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STATE OF VERMONT
House of Representatives
  • Rep. Patrick Brennan, Chair
  • Rep. David Potter, Vice Chair
  • Rep. Timothy R. Corcoran, Ranking Member
  • Rep. Robert Bancroft
  • Rep. Mollie S. Burke
  • Rep. Jill Krowinski
  • Rep. Barbara Murphy
  • Rep. Gary Nolan
  • Rep. Constance Quimby
  • Rep. Brian K. Savage

House Committee on Transportation

 

AGENDA

 

Room 43

January 23, 2018 - January 26, 2018

Last Updated 1/26/2018 1:32 PM

 

Tuesday, January 23, 2018

10:00 AM          House Floor

 

Immediately following Adjournment          Caucuses

 

1:00 PM          Governor's FY 2019 Budget Address

Joint Assembly-- House Chamber

 

2:05 PM          VTrans Budget Overview

Joe Flynn, Secretary of Transportation, Agency of Transportation

 

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

9:00 AM          DMV Budget

Wanda Minoli, Interim Commissioner, DMV, Department of Motor Vehicles

Michael Smith, Operations Division Director, Department of Motor Vehicles

Neil Schickner, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Carol Harrison, Director of Finance & Logistics, Department of Motor Vehicles

 

10:10 AM          Highway Division Budget Overview

Wayne Symonds, Highway Division Director, Agency of Transportation

 

10:55 AM          PPAID Division Budget Overview

Michele Boomhower, Director, Policy, Planning & Intermodal Dev. Div., Agency of Transportation

 

11:10 AM          Policy, Planning and Research Bureau Overview and Budget

Joe Segale, Policy, Planning and Research Bureau Director, Agency of Transportation

 

11:30 AM          Public Transit Program Overview and Budget

Barbara Donovan, Public Transit Program Manager, Agency of Transportation

 

1:00 PM          House Floor

 

2:00 PM          Roadway, Paving & Traffic Programs Overview and Budget

Jesse Devlin, Roadway, Paving & Traffic Programs Manager, Agency of Transportation

Ken Robie, Project Delivery Bureau Director, Agency of Transportation

 

3:00 PM          Bridge Program Overview and Budget

Kristin Higgins, Structures Section Chief, Agency of Transportation

Ken Robie, Project Delivery Bureau Director, Agency of Transportation

Pam Thurber, Bridge Management & Inspection Engineer, Agency of Transportation

 

Thursday, January 25, 2018

9:00 AM          MOB Budget

Scott Rogers, Maintenance and Operations Bureau Director, Agency of Transportation

Ken Valentine, Interim Deputy Director of Maintenance and Operations, Agency of Transportation

Alec Portalupi, Technical Services Manager, Agency of Transportation

Ernie Patnoe, Maintenance Administrator, Agency of Transportation

Todd Law, State Maintenance Engineer, Agency of Transportation

 

11:00 AM          H. 691 - An act relating to highway safety

Amendment Discussion

Rep. Sandy Haas, Sponsor of amendment

Lieutenant John Flannigan, Vermont State Police, Department of Public Safety

Rep. Warren Van Wyck, Sponsor of amendment

 

1:00 PM          House Floor

 

2:15 PM          Maintenance Challenges

Scott Rogers, Maintenance and Operations Bureau Director, Agency of Transportation

Joe Ruzzo, District 2 General Manager, Agency of Transportation

Joe Geoffrey, Irasburg Garage Supervisor, Agency of Transportation

Dana Caron, Lyndonville Master Maintenance Worker, Agency of Transportation

Adam Duprat, NW Region Vehicle Equipment Technician, Agency of Transportation

Kyle Carpenter, District 8 General Manager, Agency of Transportation

Tanya Whitney, St. Albans Garage Supervisor, Agency of Transportation

Mike Yannotti, Clarendon Garage Supervisor, Agency of Transportation

Ken Valentine, Interim Deputy Director of Maintenance and Operations, Agency of Transportation

 

Friday, January 26, 2018

9:00 AM          H. 691 - An act relating to highway safety

Rep. Diana Gonzalez, Sponsor

Rep. Selene Colburn, Chittenden

Helena Gardner, Legislative Counsel and Records Officer, Office of Legislative Council

 

9:30 AM          House Floor

After the Floor

 

10:30 AM          Transportation Issues

General Rail Update

David Wolfsun, Vermont Rail System

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES- Please email handouts to the committee assistant before your scheduled meeting date and bring 12 hard copies. Please write your name, organization, date and title on each document. With few exceptions, any documents you hand out to a committee, or send to a committee assistant, are open to the public and may be posted to the committee’s webpage.

 

If you have any questions and comments, please contact

 Barbara Dall at 802-828-2262 or bdall@leg.state.vt.us