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357983AB8C61D9EC87258ABB007FC1F5 Hearing Summary




PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For BUDGET DECISION ITEMS

JOINT COMMITTEE COMMITTEE ON EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
Date Feb 6, 2024      
Location HCR 0109



Budget Decision Items - Committee Discussion Only

04:15:32 PM  
Natalie Castle, Director
of Legislative Council Staff (LCS), provided an overview of interim committee
budget requests, which can be found as Attachment A.  Committee discussion
ensued.


04:27:43 PM
 Motion I move to include funding for eight letter interim committee meetings, with the assumption that there will be six members on average in each meeting, in the department's budget request that the Executive Committee will consider on February 23.
Moved Fenberg
Seconded Duran
Duran Yes
Lundeen Yes
Pugliese Yes
Rodriguez Yes
Fenberg Yes
McCluskie Yes
YES: 6   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS


04:28:39 PM
 Motion I move to include funding for nine Executive Committee resolution committee meetings, with the assumption that there will be six members on average in each meeting, in the department's budget request that the Executive Committee will consider on February 23.
Moved Fenberg
Seconded Duran
Duran Yes
Lundeen Yes
Pugliese Yes
Rodriguez Yes
Fenberg Yes
McCluskie Yes
YES: 6   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS
04:28:42 PM  
Director Castle spoke
about organizational dues for the National Conference of State Legislatures
(NCSL), Council of State Governments West (CSG-West), Energy Council, and
Education Commission of the States (ECS). Committee discussion ensued.


04:35:14 PM
 Motion I move to include funding for joint governmental agency dues into the department's budget request that the Executive Committee will consider on February 23 as follows: NCSL $243,466; CSG-West $162,081; Energy Council $38,400; and ECS $77,300.
Moved Fenberg
Seconded Duran
Duran Yes
Lundeen No
Pugliese No
Rodriguez Yes
Fenberg Yes
McCluskie Yes
YES: 4   NO: 2   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS
04:35:16 PM  
Director Castle spoke
about the Colorado Youth Advisory Council appropriation request. Committee
discussion ensued.


04:37:07 PM
 Motion I move to include a $50,000 appropriation for the Colorado Youth Advisory Council in the department's budget request that the Executive Committee will consider on February 23.
Moved Fenberg
Seconded Duran
Duran Yes
Lundeen Yes
Pugliese Yes
Rodriguez Yes
Fenberg Yes
McCluskie Yes
YES: 6   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS
04:37:09 PM  
Craig Harper, Director,
Joint Budget Committee (JBC), reviewed the JBC common policies for state
employee compensation(Attachment B) and changes to the policy from previous
years. He discussed an across the board salary increase of three percent,
classified versus nonclassified employees, step programs, compounding salaries,
and the legislative budget impact of various types of salary decisions.
04:48:18 PM  
Committee discussion ensued.
04:57:06 PM  
The committee continued
to discuss employee compensation options.
05:03:56 PM  
Director Castle discussed
legislative aide compensation history and modeling (Attachment C).
05:10:24 PM  
Manish Jani, Deputy
Director, LCS, discussed the FY 2024-25 LCS information technology budget
request (Attachment D).
05:17:00 PM  
Committee discussion ensued.
05:19:27 PM  
Annabelle Tracy,
Senior Accessibility Analyst, LCS, answered questions from the committee.
05:22:13 PM  
Mr. Jani and Director
Castle continued to provide information on digital accessibility needs
and requirements.






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