Video & Transcript Research : 'contracting'

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FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

February 5, 2025 - 09:00 AM

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're able to contract out a lot of road work this year.
  • Well, we were able to put in some contracts this year to hire some contractors to be proactive and get
  • We're actually now able to contract out a lot of the road work, and it's really helped us to get that
  • So if that, you know, and then the other piece is developing and executing contracts.
  • , state agency contracts, to kind of speed up the bidding process.
Summary: The Agriculture and Natural Resources Budget Committee met with a quorum and heard two Department of Agriculture presentations. First, the Director of Rural and Family Lands described the Rural and Family Lands Protection Program, which buys development rights through perpetual conservation easements on private agricultural land to preserve farming, wildlife habitat, water resources, and open space while keeping land taxable and avoiding state maintenance costs. He said the program has expanded rapidly since 2023 through streamlined applications, templates, and an online portal, increasing acreage protected from about 66,000 acres through 2022 to more than 210,000 acres, with a higher share in the Florida wildlife corridor. He also said review times were reduced by more than 85 days and that projects under $5 million can move faster under statutory authority. The department is seeking $200 million in nonrecurring funding on top of $100 million recurring, citing 203 existing projects and 224 new applications totaling nearly $2 billion in estimated need. Members asked about the scientific ranking process, South Florida participation, project prioritization, maintenance responsibilities, and whether landowners can exit the program; staff said land remains privately owned, easements are in perpetuity, and partnerships and cost-sharing are prioritized. The committee then heard from the Florida Forest Service director, who outlined the agency’s dual mission of wildfire response and land management. He said the service responds to roughly 2,200 to 2,500 wildfires annually, manages 38 state forests and one ranch totaling more than 1.1 million acres, and receives about 15 million visitors each year. He highlighted the impact of Senate Bill 1638 gaming compact funds, which provided $32 million for land management, recreation, equipment, roads, invasive species control, habitat restoration, prescribed burning, reforestation, and staffing support. He said Florida leads the nation in prescribed fire, with 277,818 acres burned on state forests last year and 2.47 million acres burned statewide, and noted ongoing restoration work such as Picayune Strand. He also described challenges including aging equipment, deferred maintenance, contractor availability, and timber market instability caused by hurricanes and mill closures, and suggested longer-term funding and a higher capital asset allowance. Members discussed timber markets, public communication and marketing, recreation fees, and coordination with other agencies and FDOT. The meeting ended with the chair noting that next week’s meeting would report out agency conversations and budget recommendations, and the committee rose.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Education Committee Jun 3rd, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • These contracts continue to preserve quality workmanship, strong safety records, and responsible contracting
  • By extending LLB contracts for school construction, this bill is instrumental to students and school
  • Specifically, they allow school districts to incorporate pre-construction service into the contract,
  • Section 2601 of the Public Contracts Code defines skilled and trained workforce as one that meets the
  • using them and will promote fairness and equity across all public agencies when contracting.
Keywords: 987, senate, all
Summary: The committee first heard AB 402, which would increase Cal Grant award amounts for students attending private nonprofit colleges and allow community college transfer entitlement awards to be used at those institutions. The author and supporters said the bill would restore award levels to their 2001 value and improve access for low- and middle-income, working, military, and transfer students. Several witnesses from private nonprofit universities, community college districts, and advocacy groups supported the measure. Senators raised concerns about the prior Cal Grant agreement tied to Associate Degree for Transfer participation and about the need to fund broader Cal Grant reforms, but the bill advanced on a unanimous due-pass vote to Senate Appropriations and was placed on call. The committee then took up AB 2067, a sunset extension for lease-lease-back authority for TK-12 school construction through July 1, 2032. The author and supporters from school housing and contractor groups said the method provides flexibility, early collaboration, cost control, and legal certainty for school construction projects. Senators asked how often lease-lease-back and other alternative delivery methods are used, and whether the skilled-and-trained workforce provisions limit competition. Some members objected to the skilled-and-trained requirement, while others said the bill simply preserves an existing tool without changing labor rules. The bill passed on a 6-1 vote, with Senator Ochoa Bogh voting no, and was placed on call. AB 1204, which would revise the Local Control Funding Formula by increasing supplemental and concentration grants, lowering the concentration threshold, adding regional cost adjustments, and setting a minimum annual COLA floor, drew extensive testimony on both sides. Supporters said the bill better reflects regional costs, inflation, and student need, especially for low-income, multilingual, and unhoused students. Opponents, including several school district leaders, argued it would widen funding disparities and divert money from the LCFF base grant, which they said should be the priority. Committee members also questioned the fiscal impact, the proposed 4% COLA floor, and whether the bill had enough research and stakeholder consensus. Despite those concerns, the bill was advanced to Appropriations on a due-pass vote and placed on call. Finally, the committee heard AB 1235, which would require a skilled-and-trained workforce process for CSU design-build projects to align CSU with UC and community college construction rules. Supporters said it would improve training and project quality, while opponents from contractor groups argued it would reduce competition, increase costs, and impose mandates without evidence of better outcomes. Several senators objected to the skilled-and-trained requirement as limiting opportunities for contractors who comply with state law, while others noted the issue was already common in higher education construction. The discussion was still underway when the transcript ended, and no final vote on AB 1235 was captured.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EDU-HHS, HHS, HHS-TRS Public Hearings 02-11-2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • hospital directly to a contracted hospital directly to a contracted long-term<01:10:01.280> care
  • how they're contracting.
  • Uh so uh as part of our contracts?
  • > are<01:12:54.719> provisions current contract there are provisions current contract there
  • come up with these contracts. come up with these contracts. >> Okay<01:13:16.960> sir.
Bills: SB3263, SB3261
Summary: The joint Senate Committee on Education and Committee on Health and Human Services heard testimony on several bills related to student health and safety, University of Hawaii programs, and workforce development. For SB 2969, which would appropriate funds for the University of Hawaii to expand and sustain the Maui Wildfire Exposure Study and Maui Health Registry, testimony was overwhelmingly supportive. Witnesses described the ongoing physical and mental health impacts of the August 2023 Maui fires, said the study has identified serious untreated conditions and connected participants to care, and emphasized its role in serving survivors and training students. The committee also heard support from the Department of Health, the Alzheimer’s Association, the American Lung Association, Maui residents, and study staff. No vote was taken during the hearing. The committee then heard SB 2657, which would establish an Alzheimer disease and related dementia research center at the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine. University of Hawaii and Alzheimer’s Association representatives supported the bill, saying a local center would improve coordination of existing research, build state capacity, and help Hawaii compete for future NIH designation and federal funding. A family member affected by Alzheimer’s also testified in support, citing the disease’s impact in Hawaii. In response to questions, the university said the proposal would follow a five-year phased plan, with the first year funding used to recruit a senior neuroscientist and staff person, at an estimated cost of about $375,000, and that the effort would still strengthen Hawaii’s research infrastructure even if federal funding is not secured. For SB 2612, which clarifies immunity for Department of Education employees and agents who assist students with medication administration under certain conditions, the Department of Education said the bill is intended to protect volunteers and help ensure students can participate in school activities even when staffing is limited. The committee discussed how volunteers would be selected and whether every school would have someone available, and DOE said schools currently rely on health attendants, nurses, and trained volunteers. The committee also briefly discussed liability language and gross negligence exceptions. The hearing then moved to SB 2412, which would fund a bachelor’s degree program in sign language and sign language interpretation at UH Mānoa with a future master’s pathway. Testimony from interpreters, educators, and university officials emphasized the shortage of interpreters, the need to retain local talent, and the program’s role in building a pipeline; university representatives said the initial request would fund a faculty/staff position as a first step, with additional funding needed later. No final committee action or votes were announced in the transcript.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • Um I'm be no employment contracts.
  • So, more about this employment contract.
  • boards can give out contracts. boards can give out contracts.
  • what would be the point of a contract? what would be the point of a contract?
  • 4-year contract then? 4-year contract then?
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The committees heard testimony on five housing-related measures. SB 2232 would create a three-year tiny home grant pilot program within HHFDC, with annual reporting to HHFDC and the Legislature; testimony was mixed, and the bill was later recommended for passage with amendments, including a full-time housing development specialist, a residential-use-only restriction for the tiny homes, and a blanked appropriation. SB 2192 would bar county down-zoning that reduces housing capacity unless equivalent capacity is added elsewhere in the county; it drew support from housing advocates and comments from planning officials, and was also recommended for passage with amendments. SB 2378 would clarify insurance requirements for single- and multifamily projects seeking expedited county permitting; engineers and housing groups supported it, while one testifier opposed it, and it was recommended for passage with a technical amendment. SB 2524 would appropriate funds to the City and County of Honolulu for housing-related departments to comply with prior acts; the Honolulu department supported it, and members asked about prior spending and funding sources. SB 2398 would require residential housing utility availability maps; the Honolulu Board of Water Supply opposed the bill as written, citing infrastructure security, accuracy, liability, and administrative burden concerns, while supporters said it would improve transparency for developers. The chair proposed amendments to make the maps broad and geographic rather than parcel-specific, remove contested-case and reliance provisions, allow disclaimer language, and change the date; the bill was then recommended for passage with amendments, with one member noting reservations. All five measures were ultimately passed out of committee with amendments, with votes recorded and some members excused.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Water and Natural Resources Nov 17th, 2025

Water & Natural Resources Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • And then I'm going to go to your contract that you have.
  • So, what is the contract now that you're paying out?
  • Our contract.
  • Our contract doesn't cover that, so we would have to increase the contract for a substantial additional
  • We also have a variety of funding from other state contracts, local contracts, federal programs, as well
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Judiciary (03/10/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • and under medical contract and a clergy contract.
  • and under medical contract and a clergy contract.
  • They're appropriately discussing the contract among themselves, and it's probably a bad idea to force
  • that be public and open would just be impossible to negotiate a contract that way.
  • <01:18:40.360> vacation inner workings of the contract vacation inner workings of the contract
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 313, and Representative Perez moved to retain the bill, saying it needed work and was not ready as written. Representative Smith supported that approach, and the motion to retain passed 18-0. The committee then considered House Bill 391, an anti-SLAPP measure. Representative Smith and others argued the bill was too broad, could create litigation and discovery disputes, and might even be read to affect criminal cases. The committee voted 18-0 to retain HB 391 as well, and the chair agreed to place it on consent with a report to be prepared. The committee next heard House Bill 462, establishing a cause of action for unwarranted video imaging of residential properties. Representative McFarland moved to retain, saying the bill raised First Amendment and property-rights concerns. The motion passed 18-0. The committee then took up House Bill 509, a fiscal note bill requiring reporting related to forfeitures. Members on both sides discussed the bill’s cost, the burden of collecting and collating the data, possible duplication across fiscal years, and whether the information was already being collected. The OTP motion passed 11-7, and Chairman Lynn asked Representative McFarland to prepare the report; a minority report was anticipated. Finally, the committee considered House Bill 520, which would authorize Department of Education hearing officers to issue subpoenas. Representative Kuttab supported the bill, saying similar authority exists in other agencies and states. Opponents argued the DOE already can obtain information through the attorney general, that the bill would create an unbalanced internal enforcement process, and that the subpoena authority was not tied to the curriculum-related concerns raised in testimony. Representative Ter offered Amendment 0842H to shift subpoena authority from DOE hearing officers to the attorney general; the amendment failed 7-11. The committee then voted on the bill as amended, and the OTP motion passed 10-8, with a minority report also requested.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Senate Standing Committee on Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (3-26-26)

Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's a contracts bill. It is good framework for good efficient government.
  • simple, very straightforward.<00:02:18.240> It's<00:02:18.360> a<00:02:18.400> contracts
  • It's a contracts bill. straightforward. It's a contracts bill.
  • Inc. in Lexington, Create in Bowling Green, Sprocket in Western Kentucky, and then SOAR has that contract
  • then SOAR has that contract for Eastern. then SOAR has that contract for Eastern.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Feb 5th, 2026 at 04:07 pm

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • So we get an audit contract, and on the audit contract are a couple of items: one is a separate federal
  • audits and issue those separately from the financial statement audit, yet it's on the same audit contract
  • Chair and Senator, every agency contracts with some type of auditors for their financials; they can hire
  • annual financial... ...and contract with public entities to conduct their annual financial audits.
  • And an accounting firm will have an opportunity to bid on that audit contract for the statewide federal
Bills: SB145, SB143
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

House - Health and Human Services Oct 2nd, 2025

House Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Every entity that has a grant with us has a contract with deliverables, including reporting deliverables
  • And so, are those the contracts that you're talking about?
  • Those contracts are already in place, and you have some very rigorous criteria for those?
  • So those are all part of those contract requirements today. Again, we have a dashboard.
  • So I do hope that there will be an audited process and that in the contract, as a part of the grant,
NM
Transcript Highlights:
  • We have ongoing construction contracts of $248.9 million.
  • Our contract maintenance budget is just a little over $6 million.
  • That is being done by Hasey Contracting, and that project was just a little over $11 million.
  • Going on to contract maintenance projects, we do a lot of contract maintenance projects also with the
  • Those are basically all throughout the district, contract maintenance-type work, $13.7 million.
Keywords: 996, all
Summary: The committee heard a District 5 New Mexico Department of Transportation presentation from Rhonda Lopez, who reviewed the district’s FY26 budget, staffing vacancies, and the status of special appropriations from 2020 through 2025. She described numerous completed and ongoing projects across the district, including roadway overlays, bridge work, intersection improvements, ADA upgrades, and maintenance projects, and also summarized STIP, TPF, LGRF, and equipment needs. Members asked about a guardrail issue near U.S. 64 in Hogback, the 5% local match for TPF projects, and the status of the New Mexico 371/U.S. 36 intersection funding agreement with the Navajo Nation; DOT said the match is secured or waived where applicable and that the Navajo agreement is nearly finalized. The committee then heard House Bill 270, which would amend the Public Works Apprentice Training Act to require contributions to apprenticeship and training programs for certain public works contracts, including highway-related work, while creating an exception where no approved apprenticeship program exists for a trade classification. The sponsor said the bill was intended to strengthen workforce development and support apprenticeship training. Contractors and asphalt industry representatives opposed the bill, arguing it would raise road project costs and duplicate existing training contributions. A motion to table failed on a tie, and a later motion to pass also failed on a tie, leaving the bill in committee. Next, the committee heard House Bill 322, which would create a transportation trust fund and transportation program fund, dedicate additional revenue sources including a portion of electricity GRT and motor vehicle excise tax, and begin annual distributions for federal matching funds in 2029. The sponsor and supporters said the bill would help address a multi-billion-dollar road funding gap, improve maintenance, and provide a stable source for matching federal dollars. Some members raised concerns about the electricity tax component, its effect on utility bills, and overlap with recently enacted transportation financing measures; others supported the concept but questioned timing and funding priorities. A motion on the bill resulted in a tie and failed, leaving the bill in committee. The meeting concluded with a District 4 NMDOT legislative presentation. The district outlined its geography, budget, staffing vacancy rate, completed special appropriations, active construction and maintenance projects, wildfire-related recovery work, local government funding allocations, and equipment replacement needs. Members asked about school district uses of local funding and the impact of aging equipment and weather on maintenance costs. The presentation ended without any formal action on District 4 items, and the committee adjourned.
AR

Arkansas 2026 Regular Session

ARKANSAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (ALC) Jan 16th, 2026

ARKANSAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (ALC)

Transcript Highlights:
  • finance, alternative delivery method, construction project, procurement, discretionary grants, and contracts
  • I'd just like to ask DFA a couple questions on the BDO contract if I can.
  • I'd just like to ask DFA a couple questions on the BDO contract if I can.
  • Just whoever knows the most about the BDO contract. All right.
  • You know, the Horn or BDO contract is really administering the program.
Summary: The Arkansas Legislative Council meeting began with approval of the December 2025 minutes and a presentation from the Bureau of Legislative Research on the December revenue report. Dr. Carlos Silva said gross collections were about $4.02 billion, up slightly from the prior year, and net available for distribution was also above last year but down modestly from the previous month because of higher-than-expected corporate income tax refunds. Members asked about corporate tax trends, tariffs, and inflation, and Silva said it was too early to call the corporate decline a trend and that tariff effects would likely show up mainly in sales tax collections. The council then adopted several subcommittee reports, including the Executive Committee Subcommittee, Administrative Rules, Hospital/Medicaid/Developmental Disabilities, Occupational Licensing Review, PEER, Review, State Insurance Program Oversight, and Personnel. The PEER report drew the most debate because of a Department of Agriculture grant tied to Perry County and Central Arkansas Water; members discussed whether removing the Perry County portion would affect the grant’s competitiveness, and the report was ultimately adopted with the item included. The Review Subcommittee also heard questions about a BDO contract for the rural health transformation program, with DFA explaining that the contractor would manage the program while state agencies would make funding decisions consistent with the state’s application. A major portion of the meeting focused on the Education Freedom Account appropriation tied to LEARNS. Senators and representatives debated whether the program helps families or diverts money from public schools, with supporters arguing it funds students and choice and opponents arguing it is costly, vulnerable to fraud, and harms public school funding. Department of Education officials said roughly 28,000 private school students and 17,500 homeschool students were participating, that EFA students must submit standardized tests annually, and that the requested $32 million was to cover existing participants. After multiple substitute motions and extended debate, the body rejected a motion to strip out the $32 million and then adopted the report and related motions. The meeting ended after routine approvals of additional agency items and adjournment.
ND
Transcript Highlights:
  • CMS won't allow us in order to execute that contract. We can't obligate that funding.
  • CMS won't allow us in order to execute that contract.
  • She said this $198 million must have signed contracts or contractual agreements for all $198 million
  • We could use a full-time FTE or we could contract through— They could be temp employees.
  • We could use a full-time FTE or we could contract through them.
Keywords: 908, all
Summary: The Appropriations Division met in a work session on the draft Rural Health Transformation appropriations bill, 25.1392.01000, with no public testimony taken. Legislative Council and the Department of Health and Human Services walked through the bill, which would appropriate about $397.8 million in federal grant funds over two federal fiscal years, provide transfer authority, allow certain federal funds to be used for salaries and wages without counting against existing transfer limits, and authorize OMB to adjust other agencies’ spending authority if they receive grant awards through HHS. The bill also includes several temporary statutory exemptions to help implement the program, plus recipient acknowledgement/reporting requirements, periodic reports to Legislative Management, and an immediate effective date upon filing. Committee discussion focused heavily on how the federal rural health transformation money can be used and administered. Department officials explained that CMS will review projects for allowability and sustainability, that the state has flexibility to move funds among categories, and that the grant is limited to 10% administrative costs. Members asked about whether the funding could support renovations, equipment, ambulances, bulk purchasing, food distribution, and other rural health ideas, and were told many details will depend on CMS approval and the eventual applications. Questions also addressed cash flow, timing of obligations and reimbursements, FTE funding, and whether grant recipients should be told the program will not continue beyond the federal period; officials said the language is meant to prevent expectations of automatic continuation, not to bar future legislative action. The committee also discussed the bill’s use of a two-year appropriation amount, with staff explaining that the state must appropriate enough authority to cover the federal grant cycle and that unused authority would lapse if the full amount is not received or spent. Members raised concerns about whether the bill’s language could limit creativity or future program design, but department officials and several members emphasized the need for flexibility because CMS may reject overly specific directives. After discussion, the committee voted to recommend the bill draft to the full committee; the motion carried on a roll call vote, and the chair said the full Joint Appropriations Committee would take up the bill at the special session next week.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Mortgage Finance Authority Act Oversight Sep 2nd, 2025

Mortgage Finance Authority Act Oversight Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • : On April 30, 2024, the Housing New Mexico Board approved Eastern Regional's contract with the State
  • Next slide contract with to provide the housing piece, the voucher piece.
  • We run the housing side of the program there. have a contract.
  • They are MOUs essentially, or they're just contracted directly with the agencies, Madam Chair.
  • We have a contract with the state behavioral health, so it's different. They're different programs.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • These are adhesion contracts, and for decades, Texas has said those are against public policy, but now
  • policy, and it establishes that disputes arise... ...from construction contracts must be litigated in
  • As well because the original contract is incorporated into those subcontracts.
  • There should be the opportunity to keep certain things confidential in contracts.
  • There is nothing in the bill to prohibit keeping terms of the contract confidential.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Finance - 04/29/25

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • The bill does allow MDE to contract with KARE.
  • Those schools can still contract with the district to use those buses.
  • contract.
  • contract.
  • contract.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
VA
Transcript Highlights:
  • And that is a contract. So the landlord cannot just say, oh, well, you... And that is a contract.
  • There's a contract in place.
  • of damages and things under that contract.
  • About why these landlords can't just use contract remedies.
  • And the landlord can enforce the contract as much as the tenant can.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Fiscal Committee (03/20/2026)

Transcript Highlights:
  • Observation number five recommends the commission become familiar with all contract terms and provisions
  • when making procurement under statewide contracts to ensure compliance with all ... space and provide
  • 00:25:58.320> all commission become familiar with all commission become familiar with all contract
  • terms<00:25:59.440> and<00:25:59.600> provisions<00:26:00.320> when contract
  • terms and provisions when contract terms and provisions when making<00:26:01.039> procurement
Keywords: 1189, house, all
Summary: The Joint Fiscal Committee met on March 20, 2026, approved the minutes, and adopted the consent calendar after removing two items for separate discussion: FIS 26048 from the Department of Safety and FIS 26053 from the Department of Environmental Services. The committee then adopted both of those items after brief questioning. Safety explained that a $2 million transfer would reduce its lapse, though it still expected a lapse of just under $4 million. Members, especially Senator Gray, emphasized concern about lapses and the need to track them closely given prior-year shortfalls. On the Environmental Services item, members discussed the Heavy Falls dam removal. The commissioner said the dam is old, not grounded in bedrock, and does not meet current safety standards, so removal was the practical option because replacement funding was unavailable. He said the aquatic resource mitigation fund and Army Corps of Engineers support made the removal feasible, and that the town had been involved in discussions for years. The committee adopted the item. The committee also adopted a Department of Transportation item, with staff noting high snowfall and a roughly 25% vacancy rate but saying contractors and bonus incentives had allowed plowing operations to continue. A Judicial Council item was then adopted, with the director saying it would likely be his last appearance this fiscal year. The committee next reviewed information materials on YDC claims administration, where DOJ staff said current spending would leave about a $10 million buffer into the next fiscal year and described reduced staffing and ongoing claims work; no action was taken. The committee then heard audit presentations for the Liquor Commission and Lottery Commission. The Liquor Commission audit reported seven findings, including a material weakness on reconciliations, issues with NextGen data/reporting, gift and promotional card controls, procurement and leasing practices, and one nonconcurrence on whether certain purchases were exempt from bidding requirements; members discussed whether attorney general review or legislation might be needed. The commission said it had completed a year-end reconciliation and was about 70% reconciled through February. The Lottery Commission audit reported three internal control comments, all concurred with by the lottery, focused on written procedures, filling the controller position, annual risk assessments, disaster recovery testing, user access controls, and training compliance; the lottery said it was hiring to reduce reliance on one employee and had no unresolved findings. The committee took no vote on the audit materials and adjourned after setting the next meeting for April 17 at 11:00 a.m.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Education 3RD REVISED Feb 24th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • And that Third thing is contracting with a licensed mental health professional to provide counseling
  • With these contracted mental health professionals, are we talking it doesn't really outline that this
  • We want to give these schools some leeway on how they use the funds, whether it's contracted or a full-time
  • APOE does not enter into contract negotiations.
  • with specific industries or benefit directly from those contracts on the taxpayer dime.
AR

Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session

ALC-PEER Jan 13th, 2026

ALC-PEER

Transcript Highlights:
  • So my question is: it's a contract and you have a set price.
  • How did we go over that contract price?
  • And on these contracts, like you're paying to value vehicles, how much is that contract?
  • Did that contract have to come through review? I do not believe so.
  • And on these contracts, like you're paying to value vehicles, and how much is that contract?
Keywords: 1204, all
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • We use state-approved contracts, and they have almost doubled in the last six years.
  • We have dialysis services, so we've negotiated the contract to recognizing 77,000.
  • We used to have contract bids.
  • As you all know, last year was the last year that we contracted for any private prisons.
  • All contracts, essentially, just about every contract that the agency has at one point in time over the
Keywords: 914, all