Council Meeting Information

March 6 and 7, 2008

Room 302 Wyoming State Capitol

Cheyenne, Wyoming

 

Council Members Present

Representative Roy Cohee, Chairman

Senator John Schiffer, Vice Chairman

Senator Jim Anderson

Senator Ken Decaria

Senator John Hines

Senator Mike Massie

Senator Jayne Mockler
Senator Tony Ross

Representative Tom Lockhart

Representative Tom Lubnau

Representative Marty Martin

Representative Colin Simpson
Representative Bill Thompson

 

Council Members Absent

 

Legislative Service Office Staff

Dan J. Pauli, Director

Mark Quiner, Assistant Director

Dave Gruver, Assistant Director

Wendy Madsen, Legislative Information Officer

 

Others Present at Meeting

Please refer to Appendix 1 to review the Council Sign-in Sheet
for a list of other individuals who attended the meeting.

Executive Summary

The Council finalized 2008 interim committee topics. 

 

Call To Order

Chairman Cohee called the meeting to order at 12:30 p.m. on March 6, 2008.  The Council reconvened on March 7, 2008 at 8:00 a.m. to finalize interim committee topics.  The following sections summarize the Council proceedings by topic.  Please refer to Appendix 2 to review the Council Meeting Agenda.

 

Finalization of Interim Study Proposals

The Council discussed scheduling of committee meetings during the interim and encouraged committees to schedule meetings early in the interim to complete work, when possible before the November election.  The Council reviewed proposed interim committee study requests submitted by each interim committee (see Appendix 3).  The Council amended the requests, as noted below (see Appendix 4 for a final list of approved topics for the 2008 interim). 

 

JOINT JUDICIARY INTERIM COMMITTEE

·         Priority 1 is anticipated by Management Council to be a two-year study.

·         Priority 2 is limited to a review of charges and penalties imposed by all courts in Wyoming. 

·         Priority 2b was added to study the lien statutes and is anticipated to be a two-year study.

·         Priority 5 was deleted. 

JOINT APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

·         Priority 7 was added to develop project criteria for AML funding

·         Priority 8 was added to hold a joint meeting with the Revenue Committee to discussing trending in revenues and expenditures.

JOINT REVENUE INTERIM COMMITTEE

·         The tentative meeting schedule was amended to authorize the Committee to meet jointly with the Joint Appropriations Interim Committee to discuss trending in revenues and expenditures and to tour a mine in conjunction with another meeting.

JOINT EDUCATION INTERIM COMMITTEE

·         Priority 3, bullet 7 was modified to include reporting on 2008 SF0071. 

·         Priority 3 was modified to include a report on the summer school enhancement pilot project as per enacted legislation. 

·         The Committee’s meeting schedule was modified to include an additional two-day spring meeting.

JOINT AGRICULTURE, STATE AND PUBLIC LANDS AND WATER RESOURCES

·         No changes

JOINT TRAVEL, RECREATION, WILDLIFE AND CULTURAL RESOURCES

·         Priority 1 was modified to insert “the state owned cultural sites including” on line 4 after “promotion of …”

 

JOINT CORPORATIONS, ELECTIONS AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS

·         No changes.

JOINT TRANSPORTATION, HIGHWAYS AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

·         Priority 2 was modified to include the “cost of” implementation of the REAL ID program. 

·         Priority 4b was added to include a review of mental health services to include a “review of activities regarding veterans mental health needs funded during the 2008 legislative session and review of the adequacy of federal mental health services in meeting the needs of returning Wyoming service men and women.”

JOINT MINERALS, BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

·         Priority 1 (a)(ii) was deleted. 

·         Priority 5 was added “Energy Transportation” to “examine regulations and communicate with state, multistate and federal regulatory authorities regarding the creation of an energy transportation infrastructure.”

JOINT LABOR, HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES

·         Priority 5 was added to include a study of the Prescription Drug Management Database to “Explore veterans administration and Indian health services participation in the prescription drug management database.” 

MANAGEMENT COUNCIL

·         No changes.

 

MANAGEMENT AUDIT COMMITTEE

·         No changes.

 

SELECT WATER COMMITTEE

·         Members will be paid salary for workshop days.

SELECT COMMITTEE ON CAPITAL FINANCING AND INVESTMENTS

·         No changes.

SELECT COMMITTEE ON SCHOOL FACILITIES

·         No changes.

SELECT COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE FACILITIES

·         No changes.

SELECT NATURAL RESOURCES FUNING COMMITTEE

·         No changes.

SELECT COMMITTEE ON TRIBAL RELATIONS

·         Council authorized an additional $7,500 per diem and travel expense funding to allow 20 additional legislators to attend the November meeting. 

SELECT COMMITTEE ON AIR TRANSPORTATION

·         No changes.

 

SELECT COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE TECHNOLOGY

·         No changes.

SELECT COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE PROCESS

·         No changes.

 

Additional Discussion Items

 

Archaic Statutes Committee

Mr. Pauli explained that, as discussed at the Council’s January meeting, the LSO would like to work with legislators this interim to review obsolete provisions in statute.  He anticipated that a budget of $5,000 would be sufficient.  Senator Massie moved that the two chairmen of Management Council appoint a subcommittee to work on the issue of cleaning up archaic statutes.  The motion carried. 

 

Out-of-State Travel Approval

Mr. Pauli reminded that Council that any out-of-state travel by legislators to professional meetings requires Management Council approval beyond the two pre-approved meetings in the travel policy.  He explained upcoming trips that Representative Anderson has requested, which include three meetings on the streamlined sales tax initiative and two meetings as the Chair of the NCSL Revenue Taxation Committee.  Representative Simpson moved to approve the travel requests.  The motion carried.  

 

Mr. Pauli noted that the members had been polled, at that Council has approved, travel to the 2008 CSG-West Annual Meeting in Anchorage, Alaska, as part of legislators authorized two out-of-state trips. 

 

Adoption of Interim Committee Meeting Budget

The proposed standard budget for committees was adopted (See Appendix 5) with the addition of $7,500 for the November Tribal Relations meeting discussed above and $5,000 for the Archaic Statutes Subcommittee.

 

Meeting Adjournment

Chairman Cohee requested that Steve Carter of Carter Goble Lee address the Council regarding progress on Phase II of the Capitol Space Study at the next Council meeting.  He anticipates that Council will meet in the spring.  There being no further business, Chairman Cohee adjourned the meeting at 10:00 a.m. on March 7, 2008. 

 

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

 

Senator Jayne Mockler, Secretary

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appendix		Appendix Topic		Appendix Description		Appendix Provider
1		Council Sign-In Sheet		Lists meeting attendees		Legislative Service Office
2		Council Meeting Agenda		Provides an outline of the topics the Council planned to address at meeting		Legislative Service Office
3		Interim Study Topics		Proposed Interim Study Topics		Legislative Service Office
4		Interim Study Topics		Approved Interim Study Topics		Legislative Service Office
5		Interim Study Topics		Committee budgets		Legislative Service Office