Joint Committee on Ways and Means – 2007 Session

Full Committee

Meeting Index

April 13, 2007	Medford, Oregon
6:30 p.m.	Tapes: 36, 37, 38A, 39A

Members Present:

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

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

Members Excused:

Sen. Westlund Sen. Winters

Members Visiting:

Rep. Gilman Rep. Esquivel

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 36A
003	Co-Chair Nolan	Calls meeting to order at 6:31 p.m.
005	Co-Chair Nolan	Opens Public Hearing on the State Budget
177	Peter Angstadt	Rogue Community College, President.
223	Joe Holliday	Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT) (Exhibit #1).
260	Bob Bluth	Harry & David Family of Companies.
298	Ed Talmage	Oregon State Bar.
355	Susan Harris	Family Nurturing Center/Jackson Co. Child Relief Family Nursery.
394	Dan Harris	Family Nurturing Center/Jackson Co. Child Relief Family Nursery.
449	De’De Ricket	Ashland Support Housing.
473	James Ward	Ashland Support Housing.
TAPE 37A
029	Michael Donahue	Ashland Support Housing.
055	Carol O’Neal	Jackson Co. Master Gardeners Association, President.
087	Dan Killam	4H.
106	Bill Collins	Oregon State University (OSU) Extension Service (Exhibit #2).
128	Sandra Slattery	Ashland Chamber of Commerce (Exhibit #3).
165	Bill Thorndike	Medford Fabrication Alliance Board (MFAB).
202	Laura Hisamoto	Autism Parent (Exhibit #4).
232	John Dey	OIT, Klamath Falls (Exhibit #5).
266	Mickey Kitchen	Commission on Children & Families (CC&F).
307	Edward Smith	Oregon Recovery Homes.
333	Leslie Schrage	Oxford House of Medford (Exhibit #6).
373	Andreas Goldnev	Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) – Area Health Education Centers (AHEC).
402	Randy Samuelson	Center for Independent Living (Exhibit #7).
455	Robert Hansen	Oxford Houses of Southern Oregon (Exhibit #8).
TAPE 36B
031	Josh Littlefield	Oxford House of Grants Pass (Exhibit #9).
045	Jane Stevenson	Jackson Co. Public Health (Exhibit #10).
077	Tom Keel	Umpqua Community College Board (Exhibit #11).
110	Anne Wadley	Southern Oregon University (SOU) (Exhibit #12).
145	David Briggs	Umpqua Community College (UCC) Board.
164	John Anderson	Manufacturing 21 (Exhibit #13).
184	Laure Collins	Social Service Assistant (SSA) (Exhibit #14).
223	Donna Jean Wendle	Citizen Review Board of Josephine County.
255	Debbie Crenshaw	Addus Homecare of Medford AODUS (Exhibit #15).
292	Gaia Coney	SEIU.
314	Lee Lanpiner	Rouge Valley Workforce Council (Exhibit #16).
364	Dean Wendle	Board, Rogue Community College.
408	Carolina Regaldo 2 girls testimony together	White City Middle School (Exhibit #17).
TAPE 37B
007	Alan Berlin	Southern Oregon Head Start (Exhibit #18).
032	Bernadette Maziarski	Rogue Valley COG (Exhibit #19).
067	Tami Anaya	Care Provider (Exhibit #20).
093	Paula Usrey	UCC (Exhibit #21).
119	Kathleen McNeil	Trio Program (Exhibit #22).
156	Doris Johnson	UCC, Roseburg (Exhibit #23).
196	Angela Curtis	Jackson Co. Commission on Children & Families.
226	Kim Blossom	SOU, student.
250	Al Deusmore	Medford City Council.
284	Tim Franklin	Jackson Co. Farmer.
338	Robert Graham	Josephine Co. resident.
384	Alma Rosa Alvarez	SOU, Professor (Exhibit #24).
426	Judith Benjamin	League of Women Voters of Ashland (Exhibit #25).
TAPE 38A
032	Aaron Benjamin	Ashland Housing Commission (Exhibit #26).
064	Ruth Alexander	Ashland School Board.
093	Amy Amrhein	Ashland School Board (Exhibit #27).
123	Chuck Keil	Citizen, retired Naval Officer (Exhibit #28).
155	Karen Lollis	Stand for Children.
194	Toby Freeman	Pacific Power (Exhibit #29).
229	Edwin Champman	Rouge Valley Transportation.
259	Randy Schoen	Medford police Chief.
295	Blain Allen	OSP Detective.
342	Bernie Binder	National Association of Mental Illness.
395	Manuel Pacheco Jr.	Presents written testimony (Exhibit #30).
438	Ashley Cox	OIT, student (Exhibit #31).
479	Fred Smith	Klamath Community College, President (Exhibit #32).
TAPE 39A
055	Mark Sanoslioski	Oregon Public Broadcasting (Exhibit #33).
096	Dwight Long	Klamath Watershed Council.
116	Richard Snerdly	National Association of Mental Illness.
147	Jim Hutchins	Presents oral testimony
174	Chair Nolan	Adjourns the meeting at 9:06 p.m.

Additional Exhibits:

Cindy Stockton, Riverside Training Centers, Inc. (Exhibit #34).

Don Bruland, Senior & Disability Services for Rogue Valley Council of Governments (Exhibit #35).

Donald Boyd, OIT (Exhibit #36).

Jean Hoyer Cowling, Oregon Arts Commission member (Exhibit #37).

Drew Brammer, SOU, student (Exhibit #38).

Eva Ford, SOU, student (Exhibit #39).

Jim Root, Sabroso Company, Owner & CEO (Exhibit #40).

Chris Sackett, SOU, Department of Theatre Arts (Exhibit #41).

Mindy Tiry, Medford resident (Exhibit #42).

Ellis Feinstein, Southern Oregon Public Television (SOPTv) (Exhibit #43).

Martha Anne Dow, OIT (Exhibit #44).

Steve Vincent, Oregon Economic Development Association (Exhibit #45).

Lori Koljord Johnson, Stand for Children, Member (Exhibit #46).

Karen Starchvick, Stand for Children (Exhibit #47).

Sue Kline, Stand for Children (Exhibit #48).

Wende Edwards, Mental health counselor (Exhibit #49).

Shelly Ball, Stand for Children, member (Exhibit #50).

Ann Trausch, SOU, Instructor ((Exhibit #51).

Jeff Krolick, Options for Southern Oregon, Clinical Director ((Exhibit #52).

Kim Miller, Options for Southern Oregon, Executive Director (Exhibit #53).

Monique Teal, SOU, student (Exhibit #54).

John Ames, Ashlsnd resident ((Exhibit #55).

Echo Fields, OSU, Associate Professor (Exhibit #56).

Farrah O’Brien, Business Student (Exhibit #57).

Peter Norquist, SOU, Assistant Professor (Exhibit #58).

Loretta Nordquist, Phoenix-Talent School Board (Exhibit #59).

Tom Herod, La Clinica del Valle (Exhibit #60).

Angelica Ruppe, La Clinica del Valle (Exhibit #61).

Nancy Tait, Shakespeare Festival, board member (Exhibit #62).

Alex Pawlowski Southern Oregon Reginal Economic Development, Inc (SOREDI), President (Exhibit #63).

Jim Wolf, Oregon Department of Forestry, retired Fire Program Analyst (Exhibit #64).

Sharon Ely, Disabled person (Exhibit #65).

Rita Sullivan, OnTrack, Inc., Executive Director (Exhibit #66).

Sigmund Stout, BOC Gases Electronic Materials, Engineering Manager (Exhibit #67).

Regina Ayars, Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) in Jackson Co. (Exhibit #68).

Kay Barber, CASA of Jackson Co. (Exhibit #69).

Marvin Haas, Asante Health System, Chief Administrator (Exhibit #70).

Brian May, Medford resident (Exhibit #71).

Sue Kupillas, Allied Solutions (Exhibit #72).

Ron Fox, SOREDI, Executive Director ((Exhibit #73).

Phyllis Strosser, CASA of Jackson Co. (Exhibit #74).

Jean Atalla, Living Opportunities, Inc. (Exhibit #75).

Carol Ferguson, SOU, Faculty member (Exhibit #76).

Chris Jagger, Blue Fox Farm (Exhibit #77).

Phil Long, Medford School District, Superintendent (Exhibit #78).

Maud Powell, Wolf Gulch Farm (Exhibit #79).

Sueanne Brooke Willow, Willow-Witt Ranch (Exhibit #80).

Erin Dumont, Agricultural business owner (Exhibit #81).

Laura Lotspeich, Phoenix Talent School District, board member (Exhibit #82).

Maria Rosas-Aranda, Catholic Charities of Southern Oregon, Director (Exhibit #83).

Kathy Keesee-Morales, Medford resident (Exhibit #84).

Loi Davis, School of Rogue Ecology (Exhibit #85).

Craig Harper, Rogue Valley Council of Governments (Exhibit #86).

Richard Di Muzio, Pearadise Orchards LLC (Exhibit #87).

Gary Pellett, Old Stage Farm & Newflora Nursery LLC (Exhibit #88).

Barbara Davidson, OSU Jackson Co. Master Gardeners Association (Exhibit #89).

Beverly DeLeonardis, Rogue Valley Oregon Action Board, Chair (Exhibit #90).

Anu Lawrence, SOU, student (Exhibit #91).

Wes Brain, Ashland resident (Exhibit #92).

Andrea Miranda, Rogue Valley Community Development Corporation (Exhibit #93).

Steve Ryan, SOU, Graduate student (Exhibit #94).

Bill Eckart, Fruit Growers League of Jackson Co., Executive Director (Exhibit #95).

Ian Dooley, SOU, student (Exhibit #96).

Kurt Kessler, Disability Service Office (Exhibit #97).

Kathleen Gamer, Student (Exhibit #98).

Colleen Verret, Grants Pass High School, student (Exhibit #99).

Charles Young, UCC, Instructor (Exhibit #100).

Carolyn Kohn, Grants Pass, resident (Exhibit #101).

Paul Stewart, Merle West Medical Center, President & CEO (Exhibit #102).

David Straus, Skelton Straus Seibert, Architects & Planners, LLP (Exhibit #103).

Jill Hamilton, Valley View Winery (Exhibit #104).

Unknown, Support Services Brokerages (Exhibit #105).

Vicki Bamman, CASA of Jackson Co. (Exhibit #106).

Joe Momyer, Rogue Community College (Exhibit #107).

Amy Crumme Korth, Asland Supportive Housing & Community Outreach (Exhibit #108).

Lloyd Clodfelter, Medford, resident (Exhibit #109).

Trish Pelzel, The Arc of Jackson Co., Executive Director (Exhibit #110).

Pam Swisher, Eagle Point, resident (Exhibit #111).

Witness Registration Sheet submitted by staff (Exhibit #112).

Fred Fleetwood, written testimony (Exhibit #113).

Robert Turner, written testimony (Exhibit #114).