provide spreadsheet on what each county is taking in
Anderson: Madden formula explanation
Sackett: continued explanation of power point slides, refer to handout 201-135, talked normalizing, inverting and multiplying and arriving at a percent of government index this led into the sum of weighted normalized percentage values per capita – county distribution; municipality distribution has many of the same components and formulas, different revenue sources from counties, use 2010 census numbers, FY 19 estimated county distribution discussed, two year appropriation
Nicholas:  bill 18LSO-0213 mirror bill as one 2 years ago
Wilson:  scheduling of payment change, other sources of revenue. Concluded

1/8/2018 5:45:06 PM
Adjourned