J_ECLC_2024A 02/06/2024 04:04:47 PM Committee Summary PUBLICSTAFF SUMMARY OF MEETINGJOINT COMMITTEE COMMITTEE ON EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL Date 02/06/2024 Attendance Duran X Lundeen X Pugliese X Rodriguez X Fenberg X McCluskie X Time 04:04:47 PM to 05:24:24 PM Place HCR 0109 This Meeting was called to order by McCluskie This Report was prepared by Rachel Kurtz-Phelan Hearing Items Action Taken hWorkplace Harassment Committee Discussion Only hUpdated Construction Costs Committee Discussion Only hBudget Decision Items Committee Discussion Only Workplace Harassment - Committee Discussion Only 04:05:08 PM Speaker McCluskie, Chair, called the meeting to order. Ed DeCecco, Director, Office of Legislative Legal Services, explained the joint resolution to amend Joint Rule 38 and a bill request to harmonize Senate Bill 23-172 and Senate Bill 23-286. 04:08:06 PM Motion Move to approve the introduction of a joint resolution to be introduced in the Senate to amend Joint Rule 38, as proposed by staff, to implement changes related to SB23-172 and SB23-286, to the workplace expectations policy provision, and to make technical corrections in the rule. 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 04:08:14 PM The committee agreed that the resolution sponsors in the Senate will be President Fenberg and Minority Leader Lundeen as co-prime sponsors and Majority Leader Rodriguez as co-sponsor. In the House, Speaker McCluskie and Minority Leader Pugliese will be co-prime sponsors and Majority Leader Duran will be co-sponsor. 04:09:52 PM Motion Move to approve the introduction of a bill to be introduced in the Senate to implement changes proposed by staff to harmonize SB23-172 and SB23-286 and to designate the Office of Legislative Workplace Relations as the repository for the legislative department of records of discriminatory or unfair employment complaints. 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 04:09:53 PM The committee agreed that the bill sponsors in the Senate will be President Fenberg and Minority Leader Lundeen as co-prime sponsors and Majority Leader Rodriguez as co-sponsor. In the House, Speaker McCluskie and Minority Leader Pugliese will be co-prime sponsors and Majority Leader Duran will be co-sponsor. Updated Construction Costs - Committee Discussion Only 04:10:42 PM President Fenberg spoke about updated construction costs for the annex building and Mr. DeCecco spoke about continuous spending authority for the construction project. Committee discussion ensued regarding the timeline for the construction. Senate Secretary Cindi Markwell, Mr. DeCecco, and Legislative Council Staff Director Natalie Castle made comments about the construction timeline. 04:15:12 PM Motion I move to authorize the General Assembly to spend up to $870,000 from the Legislative Department Cash Fund to renovate the Capitol so that legislators may move into the space vacated by the nonpartisan agencies, and that this amount be distributed among the House, Senate, and shared agency accounts proportionately with those agency's budgets. Moved Fenberg Seconded Duran Duran Yes Lundeen Yes Pugliese Yes Rodriguez Yes Fenberg Yes McCluskie Yes YES: 6 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS Budget Decision Items - Committee Discussion Only Attachment Tag File Name Attachment http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2024A/commsumm.nsf/0/2E0700546544...$File/Attachment A.pdf?OpenElement Attachment A.pdf Attachment http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2024A/commsumm.nsf/0/46F5BFECDEDE...$File/Attachment B.pdf?OpenElement Attachment B.pdf Attachment http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2024A/commsumm.nsf/0/B985ECD4854C...$File/Attachment C.pdf?OpenElement Attachment C.pdf Attachment http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2024A/commsumm.nsf/0/F8ED7F0A2FF6...$File/LCS Memo to EC and JTC IT FY25 Budget Request.pdf?OpenElement LCS Memo to EC and JTC IT FY25 Budget Request.pdf 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. 05:24:24 PM The committee adjourned.