2006 Conference
"TAX SYSTEM CROSSROADS AND CHANGING URBAN/RURAL DYNAMICS"
60TH ANNUAL TAXPAYERS CONFERENCE
BOISE CENTRE ON THE GROVE, SUMMIT AUDITORIUM
9th and Front, Boise, Idaho
Wednesday, December 6, 2006
7:30 - 8:45 a.m. REGISTRATION
8:45 - 9:00 a.m. OPENING REMARKS
9:00 - 10:10 a.m. THE ECONOMY, REAL ESTATE MARKET AND FORECASTS
NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE AND IDAHO'S MARKETPLACE
BOB TAUNTON, Suncor Development Company, Eagle, ID
REGIONAL/STATE PERSPECTIVE
DR. KELLY MATTHEWS, Economist, Wells Fargo Bank, Salt Lake City, UT
10:10 - 10:30 a.m. BREAK
10:30 - 12:00 p.m. URBAN/RURAL DYNAMICS
Moderator: BRAD LITTLE (Senator, Dist. 11), Little Land and Livestock, Emmett
NORTH IDAHO: STEVE GRIFFITTS, Jobs Plus, Coeur d'Alene, ID
SW IDAHO: CLIFF LONG, City Economic Development Director, Nampa
SOUTH CENTRAL IDAHO: CURTIS EATON, College of Southern Idaho Foundation, Twin Falls, ID
12:00 - 1:45 p.m. LUNCH PROGRAM
Idaho's Priorities As The 2007 Legislative Session And New Budget Year Approaches
MAX YOST AWARD
GOVERNOR JAMES E. RISCH
1:45 - 3:30 p.m. STATE/LOCAL BUDGETING PROCESS, IDAHO'S TAX SYSTEM, MORE TAX RELIEF/MORE PUBLIC SERVICES DISCONNECT
Moderator: MARC JOHNSON, President, The Gallatin Group, Boise
A NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE (Idaho's State Budget Process Compared to Other Western States)
ARTURO PEREZ, Fiscal Affairs Program, National Conference of State Legislatures
Denver, CO
LEGISLATIVE STATE FINANCE COMMITTEE PERSPECTIVE
SENATOR DEAN CAMERON, Idaho Joint Finance and Appropriations Committee, Co-Chair
Rupert, ID (District 26)
LEGISLATIVE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND TAXATION PERSPECTIVE (Local Property Taxes/State Revenue Sharing/Other Taxes and Fees)
REPRESENTATIVE LENORE BARRETT, House Local Government, Chair and Rev/Tax Committee, Member
Challis, ID (District 35)
LOCAL GOVERNMETNAL PERSPECTIVE (How You Weigh the Wants Versus the Revenues)
ROGER CHRISTENSEN, Bonneville County Commissioner
Idaho Falls, ID
3:30 p.m. Q&A, WRAP-UP
Tax Policy by the Initiative Process and Earmarking Revenues
Property Taxes And Idaho's System
CONFERENCE POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS
Bob Taunton
George Iliff
Steve Griffitts
Cliff Long
Curtis Eaton
Arturo Perez
Roger Christensen
60TH ANNUAL TAXPAYERS CONFERENCE
BOISE CENTRE ON THE GROVE, SUMMIT AUDITORIUM
9th and Front, Boise, Idaho
Wednesday, December 6, 2006
7:30 - 8:45 a.m. REGISTRATION
8:45 - 9:00 a.m. OPENING REMARKS
9:00 - 10:10 a.m. THE ECONOMY, REAL ESTATE MARKET AND FORECASTS
NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE AND IDAHO'S MARKETPLACE
BOB TAUNTON, Suncor Development Company, Eagle, ID
REGIONAL/STATE PERSPECTIVE
DR. KELLY MATTHEWS, Economist, Wells Fargo Bank, Salt Lake City, UT
10:10 - 10:30 a.m. BREAK
10:30 - 12:00 p.m. URBAN/RURAL DYNAMICS
Moderator: BRAD LITTLE (Senator, Dist. 11), Little Land and Livestock, Emmett
NORTH IDAHO: STEVE GRIFFITTS, Jobs Plus, Coeur d'Alene, ID
SW IDAHO: CLIFF LONG, City Economic Development Director, Nampa
SOUTH CENTRAL IDAHO: CURTIS EATON, College of Southern Idaho Foundation, Twin Falls, ID
12:00 - 1:45 p.m. LUNCH PROGRAM
Idaho's Priorities As The 2007 Legislative Session And New Budget Year Approaches
MAX YOST AWARD
GOVERNOR JAMES E. RISCH
1:45 - 3:30 p.m. STATE/LOCAL BUDGETING PROCESS, IDAHO'S TAX SYSTEM, MORE TAX RELIEF/MORE PUBLIC SERVICES DISCONNECT
Moderator: MARC JOHNSON, President, The Gallatin Group, Boise
A NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE (Idaho's State Budget Process Compared to Other Western States)
ARTURO PEREZ, Fiscal Affairs Program, National Conference of State Legislatures
Denver, CO
LEGISLATIVE STATE FINANCE COMMITTEE PERSPECTIVE
SENATOR DEAN CAMERON, Idaho Joint Finance and Appropriations Committee, Co-Chair
Rupert, ID (District 26)
LEGISLATIVE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND TAXATION PERSPECTIVE (Local Property Taxes/State Revenue Sharing/Other Taxes and Fees)
REPRESENTATIVE LENORE BARRETT, House Local Government, Chair and Rev/Tax Committee, Member
Challis, ID (District 35)
LOCAL GOVERNMETNAL PERSPECTIVE (How You Weigh the Wants Versus the Revenues)
ROGER CHRISTENSEN, Bonneville County Commissioner
Idaho Falls, ID
3:30 p.m. Q&A, WRAP-UP
Tax Policy by the Initiative Process and Earmarking Revenues
Property Taxes And Idaho's System
CONFERENCE POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS
Bob Taunton
George Iliff
Steve Griffitts
Cliff Long
Curtis Eaton
Arturo Perez
Roger Christensen
