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Legislative council asks for 25 new staff to bolster policy, evaluation and IT support
Summary
John Bjornsson, director of the Legislative Council, told the House Appropriations Government Operations Division the office needs 25 FTEs now (and a second phase later) to address turnover, term-limits impacts and heavier interim workloads; committee members pressed for details on hires, job descriptions, space and funding.
John Bjornsson, director of the Legislative Council, told the House Appropriations — Government Operations Division that the council is seeking authorization for 25 new full‑time positions this biennium as part of a multi‑phase plan to expand policy analysis, program evaluation and information technology capacity.
The request, which Bjornsson said leadership asked the council to prepare, aims to give legislators more proactive, accessible research and program evaluation while addressing staff turnover and the workload from special sessions and litigation. “We continue to experience staff turnover,” Bjornsson said, and described efforts to add policy analysts and a communications position that were approved on an emergency basis this year.
Committee members pressed Bjornsson for implementation details. He said the council currently has 47 employees on the payroll, that three temporary…
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