Lisa — Lisa and her team set up a temporary office at ITD headquarters to help customers meet the Star Card deadline.
Doug Okuniewicz — Addresses the chair in closing remarks.
Doug Okuniewicz — Addressed as Chairman Okuniewicz.
Doug Okuniewicz — The chair is addressed throughout a brief budget discussion focused on clarifying what counts as one-time cash and identifying possible cash sources. The exchange concludes with the chair ending the prior presentation and moving the committee on to the next witness, Brooke.
Scott Stokes — Scott Stokes, Director of the Idaho Transportation Department, introduces himself, thanks the committee, and begins his remarks by introducing Dave Quistee, who is present with him.
Dave Quistee — Dave Quistee is introduced as the newly appointed Chief Deputy Director for ITD with extensive engineering experience, then credited with leading the complex Gough Bridge project, and finally praised for his leadership and experience.
Doug Okuniewicz — Doug Okuniewicz briefly thanked the chair, with the same acknowledgment repeated in consecutive transcript segments before adjournment.
Director Stokes — Director Stokes discussed how transportation investments save lives and should be delivered quickly, then answered questions about growth and capacity. He explained that lane miles do not increase one-to-one with population growth, noting that rural roads often have spare capacity while growth areas can reach or exceed capacity and require quick action. He also addressed planning for a new north-south route and broader long-range solutions in Kootenai County and the Boise area, emphasizing that these are community-wide, long-term issues that require collaboration between ITD and local governments. He added that freeway congestion is often caused by backups on local roads at off-ramps rather than freeway capacity alone, making growth a shared local and state problem. Stokes then responded to questions about pedestrian and bicycle funding, saying it has had little effect on ITD projects because urban projects are typically built as whole-street projects, though the limitation may affect local projects more. Finally, he explained that the board approves the project program each September, that the current program assumes steady-state funding, and that new projects will need to be scaled to available funds while design and planning continue so ITD can move quickly when funding becomes available.
Phil Hart — Asked whether Idaho's population growth and lane-mile growth are disconnected and whether the state is on track.
Phil Hart — The speaker apologized that much of the presentation would be review for him.
Phil Hart — Senator Burtenshaw is part of a continuous exchange about one-time cash, asking whether it means the rainy day fund. The witness responds by explaining the available one-time cash options, keeping the discussion focused on that funding question.
Keith Bybee — Identified as the LSO budget director and present with Chairman Grow.
Keith Bybee — Identifies himself as the division manager for budget policy analysis and begins his overview.
Ms. Brooke Dupree — Identified as working on the transportation budget and present with Chairman Grow.
Mr. Bybee — The committee first references Mr. Bybee as someone who can provide additional detail, then shortly afterward invites him to approach, identify himself for the record, and give testimony.
Ms. Dupree — Offered as a follow-up witness to provide more detail.
Ms. Dupree — The chair asks Ms. Dupree to introduce herself for the record and notes a hard stop at 3:00.
Codi Galloway — The speaker noted that Senator Galloway chose not to stay for the review.
Van Burtenshaw — Senator Van Burtenshaw asks to return to the first slide and raises concerns that revenue is down while spending is up, then follows up by asking what is meant by working out of the projected shortfall.
Brooke — The next presenter is identified by first name only as Brooke.
Brooke Dupree — Brooke Dupree introduces herself as a budget policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office and begins testimony on transportation funding.
Carrie Semmelroth — Senator Semmelroth raises a procedural question about whether the committee is being asked to go beyond its germane scope and into budget-related work, and is referenced by name in the same exchange as the senator posing the question.