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JLMC secretary gives high-level overview of joint management statute
Summary
A legislative secretary provided the committee a 90,000-foot explanation of the Joint Legislative Management Committee's role overseeing joint employees and common services for the legislature.
A legislative secretary gave members of the Joint Legislative Management Committee a high-level overview of the committee's statutory role and the purpose of joint management for common legislative employees. The presentation explained why some employees are joint and overseen by JLMC, while officers such as the elected house clerk answer to their separate chamber.
The secretary described the historical development of joint offices (legislative council, joint fiscal staff, and shared sergeant-at-arms) and explained that JLMC's functions include setting policy and budgets for employees who serve both chambers. The secretary emphasized that certain chamber-specific roles — for example, the house clerk and the senate secretary — are accountable to their respective chamber rules and not to JLMC.
Committee members asked for basic operational details; when asked how many joint employees there are, the secretary deferred to staff. A later commenter reported a total of approximately 110 full- and part-time joint employees, including the clerk and secretary offices.
