TENTATIVE AGENDA

Select Committee on Local Government Financing

Room 302, Capitol Building, Cheyenne, Wyoming

(All times are tentative – if a topic is concluded early, the Committee will proceed to the next topic)

 

Wednesday October 10, 2007

 

9:00 a.m.         Call to order – Chairman Cohee

                        Roll call

                        Approval of Minutes from July meeting

 

Review of information concerning state agency program funding requested at July meeting

 

AML funding; Industrial siting information – Jim Uzzell, Administrator DEQ (Tab A)

Business council program funding – Shawn Reese, Business Council (Tab B)

SLIB grant and loan program funding – Director Lynne Boomgaarden, Assistant Director Jeanne Norman (Tab C)

OSLI – funding comparison/sales tax distributions - Director Lynne Boomgaarden, Assistant Director Jeanne Norman (Tabs D and E)

 

State Treasurer Joe Meyer - suggestions for committee consideration (Tab F)

 

Public comment

 

11:00 a.m.       Use of census data in distributions (Tab G)

                                    LSO staff, explanation of statutory variances

Department of Administration and Information – explanation of census process (Buck McVeigh, Wenlin Liu)

Public comment

Committee discussion and directives

 

Noon               Lunch

 

1:30 p.m.         County and city recordkeeping requirements and recommendations (separate notebook)

                       

Review of audit forms provided, information required – Department of Audit

Suggested changes to recommended recordkeeping requirements – Department of Audit, County and Municipal Officials

Public comment

Committee discussion and directives

 

3:00 p.m.         Review of major local government revenues (Tab H)

                                    LSO staff

                                    County and city comment

                                    Additional public comment

 

                        Adjourn

Thursday October 11, 2007

 

 

9:00 a.m.         Call to order

 

                        County presentations (Tab J)

Responses to requests for information from July meeting:

 – expenditure of legislatively appropriated funds by counties

 - funds generated in impact counties by increased property taxes

 - Niobrara county health insurance

Additional information from counties

Recommendations for distributions from model

 

11:00 a.m.       City presentations (Tab K)

                                    Information from Cities

                                    Recommendations for distributions from model                                 

 

Lunch

 

1:00 p.m.         Continue morning agenda as necessary

 

                        Public comment

 

Committee discussion and directives

 

                        Adjourn

 

 

 

Attachments

 

Tab B - O Tables

 

Tab C - MRG Summary

 

Tab D - Sales and Use Tax

 

Tab G - Census Matrix

 

Tab H - Distribution Chart

 

             Research Memo

 

Tab I - Taxation Memo