HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
REP. JACK O'MALLEY
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
10:30 AM
Room 327, House Office Building
The House Standing Committee on Transportation was called to order by the Chair.
The Chair requested attendance be called:
Present: Reps. O'Malley, Eisen, Cole, Sheppard, Alexander, Bellino, Howell, Afendoulis,
Sneller, Clemente, Yancey, Haadsma, Shannon.
Absent/Excused: None.
Representative Yancey moved to adopt the meeting minutes from March 19, 2019. There being
no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
Executive Director Ron Brenke, Bob Rabeler, Robert Leppala, and Jayson Nault, all representing
the American Council of Engineering Companies of Michigan, provided a presentation on Road
Building 101 and reviewed the following topics: Road Project Life Cycle; Road Design Factors;
Road Design Process; Construction Considerations; and Innovations to Improve Quality,
Efficiency, and Safety. Questions and discussion followed.
The Chair laid HB 4120 before the committee:
HB 4120
(Rep. Markkanen)
A bill to amend 1909 PA 283,
entitled “An act to revise, consolidate, and add to the laws
relating to the establishment, opening, discontinuing,
vacating, closing, altering, improvement, maintenance, and
use of the public highways and private roads; the
condemnation of property and gravel therefor; the building,
repairing and preservation of bridges; maintaining public
access to waterways under certain conditions; setting and
protecting shade trees, drainage, and cutting weeds and brush
within this state; providing for the election or appointment
and defining the powers, duties, and compensation of state,
county, township, and district highway officials; and to
prescribe penalties and provide remedies,” by amending
section 10 of chapter IV (MCL 224.10), as amended by 2004
PA 516.
Representative Sheppard moved to refer House Bill No. 4120 to the committee on Ways and
Means. The motion prevailed 13-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. O'Malley, Eisen, Cole, Sheppard, Alexander, Bellino, Howell, Afendoulis,
Sneller, Clemente, Yancey, Haadsma, Shannon.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
There being no further business before the committee, Rep. Jack O'Malley adjourned the meeting
at 11:49 AM.
Representative Jack O'Malley, Chair
Dakota Soda
Committee Clerk
dsoda@house.mi.gov