Senate Local Government, Elections and Pensions Committee
Key Moments
Mike Henderson — The chair asks whether the witness has answers to the earlier questions.
Jamie Burger — Vice Chair Amato is called during roll call and then speaks in support of the legislation, praising the work done with the building trades and encouraging the body to pass the bill. He later continues in the same supportive vein, urging passage of another bill and noting that it is Representative Owens' bill, which had previously been signed by the governor but was struck down because it had been included with unrelated measures.
Maggie Nurrenbern — Representative McGaugh is referenced in connection with House Bill 1906: the bill is moved for a do-pass vote, and shortly afterward McGaugh is invited to comment on the consent vote.
Mike Henderson — The chair is referred to as Chairman, but the name is transcribed as Henman; likely a reference to the committee chair.
Jeff Farnan — Introduces the bill and explains his district and the purpose of the legislation.
Jeremy Tans — Jeremy Tans, executive director of the Southeast Missouri Regional Planning Commission, was introduced and welcomed during his testimony in support of the bill, with a brief compliment noting him as an excellent regional planning director.
Sandy Crawford — Representative Voss first noted, using the CPI inflation calculator, that the historical $25,000 amount would be much larger in today’s dollars. The discussion then continued with a related point about Representative Boss’s idea to add protective language so the rate would remain unchanged if CPI were flat or negative, keeping the policy tied to inflation behavior.
Doug Beck — Representative Steinmeyer followed up on the CPI adjustment discussion by asking whether a negative CPI would reduce the adjustment or whether the escalator only moves upward.
Laura Holloway — Executive Director of the Missouri Municipal League; testified in support of House Bill 2096 and said communities work closely with the commissions.