Task Force Meeting Information

November 9, 2005

Herschler Building, Room 1299

Cheyenne, Wyoming

 

 

Legislative Members Present

Senator Gerald E. Geis, Co-Chairman

Representative James C. Hageman, Co-Chairman
Senator Bill Vasey

Representative Ann Robinson

 

 

Other Task Force Members Present

Susan Anderson for Governor Dave Freudenthal

Joe Meyer, Secretary of State

Cynthia Lummis, State Treasurer

Max Maxfield, State Auditor

Jim McBride, Superintendent of Public Instruction

Marguerite Herman, Parent Organizations Representative

Les Henderson, Public Recreation User Representative

Brice Carpenter, Mineral Lessee Representative

Jim Neiman, Forest Product Industry Representative

Joel Ohman, Ag Lessee Representative

 

 

Task Force Members Absent

John Reisland, School Districts Representative

 

 

OSLI Staff Present

Lynne Boomgaarden, Director

John Masterson, Deputy Director

Harold Kemp, Assistant Director – Mineral/Royalty Management

Jim Whalen, Assistant Director - Real Estate Management

Jeanne Norman, Assistant Director – Fiscal/Administrative Services

Ken Flack, Assistant Director – Information Technology

Bill Crapser, State Forester

Susan Child, Planning and Policy Coordinator

Amanda Sewell, Financial Reporting Manager

Sandy Quinlan, Executive Assistant

 

Legislative Service Office Staff Present

Maxine Weaver, Staff Attorney

 

Others Present at Meeting

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

 

 

Call To Order

Chairman Geis called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m.  The order of the meeting generally followed the prepared agenda [Appendix 2].

 

The minutes from the September meeting were discussed.  Joel Ohman moved to accept the September 1, 2005 minutes, seconded by Joe Meyer.  The motion passed.

 

Director Boomgaarden discussed logistics of the meeting location and presented an overview of the agenda.

 

Peter Culp, Project Manager, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and Sonoran Institute, presented a summary of their report handed out at the September 1, 2005 meeting.  [Appendix 3].

 

Kevin Carter, Director, Trust Lands Administration, State of Utah, presented a review of funding for Utah's trust land administration.  [Appendix 4].

 

Margaret Bird, Director Children’s Land Alliance Supporting Schools, State of Utah, discussed what can make a difference in the life of a child and how Utah has made a difference in its management of state lands.  [Appendices 5 and 6].

 

Director Boomgaarden presented a worksheet for the task force to use in discussing the various trust responsibilities and resources needed to meet those responsibilities.  [Appendix 7].

 

Brian Foster, Ken Murray and Anita White, with Maximus, Inc., presented their final report/needs assessment.  [Appendix 8].

 

The task force then spent most of the afternoon in break-out sessions discussing Wyoming's trust responsibilities, strategic opportunities to satisfy those responsibilities and resources presently available to the Office of State Lands and Investments.

 

Co-chairman Hageman moved to set the next meeting date for the day following the last day of the 2006 Budget Session.  The motion was seconded by Senator Vasey and passed.  The last day of the 2006 Budget Session is scheduled to be March 10, 2006, so the next meeting date will be March 13, 2006.  In the event the 2006 Budget Session continues past March 10, 2006, the next meeting date will be the first day following the adjournment of the 2006 Budget Session.

 

Senator Vasey moved to have LSO draft a bill to extend the term of the task force to December 1, 2006, to add additional scope and to add funds for additional meetings.  The motion was seconded by Co-chairman Hageman and passed.

 

There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 4:35 p.m.  

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

 

Gerald Geis, Co-Chairman