Interim Committee Schedule & Agendas

I. Meeting Called to Order

II. Silent Roll Call

III. Approval of Minutes from July 26, 2022

IV. Presentations:

• Shevona Lusk, Chief Operating Officer, Office of Health Facilities

o   Presenting answers to LOCHHRA questionnaire

• Meghan Bourne, McChrystal Group

o   Presenting findings and recommendations concerning West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources

V. Other business

VI. Adjournment

Sunday, November 13, 2022
1:00pm – 2:30pm
Cacapon State Park, Berkeley Springs

Washington-Fairfax Room

I.            Meeting called to order

II.            Roll call

III.            Approval of minutes

IV.            Presentation/Discussion regarding issues with ATV/UTV usage on public roads; possibilities parallel public ROWs development for ATV/UTV use to/from towns in vicinity of ATV/UTV recreational trail systems

1. Jeffrey Lusk, Executive Director, Hatfield McCoy Regional Recreation
2. Steve Linsenmeyer, Vice-President, Maryland Off-Highway Vehicle Alliance
3. Greg Bailey, Chief Deputy Highway Engineer, West Virginia Division of Highways
4. Brett W. McMillion, Director West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
5. Brad Reed, Chief of Parks and Recreation Section, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources

V.            Presentation/Discussion regarding Electric “E”-bikes, usage of E-bikes in public parks, and whether any revision to E-Bike code is in order

1. DNR Director Brett McMillion or Commerce Secretary James Bailey
2. Brad Reed, Chief of Parks and Recreation Section, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
3. Joseph Overbaugh, COO, Fission Cycles LLC

VI.            Miscellaneous business

VII.            Adjournment

1. Approval of July 26, 2022, minutes

2. Committee Reports/Requests

3. Monthly/Quarterly Reports Received

                    Presentation on West Virginia Department of Health & Human Resources

                    (Christopher Fussell & Meghan Bourne, McChrystal Group)

                    Board of Treasury Report Distribution

4. Other Business

                    West Liberty University – Notice of Intent to Sell Property   

5. Adjournment

1. Call to order

2. Roll call

3. Approval of the minutes from June 13, 2022

4. Competency in literacy and math by 3rd grade

• Kymyona Burk, Senior Policy Fellow, ExcelinEd (Literacy)
• Damion Pechota, Senior Policy Director, ECS (Math)

5. MLK curriculum

• Dr. Vern Howard, Chair of the Colorado MLK Holiday Commission – and organizer of the nation’s largest MLK holiday parade

6. Superintendent’s visions, goals and initiatives

• David Roach, WV Superintendent of Schools

7. Other Business

8. Adjournment

1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Approval of June 13, 2022, and September 13, 2022, Minutes       
4. Paul Johansen, Chief of Wildlife with the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources, overview on Agency Management of Wildlife Management Areas, and Colleen Scully with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service presentation on aspects of Federal Funding.
5. Greg Bailey, Deputy State Highway Engineer, presentation on Interstate Signage.   
6. Other Business
7. Adjournment

1. Call to Order

2. Roll Call

3. Approval of Minutes

4. Preview of FY 2024 Tourism Budget Request 

       Chelsea Ruby, Cabinet Secretary, Department of Tourism

5. Opportunites for West Virginia Development and Growth

      Karen Schaufeld, CEO, SWaN Hill Top House Hotel

6. Other Business

7. Announcements

8. Adjournment

     I.        Call to order

    II.        Roll Call

  III.        Adoption of Minutes

  IV.        Status of the ongoing survey regarding the Circuit Court system

                    Keith Hoover, Deputy Administrative Director and Counsel at West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals

   V.        Overview of Tourism in West Virginia

                    Chelsea A. Ruby, Cabinet Secretary, Department of Tourism

  VI.        Other business

 VII.        Adjournment

I.      Call meeting to order

II.     Roll call

III.    Approval of Minutes: July 26, 2022

IV.    Presentation regarding "Update on the Natural Gas Markets and its Effects on Severance Taxation" by:

             •    John Deskins, Ph.D.

                  Director of the Bureau of Business & Economic Research, West Virginia University

V.     Presentation regarding "Spray on Treatment to Remediate Oil and Produced Water Spills at Reduced Cost"

        by:

             •    Angela Vande, B.Sc., P. Eng., Vande Consulting Ltd.

VI.    Miscellaneous

VII.   Adjournment

I. Meeting Called to Order

II. Silent Roll Call

III.  Acceptance of Minutes from July 26, 2022

IV. Presentations:

Cindy Dellinger, Counsel, Senate Health and Human Resources

• Update on William R. Sharpe, Jr. Hospital

Dr. Angela Cherry, Member, WV Perinatal Partnership Advisory Council

• Concerning Maternal and Infant Mortality

Matt Izzo, Administrative Director, Office of Chief Medical Examiner, Department of Health and Human Resources

• Concerning the Fatality Mortality Review Team

Dr. David Didden,  Physician Director, Office of Maternal Child and Family Health, Department of Health and Human Resources

• Presenting the Infant Maternal Mortality Review Panel Multi-Year Report

Dr. Jonathan Hartiens, CEO, Mountaineer Recovery Center

• Update on Mountaineer Behavioral Health Center

V. Other Business

VI. Adjournment

I.        Call meeting to order

II.       Roll call

III.     Approval of Minutes: July 26, 2022; September 13, 2022

IV.     Presentation(s) regarding Proposed Need for Good Samaritan Statute by representatives of the West Virginia Manufacturers Association:

•   Rebecca R. McPhail, President
•   Phillip Fout, Site Services Area Manager, Integrated Emergency Response Chemours
•   Tom Keefer, Kanawha Putnam Emergency Planning Committee

V.       Miscellaneous

VI.     Adjournment

1. Call to order.
2. Roll call.
3. Approval of minutes from the meeting on September 11, 2022.
4. Report on the status of the transformative system of support for early literacy (§18-2E-10). Sonya White, Teaching and Learning Officer, WVDE.
5. Report on new safety and security measures, and upgrades thereto, by the county boards of education (§18-5-48). Micah Whitlow, Director of School Facilities, WVDE.
6. Other business.
7. Adjourn.

1. Call to Order

2. Roll Call

3. Approval of Minutes

4. The Landscape of Tax Incentive Evaluation Across States - Pew's Work Helping States Consider Setting Up Regular Tax Incentive Evaluation Processes

     Logan Timmerhoff

     Principal Associate, Fiscal and Economic Policy, State Fiscal Health 

     The Pew Charitable Trusts 

5. Other Business

6. Announcements

7. Adjournment 

1.  Call to Order

2.  Roll Call

3.  Approval of Minutes

4.  Proposal for transfers of service of active police officers and firefighters from the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) to the Municipal Police Officers and Firefighters Retirement System (MPFRS):

Mayor RObert Trainer, Charles Town, WV

Councilman Kevin Tester, Charles Town, WV

Chief Chris Kutcher, Charles Town Police Department

Chief Lance Morrison, Ravenswood Police Department

Chief Brad Anderson, Ripley Police Department

Member of the WV Chief of Police's Association

Member of the WV Fraternal Order of Police

Jeffrey Fleck, Executive Director- Consolidated Public Retirement Board

Blair Taylor, Executive Director- Municipal Pensions Oversight Board

5. Other Business

6. Announcements

7. Adjournment

*Agenda subject to change

     I.       Call to order

    II.       Roll Call

  III.       Adoption of Minutes

  IV.        Report to the Oversight Committee of Information Received from the Study Group Regarding Per Diem Payment of Fees.

              William Valentino, Staff Counsel.

   V.        Other business

  VI.        Adjournment

Tuesday, November 15, 2022
4:00pm – 5:00pm
Cacapon Resort State Park, Berkeley Springs

Washington-Fairfax Room

I.            Meeting called to order

II.            Roll call

III.            Approval of Minutes

IV.            Speakers and Presentations regarding Elder Financial Exploitation:

1. Sheriff K.C. Bohrer, Morgan County Sheriff's Department.
2. James L. Lindsay Esq. Legal Aid of West Virginia, Financial Exploitation Attorney
3. Lisa Hopkins, General Counsel and Senior Deputy Commissioner of Securities, State Auditor’s Office

V.            Miscellaneous business

VI.            Adjournment