[0:23] Senator nozzolio and I have been
[0:24] meeting on a regular basis to
[0:26] try and make an agreement on
[0:28] some of these difficult and
[0:30] thorny issues that we face in
[0:31] this budget.
[0:33] And not unlike what's going on
[0:36] upstairs at the general
[0:38] conference committee, we have
[0:41] been -- we have been
[0:42] sometimeyed, and sometime we
[0:45] have been successful and perhaps
[0:47] able to agree on a lot of issues
[0:49] but at this time, we're not
[0:52] prepared to go forward with a
[0:54] full agreement on the many
[0:55] issues especially the financial
[0:57] ones that are out there.
[1:00] Given the fact that the general
[1:01] conference committee has not
[1:03] been able to agree on certain
[1:08] factors that would affect the
[1:10] trajectory of -- and thrust of
[1:12] this public protection
[1:13] conference committee.
[1:16] So, what I'm saying is in final
[1:18] analysis, we're going to have to
[1:22] expect even harder work from the
[1:24] staffs, who have been working
[1:35] tirelessly, I have to say, in
[1:37] agreements to us that are
[1:38] palatable so we can close our
[1:40] table but we're not ready yet to
[1:42] stay let the conference
[1:43] committee decide.
[1:45] We believe we've been able to do
[1:46] in the past.
[1:48] Senator nozzolio and his
[1:50] senators, and our assembly
[1:52] members, have been able to make
[1:56] an agreement that is capable of
[1:58] being delivered to the general
[1:59] conference committee, and have a
[2:00] budget on time.
[2:04] And I expect and I encourage the
[2:06] staffs to work even harder than
[2:09] they have in the past so that we
[2:13] can be in a position to have a
[2:18] budget by friday, in print, the
[2:20] public protection enclosed
[2:24] therein, and be able to pass a
[2:26] complete budget on monday.
[2:26] Senator nos.
[2:28] >> thank you, senator.
[2:31] I wish to thank our staffs on
[2:32] both sides of the aisle
[2:33] especially the staff that I have
[2:35] the privilege of working with,
[2:39] that we have made it a point to
[2:42] them that unless we can get
[2:44] agreement, immediately, that we
[2:47] want you to continue to work
[2:49] toward that objective that
[2:50] heretofor the conference
[2:52] committees have sort of closed
[2:55] down as soon as there wasn't
[2:59] agreement on most issues, and in
[3:03] effect, we're not willing to.
[3:04] Don't we'll continue our
[3:05] discussions and we're asking our
[3:07] staff to continue discussing the
[3:09] issues that we have placed as
[3:10] priority.
[3:11] I would like to indicate we do
[3:13] have a agreement on I would say
[3:15] the vast majority of issues,
[3:18] but, there are still very
[3:19] important questions, questions
[3:22] that members have raised at the
[3:23] last meeting senator little and
[3:25] I have discussed the issue of
[3:26] prison closures.
[3:29] We want our staffs to keep
[3:34] working with us, to try to find
[3:35] agreements, and we're not
[3:37] willing to give up at this
[3:37] point.
[3:39] We think that we still have some
[3:41] time, and we're going to take
[3:44] that time and utilize it to try
[3:46] to focus on our issues and get
[3:47] them resolved.
[3:50] With that, are there any other
[3:52] members of the subcommittee
[3:59] wishing to discuss any issues?
[4:01] Hearing none, assemblyman lentol
[4:05] I move this committee come as an
[4:07] adjourned meeting until it is
[4:08] recalled by the chairs.
[4:12] >> yes, I concur in that and
[4:14] again, staffs will report to us
[4:17] on a regular basis about their
[4:19] progress, and I expect that
[4:20] we'll have another meeting soon.
[4:21] Thank you.