January 16, 2013 - Texas Workforce Commission

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1 referring to the specific activities. I will tell you
2 that, despite how many times Daryl has explained this
3 to me and how many times I've come to an understanding
4 of it, I don't understand it right now. And so, if I
5 can get it to a point where I understand it, hopefully
6 I can also explain it to you. And I'll -- I'll just
7 stop and let -- let Daryl rescue me here.
8 MR. STEGLICH: From a practical
9 standpoint, we're appropriated a certain amount of
10 general revenue in any given year. There -- the
11 purpose of that, again, is just -- is to provide
12 additional funding for EEO cases, training and things
13 of that sort, that are not -- we don't do -- get full
14 cost recovery on. And the dollars that are here, even
15 though it shows that we're below expenditure levels,
16 we'll use some of those dollars that will offset the
17 EEO expenditures so that -- that percentage at the end
18 of the year will be closer to 100 percent of the -- of
19 the reimbursements that we receive.
20 So -- and that's the purpose of that.
21 It is a supplemental amount to provide funding for
22 which activities are not otherwise reimbursed to
23 the -- to the Commission. Does that make a little
24 sense?
25 MR. BABIAK: And, again, let me follow