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PUBLIC
STAFF SUMMARY OF MEETING
JOINT COMMITTEE COMMITTEE ON EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
| Date |
02/20/2024 |
| Attendance |
| Duran |
X |
| Lundeen |
X |
| Pugliese |
* |
| Rodriguez |
X |
| Fenberg |
X |
| McCluskie |
X |
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| Time |
04:05:41 PM to 05:18:21 PM |
| Place |
HCR 0109 |
| This Meeting was called to order by |
McCluskie |
| This Report was prepared by |
Rachel Kurtz-Phelan |
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| Hearing Items |
Action Taken |
| hAide compensation |
Committee Discussion Only |
| hNonpartisan agency budget requests |
Committee Discussion Only |
| hPreliminary Legislative Department budget request |
Committee Discussion Only |
| hExecutive Committee policy for Limited Language Interpretation Services During the 2024 Legislative Session |
Committee Discussion Only |
| hCash Fund request related to security (EXECUTIVE SESSION) |
Committee Discussion Only |
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Aide compensation - Committee Discussion Only
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04:05:52 PM |
Speaker McCluskie,
Chair, called the meeting to order and summarized the committee discussion
from the previous Executive Committee meeting. She explained that the committee
would continue to discuss aide compensation. Natalie Castle, Director,
Legislative Council Staff (LCS), answered questions regarding common compensation
policies for legislators.
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04:09:47 PM |
Committee members made comments.
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04:10:49 PM
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Motion |
Move to apply the JBC compensation common policies for non-covered staff to legislative aide’s wages, including the 3.0 percent across-the-board increase and the 3.7 percent step-like increase |
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| Moved |
Fenberg |
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| Seconded |
Duran |
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|
Duran |
Yes |
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Lundeen |
No |
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Pugliese |
Excused |
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Rodriguez |
Yes |
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Fenberg |
Yes |
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McCluskie |
Yes |
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YES: 4 NO: 1 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS |
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Nonpartisan agency budget requests - Committee Discussion Only
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04:11:11 PM |
Ed DeCecco, Director,
and Christy Chase, Deputy Director, Office of Legislative Legal Services
(OLLS), presented the budget request for OLLS. Director DeCecco explained
that the Committee on Legal Services approved the budget request. He reviewed
several portions of the request.
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04:16:01 PM |
Director DeCecco
reviewed the budget request for the Office of Legislative Workplace Relations.
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04:20:05 PM |
Kerri Hunter, State
Auditor, presented the budget request for the Office of the State Auditor.
She told the committee that the Legislative Audit Committee approved the
budget request unanimously and answered questions from the committee.
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04:25:50 PM |
Director Castle presented
the budget request for Legislative Council Staff, which can be found as
Attachment A.
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04:27:57 PM |
Director Castle answered
questions from the committee.
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04:36:37 PM |
Craig Harper, Director, Joint Budget Committee (JBC), presented the budget request for the JBC Staff. He stated that the Joint Budget Committee approved the request.
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Preliminary Legislative Department budget request - Committee Discussion Only
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04:41:32 PM |
Director Castle presented
the legislative department budget request.
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Executive Committee policy for Limited Language Interpretation Services During the 2024 Legislative Session - Committee Discussion Only
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04:51:02 PM |
Elizabeth Burger,
Deputy Director, Legislative Council Staff, discussed an Executive Committee
policy for limited language interpretation services during the 2024 legislative
session. She answered questions from the committee. Majority Leader Duran
stated that there would be a bi-partisan advisory board convened to discuss
language access and future needs.
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Cash Fund request related to security (EXECUTIVE SESSION) - Committee Discussion Only
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05:00:04 PM
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Motion |
Move that the committee enter into executive session pursuant to Section 24-6-402 (3)(a)(IV), C.R.S., for a discussion of a funding request related to security. |
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| Moved |
Fenberg |
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| Seconded |
Duran |
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|
Duran |
Yes |
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Lundeen |
Yes |
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Pugliese |
Yes |
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Rodriguez |
Yes |
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|
Fenberg |
Yes |
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McCluskie |
Yes |
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YES: 6 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS |
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05:00:08 PM |
The committee came
back to order and adjourned.
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| 05:18:21 PM |
The committee adjourned. |
