Chanel T. Wall — Introduces herself as the director of the Idaho State Department of Agriculture and begins the quagga mussel update.
Kevin Cook — Senator Cook is recognized by the chair and begins asking a question, with the exchange continuing immediately into the same brief discussion.
Kevin Cook — Senator Cook is part of a continuous committee exchange in which the director is asked about predictions for the coming summer and responds by referring back to prior history and expectations. The discussion remains focused on this same line of questioning, with follow-up remarks and acknowledgments that continue the conversation without shifting to a new topic.
Todd Lakey — Senator O'Connowitz/O'Conowitz asked the director how the copper treatment works, specifically whether it must remain in the water column to affect mussels. The director responded by explaining the treatment and later emphasized the challenge of reaching mussels at deeper levels, including the 30-foot depth issue, while continuing the same discussion.
Mark Harris — Asked whether the rest of Europe is infested with mussels after noting they came from Ukraine.
Christy Zito — Senator Hart asked whether mussel shells have any economic use, including whether they could be used as road base, and continued probing what future uses or value the shells might have.
Charlie Shepherd — Senator Cole asked whether mussels can overpopulate to the point that they burn themselves out or collapse the system, continuing the discussion of their prolific filter-feeding behavior.
— Was invited to come up and state his name for the record.
Scott Groh — Introduced himself as a senator from District 14 and began his presentation.
Janet — Identified as the specialist who will present on resource-related matters.
Keith Bybee — Named as the next presenter after Janet.
Keith Bybee — Introduced himself as the division manager for budget and policy analysis and began the presentation.
Janice — Described as the presenter who will be specific to the committee; likely a mishearing of Janet Jessup.
Ms. Jessup — Invited to state her name before presenting.
Ms. Jessup — Ms. Jessup is referenced twice in the course of the budget discussion: first as having previously explained the budget action, and later as having noted the 3% holdback. Together, the mentions point to her earlier remarks on the same budget-related issue.
Janet Jessup — Introduced herself as a budget and policy analyst with Legislative Services and began a natural resources budget overview.
Doug Okuniewicz — Asked whether the deficiency fund has a statutory limit.
Doug Okuniewicz — Addressed by name in the response about the deficiency fund limit.
Doug Okuniewicz — Addressed in the discussion of deficiency funds for fire and other purposes.
Doug Okuniewicz — Asked whether the agency requested funding for the fire deficiency fund.
Doug Okuniewicz — The chair indicated there were no questions before moving to the next presenter.
Mr. Bybee — Acknowledged the chair and prepared to begin his presentation.