STATE OF MINNESOTA	THIRD MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	EIGHTY-FOURTH SESSION
	LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
	MINUTES
Senator Linda Higgins, Chair of the Senate Committee on State and Local Government Operations, called the Joint Senate/House Committee on State and Local Government Operations/ Committee on Local Government, the third meeting of the House Committee, to order at 12:36 P.M. on Wednesday, January 19, 2005, in Room 123 of the Capitol Building.
The Clerk noted the roll.
House Members present:
OLSON, Mark (Chair)	
LANNING, Morrie (Vice-Chair)	
ANDERSON, Bruce	
CHARRON, Mike	
CORNISH, Tony	
GAROFALO, Pat	
HILSTROM, Debra	
HOLBERG, Mary Liz	
HORNSTEIN, Frank	
HOSCH, Larry	
LENCZEWSKI, Ann	
MARQUART, Paul	
PAYMAR, Michael	
PETERSON, Neil	
POPPE, Jeanne	
SAMUELSON, Char	
SCALZE, Bev	
THAO, Cy	
WARDLOW, Lynn	
Senate Members present:
HIGGINS, Linda (Chair)
WIGER, Charles W. (Vice-Chair)
DAY, Dick
DIBBLE, D. Scott
FISCHBACH, Michelle L.
JOHNSON, Debbie J.
KUBLY, Gary W.
MARKO, Sharon
ROBLING, Claire A.
SENJEM, David
SOLON, Yvonne Prettner
TOMASSONI, David J.
VICKERMAN, Jim
WERGIN, Betsy
A quorum of both Committees was present.
The Chairs introduced their respective Committee Staff.
Committee Members introduced themselves.
The following provided an overview of and responded to the Joint Committee’s questions regarding the State’s Office of Administrative Hearings:
Raymond R. Krause, Chief Administrative Law Judge, and  Bruce Johnson, Assistant Chief Administrative Law Judge, Office of Administrative Hearings, 100 Washington Square, Suite 1700, Minneapolis, MN, 55401-2138.
The following provided an overview of and responded to the Joint Committee’s questions regarding the Metropolitan Airports Commission:
Jeffrey W. Hamiel, Executive Director, Metropolitan Airports Commission, 6040 28th Av S, Minneapolis, MN, 55450-2799.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:33 P.M.
REP. MARK D. OLSON, CHAIR
Dave Easterday
Committee Legislative Assistant