"FUNDING/BUDGET PROBLEM... OR IS IT THE SPENDING?"
58TH ANNUAL TAXPAYERS CONFERENCE BOISE CENTRE ON THE GROVE, SUMMIT AUDITORIUM 9th and Front, Boise, Idaho Wednesday, December 1, 2004
7:30 - 8:30 a.m. REGISTRATION
8:30 - 8:45 a.m. OPENING REMARKS
8:45 - 10:30 a.m. BUDGET POLICY/ACTUAL PROCESS
State Budget JEFF YOUTZ, Idaho Legislative Budget & Policy Analysis Supervisor, Boise
Local Budgets LEE HEINRICH, Valley County Clerk, Cascade SHELLY ENDERUD, Finance Director, Post Falls
Medicaid KATHY KUSTRA, Former Medicaid Director, Consultant and Special Advisor in Illinois and Kentucky, Boise
10:30-10:45 a.m. BREAK
10:45 - 12:00 a.m. TAX POLICY/ACTUAL PROCESS (And How To Address Tax Fairness)
Combined Local, State, Federal Sources RANDY NELSON, President, Associated Taxpayers of Idaho, Boise
Major Idaho Taxes and How We Compare DAN JOHN, Tax Policy Administrator, Idaho State Tax Commission, Boise
12:00 - 1:30 p.m. LUNCH PROGRAM - What Are Idaho's Fiscal/Budget Priorities This Year? SENATOR BOB GEDDES, President Pro-Tem, Soda Springs REPRESENTATIVE BRUCE NEWCOMB, Speaker of the House, Burley
1:30 - 2:30 p.m. ECONOMIC POLICY/BUSINESS INCENTIVES (And Keeping/Improving Idaho's Competitiveness) ROGER MADSEN, Director, Idaho Department of Commerce and labor, Boise ROBERT ADY, President, Ady International Company, Mount Prespect, Illinois DAVID McALINDIN, Economic Development Director, Twin Falls
2:30 - 3:30 p.m. PUBLIC SCHOOL PRIORITIES (Education Standards And Hot Topics Shaping The Future) LYNN REED, Executive Director, Minnesota Taxpayers Association, Saint Paul, MN