Senate Committee on Local Government (04/27/2006)

Final
STAFF SUMMARY OF MEETING

SENATE COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Date:	04/27/2006	ATTENDANCE

Time:	01:40 PM to 01:51 PM	Bacon	E
		Boyd	*
Place:	SCR 353	Entz	X
		Jones	E
This Meeting was called to order by		Kester	X
	Senator Tochtrop	Groff	X
		Tochtrop	X
This Report was prepared by
	Raegan Robb
		X = Present, E = Excused, A = Absent, * = Present after roll call

Bills Addressed:		Action Taken:
SB06-237		Referred to the Committee of the Whole

01:40 PM -- Senate Bill 06-237

Senator Grossman, bill sponsor, introduced the bill and explained that the bill was a product of the Joint Select Committee on Homeland Security and various state departments. This bill requires the Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) to implement the statewide and regional emergency plans interoperable communications.

01:41 PM

Barbara Kirkmeyer, Executive Director, Department of Local Affairs, testified in support of the bill and informed the committee that DOLA and additional state departments were in support of the bill. Director Kirkmeyer explained that the bill will require local governments to collaborate in the development of the regional plan in order to be eligible to receive homeland security or public safety grants administered by DOLA and that local emergency plans will comply with federal requirements (see Attachment A).

01:43 PM

Michael Coleman, Consolidated Communications Network of Colorado Inc. and County Sheriffs of Colorado, testified in support of the bill and spoke to the efforts of the statewide interoperability network and noted that the county sheriff's are pleased with this version of the bill.

01:45 PM

Senator Grossman entered closing comments, answered questions from the committee and explained conceptual changes required in the bill.


BILL:	SB06-237
TIME:	01:45:48 PM
MOVED:	Groff
MOTION:	Moved a conceptual amendment.
SECONDED:
		VOTE
	Bacon	Excused
	Boyd
	Entz
	Jones	Excused
	Kester
	Groff
	Tochtrop
Not Final YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 2 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection


BILL:	SB06-237
TIME:	01:50:01 PM
MOVED:	Groff
MOTION:	Moved SB06-237 to the Committee of the Whole with the recommendation that it be placed on the Consent Calendar. The motion passed on a 4-0-3 roll call vote.
SECONDED:
		VOTE
	Bacon	Excused
	Boyd	Excused
	Entz	Yes
	Jones	Excused
	Kester	Yes
	Groff	Yes
	Tochtrop	Yes
Final YES: 4 NO: 0 EXC: 3 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

01:51 PM

The meeting adjourned.