Joint Committee on Ways and Means – 2007 Session

Full Committee

Meeting Index

April 12, 2007	Bend, Oregon
6:30 p.m.	Tapes: 32, 33, 34A, 35A

Members Present:

Sen. Schrader, Co-Chair Sen. Carter, Vice-Chair Sen. Bates Sen. Devlin Sen. Gordly Sen. Johnson Sen. Morse Sen. Verger Sen. Westlund Sen. Whitsett

Rep. Nolan, Co-Chair Rep. Nathanson, Vice-Chair Rep. D. Edwards Rep. Galizio Rep. Jenson Rep. Morgan Rep. Shields

Members Excused:

Sen. Nelson Sen. Winters

Rep. Garrard Rep. Hanna

Members Visiting:

Sen. Courtney

Staff Present:

Ken Rocco, Legislative Fiscal Officer, Legislative Fiscal Office Ian Tolleson, Committee Assistant, Committee Service Office Mike Reiley, Committee Assistant, Committee Service Office

Issue Heard:

State Budget – Public Hearing

This meeting index is in compliance with Senate and House Rules. For complete content, please refer to the tapes.

Tape #/Counter	Speaker	Issues, Votes, Exhibits
TAPE 32A
003	Co-Chair Schrader	Calls the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.
013	Co-Chair Nolan	Opens Public Hearing on the State Budget.
017	Co-Chair Schrader
185	Co-Chair Nolan
192	Co-Chair Schrader
200	Jim Middleton	President, Central Oregon Community College (COCC).
232	Brook Yancey	Dental Assisting Student, COCC.
262	Patti Moss	CEO, Bank of the Cascades.
308	Jayne Clarke	Pioneer Paving, Pendleton.
341	Laurie Hartung	Associated Student Government, Blue Mountain Community College (BMCC).
376	Scott Wallace	Business Instructor, BMCC.
420	Joe Willis	Attorney, Schwabe Williamson .
TAPE 33A
024	Doug Nelson	Bend-LaPine Schools (Exhibit #1).
050	Nori Juba	Bend-LaPine School Board.
075	Trudy Townshend	Wasco County Commission on Children and Families, The Dalles
100	Sheryl DeHart	Executive Director, Start Making a Reader Today (SMART), The Dalles.
121	Sharon Guidera	Director, Mid-Columbia Center for Living, The Dalles.
152	Scott Johnson	Director, Deschutes County Mental Health (Exhibit #2).
181	Dr. Robin Henderson	Director, Behavior Health Center, St. Charles Medical Center, Bend.
215	Rick Treleaven	Executive Director, Best Care Treatment Services; President, Oregon Prevention Education Recovery Association (Exhibit #3).
254	Matthew Cox	Chief Financial Officer, Holy Rosary Medical Center, Ontario.
283	Kelly Weideman	Malheur Watershed Council, Ontario.
308	Jim Nakano	Malheur County Extension Service, Ontario.
348	Heather Crow Martinez	Jefferson County Tribal Mental Health.
380	Becky Wanless	Director, Deschutes County Community Corrections (Exhibit #4).
TAPE 32B
005	Dennis Karnopp	Past President, Oregon State Bar.
033	Sadie Isley	Student Body President, Eastern Oregon College.
053	Khosrow Fatemi	President, Eastern Oregon University.
080	Mary Moore-Seaver	Pendleton Academies.
112	Jane Reynolds	Director of Enrollment Services, Oregon State University (OSU)-Cascades Campus (Exhibit #5).
140	Michael Schoenhals	Student, OSU-Cascades Campus.
161	Ellen Vaway	Central Oregon Program Manager, SMART.
195	Bob Bailey	Orchard View Farms, Wasco County (Exhibit #6).
228	Mary Merrill	Director, Small Business Development Center, Columbia Gorge Community College, The Dalles.
260	Ellen Larson	Director, Hood River County Health Department.
300	Michael Dugan	District Attorney, Deschutes County (Exhibit #7).
357	Gary Smith	Chair, Deschutes County Commission on Children and Families (Exhibit #8).
402	John Shell	Ochoco Lumber Company, Prineville.
TAPE 33B
011	Aaron Hartman	Director, Community Corrections, Malheur County, Ontario.
026	Kelly Poe	Director, Malheur County Commission on Children and Families, Ontario.
049	Carole Skerjamec	Member, Oregon State Bar Board of Governors, Ontario.
088	Renee Windsor	Deschutes County Commission on Children and Families (Exhibit #9).
115	Mike Schiel	Expulsion Hearings Officer, Central Oregon School Districts (Exhibit #10).
148	Judy Stigler	Child Welfare Advisory Committee.
180	Jeff Drop	President, St. Anthony Hospital, Pendleton.
220	Bryan Wolfe	Chairman, Advisory Committee, Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center.
255	Peggy Clough	Manager, Umatilla County Fairgrounds/4-H.
304	Crystal Morales	Client, Mountain Star Relief Nursery (Exhibit #11).
331	Diane Seyl	Director, Jefferson County Public Health Department (Exhibit #12).
375	Laura Pryor	Volunteer, Bend (Exhibit #13).
420	Sen. Westlund
432	Holly Weimer	Gilliam County Representative, OSU Extension Advisory Council
475	Lee Bryant	OSU Extension Services (Exhibit #14).
TAPE 34A
045	Frank Toda	President, Columbia Gorge Community College.
070	Jeff Lichtenberg	Jefferson County Community Justice (Exhibit #15).
100	Beth Ann Beamer	Mountain View Hospital, Madras (Exhibit #16).
127	Tryna Muilenburg	Director, Commission on Children and Families, Jefferson County (Exhibit #17).
158	Joeleen Masterson	4-H Leader, Ontario.
185	Larry Price	Owner, Price and Son Seed Farms, Ontario.
220	Kelly Grace	4-H Leader, Malheur County.
246	Marylou Paterson	Oregon School Nurses Association.
285	David Gibson	University of Oregon Higher Education.
320	Henry Sayre	Oregon Arts Commission Creative Oregon Initiative.
368	Terry Tallmon	Morrow County Judge.
411	Kathryn Brigham	Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (Exhibit #18).
434	Connie Caplinger	Director, Health and Human Services, Umatilla County.
TAPE 35A
033	Ryan Houston	Upper Deschutes Watershed Council (Exhibit #19).
056	Jamie Knopsnyder	Ready, Set, Go Healthy Start.
069	Marion Weatherford	District Attorney, Gilliam County (Exhibit #20).
105	Allyson Pate	Chair, Hood River County Commission on Children and Families
132	Scott Slattum	St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Hood River.
163	Tom Lieurance	Instructor, Wind Energy Program, Columbia Gorge Community College.
201	Co-Chair Schrader	Adjourns the meeting at 9:08 p.m.

Additional Exhibits:

James Diegel, President & CEO, Cascade Healthcare Community (Exhibit #21).

John Ahrens, Citizen’s Advisory Network, OSU Extension Service (Exhibit #22).

Dennis Luke, Board of Commissioners, Deschutes County (Exhibit #23).

Glenn Van Cise, Independent Living Centers (Exhibit #24).

Sarah Cofer, Stand for Children, New Educator Mentor Program (Exhibit #25).

Brett Golden, Program Analyst, Deschutes River Conservancy (Exhibit #26).

Mike Weber, Managing Partner, Central Oregon Seed, Madras (Exhibit #27).

Libby Rodgers, Owner/Operator, Lookout Mountain Biofuels, Prineville (Exhibit #28).

Phil Chang, Coordinator, Natural Resources Program, Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council (Exhibit #29).

Mandi Puckett, Prevention Coordinator, Jefferson County (Exhibit #30).

Connie Lee, Board Member, Central Oregon Community College (Exhibit #31).

Peter Schenck, Oregon Public Broadcasting ((Exhibit #32).

Terri Cumbie, Former student/employee, OSU-Cascades Campus (Exhibit #33).

Kenneth Lane, LaPine resident (Exhibit #34).

Mike Bonetto, Chairman, Central Oregon Health Collaborative (Exhibit #35).

Roger Lee, Director, Board of Directors, Economic Development for Central Oregon (Exhibit #36).

Toni Landis, Volunteer, Office of Long Term Care Ombudsman (Exhibit #37).

Rod Ray, President, Bend Research Inc. (Exhibit #38).

Marie Gibson, League of Women Voters of Deschutes County (Exhibit #39).

Hillary Renz, Central Oregon high school student for Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) (Exhibit #40).

Heather Renz, Central Oregon teacher for OMSI (Exhibit #41).

Jim Crowell, Bend resident (Exhibit #42).

Jenna Lindbo, Outdoor Recreation Leadership and Tourism student, OSU-Cascades Campus (Exhibit #43).

Jeffrey Myers, Student, OSU-Cascades Campus (Exhibit #44).

Nikki Hoke, Fine Art student, OSU-Cascades Campus (Exhibit #45).

Mike Schmidt, President and CEO, Bend Chamber (Exhibit #46).

Andrea Blum, President, League of Women Voters of Deschutes County (Exhibit #47).

Chris Doty, Director of Public Works, City of Redmond (Exhibit #48).

John Kretchmer, CEO, American Licorice Company, Bend (Exhibit #49).

Randy & Anne Homstrom, 4-H Program, Cascade Locks (Exhibit #50).

Joanne Ehl, OSU Extension Service (Exhibit #51).

Mary Mauroni, Upper Valley Home Extension (Exhibit #52).

Kathy Schwartz, Director, Wasco Sherman Public Health (Exhibit #53).

Anne Saxby, District Manager, Hood River Soil & Water Conservation District ((Exhibit #54).

Aileen Pobanz, Hood River County Extension Group (Exhibit #55).

Kathleen McGregor, Volunteer, OSU Master Gardeners, Hood River (Exhibit #56).

Tim Annala, Annala Orchards (Exhibit #57).

Crystal Conley, President, Wasco County 4-H Leaders’ Association (Exhibit #58).

Laura Perisho, Extension Citizen Advisory Member, Sherman County (Exhibit #59).

Peggy Berthold, OSU Extension Service (Exhibit #60).

Sharon Guidera, Executive Director, Mid-Columbia Center for Living (Exhibit #61).

Maija Yasui, Prevention Specialist, Prevention Coalitions, Hood River County (Exhibit #62).

Joella Dethman, Hood River resident (Exhibit #63).

Robert Wright, Eastern Oregon Alcoholism Foundation (Exhibit #64).

Renee Coxen, Student, Agricultural & Resource Economics Program, Eastern Oregon University (Exhibit #65).

Michael Sattem, OSU Extension Office, Eastern Oregon University ((Exhibit #66).

Dwight Dill, Mental Health Director, Union County Center for Human Development, Inc. (Exhibit #67).

Genni Lehnert, Administrator, Umatilla County Public Health (Exhibit #68).

Tammy Dennee, Executive Director, Oregon Wheat Growers League (Exhibit #69).

Greg Schneider, Executive Director, Lifeways, Inc. (Exhibit #70).

Dennis Burke, President & CEO, Good Shepherd Health Care System (Exhibit #71).

Bill Hansell, Umatilla County Commissioner (Exhibit #72).

Jane O’Keefe, Adel, Oregon resident (Exhibit #73).

Pat Tempinski, Northeast Oregon Area Health Education Center (Exhibit #74).

Mark Royal, Oregon Association of Community Corrections Directors (Exhibit #75).

Bart Murray, Chief Executive Officer, New Directions Northwest, Inc. (Exhibit #76).

Lena McClelland, Oregon State 4-H (Exhibit #77).

Larry Bishop , Liaison Committee, Columbia Basin Agricultural Research Center (Exhibit #78).

Bruce McCutchen, Milton-Freewater resident (Exhibit #79).

Katherine Palmer, Developmental Disabilities Coalition (Exhibit #80).

Pat Shaw, Gilliam County Judge (Exhibit #81).

Ken Bardizian, written testimony (Exhibit #82).

Carol Skerjanec, written testimony (Exhibit #83).

Witness Registration Sheet, submitted by staff (Exhibit #84).

Fred Duckwall, written testimony (Exhibit #85).

Corky Senecal, written testimony (Exhibit #86).

Chris Panike, written testimony (Exhibit #87).