South Dakota Department of Environment & Natural Resources (DENR) FY 2020 Budget Request presented to the Joint Appropriations Committee
Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Steve Pirner, presented the budget as recommended by the governor. General funds - $6,714,350, Federal funds expenditure authority - $8,420,978, Other funds expenditure authority - $9,672,175 with 180.5 FTE's.
1. DENR issues Surface Water Discharge Permit to Big Sioux River for $250 Million Expansion of Agropur Cheese Plant in Lake Norden - Page 4
2. DENR and EPA Open Brohm Gold Mine Superfund Site to Exploratory Drilling - Page 5
Representative Koth - question - will you research and assess the financial strength on Eagle mine, and do they have financial backing
Representative Gross - question - what are requirements for clean-up
Representative Koth - question - is this connected with FEMA as it relates to Flood Plains
Senator White - question - is there some control down the river that they can enhance and how do you determine the drop
Representative Post - question - Livestock cleanup fund costs
Senator Maher - question - who paid $30,000 for air quality fees
Senator Maher - question - With the passage of Senate Bill 25 tell us what the extra FTE's will be doing
Representative Gross - question - how do you assess the importance of things if they are 2 to 3 years behind on loads, how important are those
DENR in Transition - Losing our Experience to Retirements
DENR Manages Workloads and Available Budget to Replace Turnover and Retiring Employees with New People - Page 11
Senator White - question - do you use engineering students in the summer as interns
Representative Saba - question - how much of your budget is related to pro-active and re-active activities
Senator Sutton - question - are you currently doing cross-training
Senator Sutton - question - projection on which positions are filled
Representative Hunhoff - question - are we seeing that we look at competitive market as a scale
Representative Hunhoff - question - is there an estimated time frame for vacant positions
Representative Hunhoff - question - was Senate Bill 25 part of the phasing in process
Senator Partridge - question - who is the party to approve the plan submitted, where would the $8,000,000 go
Senator Maher - question - what vehicles are being replaced
Representative Koth - question - since this is federal, who decides if it's a school bus and what district and if hiway department wants to replace older equipment
Senator Kolbeck - question - to clarify, if a county wants to replace trucks can they apply for this
Senator White - question - is there a deadline for requests or has a decision been made
Workload Graphs - Pages 14/15/16, Water Quality Graph - Page 17, Air Quality Standards Graph - Page 18
Recap of Legislative Agenda for 2019 - Page 19
Representative Saba, Senator Nesiba question - regarding outcome-based performance measure, on track to make the Big Sioux River swimmable
Senator Maher - question - what's going on at Wasta with the core spill
Senator Maher - question - give us an update on Spy Glass and their bonding in Harding County
Senator Maher - question - update on wells,
Senator Maher- question - are wells leaking or not
Senator Maher - question - is DENR responsible for the bonding and how did it lapse
Senator Maher - question - landowner doesn't own the royalties but has the mess on top
Senator Partridge - question - on severance tax collecting
Representative Karr - question - what is the $30,000 bond based on
Major General Timothy Reisch, Adjutant General/Secretary, Department of the Military presented their budget presentation as recommended. General funds - $4,439,607, Federal funds expenditure authority - $22,427,996, Other funds expenditure authority - $29,254 with 116.4 FTE's.
South Dakota Department of the Military
Representative Hunhoff - question - what kind of unutilized positions
Representative Hunhoff - question - specifically what kind of positions
Office of the Adjutant General budget - Page 7
Army National Guard Budget - Page 8
Senator Cronin - question - are you going to change strategy, please give an indication of what new training you are doing
South Dakota's Aging Armories by Decade - Pages 10/11
Air National Guard Budget - Page 16
Representative Karr - question - budget briefing page 9, you are asking for $1.2 million, insight as to what this is for
Representative Karr - question - over $1m utility cost increase
Air National Guard Military Construction - all projects are 100% Federally Funded - Page 17
Department of the Military One-Time Major Items Recommended - Page 19
Senator Partridge - question - $3.84 million to finish the project is that one-time general funds or does some come out of your base budget
Senator Partridge - question - benefit to funding this and getting it done
Senator Cronin - question - if the $3.8 million dollars is given this year, can you draw down the total dollars from Federal Government right away
Senator Cronin - question - if you are waiting on your money from the Federal Government you get it now
Senator White - question - does this funding or project when completed elevate our status as far as our base is concerned competition for Air Force Projects
Civil Air Patrol - $11,244 for UAV to increase their capabilities
South Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs budget presented by Secretary Greg Whitlock. General Funds - $4,294,579, Federal Funds Authority Expenditure - $3,613,189, Other Funds Authority Expenditure - $4,339,289 with 138.2 FTE's
Thank you to Major General Reisch
Senator Cronin - question - explain more on the turnover rate - Page 4
Senator Cronin - question - do you have competitive wages
Senator Greenfield - question - budget comparison only 4 FTE's were underutilized relative to the Veteran's Home
Senator Greenfield - question - on contractual employees
Senator Greenfield - question - reconciled employees
Senator Cronin - question - expensive to have fillers come in to work, perhaps they are listed wrong and shouldn't be contracted
Senator Cronin - question - break that expense account out
South Dakota Department of Veteran's Affairs Budget Recommendation - Page 2
Representative Hunhoff - question - how many posts receive the $50 payments for military funeral details - Page 16
Representative Hunhoff - question - Gather data on $50 military details for 2017/2018 and send to LRC staff
Representative Hunhoff - question - explain what you do in OTJ training
Representative Hunhoff - question - keeping data on staying or leaving after training
Senator Cronin - question - What percentage of 76 beds are Medicaid
Senator Cronin - question - How can you make that work
FY2020 State Veterans Home - Page 3
Senator Greenfield - question - will we see that in the bill that affects this year general appropriations bill or will it just happen on June 30th
Senator Greenfield - question - FY2019 you are proposing to revert $2 million and in FY2020 you are building in $2 million
Senator Greenfield - question - will we see you revert $2 million or happening on June 30
Senator Greenfield - question - are you returning something, what source
Senator Greenfield - question - reversions, terminology, bringing in more than spending
Senator Partridge - question - Follow up on Senator Greenfield's point, appropriating into Medicaid that we are giving back to ourselves later
Senator Partridge - question - other fund source is VA per diem and resident rent
Representative Peterson - question - with $2 million extra does this state have to put that back in
FY 2020 State Veterans Cemetery
Representative Peterson - question - deadline approaching, under the gun? Meet deadlines
Representative Peterson - question - have there been glitches in deadlines
Representative Peterson - question - was there a hazardous study done
Representative Peterson - question - give assurance on the Jan. 31 deadline, let us know if you don't meet this
Senator Cronin - question - on budget brief, contractual services, who are we contracting with
Senator Cronin - question - On the Vet Cemetery General Funds, who do we contract with
Representative Peterson - Please notify us if deadline is approaching
Representative Bartels - question - if 150 in the base, or still spending the 450 and 150
Representative Bartels - question - budgeting 750, is that expended
Representative Bartels - question - majority be diverted as unspent
Representative Bartels - question - is the base now at 750, is that correct
Representative Hunhoff - question - if it's in the base it's already there, part of FY 20 base
Senator Cronin - question - thought we were going to 600, and then other fund must raise dollars, need clarification
one-time request change in utilities
Senator White - question - how does your department calculate your FTE's
Senator White - question - so you divide your expenditures, do they keep your locums separate
Committee needs number of temps
Senator Greenfield - question - are FTE's reflected in actual numbers or personal services numbers
Senator Greenfield - question - have a standard by which FTE's are calculated, how exactly are you accounting for your FTE's
Representative Post - question - what percentage of nursing staff during year are temporary vs paid
Representative Hunhoff - question - when you set FTE's, confusion of temporary employees
Representative Hunhoff - question - you still have the same FTE allocation, just using 3 different people to fill one 2080 position
Representative Hunhoff - question - what is the percentage of what you have are you using temps to fill those full-time positions
Senator Greenfield - question - what is the history on veteran's homes, are there other facilities
Senator White - question - how many veterans are housed in nursing homes
Representative Koth - question - should there be fewer regulations at the State level
Governor's Annual Omnibus Water Funding Bill - Page 12. Governor's Volkswagen Settlement Trust Mitigation Bill - Page 13
Presentation on changes in military budget - Page 3
Department of the Military FY 2020 Requested Budget $25,624,888 - Page 4
Military Budget Workforce Information Page 6
Senator Partridge - question - AARC, we were able to get this early, competing with Arizona but South Dakota was ready
3. DENR Creates an Online Flood information System for the Big Sioux River Basin - Page 6
NPDES Fee Revisions in SB 25 Last Year Being Phased In - Page 9
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