STATE OF MINNESOTA FIRST JOINT/SECOND COMMERCE AND LABOR MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-SIXTH SESSION
JOINT COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE AND LABOR, TRANSPORTATION FINANCE AND POLICY DIVISION, TRANSPORTATION AND TRANSIT POLICY & OVERSIGHT DIVISION, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT DIVISION
MINUTES
Representative Joe Atkins, Chair of the Commerce and Labor Committee, called the meeting to order at 4:30 P.M. on January 22, 2008, in the Room 200 of the State Office Building.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Members present:
ATKINS, Joe (Chair)
LIEDER, Bernard (Chair)
HORNSTEIN, Frank (Chair)
NELSON, Michael V. (Chair)
LILLIE, Leon (Vice-Chair)
CHAMPION, Bobby Joe (Vice-Chair)
SWAILS, Marsha (Vice-Chair)
STERNER, Philip (Vice-Chair)
ANDERSON, Sarah
BUESGENS, Mark
DAVIDS, Greg
DAVNIE, Jim
DEMMER, Randy
DOEPKE, Connie
EASTLUND, Rob
FRITZ, Patti
HAUSMAN, Alice
HILTY, Bill
HOLBERG, Mary Liz
HOPPE, Joe
HORTMAN, Melissa
HOSCH, Larry
JOHNSON, Sheldon
KALIN, Jeremy
KNUTH, Kate
LANNING, Morrie
MAGNUS, Doug
MASIN, Sandra
MORGAN, Will
MORROW, Terry
MULLERY, Joe
MURDOCK, Mark
NEWTON, Jerry
REINERT, Roger
ROSENTHAL, Paul
SANDERS, Tim
SCALZE, Bev
SCOTT, Peggy
SEVERSON, Dan
SIMON, Steve
SLOCUM, Linda
THAO, Cy
TORKELSON, Paul
WELTI, Andy
ZELLERS, Kurt
The following Members were excused:
ANZELC, Tom
BEARD, Michael
McFARLANE, Carol
URDAHL, Dean
WINKLER, Ryan
Review of Northwest Airlines proposed agreement with the Metropolitan Airports Commission
The following people testified on the topic of the dealings between Northwest Airlines, Delta Airlines, and the Metropolitan Airports Commission:
Tom Pender, House Research
Jeff Hamel, Executive Director, Metropolitan Airports Commission
Tom Anderson, General Counsel, Metropolitan Airports Commission
Ben Hirst, General Counsel, Delta Airlines/Northwest Airlines
Tammy Lee Stanoch, Lobbyist, Delta Airlines/Northwest Airlines
The meeting was adjourned at 5:57 P.M
Rep. Joe Atkins, Chair
Rep. Bernard Lieder, Chair
Rep. Frank Hornstein, Chair
Rep. Michael V. Nelson, Chair
Christopher Kwapick, Committee Legislative Asst.