STATE OF MINNESOTA TWENTY-NINTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-SIXTH SESSION
JOINT MEETING
PUBLIC SAFETY FINANCE DIVISION
PUBLIC SAFETY POLICY & OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
MINUTES
Karla Bigham, Vice-Chair of the Public Safety Policy & Oversight Committee, started the joint meeting of the House Public Safety Policy & Oversight Committee and the Public Safety Finance Division at 1:01pm on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 in Room 10 of the of the State Office Building.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Public Safety Policy & Oversight Members Present:
BIGHAM, Karla, Vice-Chair*
ANDERSON, Bruce
CORNISH, Tony*
DRAZKOWSKI, Steve
JOHNSON, Sheldon
KATH, Kory
KELLY, Tim*
KOHLS, Paul*
KULICK JACKSON, Gail
LESCH, John*
MASIN, Sandra
MULLERY, Joe
OLIN, Dave*
PAYMAR, Michael, Chair*
ROSENTHAL, Paul
SHIMANSKI, Ron
Public Safety Finance Members Present:
EASTLUND, Rob
HAWS, Larry
LAINE, Carolyn
REINERT, Roger
SEVERSON, Dan
WARD, John
Public Safety Policy & Oversight Members Excused:
HILSTROM, Debra*
Public Safety Finance Members Excused:
HOSCH, Larry
LIEBLING, Tina
SMITH, Steve
*Member is on both Public Safety Finance and Public Safety Policy & Oversight
Agenda:
A quorum was present at 1:07 pm.
The following individuals presented the findings of the Office of the Legislative Auditor’s Report on the Public Defender System, and took questions from the committee members:
James Nobles, Legislative Auditor
Deborah Junod, Project Manager, Office of the Legislative Auditor
The following individuals testified to the OLA report, and took questions from the committee:
Kevin Kajer, State Administrator, Board of Public Defense
John Stuart, State Public Defender
The meeting was adjourned at 2:22 pm.
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Karla Bigham
VICE CHAIR, Public Safety Policy & Oversight
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Michael Paymar
CHAIR, Public Safety Finance
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Erin Huppert
Public Safety Policy & Oversight Committee Legislative Assistant