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• Um the first is that this provides operational clarity to businesses who are facing a challenging future
• Um, this will have functionally the effect of killing off this industry as an interstate operation and
• limiting it really to intrastate operations.
• Because of that ambiguity, this change creates a lot of clarity for operators as they try to either wind
• <00:09:01.360> in malfcence don't necessarily operate in malfcence don't necessarily operate

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• It merely provides an ability to assist with paying for the purchase, installation, and operation of
• and operation of these camera<00:15:00.240> systems<00:15:01.240> should<00:15:01.639>
• Also, this clearly states that a person owning a street legal special purpose vehicle cannot operate
• It can't be operated for more than 20 miles on a highway with a center line and cannot be operated on
• <00:21:19.240> such purpose vehicle cannot operate such purpose vehicle cannot operate such

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Summary: The Kentucky Senate Transportation Committee met with a quorum, approved the February 19 minutes, and opened with a moment of silent prayer for a colleague who had experienced a medical episode. Members also recognized several guests, including students, school board members, and community visitors. The committee then took up Senate Joint Resolution 66, which proposes a task force on Advanced Air Mobility. The sponsor described the measure as a way for Kentucky to study emerging eVTOL and related aviation technology, compare policies with other states, and position the commonwealth to compete for economic development in aviation, aerospace, and logistics. Members expressed support for the forward-looking concept, and the resolution was reported favorably after a roll call vote, with a correction noted that there was no committee substitute attached. The committee next considered Senate Bill 38, dealing with school bus stop-arm safety cameras. The sponsor and a co-sponsor said the bill is permissive, not mandatory, and would help school districts pay for camera purchase, installation, and operation if they choose to use them. They emphasized the goal of reducing illegal passing of stopped school buses, cited survey data showing thousands of violations statewide, and said the bill includes a process for contesting citations and keeps revenue largely within school districts and the court system. A co-sponsor described a personal near-miss involving a child crossing in front of a bus. After discussion, the committee adopted the committee substitute and reported the bill favorably. Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 63 on street-legal special purpose vehicles. The sponsor and a witness from Back Roads of Appalachia said the bill is intended to support recreation and economic development in Eastern Kentucky by allowing certain UTVs and similar vehicles to be made street legal under defined safety and registration requirements. They stressed that farm and agricultural vehicles are excluded, that the bill is optional, and that vehicles would need inspection, registration, and safety equipment such as roll bars, seat belts, and windshields. Members asked about whether the bill would affect farm use, whether it was aimed at recreation, and how local governments could restrict use; the sponsor said localities could prohibit these vehicles on certain roads and that the measure was not meant to allow long-distance travel on major roads. The discussion also included a reminder to wear helmets. The transcript ends during the committee’s consideration of SB 63, before a final vote is shown.

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• I am the director of Workforce and Community Development for Operating Engineers Local 49.
• mark my words I will be a crane operator mark my words I will be a crane operator someday<00:10:
• They're so proud of being heavy equipment operators or being in the heavy equipment operations industry
• <00:23:07.480> just piece of equipment not not operate just piece of equipment not not operate
• started um my career as a operating started um my career as a operating engineer<01:07:39.279>

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• Ourlinear performance products and operations results are eligible for review.
• A hundred and thirty nine million for operational.
• State owned and not necessarily even state operated.
• But, does the state need to own and operate facilities?
• They currently use seven different databases for their operations.

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• The Senate also invests $48.7 million and 291 FTEs to support day-to-day operations and responsibly plan
• The budget also addresses a range of operational technology and workload needs for entities under the
• The operating expenses at New College per student are $83,000.
• Just normal operating costs for that $35,000? Chair Brodeur, thank you, Mr. President.
• It's just operating costs. Okay, thank you. Senator Brodeur, one last question.

Summary: The Senate began with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then moved into floor consideration of the 2026-2027 budget. Appropriations Chair Hooper presented Senate Bill 2500, describing a $115 billion budget that reduces overall spending from the prior year, maintains reserves, and includes a 3% pay raise for state employees and 5% raises for state law enforcement, firefighters, correctional officers, and park rangers. Committee chairs then outlined major spending in their areas, including K-12 education, higher education, health and human services, criminal and civil justice, transportation/tourism/economic development, and environmental and agricultural programs. Highlights included increased funding for school scholarships and safety, workforce and university programs, Medicaid and child welfare, corrections operations, affordable housing, rural communities, Everglades and water quality projects, and infrastructure. Members then asked detailed questions about several budget items. Senators sought clarification on the Emergency Management Trust Fund, arts and cultural grants, Florida Forever land acquisition versus conservation easements, teacher salaries, charter school capital outlay funding, EASE grants, New College funding, DOC inmate counts and reimbursement, lottery staffing, concealed weapons licensing positions, election security funding, iBudget waiver support, ADAP funding, Medicaid hospital rate reductions, and scholarship and enrollment supplements in K-12 education. Chairs explained that some reductions reflected technical shifts or right-sizing, that some funds were being moved below the line for better tracking, and that several items—such as ADAP and corrections operations—would likely remain conference issues with the House. After questions, the Senate substituted House bills for the budget and implementing measures and adopted amendments placing the Senate language onto the House vehicles to prepare for conference. The chamber passed the budget-related bills and several conforming measures, including bills on retirement, fuel taxes, the state agency law enforcement radio system, court trust funds, judgeships, and K-12 and higher education conforming changes. Votes on the major bills were overwhelmingly unanimous or near-unanimous, and the Senate repeatedly voted to accede to the House’s request for conference on the substituted bills.

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• And what's the shortage on the operating cost? I guess that's an operating cost for just utilities.
• However, our operational standard operating procedures dictate that we fly for safety measures with a
• This is a big money operation here.
• Are we short on heavy equipment operators?
• And then there's operational. And so we're juggling right now.

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• As you all know, the governor initiated Operation Guardian the first of Calendar year 25.
• So, in the next 18 months, we feel as though the facility will be fully up and operational.
• And you're trying to run tactical operations.
• I've got 13 that are assigned to special operations, which do criminal interdiction.
• this safe operation, safe the cleanup areas.

Keywords: 914, all

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• I am Bart Teeter, the Director of Fleet and Operational Safety with Bought Auto.
• This slide is meant to give a sense of how AAVs are operating.
• All the companies are currently operating along similar lines.
• We are upfitting them, and they are able to be operated either way.
• In that case, they can operate at non-peak hours where drivers may need to operate during certain hours

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• There’s nothing in the operating budget for fiscal 26; that was zeroed out.
• Okay, we've got a handful that currently operate on the hybrid model.
• officer and head of its Operational Services Division.
• The Select Board operates fully hybrid. We are also zoomed on our local cable.
• The Select Board operates fully hybrid. We are also zoomed on our local cable access.

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Summary: The hearing focused on Governor Healey and Lt. Gov. Driscoll’s Municipal Empowerment Act, with administration officials and municipal leaders broadly supporting the bill as a package of tools to help cities and towns manage rising costs, staffing shortages, and service demands. The administration highlighted procurement reforms, including raising Chapter 30B advertising thresholds, clarifying cooperative purchasing, and removing the Commbuys notice requirement; permanent authority to amortize emergency-related deficits over three years; expanded authority and enforcement for removing double poles; continued flexibility for hybrid and remote public meetings; regionalization options such as regional boards of assessors and intermunicipal agreements; cybersecurity reporting to EOTSS; and several local revenue options and other municipal finance changes. They said the bill was shaped by listening sessions with municipal officials and was intended to increase flexibility, efficiency, and stability without imposing broad mandates. Committee members asked about regionalization, cybersecurity costs, Commbuys, hybrid meetings, and double poles. Administration witnesses said cybersecurity reporting would help the state target resources and that existing Community Compact and capital grant programs, including IT and municipal fiber funding, could support local needs; they said EOTSS would absorb reporting within existing resources. On procurement, they said the Commbuys notice change would be optional and that other public notice methods would remain available. On hybrid meetings, they emphasized flexibility for different types of boards and the burdens a one-size-fits-all mandate could create for small towns and volunteer boards. On double poles, they said the bill’s main change from last session was to give utilities more time and improve the removal process while keeping enforcement mechanisms aimed at speeding removal rather than raising revenue. The Massachusetts Municipal Association, MAPC, the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission, and multiple mayors and town managers testified in support. They described the bill as a practical modernization measure that would help local governments operate more efficiently and respond to fiscal pressure. Witnesses from Northampton, Lynn, Gardner, Cambridge, Franklin, North Andover, Manchester-by-the-Sea, and Ashland praised the hybrid meeting provisions, procurement changes, regional service-sharing, and emergency deficit amortization. Several also urged adoption of local revenue tools, including meals and lodging tax options and other local fees, as ways to preserve services and staffing. No votes were taken during the hearing.

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• A nuclear facility is a quiet operation.
• A nuclear facility is a quiet operation.
• That pipeline has been in operation since the year 2000.
• Your operational flexibility is much higher.
• There's also one operated by Hunt near Watford City.

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• And many of them operate their own virtual learning programs for their students.
• But they should be residents of your school district to operate.
• You know, a statewide have A private company operate.
• I don't know what they're operating, and I don't know what we're paying for.
• In their operating. Thank you. So, with that.

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• <00:14:43.920> optempo go into a a higher operational optempo go into a a higher operational
• The $2.1 million of that is operating cost.
• Our operating budget is very, very small.
• Our operating budget is very, very small.
• It's very vital to our operations.

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Summary: The Committee on Finance held informational briefings first with the Department of Defense on its FY 2026 budget request, then with the Hawaii School Facilities Authority. Major General Steve Logan outlined the Department of Defense request for $40.5 million in state funds, which he said would leverage about $74 million in federal matching funds and support 411 open projects that could attract up to $2.3 billion in additional federal grant money. He said the budget focuses on sustainment, safety, and reorganization in light of lessons from the Maui wildfires. Key requests included $1.3 million to sustain IT systems, $2.7 million for 32 HEMA emergency management positions, three new Hawaii Army National Guard positions plus four upgrades, and $1.9 million for the Youth Challenge Program to cover state-mandated fringe costs and staffing needs. He also reviewed capital improvement projects, including Youth Challenge facility upgrades, siren modernization, ADA improvements, building retrofits for disaster resilience, Army facility upgrades, a third state veterans home on Maui, HEMA EOC improvements, and a maintenance/fuel building at Diamond Head. Members asked about the siren modernization timeline, and HEMA said roughly 26 to 31 sirens would be modernized this year, with 15 on Maui, eight on Oahu, and eight on the Big Island. Questions also focused on Youth Challenge and Job Challenge enrollment and vacancies, with the department saying the Hilo Job Challenge Academy is growing and that combining Youth Challenge recruiting statewide into one Kilauea program has helped enrollment. Logan also answered questions about the New Year’s Eve medical transport mission, explaining the Hawaii Air National Guard’s relationship with active-duty Air Force assets and saying the flight cost is about $20,000 per flight hour, though the final bill had not yet been determined. On the Maui veterans home, staff said the University of Hawaii site was no longer viable after faculty senate opposition, so the department is now focused on a 10-acre Puna District site; the project remains tied to a certified $35 million state match and August 2025 and August 2026 federal suspense dates. Logan said the veterans home remains one of the department’s highest priorities, but it could not be moved higher in the submitted CIP ranking. The department also discussed a Governor’s add-on for a fire marshal/Office of Recovery and Resiliency proposal. Logan said the fire marshal position was reestablished last session but has not yet been filled, and that if the function is transferred to the Department of Defense, the department wants funding ready to move quickly. Staff later said the request would include about $1.1 million for seven positions and about $2.2 million for operating costs, though details were still preliminary. The committee then reconvened for the School Facilities Authority briefing, where Executive Director Ricky Fujitani described the agency as a startup created in 2020 to improve school and workforce housing development through standardized designs, prefabrication, best-value procurement, and public-private partnerships. He said Hawaii’s single school district still functions like 15 different districts because of its 264 schools across 15 complex areas, and that the authority’s goal is to create more efficient, maintainable, and cost-effective facilities.

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• For example, in the winter on our operation, mortalities get hauled to decompose on a remote part of
• broiler operations could have more roosters, they're likely to be killed before they're adults.
• operations and the state's inability to stop these illegal cockfighting operations.
• I guarantee that no cockfighting operation will comply to NPIP anyway.
• By the way, most legitimate poultry operations such as myself and other small operation breeders are

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• This legislation would reclassify operators from Group 1 to... ...operators from Group 1 to Group 2,
• As operators age, the chance of injury or being unable to perform these duties increases.
• We believe operators deserve that same recognition.
• It was recognized how essential water works operators were.
• Licensed water operators encounter hazardous materials and conditions daily.

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Summary: The Joint Committee on Public Service heard testimony on a wide range of retirement classification and benefit bills affecting municipal and state employees. Much of the hearing focused on proposals to move various workers from Group 1 to Group 2 or Group 4, including municipal building officials (H. 2776), MassDOT highway workers (H. 2908/Sousa’s Law), DCF attorneys (H. 2771), probation officers, licensed electricians, drinking water operators (H. 3000/S. 1834), MWRA non-clerical workers (S. 1803), transitional parole officers (H. 2878), Plymouth BCI criminal investigator officers (H. 2975/S. 1863), Beverly fire alarm operators/public safety telecommunicators (S. 1876), Massport pipefitters and refrigeration technicians (H. 2788/S. 1829), and other public safety or hazardous-duty classifications. Witnesses generally argued that their work is physically dangerous, understaffed, or comparable to already higher-classified employees, and several said the changes would help recruitment and retention with little fiscal impact because the affected groups are small. The committee also heard testimony on H. 4508, a home rule petition to grant a disability pension to Boston principal Patricia Lampron. Supporters, including Representative Dan Hunt, Boston city councilors, and Lampron herself, described a severe 2021 assault at the Henderson Inclusion School that left her with lasting physical and psychological injuries and forced her into early retirement. They urged the committee to advance the bill quickly. One witness, Pamela McLaughlin, testified in opposition, arguing the bill would set the wrong precedent and describing alleged prior misconduct by Lampron, and asked that the bill be sent to study. Several witnesses and committee members asked brief questions, mainly about the scope of the bills, whether certain workers were already in higher groups, and the fiscal or precedent concerns. No votes were taken during the hearing. At the end, the chairs announced that testimony was complete, asked whether anyone else wished to speak, and then the committee voted to adjourn.

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• I believe Miami Beach would benefit from an operational... ...simply because I care about my city.
• I believe Miami Beach would benefit from an operational audit. This isn't about fault finding.
• For the Auditor General to conduct an operational audit of the City of Miami Beach. Thank you.
• However, we want this audit to look at the full operation of the DDA. Thank you. Appreciate it.
• This happened in 2022, so we've been operating that for the past almost three years now.

Summary: The Joint Legislative Auditing Committee met to consider several audit requests and enforcement items related to local government accountability. The committee heard requests for operational audits of the City of Miami Beach, the Delray Beach Downtown Development Authority, and the City of Daytona Beach. In each case, the requesting member cited concerns about transparency, financial management, or compliance with state law. Representatives from Delray Beach DDA testified that an internal audit had already been completed, that findings were limited, and that they were working to cure issues such as procurement, credit card, and disbursement policies; the DDA chair also said the organization was willing to cooperate and was considering transitioning out of operating Old School Square. For Daytona Beach, the sponsor pointed to excess building permit revenues, vehicle purchases, and reported P-card irregularities as reasons for a broader audit. The committee approved all three audit requests, directing the Auditor General to finalize the scope while considering the stated concerns. The committee also received a presentation on the statewide performance reviews of 21 neighborhood improvement districts. The reviewers reported that 15 districts were active and six inactive, with common issues including outdated or missing performance plans, weak web presence, inadequate meeting notices, and limited management mechanisms. They said staffing levels often correlated with the ability to meet statutory requirements, and recommended that several districts be reviewed to determine whether they were still needed. Members asked about staffing, inactivity criteria, and how the districts were administered, and staff explained that city or county liaisons often supplement district staffing. Later, staff reviewed enforcement actions for local governments that failed to file required financial reports or omitted required information from submitted audits. The committee discussed a list of noncompliant counties, municipalities, and special districts, including the town of Rayford, which staff said had long-standing reporting problems, no apparent municipal services, and no response to repeated outreach. The committee voted to send a letter to the Union County legislative delegation encouraging a local bill to dissolve Rayford. It also approved staff recommendations to proceed against entities still missing required filings or missing audit information, with authority for the chair and vice chair to delay action if additional information is later provided in good faith.

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• The new Sunrise Apartments was converted through California's Project Homekey from a motel operating
• The Sunrise Apartments is now operational, providing housing and case management for its tenants.
• The new Sunrise Apartments was converted through California's project house key from a motel operating
• The Sunrise Apartments is now operational, providing housing and case management for its tenants.
• Now we sit at 20 different agencies across the state that operate CalAIM supports.

Summary: The Senate and Assembly Human Services Committees held a special oversight hearing on California’s 2026-27 Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) state plan, a federal anti-poverty funding stream. Committee members opened by citing statewide poverty and homelessness data and said the hearing was meant to review how CSBG dollars are used, how local agencies respond to community needs, and how the state is preparing for possible federal funding cuts. Jason Wimbley of the Department of Community Services and Development (CSD) explained that California’s CSBG network works through 60 organizations in 58 counties, serving about 1.5 million low-income Californians in 2023, and that the state received $68.4 million in federal CSBG funds in fiscal year 2025. He described the program as flexible funding used for housing, employment, education, food, health, transportation, and emergency response, and noted that the federal administration had proposed eliminating CSBG, though the Senate Appropriations Committee had voted to fully fund it for the coming year. Representatives from the California Community Action Partnership Association and several CSBG-funded agencies described how the program supports local anti-poverty work and leverages other funding. CalCAPA emphasized local flexibility, workforce development, partnerships, and data systems such as ROMA, while also warning that agencies are preparing for possible reductions by tightening budgets, planning staffing contingencies, and seeking private foundation support. Agency witnesses from Contra Costa County, Northern California Indian Development Council, Proteus, and Sacred Heart Community Service described services including housing assistance, food distribution, utility help, employment training, youth programs, and culturally specific services for Native communities and migrant farmworkers. They repeatedly said CSBG is essential because it funds staffing and infrastructure that allow them to braid other grants and serve people who do not qualify for standard safety-net programs. Members also asked about the impact of federal staffing changes and the Los Angeles fires. Wimbley said federal layoffs had affected some CSD programs but not CSBG administration, and that the department coordinated disaster response with state agencies and used CSBG-funded supply distribution, food, water, clothing, and documentation support during the fires. Witnesses said they were preparing for possible future cuts by diversifying funding, reducing expenses, and considering service changes, while county officials warned that state and federal reductions could not be backfilled locally. During public comment, one speaker urged stronger oversight of community action agencies and raised concerns about transparency and compliance with state law. The chair then thanked the witnesses, emphasized the importance of CSBG for low-income seniors, youth, and people with disabilities, and adjourned the hearing without any votes or formal action taken.

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• We've actually had a couple local people who were equipment operators by trade stop by the site.
• Not when it's operational? Correct.
• Do you have operations for that, or is that a different group of people that do that?
• The numbers I gave were the generators actually in operation at peak decibel.
• I would think it would be significantly less than when the generators are operating.

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• Um, he's the construction operations manager within the real estate and construction services division
• Second, what type of operational needs.
• I mean, it's in a great operated?
• I'm Eric Rudell, the construction operations manager with the Department of Administration.
• <00:14:46.560> setup final clean, and some operational setup final clean, and some operational

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• And there's for-profit companies that operate in this space, too.
• Right now we're limited to the two campuses that we operate.
• Right now we're limited to the two campuses that we operate.
• Next, we'll talk about the Department of Education operations.
• This is their staff, their operations, their accountability programs for the districts.

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• And under this standard, a person could voluntarily leave the program if they no longer had an operating
• and allowed to operate within the state. and allowed to operate within the state.
• <00:03:23.280> vehicle had a no longer had an operating vehicle had a no longer had an operating
• <00:10:32.000> That<00:10:32.240> is vehicular operation offense.
• That is vehicular operation offense.

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