Meetings are listed by date with the most recent meeting at the top. If there is a television recording of the meeting links to that format will be available below.
1. Committee Introductions and procedures covered 2. House Research and House Fiscal Committee Staff two part overview January 5 and January 10 Presentation by Matt Burress – House Research and Andrew Lee – House Fiscal Staff Part 1: (Jan 5) Highway Finance ; Basic Structure & Overview; Revenue Sources; Highway Funds; Distribution; Bonding; Recap &; Analysis Part 2: (Jan 10) Part 2: Transit & Other Finance: Transit Finance; Other Transportation Finance; Budgets; Recent History
1. Safety and security on the Metro Transit system 2. Details on the agreement between the Met Council and with the Twin Cities & Western Railroad (TCW) in the Southwest light rail (SWLRT) corridor and how this impacts the future operations budget for the Met Council 3. Hiring issues at Metro Transit and impacts to service and budget
Public Testimony for HF861 Transportation Finance Bill. Please contact Chelsea Peter Committee Legislative Assistant at 651-296-9302 or Chelsea.peter@house.mn to be put on the list to testify. You may also contact Senator Scott Newman's office to be placed on the testifier list. We are limiting public testimony to two minutes per testifier with the limited time available for this 3 hour hearing. The Senate will hold the gavel for this hearing. Conferees for the bill are: House Conferees: Torkelson, Petersburg, Howe, Runbeck, Koznick Senate conferees: Newman. Jasinski, Kiffmeyer, Osmek, Sparks