JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE

ON

APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS

Room 228 State House

DRAFT AGENDA

Monday March 28, 2011

9:00 am

Briefing on the Governor’s Fiscal Year 2011 Emergency Supplemental Budget

- H. Sawin Millett, Commissioner, Department of Administrative and Financial Services

10:00 am

LD 1043 (The Biennial Budget) Public Hearings

- Programs under the Jurisdiction of the Joint Standing Committee on Marine Resources

LD 1043 (The Biennial Budget) Work Session Initiatives related to State Employee and Teacher Health Insurance

- Terry Brann, State Controller

- Frank Johnson, Director, Office of Health Insurance

1:00 pm

LD 1043 (The Biennial Budget) Public Hearings

- Programs under the Jurisdiction of the Joint Standing Committee on Transportation

LD 1043 (The Biennial Budget) Public Hearings

- Programs under the Jurisdiction of the Joint Standing Committee on Energy and Utilities

Tuesday March 29, 2011

1:00 pm

LD 1043 (The Biennial Budget) Public Hearings

- Programs under the Jurisdiction of the Joint Standing Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

LD 1043 (The Biennial Budget) Public Hearings

- Programs related to the Legislative Branch

Wednesday March 30, 2011

12:30 pm

LD 1043 (The Biennial Budget) Work Session Initiatives related to Maine Public Employee Retirement System

- Sandy Matheson, Executive Director, Maine Public Employees Retirement System

Briefing on the meeting of the Consensus Economic Forecasting Commission

- To Be Determined

Revenue Update

- Dr. Mike Allen, Maine Revenue Services

Thursday March 31, 2011

1:00 pm

Report on the identified savings in the Child Development Services program (LD 100 Part K)

- Steven Bowen, Commissioner, Department of Education

- Jim Rier, Team Leader, Department of Education

LD 1043 (The Biennial Budget) Committee Caucuses or Work Session – specific areas to be determined

Friday April 1, 2011

10:00 am

Public Hearings: LD 141, LD 298, LD 513, LD 542, LD 1133 and LD 1231