HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON WORKFORCE, TRADES, AND TALENT
REP. BETH GRIFFIN
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, May 20, 2021
9:00 a.m.
Room 519, House Office Building
The House Committee on Workforce, Trades, and Talent was called to order by the Chair.
The Chair requested attendance be called. The Clerk called the attendance and a quorum was
present.
Present: Reps. Griffin, Martin, Howell, Farrington, Eisen, Markkanen, Sabo, Hope,
O'Neal.
Absent: None.
Excused: None.
Representative Farrington moved to adopt the meeting minutes from May 13, 2021. There
being no objections, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
The Chair laid before the committee presentations on technical career training.
Robert Smith, Principal and Director for Van Buren Tech; Mike Mulligan, Career and
Technical Education Director for Dickinson-Iron Counties; and Brian Sarvello, Chair of
Upper Peninsula Manufacturing Talent Consortium, did a joint PowerPoint presentation on
technical career training within the State of Michigan. Questions and discussion followed.
The PowerPoint presentations are attached.
There being no further business before the committee; Representative Markkanen moved that
the committee adjourn. There being no objections, the Chair adjourned the meeting at 9:51
a.m.
Representative Beth Griffin, Chair
Joy Brewer
Committee Clerk
joybrewer@house.mi.gov