HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
REP. ANGELA WITWER
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Wednesday, February 22,
2023
9:00
AM
Room 352, House Appropriations, State Capitol
Building
The House Committee on Appropriations was called to order by Chair Witwer.
The Chair requested attendance be called:
Present: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus,
McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson, Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh,
Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele.
Absent: None.
Excused: None.
Representatives O'Neal, Brabec, Puri, Weiss, Mentzer, Morgan and Price joined the committee
remotely.
Representative Snyder moved to adopt the meeting minutes from February 1, 2023. There being
no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
Representative Steckloff moved to adopt the meeting minutes from February 8, 2023. There
being no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
The Chair laid the presentation on the Proposed Battery Manufacturing Facility in Marshall,
Michigan before the committee.
Quentin Messer, CEO and President of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, Chris
Smith, representing the Ford Motor Company, and Derek Perry, City Manager of Marshall,
Michigan, all provided a presentation on the Proposed Battery Manufacturing Facility in
Marshall, Michigan. Questions and discussion followed.
Gabby Bruno, representing the Ford Motor Company, approached to answer questions from
committee members.
The following people submitted cards in support of the Proposed Battery Manufacturing Facility
in Marshall, Michigan Project:
Jared Fleisher, representing Rock Central and the Family of Companies.
Paul Corbett, representing MICHauto.
Brad Williams, representing the Detroit Regional Chamber.
David Palsrok, representing DTE Energy.
Jeff Stoutenberg, representing Dow.
There being no further business before the committee, Chair Witwer adjourned the meeting at
10:28 AM.
Representative Angela Witwer, Chair
Dakota Soda
Committee Clerk
dsoda@house.mi.gov