Training Format & Leave Guidelines for DOT Staff
This content provides insights into a new training format, constraints in resource allocation, and guidelines for leave requests within the DOT organization. It covers vacation request protocols, leave notification approaches, and supervisor responsibilities. Additionally, it addresses the acceptance timeframe for load tickets and the measurement standards by tonnage in line with the 2017 Standard Specs.
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Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs Interim Joint Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection November 22, 2019 Commissioner Benjamin F. Adams, III Brigadier General, US Army (Ret)
FY20-22 Annual Budget FY21 FY22 FY20 Budgeted $25,810,200 $65,692,800 Requested $40,326,500 $68,943,900 Requested $40,978,000 $67,763,600 General Fund Restricted Fund $91,503,000 $109,270,400 $108,741,600 TOTAL Field Services and Cemeteries Kentucky Veterans' Centers $7,853,900 $11,281,400 $11,697,700 $83,649,100 $97,989,000 $97,043,900 $91,503,000 $109,270,400 $108,741,600 TOTAL
FY20-22 Additional Budget Requests FY20-21 $7,492,600 $6,408,100 $240,000 $240,000 FY21-22 $7,530,100 $6,421,700 Competitive Salaries for Nursing Staff To fill all Veteran Centers Vacancies Nurse Student Loan Repayment Program 20 Additional Field Benefits Representatives $1,412,800 Homeless Veterans Program VSO Burial Honor Guard Program Indigent Veteran Burial Program CFOC Vacancies (Positions filled after 1 Aug 19) CFOC Salary Increases (Field Reps & Caretakers) Fleet Vehicles for Field Reps & VC Auto Tech $345,100 $100,100 Veteran Center Salary Increases (Non-nursing Staff)$1,321,800 $1,334,200 Debt Service for Bowling Green Vet Center $1,792,100 $200,000 $200,000 $342,000 $348,000 $35,000 $40,000 $605,500 $709,200 $705,400 $806,600 $865,000 $865,000
FY20-22 Capital Projects Bond Funds $10,500,000 General Funds $4,000,000 Restricted Funds $5,100,000 Federal Funds $19,500,000 TOTAL $39,100,000 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) Maintenance Pool KDVA Nurse Call System Construct Bowling Green Veterans Center EKVC Cooling Tower Replacement THVC/RADC Parking Repaving THVC Steam Boiler Replacement EKVC/WKVC Roof Replacement WKVC HVAC Cooling Tower & Water Temperature $1,100,000 $30,000,000 $400,000 $1,600,000 $300,000 $1,200,000 $1,000,000 $3,500,000
Legislative Priorities for 2020 1. Exempt Military Retired Pay and Survivor Benefits from State Income Tax to make KY competitive with surrounding states. (BR 251/BR 367) 2. Exempt Veteran Service Organizations from property tax. (BR 127/BR 247) 3. Bowling Green Veterans Center, design and preconstruction. (BR 125) 4. Allow certification as a Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) by the US Department of Veterans Affairs (USDVA) for verification and evaluation who meet the criteria of veteran eligibility, ownership, and control. 5. Clarify eligibility for a special military license plate and provide for a special military license plate for spouses of veterans. 6. Allow veterans who are paid at the 100 percent rate for service-connected disabilities by the USDVA to purchase disabled veteran license plates with no initial fee or renewal fee. 7. Amend KRS 132.810 to expand the homestead exemption in the Constitution to include surviving un-remarried spouses of totally disabled veterans of the United States Armed Forces. 8. Designate the Honor and Remember flag as the state s emblem of the service and sacrifice of the men and women of the US Armed Forces who have given their lives in the line of duty. (BR 85) 9. Amend definition of Veteran-owned Business. (BR 412)
Legislative Priorities for 2020 10.Veteran Suicide Memorial Mile Interstate-75 in Whitley County. (BR 109) 11.Amend KRS 40.317 to remove requirement for KDVA to employ no fewer than five Veteran Benefits Regional Administrators. 12.Amend KRS 159.075 Pre-enrollment and Preadmission of Military child to include transfers from Active Duty to Reserve Component and to waive Tuition Exception fees for military families living in temporary housing outside the school district while permanent home is being built in the school district.
Recent Successes Top Rated Veterans Centers - In October 2019, for the first time ever all of Kentucky s state veterans long-term care centers earned the top rating (5-Stars) from the federal agency that oversees long-term care facilities.* The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) created the Five-Star Quality Rating System to help consumers, their families, and caregivers compare nursing homes more easily. Top Rated Veterans Cemetery - In July 2019, the National Cemetery Administration visited Kentucky Veterans Cemetery North (KVCN) in Williamstown, KY. Following a rigorous inspection, the cemetery received an overall compliance percentage of 96 percent.** And was rated as one of the top State Veteran Cemeteries in the country for 2019. *Nursing Home Compare (24 October 2019). The official U.S. government site for Medicare. Retrieved from https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/search.html **National Cemetery Administration (1 August 2019). Veterans Cemetery Grants Compliance Review Program; Preliminary Findings Report for Kentucky Veterans Cemetery North
Major Events December 2019 (Date TBD) Groundbreaking Ceremony for Kentucky Gold Star Families Memorial Monument Capitol, Frankfort, KY December 9, 2019 POW/MIA Chair Dedication Ceremony Capitol Rotunda, Frankfort, KY June 12-13, 2020 Veterans Engagement Action Center (VEAC) One-stop shop for Veteran Benefits, Counseling, and Services Lexington Christian Academy 450 W. Reynolds Road, Lexington, KY
