Proponent Testimony on Senate Bill 105 — Thomas P. Pannett, House Economic and Workforce Development

Summary

Thomas P. Pannett completed a witness information form dated October 25, 2021, marking proponent of SB105 on the issue of small and disadvantaged business cross-certifications. His written proponent testimony on Senate Bill 105 is addressed to Chairman Edwards and the members of the House Economic and Workforce Development Committee. It states that the bill will let veteran, minority and women owned businesses save time, money and frustration in obtaining government certifications and contracts in differing jurisdictions. The testimony says it is frustrating for an MBE, WBE or VFBE to be recertified in jurisdictions like Cleveland or Cincinnati after being certified by the Ohio Department of Administrative Services for state work.

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Issuer: Congressional materials
Document type: 2021 10 27 Econ Workforce Dev Testimony Tompannett Sb105 Written Witnessform
Date: 2021-10-27
Case: 2021 10 27 Econ Workforce Dev Testimony Tompannett Sb105 Written Witnessform

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“Proponent Testimony on Senate Bill 105 — Thomas P. Pannett, House Economic and Workforce Development.” Dated 2021-10-27. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/2021-10-27-2021-10-27-econ-workforce-dev-testimony-tompannett-sb105-written-witnessform/, SHA-256 80621814698362519770b9e0764d55f6ceb1d8f30a4c5e9b9db2414c015d170b.

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             WITNESS INFORMATION FORM
                  Please complete the Witness Information Form before testifying:


Date: October 25, 2021
Name: Thomas P. Pannett, Esq.
Are you representing: Yourself ✔ Organization
                                 □                □
Organization (If Applicable):
Position/Title:
Address:   6254 Janes Way
City: Hilliard            State: OHIO       Zip: 43026
Best Contact Telephone: 614-560-5052 Email:
                                            tpannett@keglerbrown.com

Do you wish to be added to the committee notice email distribution list? Yes
                                                                                □ No □
                                                                                     ✔


Business before the committee
        Legislation (Bill/Resolution Number): SB105
        Specific Issue: proponent of small and disadvantaged business cross-certifications
Are you testifying as a: Proponent ✔ Opponent
                                     □            □ Interested Party □
Will you have a written statement, visual aids, or other material to distribute? Yes
                                                                                       □ No □
                                                                                            ✔

(If yes, please send an electronic version of the documents, if possible, to the Chair’s office prior
to committee. You may also submit hard copies to the Chair’s staff prior to committee.)
How much time will your testimony require?


Please provide a brief statement on your position:
I am in favor of SB105 because it will make doing business in Ohio easier for
traditionally disadvantaged businesses.




Please be advised that this form and any materials (written or otherwise) submitted or presented
to this committee are records that may be requested by the public and may be published online.
SB 105 Proponent Testimony

Chairman Edwards, Vice-Chair Powell, Ranking Member Upchurch, and members of the House
Economic and Workforce Development Committee, thank you for allowing me to submit this
correspondence as proponent testimony for Senate Bill 105. I apologize that I could not testify
in person.

Ohio Senate Bill 105 is a true enhancement to creating efficiencies in government and will allow
veteran, minority and women owned businesses to save time, money, and the frustration that
goes along with obtaining government certifications and contracts in differing jurisdictions.

My name is Tom Pannett, recently retired from the Ohio Department of Transportation, and now
working for a large law firm in Columbus. I have worked within state and local government for
some time and in many capacities, and spend many years in procurement. Part of my duties
and pleasure while in government was helping small, women, veteran and minority owned
businesses succeed. I have engaged persons in the industry regarding this legislation such as
my friends Joyce Johnson, Owner of CCI Engineering Services, DBE, WBE, EDGE Certified and
John Wooldridge, Owner of Excenture Business Solutions, MBE, EDGE, DBE Certified. They
assisted me in drafting this testimony.

We believe that it is beyond time for a law like SB105 to be enacted. It is frustrating for an MBE,
WBE, VFBE to have to be recertified in multiple jurisdictions like Cleveland or Cincinnati after
already being certified by the Ohio Department of Administrative Services for just state work.
The cost and effort can be exhausting and often discouraging, and this bill will rectify that
vexing experience, create opportunities for these traditionally small businesses, and allow
enhanced competition for companies certified and competing in a sheltered procurement.

We thank you for generating this needed piece of legislation. After this, the community of
certified business will no long have to go to jurisdiction after jurisdiction and get re-certified
over and over. It is truly a win-win for all certified businesses in Ohio.

Respectfully,




Thomas P. Pannett, P.E., Esq., MBA, CPPOret

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