JAC Agency Hearings
JAC Index 01-10-18 pm1
Wednesday January 10, 2018
Agenda: PM
Proposed Legislation
041 – Fire Protection and Electrical Safety
053 – Department of Workforce Services
Proposed Legislation

1/10/2018 1:37:13 PM
Nicholas:  Moved and seconded proposed bill 18LSO -0354 draft 0.4, vote taken, motion passed, going as a House Bill

1/10/2018 1:41:01 PM
041-Fire Protection and Electrical Safety, Mike Reed, Director, overview of agency mission, pg. 10, unit 0101, process on disagreement with the fire marshal’s office explained, pg. 14 unit 0201, pg. 18, Div 0300, 320 reductions 
Nicholas: report requested, fees increase, pg. 23 special revenue history
Reed: pg.  18, division 0300, no exception requests, $4K reduction, unit 0305, pg. 22, self-supporting, special revenue, item 5349 fee relook, staffing question, pg. 28, training division, unit 0401, pg. 32, fire academy, unit 0501
1/10/2018 2:10:30 PM
041 Concluded

1/10/2018 2:11:21 PM
053 – Department of Workforce Services, John Cox, Director, introduced staff, John Ysebaert, deputy director, ENDOW, various focus items and challenges, OSHA, WYCAM project, mainframe system, unemployment system in the cloud, using temp help, internal realignment
Ysebaert: pg. 12, Admin exec staff, 2 ER, pg. 14
Burkart: unit 0101, strategic realignment, gov’s rec – approve, pg. 15 PR #13, hardware and software request, $29K, Gov’s rec – approval, 
Tsebaert: went through ETS for best buys, not all applied, pg. 19, public affairs
Burkart: pg. 21, ER $8K computer request
Ysebaert: direct reimbursement to GF, pg. 23 unit 0125, grants, majority of businesses used
Cates: health care and social assistance majority, CNA training grants
TSebaert: pg. 26, head start grant, 4 counties, limited funding within program
Burkart: pg. 26 ER
Cates: training funds question CNA training, have to train folks away, grant opportunity opened monthly
Hibbert: comments of usage of GF dollars
Ysebaert: pg. 34, E & T Serve Wyoming, no ER’s, pg. 36, employment and training unit, 2ERs
Burkart: pg. 39, pg. 41, ER $297K, ETS contract price
Tsebaert: pg. 47, state inspector of mines, located in Rock Springs, software development 
1/10/2018 3:02:05 PM
Burkart: pg. 50 ER $193K
Tsebaert: pg. 53, admin mining council, pg. 58, VO rehab, 78% FF to 22%GF
Cates: disability employment discussion, money follows the individual
Burkart: pg. 64, moving $2M, pg. 66, ER #2, moving $4M, pg. 68 ER #8, spending authority, pg. 69 ER $71K, pg. 70, ER #12, $81K, pg. 76 unemployment insurance, pg. 82, pg. 83 move $500K
Tsebaert: pg. 88, UIE security revenue fund, penalty assessed, Casper building discussion, Midwest bldg., pg. 92, labor standards, no ERs, pg. 97 worker safety and compensation
Burkart: pg. 106, 107, 320 reductions
Larsen: IT upgrades to get forms, bill last year gave businesses a rate holiday on workers comp fees, can that happen again in a follow up report, efficiency report explanation  uncollectable fees $37M, recordable incident
Tsebaert: tried to keep rates low for employers, switching pots, current debt 8 years old
Wolf:  holiday received very well, the state auditor’s office is working to make report more up to date, presently, about $3M is in uncollectable status, fed rules being considered, working implementing to help with recordable incident problems/definition
Tsebaert: things are stalled national level OSHA rule needs to change
Wolf: pg. 108 question on maintenance contracts external, $4M
TSebaert: pg. 112, disabilities determination services, 3 ERs, #1, position realignment, pg. 114, #2, move DDS from 0200 to new division 0600, pg. 116, #3, $161K for DDS case software
1/10/2018 3:50:28 PM
053 concluded/break
1/10/2018 4:07:19 PM
Proposed Legislation 18LSO-369 draft 0.3
Recommended change to July 1 for effective date, about 9000 miners registered 
Stoffordberg: most staying in system are uranium miners, accumulated use over the years
Nicholas: bill moved Sen Landen, Seconded Walters, Landen Pg. 2 change effective date to July 1, roll call vote taken, bill passes, Senate File
Proposed Legislation 18LSO-0385 draft 0.6
Judge Sharpe: reviewed history of need for another judge due to workload, requirement of adequate space for an additional judge
Nicholas: position discussion has a history of being asked for
Chief Justice supports bill
Nicholas: motion made by Burns, seconded by Walters, amendment 1, take it out of GF vs. LSRA,   amendment passed roll call vote taken, passed
Proposed Legislation 18LSO-0380 draft 0.5
McVicker: WDH financial, statutory cleanup bill
Wilson: wasn’t collecting fees due to DFS shortfall
McVicker: asking $1M to move
Nicholas: motion – Burns, seconded Walters, roll call vote taken, passed, House Bill
1/10/2018 4:34:02 PM
Adjourned