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Legislative Review Committee Agenda
Meeting Notes
July 28, 2015, 4:00 p.m.
Commons Conference Room
Present: Ross Cunniff, Councilmember; Ray Martinez, Councilmember; Gino
Campana, Councilmember; Wendy Williams, Assistant City Manager; Carrie
Daggett, City Attorney; Dan Weinheimer, Legislative Policy Manager
Absent: None
Guests: Dan Betts, Senator Cory Gardner’s Office; Kevin Jones, Chamber of
Commerce; Dale Adamy, citizen
The meeting came to order at 4:00 pm.
Councilmember Cunniff moved approval of the minutes from the April 28, 2015
and May 12, 2015 meetings, Councilmember Martinez seconded. Minutes were
adopted without amendment.
Dan circulated a sample of a committee notebook that would be used to manage
future LRC meeting materials. He explained the purpose was to have both
meeting materials and documents like the Policy Agenda, Legislative Priorities
and contact information in one place. Staff will maintain the meeting information
and the notebooks will be ready for use at future LRC meetings.
LRC started a discussion on process and procedure. Councilmembers asked for a
status update on the LRC website. Dan indicated that it is a work in progress but
that he had spent time consolidating several pages to two – one focused on
general legislative information and the other on LRC materials. LRC sought to
include a bill research tool to the page for LRC members and the public.
There was some discussion on the logistics of the subscription service that the
City uses.
LRC discussed a new committee chair. Councilmember Campana was
nominated by Councilmember Martinez and accepted the chair position.
The committee returned to the discussion of processes and considered ways to
increase the interaction between Councilmembers and state/federal elected
officials. Among possible actions that the group discussed were:
1. continuing the June legislative lunch,
2. inviting state legislators to a September LRC meeting to talk about bills
that they plan to run,
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3. adding a midterm meeting to the LRC calendar similar to the legislative
breakfast and lunch meetings,
4. having a City Council tour to the Capitol and meetings with legislators,
5. meetings on Fridays during the General Assembly session,
6. having informal social gatherings of legislators and Councilmembers
LRC discussed their role in advocacy. Dan was asked to share contact
information for legislators. LRC discussed process for engaging on legislative
issues.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:01 pm.