(Editor: Friday, May 2 at 5:30 pm -8 hours after this article was published -ODMHSAS spokesman announced a statement that “the ability to confirm that the salary for the scheduled year of fiscal year after rapid measures that occurred over the last 24 hours will be processed.” The next article is originally remained in the form, but includes a statement published by a legislative leader early on Friday.))
The confusing crisis of Oklahoma’s mental health and drug abuse service has made it impossible for the institution to receive salary in the first week. Mental healthKyle Hilbert spoke to the House of Representatives on Thursday evening.
“In this afternoon, the majority of Mark Lawson said that the majority of Mark Lawson received a call from the ODMHSAS legislative instructor, saying that they would lack funds on Wednesday, May 7, and $ 25 million in $ 250,000 for 25 years.R-Ristow) I wrote it by email. “This was the first time we heard that we could not receive salary from the agency. At the meeting held on March 31, I was convinced that there would be a cash flow problem before the end of May.”
HILBERT said that the Allie Friesen Commissioner confirmed that until June 30, the agency’s salary and remaining obligations were in danger without a $ 23 million supplement. (A few hours after this article was published, Hillbert announced that Prison has extended the “date of lack of funds” from two weeks to May 21.)
In April, Hillbert missioned Lawson.R-SAPULPA) I met with the chairman of the Investigation Committee three times to listen to the testimony from six witnesses, including Friesen, Skip Leonard and Tulsa County District Inspection Steve Kunzweiler.
During Friesen’s Testimony on April 17, the lawmakers asked if they would have asked if “management” would criticize ODMHSAS’s financial turmoil, but Friesen said that he could not answer the question because of the “investigation” conducted by the internal inspectors of the institution. But since then, General Dewayne Moore, an ODWAYNE inspector, resigned after 21 years of employment.
“Our great commissioner, allie friesen, Kim Corcoran deputy director, Chief of Justice, Christina Green, Damon BLANKENBAKER, other leadership members, and of course my great investigators, advocates and auditors. I would like to express my gratitude.
Lawson said, “I’m a deep worry.”
“We have recently been testified that there are several continuous investigations in the department, and we are suddenly worried about this,” Lawson said. “We will continue to monitor the ongoing ODMHSAS. I’m still trying to do it. “
Kelsey Davis, chief director of Moore and Communications, is one of the latest high starts of the institution, and financial all sides of this year’s budget negotiations. Many starting employees signed an agreement to restrict public opinions, Friesen testified, and the remaining agency leaders were recommended to sign a non -public contract. As news reports on the ODMHSAS problem continued, the “10 -story employees” of the agency were requested by a “required” meeting on April 10 to discuss NDA, security violations and information leaks. At the same time, the Management and Business Office canceled the contract with the non -profit organization of Tulsa County.
Friesen asked if Nondoc met FBI agents. Friesen said, “I can’t mention the ongoing investigation.”
Friesen said, “If you have any questions about the federal investigation, you have to talk directly with the FBI.
The House of Representatives’s investigation committee told Nondoc that Kuns Walers decided not to bury the concerns of institutions such as allegations of conspiracy related to the turmoil county non -profit contract, but the frustration with ODMHSAS grew for many years.
Kunzweiler said, “We follow the priority of expenditures. They have all infrastructure corruption. They have harmed the number of salaries and administrative positions in the loyalty of the good. They shouted ‘no money’.
As Kunzweiler pointed out, ODMHSAS drew criticism Former Commissioner Carrie Slaton-Hodges spent millions of dollars in Narcan automatic vending machines during his tenure, but Frexon’s administration Removal In distribution. But on Friday presentation It has a controversial vending machine “strategically redistributed to high communities throughout the state.”
Friesen also issued a statement on the ODMHSAS salary situation.
Friesen said, “The new leadership team of ODMHSAS is dedicated to transparency and responsibility. We continue to find the practices that need to be treated as we continue to identify the financial and operation wrong management and promote cultural transition as one of the transparency.” I am confident that it will be paid on time. “
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‘We will have a hearing’
Hillbert sends an e -mail to the House of Representatives. “She first learned about this cash flow problem.
Hillbert wrote to his colleagues:
I apologize for late night email. I hope each of you will have the latest information as much as I have. Very late this afternoon, the majority of Mark Lawson’s leaders received a call from the ODMHSAS legislative contact manager to get paid for Wednesday (May 7), and the $ 250 million in $ 250,000 for 25 years. This was the first time from an agency that could not be paid. At the meeting held on March 31, I was convinced that I would have specifically asked if there would be a cash flow problem before the end of May.
This evening, I was confirmed that the report received from the legal contact manager was accurate through the text message of the chairman (Allie) Friesen. She said in the text that she first learned about this cash flow problem (Wednesday) after 3 pm.
Obviously, we all have a lot of questions. I just got off the phone with PRO TEM (Lonnie) PAXTON and agreed again in the morning to discuss the next step. We will tell you all the additional information when you receive it.
Thursday, Hillbert said on the media that the Tuesday lunch meeting did not promote trust among legislative leaders, and the House of Representatives plans to call Precens again. At that time, Hilbert did not know that the agency needed an immediate supplement to receive salary in May.
Hillbert said, “We will come back and invite them again.” “We must spend the dollar of public taxpayers and talk in the public environment. And to be honest, with the scope and wide time of this problem (…), we dig this. So I think the public hearing was helpful.”
Hillbert asked about the conversation with Kevin Stitt’s office earlier this week.
Hilbert said, “We will have a hearing, we expect to invite them and meet them at the next hearing.
By Friday afternoon, Hillbert issued a new statement that discloses another change in the information provided by Friesen and announces the Monday meeting of the House of Representatives.
Hilbert said, “We asked the commissioner to meet publicly with the House of Representatives on Monday morning mental health,” Hilbert said. “We will have no time and will not be delayed anymore. Odmhsa’s individual knew about this tribe for a few months, but the last month of the legislative session, but still has no answer. This is unacceptable.”
Senator Lonnie PAXTON spoke on Tuesday immediately after a private meeting of parliamentary members with Freigen.
PAXTON (PAXTON) said, “What is the number if we have to reflux 25 days?R-tutt). “We are trying to make a budget, but the mental health budget is a problem, so we are trying to find out this. This is the most important.”
Friday afternoon, Fax Turn sent his e -mail to Senators.
“Unfortunately, we’ve learned that we have to respond to the crisis created by the enforcement agency,” ODMHSAS is not an isolated director. It is only the latest of the long failure, and we have another million dollars of disasters abandoned at the legislative feet and the taxpayers of Oklahoma.
The Budget and Budget Committee chairman of Trey Caldwell said the Tuesday meeting between Friday morning and legislative leaders said he was relaxed.
Caldwell (CALDWELL) said, “The deeper digging into Oklahoma DMHSAS, the less basic understanding of the government accounting principles, and it seems that they are legally mandatory for everything they want.R-Lawton).
(UpdateThe article was updated at 1:35 pm on Friday, May 2, and Friesen said, “It included Hillbert’s statement that it changed its lack of funds from May 7 to May 21. It was updated again at 2:10 pm to include a quote to Senator in PAXTON’s e -mail.))
