“We hope to be able to work more collaboratively because we will have time in the mornings to do the actual work of crafting budgets,” Horman added. But the traditional public budget hearings will be shortened to approximately 90 minutes. JFAC members have long met in smaller worker groups behind closed doors to hammer out the process of setting agency budgets. During Thursday’s meeting, Sen. Janie Ward-Engelking, D-Boise, asked Horman if the smaller budget working groups would meet in public or private. Friday’s meeting and the portion of Thursday’s meeting taking place at the Idaho State Capitol will be streamed live via Idaho in Session.

Source: Daily Sun November 09, 2023 17:28 UTC