SB198
SB198

Senate
Record of Committee Proceedings

Committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations

Senate Bill 198
Relating to: authorizing cities, villages, towns, counties, metropolitan sewerage districts, technical colleges and federated public libraries to let public works contracts under the design-build construction process, changing the threshold amounts that require competitive bidding under public works contracts and providing an exemption from competitive bidding requirements.
By Senator George, Huelsman, Roessler, Rude; cosponsored by Representative Riley, Musser, Colon, Carpenter, Gronemus.

June 17, 1999 Referred to Committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.

February 9, 2000
PUBLIC HEARING HELD


Present: (5) Senators Wirch, Moore, Grobschmidt, Drzewiecki and Zien.

Absent: (0) None.


Appearances for

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Dan Thompson, League of Wisconsin Municipalities

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Bill Broydrick, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District

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Ed Huck, Wisconsin Alliance of Cities

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Robert Smith, State Bar of Wisconsin, Construction and Public Contract Section

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Del Beaver, Village of Jackson

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John Mielke, Associated Builders and Contractors

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Gregory High, Milwaukee County

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Kevin Shafer, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District


Appearances against

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William Babcock, Wisconsin Society of Architects

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Dan Zignego, Hartford

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Timothy A. Penno, Electrical Contractors Association, Milwaukee Chapter, NECA

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Curt Hastings, Findorff Construction, AGC

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Ken Pientka, Planning Associates, Inc.

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Jim Boullion, AGC of Wisconsin

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Charles B. Palmer, Wisconsin Underground Contractors

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Brian Mitchell, Associated General Contractors of Greater Milwaukee


Appearances for Information Only

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Rep. Steve Weickert, 57th Assembly District

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Gil Hantzsch, Wisconsin Association of Consulting Engineers


Registrations for

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Michael McCabe, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District

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David Krahn, Waukesha County

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Mike Serpe, Kenosha County

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Rick Stadelman, Wisconsin Towns Association

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Jenny Boese, Construction of Public Contract Law Section of State Bar

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Jennifer Sunstrom, Wisconsin Counties Association


Registrations against

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Joe Daniels, Verona

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Ken Opin, WI Federation of Teachers/WI Education Association Council

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Mark Reihl, Wisconsin State Council of Carpenters

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Joe Wineke, Operating Engineers

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Joan Hansen, Madison

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James Bell, Town and Country Electric, Inc., Madison

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Andy Franken, Wausau Insurance

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Peter C. Vogel, Vogel Brothers, AGC

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Joe Oswald, Wisconsin Laborers District Council

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Robert Barker, Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin


March 30, 2000
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.





Beth Smith
Committee Clerk

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