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Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Military and Veterans Affairs Committee Apr 16th, 2025

Military and Veterans Affairs

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  • the federal statute, what is in federal law, and transpose it to state legislation so that it's one of
  • Was that one of the issues for the folks that are non-voters you're talking about? Yes.
  • by the United States Department of General Affairs for such purposes.
  • I won't applaud them, but just remember the last couple of days I've been on phone calls with veterans
  • I've been a lot of emails. I call them and... Let me bring Senator Carly up to speed.
Bills: SB206, HB554, SB206
KY
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  • Many of y'all are here to just let us kind of give us an update and stuff, so with no further ado I'll
  • We allocated about $600,000 in last budget to kind of fill some spots, and we just wanted to kind of
  • Then we brought on some of the folks here with us, some of the new hires that we brought on, that we
  • <00:02:36.920> the of the folks here with us some of the of the folks here with us some of
  • One of the new hires, matter of fact, that we have brought on in a support role is actually at one of
Summary: The Budget Review Subcommittee on Personnel, Public Retirement, and Finance, and Administrative Cabinet met for an informational update, with the new chair noting the committee does not vote on issues and is mainly reviewing implementation of budgeted items. The main presentation came from Scott Baker of the Finance Cabinet’s Office of Facility Development and Efficiency, who explained how the office has shifted experienced staff to lead Department of Parks projects and hired new staff to be trained into project management roles. He said the office is managing 146 ongoing parks projects and has moved from weekly to biweekly meetings as work has progressed. Baker said the budgeted staffing changes were intended to speed project delivery while maintaining expertise, since state project management also requires knowledge of procurement law and other Commonwealth-specific rules. He described the workload as heavy, with 15 project managers handling 1,149 active projects, including one western Kentucky manager overseeing 127 projects, and said the office is trying to add more staff and create new positions to improve recruiting. Members asked about staffing levels and workload, and Baker said the office is not overstaffed but is competing with a strong construction industry for talent. Committee members praised the office’s work on parks projects, noting campground and infrastructure needs at places like Lake Barkley and emphasizing prudent use of the large capital budgets approved in recent years. No votes were taken because the subcommittee lacked a quorum, as some members were in other committee meetings. The chair said the committee would continue to meet during session and interim periods and adjourned the meeting after the update.