House Committee on Government Operations

 

AGENDA

 

Room 49

January 16, 2018 - January 19, 2018

Last Updated 1/17/2018 10:59 AM

 

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

10:00 AM          FLOOR

 

11:00 AM          H. 568 - An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of Barre

Rep. Robert LaClair, Barre

Rep. Francis McFaun, Residential Care Homes

Donna Kelty, Town Clerk, Barre Town

Paul Malone, Member, Board of Civil Authority, Barre Town

Tucker Anderson, Attorney, Office of Legislative Council

 

11:30 AM          H. 573 - An act relating to approval of an amendment to the charter of the City of Rutland

Rep. Peter J. Fagan

Rep. Lawrence Cupoli

Rep. Douglas Gage

Rep. Mary E. Howard

Henry Heck, City Clerk, City of Rutland

Tucker Anderson, Law Clerk, Office of Legislative Council

 

12:00 PM          Lunch and Caucuses

 

2:15 PM          H. 199 - An act relating to reinstating legislative members to the Commission on Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders

Rep. Daniel Noyes

 

2:30 PM          H. 496 - An act relating to the professional regulation of medical assistants

Dr. Melissa Volansky, Executive Medical Director, Community Health Services of Lamoille Valley

Dawn Godaire, Director of Clinical Operations and Training, University of Vermont Health Network Medical Group

Greta Hanson, MD, Medical Doctor, Affiliates in OB/GYN

Chris Winters, Deputy Secretary, Secretary of State's Office

 

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

9:00 AM          H. 585 - An act relating to management of records

Tanya Marshall, State Archivist and Director, VT State Archives & Records Administration

Chris Winters, Deputy Secretary, Secretary of State's Office

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

Scott Murphy, State Librarian, Department of Libraries

 

10:30 AM          H. 537 - An act relating to the professional regulation of massage therapists by the Office of Professional Regulation

Introduction and Discussion

Rep. Ruqaiyah "Kiah" Morris

Chris Winters, Deputy Secretary, Secretary of State's Office

Colin Benjamin, Director, Office of Professional Regulation, Secretary of State's Office

Melissa Marks, Massage Therapists

Chris Rice, Lobbyist

Denise Gebroe, Representing Massage Therapists

Maureen Slayton, Representing Massage Therapists

Janet Kahn, Representing Massage Therapists

Andrea Altman, Representing Massage Therapists

Melissa Marks, Massage Therapists

Susan Seymour, Representing Massage Therapists

LJ Stewart, Representing Massage Therapists

 

12:00 PM          Lunch

 

1:00 PM          FLOOR

Governor's Proposed FY2018 Budget Adjustment

 

2:30 AM          Working Groups

Special Funds, Worker Classification, Boards and Commissions, Performance Notes

 

3:30 PM          Working Groups

Report on Progress to full Committee

 

Thursday, January 18, 2018

9:00 AM          Open Meeting Law and Public Records

Including Ombudsman

James Condos, Secretary of State

Chris Winters, Deputy Secretary, Secretary of State's Office

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

Anne Galloway, Vermont Digger

Michael Donoghue, Executive Director, Vermont Press Association

James Lyall, Executive  Director, ACLU of Vermont

Donna Kinville, Clerk-Treasurer/President of Town Clerks' and Treasurers' Association, City of South Burlington

Gwynn Zakov, Municipal Policy Advocate, VT League of Cities and Towns

 

12:00 PM          Lunch

 

1:00 PM          FLOOR

 

15 minutes after the Floor adjourns          Government Accountability Report

Discussion of Outcome #9 Discussion

Chris Winters, Deputy Secretary, Secretary of State's Office

Susan Zeller, Chief Performance Officer, Agency of Administration

Andrew Laing, Chief Data Officer, Agency of Digital Services

BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

Friday, January 19, 2018

9:30 AM          FLOOR

 

10:30 AM          Embedding Results Based Accountability into Committee Work

Susan Zeller, Chief Performance Officer, Agency of Administration

Dru Roessle, Director of Performance Improvement, Agency of Human Services

Scott Johnson, Executive  Director, Vermont Accountability Group

BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

12:00 PM          Lunch

 

12:15 PM          Tax Workshop

 

1:15 PM          H. 552 - An act relating to approval of the adoption and codification of the charter of the Town of Ferrisburgh

Rep. Warren Van Wyck

Rep. Diane Lanpher

Loretta Lawrence, Select Board Chair, Town of Ferrisburgh

Evan Hughes, Legislative Liaison, Vermont Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs

Tucker Anderson, Law Clerk, Office of Legislative Council

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES- Please email handouts to the committee assistant before your scheduled meeting date and bring 3 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

 Denise Diehl at 802-828-2267 or ddiehl@leg.state.vt.us