House Committee on Government Operations

 

AGENDA

 

Room 49

February 27, 2018 - March 2, 2018

Last Updated 3/2/2018 10:37 AM

 

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

9:00 AM                   H. 856 - An act relating to miscellaneous amendments to municipal law

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

BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

10:00 AM                   FLOOR

 

Immediately following adjournment                   Caucuses

 

1:00 PM                   18-0114 - An act relating to the Administrative Procedure Act

Aaron Adler, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

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

Louise Corliss, APA Clerk, Secretary of State

Nicholas Connizzo, Digital Archivist, Secretary of State

Peter Walke, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Natural Resources

 

3:00 PM                   18-0015 - An act relating to the Open Meeting Law and the Public Records Act

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

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

 

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

8:25 AM                   H. 378 - An act relating to the creation of the Artificial Intelligence Commission

Version 1.3

Rep. Laura Sibilia

 

8:30 AM                   18-0878 - An act relating to boards and commissions

BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Jason Maulucci, Governor's Information and Referral Office

Rep. Maureen Dakin, House Appropriations

 

10:00 AM                   H. 859 - An act relating to requiring municipal corporations to affirmatively vote to retain ownership of lease lands

Tucker Anderson, Law Clerk, Office of Legislative Council

Andrew Bolduc, City Attorney, S. Burlington

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   FLOOR

 

2:30 PM                   H. 802 - An act relating to rural economic development infrastructure districts

Rep. Patricia McCoy

 

15 mins after Floor                   Position Pilot Program

Committee Discussion & Decision

Beth Fastiggi, Commissioner, Department of Human Resources

Harold Schwartz, Director of HR Operations, Department of Human Resources

Aimee Pope, Classification Manager, Department of Human Resources

 

-                   Committee Discussion

Work on bills as necessary

 

3:30 PM                   H. 856 - An act relating to miscellaneous amendments to municipal law

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

Tucker Anderson, Law Clerk, Office of Legislative Council

 

Thursday, March 01, 2018

8:00 AM                   18-0878 - An act relating to boards and commissions

Committee discussion and possible vote

 

8:30 AM                   H. 819 - An act relating to municipal authority to adopt nuisance ordinances regarding marijuana odor

Michele Childs, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

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

Tim Page, Police Chief, St,. Johnsbury

Trevor Whipple, Chief of Police, South Burlington, Vermont Association of Chiefs of Police

Tom Little, Vice President, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation

Angela Zaikowski , Director, Vermont Apartment Owners Association, LLC

BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Virginia Renfrew, Lobbyist, Vermont Cannabis Trade Association

 

10:30 AM                   H. 827 - An act relating to electrician licensure by endorsement

BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

John Black, Chair, Electrician's Board

Michael Desrochers, Executive Director of Fire Management, Department of Public Safety

Cathy Lamberton, Vermont Independent Electrical Contractors

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   FLOOR

 

15 mins after Floor                   National Conference of State Legislatures

Erica MacKellar, Senior Policy Specialist, National Conference of State Legislatures

 

Friday, March 02, 2018

8:15 AM                   Position Pilot Program

Beth Fastiggi, Commissioner, Department of Human Resources

Harold Schwartz, Director of HR Operations, Department of Human Resources

Aimee Pope, Classification Manager, Department of Human Resources

Steve Howard, Executive Director, Vermont State Employees Association

 

10:30 AM                   FLOOR

 

15 mins after Floor                   Committee Discussion

Work on bills as necessary

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   Committee Discussion

Work on bills as necessary

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES- Please email handouts to the committee assistant before your scheduled meeting date and bring 2 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 web page.

 

If you have any questions and comments, please contact

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