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Subcommittee moves multiple agency compensation reports and retroactive federal grant requests to full committee
Summary
During the Sept. 30 interim Ways and Means public safety subcommittee meeting, members acknowledged several compensation-plan reports and moved multiple retroactive federal grant requests to the full committee with Legislative Fiscal Office recommendations; the committee also accepted the State Fire Marshal’s HMEP request and the DOC FORGE grant request for referral.
The Joint Interim Committee on Ways and Means — Public Safety Subcommittee on Sept. 30 processed a series of agency reports and retroactive federal grant requests, generally following Legislative Fiscal Office and Department of Administrative Services recommendations.
Compensation and plan notices - Department of Administrative Services compensation-plan changes: the subcommittee acknowledged receipt of the DAS report and moved the item to the full committee with the LFO recommendation. - Judicial Department compensation-plan changes: the subcommittee acknowledged the judicial department’s report (which includes a proposed 2.5% COLA effective Feb. 1, 2026, and 4% effective Jan. 1, 2027, and a new top step) and moved it to the full committee with the LFO recommendation. - Commission on Judicial Fitness and Disability: the commission requested matching the executive-branch COLA; the subcommittee acknowledged receipt and will carry the item to the full committee. - PERS preliminary methods and assumptions: LFO recommended acknowledgement and the subcommittee carried the motion to acknowledge receipt.
Retroactive federal grant requests (Department of Emergency Management and others) - Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG), $4.8M (50% match): LFO and DAS CFR recommended approval; subcommittee voted to move the request to the full committee with the LFO recommendation. - Homeland Security Grant Program, $11.1M (no match): recommended by LFO and DAS CFO; moved to full committee with the LFO recommendation. - Nonprofit Security Grant Program, $3.4M (no match): recommended and moved to full committee with the LFO recommendation. - Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security grant, $2.5M (40% match): DEM described prior waivers and plans to provide in-kind match if needed; recommended by LFO and DAS CFO and moved to full committee with the LFO recommendation. - National Earthquake Hazard Reduction grant, $136,000 (25% match): recommended and moved to full committee with the LFO recommendation. - Next-Generation Warning Systems grant, $2.0M (no match): recommended and moved to full committee with the LFO recommendation.
Other agency requests - State Fire Marshal Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness (HMEP) grant, $1,451,495 (20% match): Chief Mariana Reese Temple requested retroactive approval for hazmat planning, training and commodity-flow studies; LFO and DAS recommended approval and the subcommittee carried the motion and will send it to full committee. - Department of Corrections FORGE Fatherhood grant (~$1.095M): DOC asked to expand parent-advocate programming to four facilities; LFO and DAS recommended approval and the subcommittee carried the motion to send the request to full committee.
Motion and vote practice Most motions were carried by voice vote with no roll calls. Where LFO or DAS provided recommendations, the subcommittee generally moved items to the full committee with the LFO recommendation; specific tallies were not recorded in the transcript.
The committee closed the meeting after a short introduction from new member Representative Isidore.
