b'2022 State Report 2022 Post WPMAEXPOIdaho Insider IDAHO Petroleum Marketers & Convenience Store Association State Report BACK 2022 Idaho LegislatureTOGETHER AGAIN!OverviewIdaho Member MeetingWelcome back to business(almost) as usual at the Idaho Statehouse for the 2022 legislative session. All hearing rooms in Las Vegas have better remote access, and you can now sign up and testifyFebruary 22, 2022 on-line without making the long drive to Boise. That has saved IPM&CSA President Matt Berry at least one 12-hour round trip Thanks to Idaho membersfor taking time out of their daydrive, so theres that. COVID is still out there, but at least at the during the Las Vegas WPMA Convention to get an update on theIdaho Capitol, the pandemic is no longer driving the agenda for latest legislative issues during the 2022 legislative session. Wemost of us working in the building, or for most in Idaho, I daresay.had a great turnout for a quick review of legislation, a plan forIll have a complete wrap-up when the Legislature adjourns for our PAC golf outings, a discussion of the upcoming 2022 redis- the session, but meantime, here are some of the things to watch tricting election cycle, and reminder about the 2022 IPM&CSAfor in 2022, and heres a prediction: With unprecedented growth Convention, this year in Coeur dAlene, August 3-5 (Note to selfand money, all new legislative districts, and a huge election cycleget your room reserved early!) and the EMA Day on the Hill inloominglook for big disruptions in 2022. Washington D.C. May 17-19 at the Mayflower Hotel. Thanks to members and friends for joining us for the Idaho member meetingIdaho is awash in moneywith a $1.9 billion (yes thats billion in Las Vegas.with a B) surplus in the state General Fund, and $18 billion in federal pandemic-related funds, Idaho is awash in money . more WPMA Hall of Fame money than the state has ever seen or ever had to budget andappropriate. (For reference, Idaho has a $5 billion general fund Award 2022budget). In FY2023, you can add a couple of zeros to everyagency budget (albeit one-time money) as thats what we areOur Own Brett Adams seeing. $100 million here and there, and pretty soon, its really money! Lets just hope its not built into the base, because this of Adams Petroleum is unsustainable. Idaho agencies simply cant easily spend this Cheers to Brett as the recipientof the 2022 WPMA Hall ofamount of money efficiently. It is swamping their systems, and Fame Award. And our utmost gratitude to Brett and Mary Francismuch is being off-ramped into several reserve funds that the state for their many years of service to IPM&CSA, WPMA and PMAA/ has set up over time (for budget stabilization, water pollution EMA. Brett served as President of IPM&CSA and WPMA. Brettcontrol, public schools, and the like.) The states piggy banks are has always been there for us to run shooting and golf events, andfull to the brim, set aside for future use. The objective is to rebuild he and his lovely bride, Mary Francis, have for years celebratedIdahos infrastructure with one-time projects including education both of their birthdays and their anniversary at the Idaho funding, transportation, broadband, workforce. This is a laudable Convention. Now thats commitment to the cause. Congratulationsgoal, but easier said than done. Stand by for how this all plays out. to an award well deserved. Its A Big Election Year2022 is a very big election year top to bottom on the ballot and with a new electoral map for legislative and congressional districts. This spells big disruption in the players, organization and leadership at the statehouse. Some predict that more than half of the legislature could be new in 2023. Mark your calendar for the May 17 Primary Election and get out to vote. Your future may depend on it!RedistrictingThe dust has settled on the work of the Citizen Redistricting Commission and the 5 or 6 lawsuits that followedall thrown out by the Idaho Supreme Court. Now the 105legislators will look to their future. Will they move on, retire, move to higher office, or fight to serve in a new legislative district with new constituents, demographics and geography? Were about to find out. Stand by for the filing period to close and campaign season to begin. Mary Frances & Brett Adams with his 2022 WPMA Hall of Fame Award28 www.wpma.com / Spring 2022'