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Senate panel reviews Adjutant General budget; questions raised on un‑funded FTEs, watch center staffing and readiness center plans
Summary
The Senate Government Operations appropriations panel reviewed House Bill 1016, focusing on the Adjutant General’s biennial budget. Lawmakers and agency leaders discussed several unfunded positions, the push to establish a 24/7 emergency Watch Center, design funding for a Williston readiness center and ongoing disaster‑response funding needs.
The Senate Government Operations Division heard testimony on House Bill 1016, the budget for the Adjutant General, with lawmakers questioning which personnel and projects the House funded and which requests remain unresolved.
Lawmakers pressed agency leaders for details about new full‑time positions the House did not fund. Brigadier General Jackie Huber, Deputy Adjutant General for the North Dakota National Guard, told the committee the agency had requested two FTEs to pilot a “next generation leader” program — described by Huber as “to create a junior ROTC like program” to begin in the Bismarck Public School District — and that the House did not provide funding. Huber asked the panel for an opportunity to bring additional supporters and program partners to describe the proposal in more depth.
The committee also discussed staffing tied to new and upgraded facilities. Huber said the Dickinson Readiness Center, which will hold a ribbon cutting in late June, requires a standard operating…
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