James Woodward — Responded present to the roll call.
Kevin Cook — Responded present to the roll call.
Kevin Cook — Senator Cook was mentioned as trying to keep someone from getting sick.
Kevin Cook — Was thanked by the speaker in reference to the prior discussion.
Phil Hart — Responded present to the roll call.
Cindy Carlson — Cindy Carlson was listed during the roll call and responded present for the quorum check.
Glenneda Zuiderveld — Glenneda Zuiderveld was listed and responded present during the roll call/quorum check.
Glenneda Zuiderveld — Was called on to ask about chemical costs.
Glenneda Zuiderveld — Asked for a breakdown of chemical costs from 2023 through 2025 and whether increases are due to usage or price.
Glenneda Zuiderveld — Was told chemical costs rose because more chemical was used to treat additional river miles, not because of a price increase.
Glenneda Zuiderveld — The speaker addressed Senator Zyderfeld by name while responding to the question about sturgeon stocking.
Glenneda Zuiderveld — The speaker responded to Senator Zuiderveld's question and said no such research had been found.
Codi Galloway — Codi Galloway was listed during the roll call and responded present for the quorum check.
Janie Ward-Engelking — Listed during the roll call/quorum check.
Melissa Wintrow — Listed during the roll call/quorum check.
Josh Tanner — Listed during the roll call/quorum check.
Steve Miller — Listed during the roll call/quorum check.
James Petzke — Listed during the roll call/quorum check.
Dustin Manwaring — Listed during the roll call/quorum check.
Dustin Manwaring — Representative Dustin Manwaring asks about a pending policy bill involving bulk lottery tickets purchased by outside companies and seeks comment on the potential fiscal impacts to the state; the director responds to that question.
Brandon Mitchell — Listed during the roll call/quorum check.
Elaine Price — Listed during the roll call/quorum check.
Elaine Price — Representative Price is part of a continuous budget-reduction discussion that begins with a question about alternatives to cutting inspection stations and is answered directly in terms of budget trade-offs. The conversation then continues with references to broader, across-the-board general fund reductions and the idea of taking a haircut across funds, with Representative Price being thanked and cited as part of the same earlier budget-cut exchange.
Chris Bruce — Chris Bruce was listed during the roll call/quorum check.
Mark Harris — Listed during the roll call/quorum check.
Mark Harris — Senator Mark Harris asks about restrictions and pricing related to liquor sales, including ticket purchase limits, whether out-of-state buyers face any restrictions, and questions about MSRP, markup, and whether Idaho pricing is discouraging distilleries from selling liquor in Idaho.
Brooke Green — Listed during the roll call/quorum check.
Brooke Green — Representative Brooke Green is repeatedly addressed during a discussion about the effects of ongoing budget cuts. In the exchange, she is directly acknowledged by the chair and others, and the conversation centers on how those cuts could affect Idaho’s ability to respond to quagga mussels and, more broadly, how they might impact station hours and openings.
Morgan Poloni — Introduced themselves as a budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office and began the agriculture budget presentation.
Morgan Poloni — Identified herself as a budget analyst with the Legislative Services Office and introduced the Liquor Division budget presentation.
Ms. Belloni — Confirmed that the federal grant authority was not used and is being rolled over.
Ms. Pallone — Confirmed the prior answer and indicated there were no further questions.
Chanel Teewell — Chanel Teewell, director of the Idaho State Department of Agriculture, introduced herself and began her opening remarks.
John Shirts — Was addressed as the next speaker and then asked questions about the resilient food system grant.
John Shirts — Asked why the resilient food system grant for 6.1 was not allocated last year.
John Shirts — Was addressed by the director while asking about grant delays.
John Shirts — Was addressed by the director while asking about the vehicle fleet and replacement funding.
John Shirts — Was the recipient of the vehicle mileage discussion and the next question about signage costs.
John Shirts — Asked about the $67,000 cost for sandwich boards/message boards.
Christy Zito — Senator Hart asked about efforts to develop a novel solution to the quagga mussel problem, including whether academia, national labs, or industry are pursuing ideas and whether federal funding could support research into a promising approach.
Ms. Poloni — Concluded her presentation and offered to answer questions.
Andrew Arulenandum — Andrew Arulenandum, director of the Idaho State Liquor Division and the Idaho Lottery, introduced himself, was invited to introduce any staff present and offer opening remarks, and then began by thanking committee members for the time they had spent meeting with him one-on-one.
Lisa Johnson — Identified as accounting and analytics manager.
Tony Faraka — Identified as CFO and chief deputy.
Mike Moyle — The speaker says he transmitted a priority list to members of JFAC.
Mike Moyle — The chair thanks the director and opens the floor for questions.
Mike Moyle — The chair is addressed as 'Mr. Chairman.'
Mike Moyle — The chair is addressed as 'Mr. Chairman' and 'Mr. Chair.'
Mike Moyle — The chair is addressed as 'Mr. Chairman.'
Director Andrew Arulenandum — Explains that the purchase limit is $5,000 and there is no in-state/out-of-state distinction for that limit.