Brooke Green — Representative Price asks about highway operations spending for tree removal and equipment purchases.
Brooke Green — Representative Brooke Green commented that a projected $300 million cut to transportation projects would hurt local economies and small businesses, then continued by echoing concerns about the impact of the cuts while praising the department and its team for their work on road safety and meeting Idahoans' needs.
C. Grow — Senator Grow is called during roll call, with two near-duplicate mentions referring to the same member (likely Senator C. Grow).
James Woodward — Called during roll call; likely Senator James Woodward.
Kevin Cook — Called during roll call; likely Senator Kevin Cook.
Carl Bjerke — Called during roll call; likely Senator Carl Bjerke.
Phil Hart — Called during roll call; likely Senator Phil Hart.
Cindy Carlson — Called during roll call; likely Senator Cindy Carlson.
Cindy Carlson — Asked about the governor's FY 2027 highlights and the removal of $275 million from ITD's Strategic Initiatives Fund, including $110 million for local highway districts.
Cindy Carlson — Pressed for details on which projects would be delayed or canceled and asked for the revised delivery schedule if the reduction is one-time.
Cindy Carlson — Was thanked directly and continued to be part of the discussion about project adjustments.
Cindy Carlson — The prior question about mobility services is concluded; the next speaker is identified as Senator Sunderhart in the transcript, but this appears to be a mis-transcription and is not matched to a listed member.
Glenneda Zuiderveld — Called during roll call; likely Senator Glenneda Zuiderveld.
Codi Galloway — Called during roll call; likely Senator Codi Galloway.
Janie Ward-Engelking — Called during roll call; likely Senator Janie Ward-Engelking.
Melissa Wintrow — Called during roll call; likely Senator Melissa Wintrow.
Brooke Dupree — Brooke Dupree, a budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, introduces herself and begins her presentation on the Idaho Transportation Department budget, referencing the supporting materials for the discussion.
Scott Stokes — Identifies himself as director of the Idaho Transportation Department and begins his presentation.
Dave Tolman — Identified as chief of administration for ITD.
Dave Quistee — Identified as ITD's new deputy director chief with over 35 years of experience at ITD.
Kirk Weiss Kircher — Identified as ITD's budget lead.
Robbie Swikowsky — Identified as ITD's controller.
Colby Cameron — Identified as ITD's chief of legislative affairs.
Mike Moyle — Was addressed as Mr. Chairman in the exchange.
Dori Healey — Asked whether the equipment would be brought in-house or still contracted, and what it would be used for.
Lisa McClellan — Praised as part of the staff doing innovative and efficient work.
Elaine Price — Asked for an explanation of mobility services in the equipment budget.
Elaine Price — Presses for specific dollar amounts, staff location, rent costs, and overall project cost for the State Street property.
Elaine Price — Continues pressing for total project spending, expected spending, staff location, rent, and overall cost.
Chris Bruce — Bruce is mentioned during roll call, likely referring to Representative Chris Bruce. The repeated mentions are duplicates/near-duplicates within the same roll call sequence and should be treated as one consolidated moment.
Chris Bruce — In a brief consecutive Q&A segment following the budget update, the chair calls on members to ask questions of the director about transportation maintenance funding. The discussion covers road and bridge maintenance, including whether maintenance work is performed in-house or contracted out, forming one coherent exchange on maintenance operations and funding.
Chris Bruce — Representative Chris Bruce asked about traffic mitigation and commercial use in Hawaii County, including whether the department has enough money to maintain roads over the next year.
Mark Harris — Harris is called during roll call, likely referring to Senator Mark Harris.
Brooke Green — Representative Green is called during roll call; the mentions are overlapping references to the same roll-call moment.
Brooke Green — Asked to return to the FY 2027 budget overview slide and then asked about the State Highway 16 operations and maintenance line item.
Brooke Green — Asked whether it is common practice to allocate dollars to specific highway locations for operations and maintenance.
Brooke Green — Asked about the continuously appropriated language on page 5-162 and whether it refers to the same $181 million discussed earlier.
Brooke Green — The chair addresses Representative Price before transitioning to the director.
Brooke Green — Representative Green is addressed in the explanation of the funding split for the agency request.
Rod Furniss — Called during roll call; likely Representative Rod Furniss.
James Petzke — Called during roll call; likely Representative James Petzke.
James Petzke — Representative James Petzke raised concern that the Strategic Initiatives funding cut is only a one-time reduction and questioned the long-term implications of not continuing that funding. The discussion focused on whether projects could still be moved forward quickly and how the highway system and related projects would be affected if dedicated funding is not restored.
Dustin Manwaring — Called during roll call; likely Representative Dustin Manwaring.
Brandon Mitchell — Called during roll call; likely Representative Brandon Mitchell.
Elaine Price — Called during roll call; likely Representative Elaine Price.
Elaine Price — Asked what 'mobility service' means in the context of new equipment under highway operations.
Steven Tanner — Called to order as chairman during roll call.
Steve Miller — Called during roll call; likely Representative Steve Miller.