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J_JTC_2023A 02/03/2023 07:31:09 AM Committee Summary

PUBLIC
STAFF SUMMARY OF MEETING
JOINT COMMITTEE COMMITTEE ON JOINT TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
Date 02/03/2023
Attendance
Baisley *
Cutter *
Parenti X
Weinberg X
Titone *
Priola X
Time 07:31:09 AM to 09:00:57 AM
Place SCR 352
This Meeting was called to order by Priola
This Report was prepared by Samantha Falco
Hearing Items Action Taken
Consideration of Referred Budget Request R-01 for Office of Information Technology Recommend OIT R-01 to the JBC with no concerns
Consideration of Referred Budget Request BA-01 for Office of Information Technology Committee Discussion Only
Recommend Budget Request OIT Lay Over
Consideration of Referred Budget Request BA-04 for Department of Human Services Recommend CDHS BA-04 to the JBC with concerns
Consideration of Draft Legislation Introduce the draft bill as committee legislation
Public Testimony Committee Discussion Only

07:31:46 AM
Vanessa Reilly, Legislative Council Staff, gave an overview of the prioritization of capital budget request process.



Consideration of Referred Budget Request R-01 for Office of Information Technology - Recommend OIT R-01 to the JBC with no concerns
07:34:31 AM  
Michael McReynolds,
legislative liaison, and Julia Richman, Deputy Director, with the Office
of Information Technology (OIT) gave an overview of their R-01 Operating
Budget request. Information on the budget request is included as Attachments
A.1, A.2, and A.3. Additionally, OIT's presentation is included as Attachment
B.



Consideration of Referred Budget Request BA-01 for Office of Information Technology - Committee Discussion Only
07:43:00 AM  
OIT continued their presentation with an overview of their budget amendment request BA-01. Information on this request is included as Attachments C.1, C.2, and C.3.
08:00:05 AM  
The committee asked
questions on the full-time employees (FTEs) in the request, compliance
with the statewide accessibility efforts, improving accessibility and shortcomings
in the past, overlap between accessibility and tech debt, the practicality
of hiring enough qualified candidates, and federal funding received.



Recommend Budget Request OIT - Lay Over


12/30/1899 07:35:20 AM MST
 Motion Recommend OIT R-01 to the JBC with no concerns
Moved Titone
Seconded
Baisley Yes
Cutter Yes
Parenti Yes
Weinberg Yes
Titone Yes
Priola Yes
YES: 6   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS
08:16:35 AM  
The committee commented
on their concerns over BA-04 and discussed possible recommendations.
08:21:51 AM  
The committee decided to lay over the budget request BA-04.



Consideration of Referred Budget Request BA-04 for Department of Human Services - Recommend CDHS BA-04 to the JBC with concerns
08:22:50 AM  
Sarah Dawson, Director of Strategic Operations, with the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS), gave an overview of their budget amendment request BA-04. Information on the request is included as Attachments D.1, D.2, D.3, and D.4. The presentation from CDHS is included as Attachment E.


08:36:36 AM
 Motion Recommend CDHS BA-04 to the JBC with concerns and with an emphasis that PEAKPro is ADA compliant.
Moved Priola
Seconded
Baisley Yes
Cutter Yes
Parenti Yes
Weinberg Yes
Titone Yes
Priola Yes
YES: 6   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS



Consideration of Draft Legislation - Introduce the draft bill as committee legislation
08:36:55 AM  
Tobin Follenweider
with the Department of Personnel Administration and Nicole Meyers with
the Office of Legislative Legal Services gave an overview of the draft
committee legislation which addresses payroll changes. The draft legislation
is included as Attachment F. The committee asked questions about Colorado
Workers for Innovatinve and New Solutions (Colorado WINS).
08:42:58 AM  
Vanessa Reilly, Legislative Council Staff, gave an overview of the introduction process.


08:45:31 AM
 Motion Introduce the draft bill as committee legislation
Moved Priola
Seconded
Baisley Yes
Cutter Yes
Parenti Yes
Weinberg Yes
Titone Yes
Priola Yes
YES: 6   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS
08:45:33 AM  
The bill will start
in the Senate with Prime sponsors being Senators Baisley and Cutter as
well as Representatives Titone and Weinberg in the House.



Public Testimony - Committee Discussion Only
08:46:09 AM  
Mr. Jon Saunders,
representing SECOM, testified. The committee asked questions about who
to speak with at Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT). Mr. Kent
Blackwell, representing ELEVATE, testified. Mr. Chris MacIntyre, representing
LuminateBroadband, testified.


09:00:57 AM   The committee adjourned.






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