Executive Board Meeting
Room 2102
Wednesday, May 22nd @ 9:00 a.m.

1. Presentation of recommendations from NCSL Pay Study
2. Request from Revisor of Statutes’ Office to authorize hiring of two additional Legal Counsel positions
3. Legislative Committee Clerk Support Proposal from Speaker Arch
4. IF NEEDED – Receive and Review report received under the Legislature’s Workplace Harassment Policy (Closed Session Pursuant to Rule 3, Section 16(b))


Email the Executive Board of the Legislative Council in OPPOSITION to Agenda Item #3 the Legislative Committee Clerk Support Proposal ASAP!!!

Sen. Raymond Aguilar, Chairperson – raguilar@leg.ne.gov
Sen. John Lowe, Vice Chairperson – jlowe@leg.ne.gov
Sen. John Arch – jarch@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Beau Ballard – bballard@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Eliot Bostar – Ebostar@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Robert Clements(Ex Officio) – rclements@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Mike Jacobson – mjacobson@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Merv Riepe – mriepe@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Julie Slama – jslama@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Tony Vargas – Tvargas@leg.ne.gov

The Legislative Committee Clerk Support Proposal is a plan to centralize the hiring/firing, direction, and assignment of work to the committee clerks under the Clerk of the Legislature.

The proposal includes firing 5 clerks and hiring 8 additional assistants to the committee clerks staff.

Throughout our engagement with the legislature, we have become accustomed to working with a singular committee clerk respective to their committee and that they have the most insight into the intent and agenda of the committee chair.

It is unlikely that removing the direct oversight and working relationship with a committee chair will improve the success of the committee and its statements.

If the goal is to reduce mistakes in documents provided, additional training should be made available (sounds like the senior committee chairs are already on top of this).

The Chair/Clerk relationship is an extraordinarily important one that is obvious even from the public eye. To place that decision with the Clerk of the Legislature creates a risk that clerks and the committee chairs may not align in ways important to fostering cohesive and efficient committee.

See the attached documents for additional talking points.

If you happen to be free in the morning, come on out and join us in person to testify!

UPCOMING EVENT

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