TENTATIVE AGENDA

Select Committee on Local Government Financing

Oil and Gas Commission Building, Casper, Wyoming

(All times are tentative – if a topic is concluded early, the Committee will proceed to the next topic)

 

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

 

 

8:30 a.m.         Call to order;

                        Roll call;         

Remarks from Chairmen - goals and outline for interim study

 

                        Legislative Service Office staff – Presentation of Local Government Financing

Magnitude and Trends

 

11:00 a.m.       Lynne Boomgaarden, Office of State Lands and Investments – grant and loan

process and direct distributions

 

11:30 a.m.       Bob Jensen, Business Council - grants

 

Noon               Lunch

 

1:30 p.m.         John Corra, Department of Environmental Quality – grant and loan processes;

AML funds; Industrial siting funds

 

2:00 p.m.         Mike Purcell, Water Development Commission – grant and loan process

 

2:30 p.m.         Governor Freudenthal

 

3:00 p.m.         Break

 

3:15 p.m.         State Treasurer Meyer

 

3:30 p.m.         Ed Schmidt, Department of Revenue – discussion of pass through funding and direct distributions

 

3:45 p.m.         Mike Geesey, Department of Audit and Pam Robinson, Department of Audit,

Public Funds Division – discussion of local government reporting

 

4:15 p.m.         Kevin Hibbard, Department of Transportation – distributions to local

governments

 

4:45 p.m.         Public Comment on first day's activities

 

                        Adjourn

 

           

 

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

 

 

8:30 a.m.         Call to order

 

8:35 a.m.         Selected county officials followed by Joe Evans, Wyoming Association of Counties

 

10:10 a.m.       Break

 

10:25 a.m.       Selected municipal officials followed by Mark Harris, Wyoming Association of

Municipalities

 

Noon               Lunch

 

1:30 p.m.         Public Comment

                        Committee Discussion; consideration of any additional issues under authorizing

legislation; and Committee directives regarding requests of LSO and any

additional items

 

                        Adjourn