Legislature(2015 - 2016)SENATE FINANCE 532
03/18/2016 09:00 AM Senate FINANCE
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| SB124 | |
| SB1 | |
| Adjourn |
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| += | SB 124 | TELECONFERENCED | |
SENATE BILL NO. 124
"An Act extending the termination date of the Alaska
Commission on Aging; and providing for an effective
date."
Co-Chair MacKinnon discussed housekeeping.
9:42:34 AM
Vice-Chair Micciche read from Page 2 of the amended fiscal
note:
The amended fiscal note reflects a staff reduction
from four full-time positions to three full-time
positions in FY2017 and two full-time positions
beginning in FY2018 going forward.
Vice-Chair Micciche added that the reduction would be $93
thousand in personal services.
9:44:26 AM
AT EASE
9:45:49 AM
RECONVENED
9:45:58 AM
Co-Chair MacKinnon remarked that there had been a
discussion in the previous meeting regarding the 4 staff
member support for the Board of the Alaska Commission on
Aging. She noted the reduction in staff reflected on the
amended fiscal notes. She requested that legislative
finance walk through the fund allocations.
KELLY CUNNINGHAM, FISCAL NOTE COORDINATOR, LEGISLATIVE
FINANCE DIVISION, informed the committee that one position
would be cut in FY2017, which would result in a savings of
$93.3 thousand; $36 thousand in General Funds, $57.3
thousand in interagency receipts. She furthered that the
second year of the reductions, 2018, the second position
would be removed.
9:47:51 AM
9:43:45 AM
Co-Chair MacKinnon queried whether the fiscal note
information that the department had sent to her office for
FY18 going forward, was reflected in the note.
DUANE MAYES, DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF SENIOR AND DISABILITIES
SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES,
ANCHORAGE (via teleconference), responded that the fiscal
note that the department proposed would had reduced the 2
positions in FY18.
9:47:56 AM
Co-Chair MacKinnon stated that the numbers reflected for
FY18 through FY22, had been provided by the department, and
that the only change that the committee had made was the
FY17 reduction.
Mr. Mayes agreed.
9:48:24 AM
Co-Chair MacKinnon reminded Mr. Mayes that interagency
receipts were also General Fund spending. She wanted to
ensure that the two positions had not been moved to another
division or department, but had been cut completely.
Mr. Mayes replied that the positions were not being moved,
but were being eliminated.
9:49:26 AM
Co-Chair MacKinnon understood that the positions would not
be moved to the State Unit on Aging.
Mr. Mayes replied that the State Unit on Aging was
delegated to the Division of Senior Disability Services. He
explained that as a requirement of the Older American Act,
the department had to gather input from seniors throughout
the state, and to have an advisory council; the Alaska
Commission on Aging was the advisory council.
9:50:16 AM
Co-Chair MacKinnon solicited additional information form
Mr. Mayes.
Mr. Mayes replied that he did not.
9:51:47 AM
SANA EFIRD, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
AND SOCIAL SERVICES, commented that the department
understood the fiscal climate of the state. She said that
the governor's FY17 budget for the commission had already
been established, which was why they had recommended that
the reductions begin in FY18.
Co-Chair MacKinnon relayed that the committee understood
that the cuts would impact the work that the commission was
under schedule to complete.
9:53:21 AM
Senator Dunleavy warned that the cuts would occur over all
areas of government. He said that many long-standing,
effective programs would be scrutinized. He thought that it
was appropriate to reduce the fiscal note.
Co-Chair MacKinnon hoped that all boards and commissions
could be fairly evaluated in the future.
9:53:50 AM
AT EASE
9:55:51 AM
RECONVENED
Vice-Chair Micciche MOVED to REPORT SB 124 out of committee
with individual recommendations and the attached fiscal
note. There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered.
SB 124 was REPORTED out of committee with "no
recommendation" and with a new fiscal impact note from the
Department of Health and Social Services.
9:56:10 AM
AT EASE
9:57:28 AM
RECONVENED
| Document Name | Date/Time | Subjects |
|---|---|---|
| SB 1 CSSB 1 work draft Version V.pdf |
SFIN 3/18/2016 9:00:00 AM |
SB 1 |
| SB 1 Amendment Packet.pdf |
SFIN 3/18/2016 9:00:00 AM |
SB 1 |