Skip to main content
Sep Sep 6 9
  • In-Person Event

2022 WSLFOA Annual Meeting

  • Tuesday, September 6, 2022
    • In-Person Event
View Event Details:

Sept. 6-9  | Salt Lake City

The Western States Legislative Fiscal Officers Assocation (WSLFOA) will hold its annual meeting in Salt Lake City on Sept. 6-9. 

Tuesday, Sept. 6
12:00 pm Greeting and Introductions at Utah State Capitol (including lunch)
1:00 pm The Not-So-Great Salt Lake? Impact of Shrinking Lake on Environment and Economy (enroute)
TOPIC: JUSTICE REFORM AND INMATE HOUSING
1:45 pm

Tour Utah’s new state prison in Salt Lake City, including discussion on construction cost and challenges, transition logistics, new approach to rehabilitation in new facility, economic impact on SLC Northwest Quadrant, and next steps for old prison site. 

5:15 pm SLC hotel check-in
7:00 pm Dinner
Wednesday, Sept. 7
7:30 am Depart hotel by coach for Helper/Moab (Continental Breakfast Onboard) 
TOPIC: MANAGING ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY THROUGH POLICY AND DIVERSIFICATION
8:00 am

 Economic Update (enroute) 

8:45 am Strategies for Long-term Fiscal Stability – Pew Charitable Trusts (enroute)
9:45 am Helper, Utah – A Rural Redevelopment Success Story
11:00 am Lunch in Helper
11:15 am Coal Country Strike Force: Providing Strategies for Rural Redevelopment
11:30 am Common Language and Shared Experiences in Public Finance
TOPIC: STATE BUDGETS IN THE WEST
12:30 pm

 State Budget Roundtable, Part 1 (enroute)

TOPIC: INVESTING BUBBLE REVENUE IN ASSETS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS
2:30 pm

 How Utah Leveraged Federal Fiscal Policy to Enhance and Expand Access to Outdoor Recreation (enroute) 

3:15 pm Tour Dead Horse Point State Park, including discussion on challenges of COVID tourism, making parks self-sustaining, and financing/plans for new Utah Raptor State Park. Dinner at park (tentative).
7:30 pm Moab hotel check-in
Thursday, Sept. 8
5:00 am OPTIONAL Sunrise hike to Delicate Arch
7:00 am Breakfast
TOPIC: STATE/FEDERAL PARTNERSHIPS ON PARKS AND BUDGETS
8:30 am

Challenges and Solutions for Managing Demand for National Parks

9:30 am Hike/tour of Arches Windows Region
11:30 am Depart for State Capitol/Box Lunches
12:15 pm Federal Budget Update - FFIS (enroute)
TOPIC: STATE BUDGETS IN THE WEST
1:00 pm

State Budget Roundtable Part 2 (enroute)

2:00 pm State Facility Consolidation in Rural Utah (Price DNR Interagency Building)
3:00 pm State Budget Roundtable Part 3 (enroute)
5:00 pm SLC hotel check-in
6:30 pm Reception/Dinner
Friday, Sept. 9
8:00 am Shuttle to State Capitol
8:30 am Breakfast
9:00 am WSLFOA Business Meeting
TOPIC: THE PEOPLE’S HOUSE: PRESERVING AND ENHANCING CITIZENS’ ACCESS TO POLICYMAKING AND HISTORY
9:30 am

Utah State Capitol Tour

10:30 am Museum of Utah on Capitol Hill
11:30 am Conclude meeting/box lunches
Sponsors
Loading
  • Contact NCSL

  • For more information on this topic, use this form to reach NCSL staff.