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Joint Committee on Appropriations — 2019

Date

2/20 4:00 PM
2/13 2:00 PM
2/12 2:00 PM
2/11 2:00 PM
2/07 2:00 PM
2/06 2:00 PM
2/05 2:00 PM
1/31 2:00 PM
1/30 2:00 PM
1/29 2:00 PM
1/28 2:00 PM
1/24 2:00 PM
1/23 2:00 PM
1/22 2:00 PM
1/17 2:00 PM
1/16 2:00 PM
1/15 2:00 PM
1/14 2:30 PM
1/11 2:00 PM
1/10 2:00 PM
1/09 2:00 PM

Time	Description
	Roll
	Pages
	Announcements - Senator Wiik indicated Bureau of Information and Telecommunications presentation will be postponed to another day.
	Approval of Minutes January 9, 2019 - Bartels/Nesiba
	Mr. Scott Bollinger, Commissioner, Bureau of Administration, introduced staff and gave an overview of the bureau. Commissioner Bollinger made FY20 Budget Request as recommended by the agency.
	The Bureau of Administration (BOA) FY20 general funds request is $17,174,891, federal fund expenditure authority is $500,000, and other fund expenditure authority is $40,579,001 totaling $58,253,892 and includes 165.0 FTE. This budget request has increased $901,209 from FY19 for Statewide Maintenance and Repair.
	Commissioner Bollinger indicated that BOA receives used equipment from the federal government and has been affected by the shutdown.
	The Bureau of Administration manages the state's fleet of vehicles, mail, central duplicating, property management, office risk management, and records. The BOA also maintains and repairs buildings statewide.
	There are three types of statewide maintenance and repair as follows: Statewide, Capitol Complex, and Human Services. Commissioner Bollinger described each type of maintenance and repair.
	Office of Hearing Examiners - The BOA administers the staff and is not involved with the actual hearings.
	Obligation Recovery Center - The BOA manages the Obligation Recovery Center. The Obligation Recovery Center has collected approximately $3.5M last year for state agencies. Revenue has doubled since this obligation center started three years ago.
	Senator Partridge - question - would you talk about the three separate Captive Insurance areas; authority, property, and banking trust.
	Senator White - question - is the goal of the BOA to have a maintenance and repair building rate at 2% and inquired why the bureau is requesting $901,209 additional funds.
	Senator Partridge - question - would you explain why the BOA has a $720,000 authority to pay collectors that contract with the Obligation Recovery Center - (referring to Legislative Research Council Budget Briefing - Page 2).
	Senator Greenfield - question - could counties utilize the Obligation Recovery Center.
	Commissioner Bollinger explained the Obligation Recovery Center is only for the state government. Counties do not have the legal authority to restrict licenses like the State of South Dakota.
	Representative Howard - question - what the change from FY18 to FY19 is for expenses in Buildings and Grounds and Central Duplicating (referring to Page 11 of Legislative Research Council Budget Brief).
	Representative Howard - question - will there be a large reversion for Central Duplication Services this year.
	Senator Sutton - question - how many construction projects is the Office of Engineering managing.
	Senator Sutton - question - how do you prioritize construction projects.
	Representative Bartels - question - would you provide information for state engineering costs for new construction projects like the Animal Disease Research Laboratory at South Dakota State University and requested additional information.
	Senator Nesiba - question - what is the process for a debtor to lose and recover their driver's license from the Obligation Recovery Center.
	The Bureau of Administration does not take away licenses from debtors. The BOA refers debtors to other agencies that can withhold licenses.
	Senator Nesiba - question - does the Obligation Recovery Center manage child support collections.
	Senator Nesiba - question - is there a grievance procedure for debtors of the Obligation Recovery Center.
	Commissioner Bollinger indicated a client can file a grievance through the Office of Hearing Examiners. They would determine a ruling and forward the findings to the corresponding state agency.
	Representative Bartels - question - is there proper communication between the agency, Obligation Recovery Center, and debtor to prevent mistakes.
	Commissioner Bollinger indicated there have only been 44 hearing requests out of 92,000 Obligation Center Recovery accounts.
	Representative Peterson - question - how do you determine the maintenance and repair formula for new construction.
	Representative Peterson - question - how do you determine risk management for Board of Regents new construction and maintenance and repair for Board of Regents buildings.
	Senator White - question - does the Obligation Recovery Center charge interest to outstanding owed debts to state government.
	Representative Karr - question - would you give us a history and prospective of state building sale leasebacks.
	Representative Peterson - question - do you anticipate the Bureau of Administration's budget staying the same since Governor Noem is in office.
	Commissioner Bollinger indicated his office is proactive and would like to maintain buildings and have the Statewide Maintenance and Repair rate at 2%.
	Senator Sutton - question - does the BOA have a list of state-owned buildings and what determines which projects a priority is and requested additional information.
	Senator Greenfield - question - did the Kinsman Building save the Bureau of Administration money and has this savings been documented.
	Senator Greenfield - question - are there buildings still owned by the Bureau of Administration north of the truck bypass, how many buildings are there, and are they being utilized.
	Representative Koth - comment - he realizes there is a cost to owning buildings and having a maintenance and repair budget is a good idea.
	Senator White - comment - not all states have a maintenance and repair budget and having one helped the State of South Dakota receive their AAA bond rating.
	Office of Property and Management, Bureau of Administration, sells flags that can be flown over the State Capitol Building on a certain day.
	Introduction of Pages
	Announcement - Bureau of Human Resources presentation has been postponed until another day.
	Adjourn White/Cronin
	Commissioner Bollinger, BOA, said all services are rendered through the internal services fund.
	Senator Wiik requested a list what buildings are funded through maintenance and repair and what buildings are not funded through maintenance and repair.