House Committee on Appropriations

 

AGENDA

 

Room 42

February 19, 2019 - February 22, 2019

Last Updated 2/28/2019 10:19 AM

 

Tuesday, February 19, 2019

9:25 AM                   Introduction

Vermont Farm Bureau

 

9:30 AM                   19-0730 - An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government

Protection to Persons & Property

T.J. Donovan, Invited, Vermont Attorney General, Attorney General's Office

Willa Farrell, Director, Court Diversion and Pre-Trial Services

 

10:30 AM                   Implicit Bias Training

House Chamber

 

12:30 PM                   Recess for Lunch

 

1:15 PM                   Caucuses

 

2:00 PM                   19-0730 - An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government

Human Services

Melissa Jackson, Chief Executive Officer, Vermont Veterans' Home

 

3:15 PM                   H. 97 - An act relating to fiscal year 2019 budget adjustments

Committee Discussion

 

4:00 PM                   Committee Discussion

Reports, Agenda & Member Questions

 

4:30 PM                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, February 20, 2019

9:30 AM                   19-0730 - An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government

Protection to Persons & Property

T.J. Donovan, Vermont Attorney General, Attorney General's Office

Joshua Diamond, Deputy Attorney General, Attorney General's Office

 

11:00 AM                   19-0730 - An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government

General Government

Madeline Motta, Chair, Vermont State Ethics Commission

Larry Novins, Executive Director, Vermont State Ethics Commission

Bradley Kukenberger, Financial Manager, Agency of Administration

 

11:45 AM                   Recess for Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   19-0730 - An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government

Advocates Hearing - Human Services

    ROOM 11 - confirmed

Sarah Kinney, Let's Grow Kids

David Mickenberg, Council on Vermont Elders

Paul Berman, Headstart

Joe Ferrada, Parent Child Centers

Janet Hunt, Executive Director, Vermont Association of the Area Agencies on Aging

Jill Olson, VT Home and Community Care

Josh Davis, Executive Director, GroundWorks Collaborative, Brattleboro

Michael Redmond, Executive Director, Upper Valley Haven

Molly Dugan, Director, Support and Services at Home (SASH)

Rebeka Lawrence-Gomez, Deputy Director, Pathways Vermont

Erhard Mahnke, Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition

Karen Lafayette, Vermont Low Income Advocacy Council

Sarah Launderville, Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights

Pam McCarthy, Vermont Family Network

Christophre Woods, Executive Director, Vermont Psychiatric Survivors

Eric Avildson, Vermont Legal Aid

Jan Demers, Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity

Sue Minter, Executive Director, Capstone Community Action

Paul Zabriskie, Director of Weatherization and Home Performance, Capstone Community Action

Julie Tessler, Vermont Care Partners

Faye Mack, Advocacy and Education Director, Hunger Free Vermont

Susan Aronoff, Vermont Development Disabilities Council

Michelle Fay, Executive Director, Voices for Vermont's Children

Patrick Donegan, Director, Good Samaritan Haven, Barre

 

2:30 PM                   Adjourn Advocates Hearing

 

2:45 PM                   H. 97 - An act relating to fiscal year 2019 budget adjustments

Grants: JFO#2945, JFO#2946, JFO#2948, JFO#2949, JFO#2950, JFO#2951, JFO#2952

Laura Ginsburg, Agricultural Development Section Chief, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets (2:45 PM)

Abbey Willard, Director, Agricultural Development Division, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets (2:45 PM)

Marcey Hodgdon, Finance Director, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets (2:45 PM)

Ryan Patch, Deputy Director, Water Quality Division, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets (2:45 PM)

Ken Gragg, Deputy Adjutant General, Military Department (3:30 PM)

Christopher Herrick, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Public Safety (3:45 PM)

Bryan Redmond, Director, Drinking Water and Groundwater Protection Division, Department of Environmental Conservation (4:00 PM)

Joanna Pallito, Finance Director, Department of Environmental Conservation (4:00 PM)

 

4:15 PM                   Committee Discussion

Reports, Agenda and Members Questions

 

4:30 PM                   Adjourn

 

Thursday, February 21, 2019

8:30 AM                   19-0730 - An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government

Non-Human Services Budget Sections

  Room: 11

Chris Donnelly, Director of Community Relations, Champlain Housing Trust

Phil Huffman, Director of Government Relations and Policy, The Nature Conservancy

Peter Gregory, Executive Director, Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission

Kate Wanner, Trust for Public Land

Paul Costello, Executive Director, Vermont Council on Rural Development

Jon Copans, Climate Economy Action Team, VT Council on Rural Development

Olivia Campbell, Renewable Energy Vermont

Melanie Paskevitch, Heat Squad

Betsy Rosenbluth, Project Director, Vermont FEED

Deb Snell, President, AFT-VT

Alison Friedkin, Downstreet Housing and Community Development

Nancy Owens, Housing Vermont

Ben Walsh, Climate and energy Program Director, Vermont Public Interest Research Group

Dan Quinlan, Chair, VT Climate and Health Alliance

Lauren Hierl, Executive Director, Vermont Conservation Voters

Anne Watson, The Mayor's Coalition

Jill Arace, Executive Director, Vermont Association of Conservation Districts

Rebecca Mitchell, Hunger Free Vermont

Rob Chapman, Executive Director, ORCA Media

Daniel Barlow, Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility

Patricia Tedesco, VT Home Access Program, VCIL

Jon Groveman, Policy and Water Program Director, Vermont Natural Resources Council

Rebekah Weber, Lake Champlain Lakekeeper, Conservation Law Foundation

Cassie Wilner, VT Afterschool Inc.

 

10:00 AM                   Adjourn Advocates Hearing

 

10:15 AM                   H. 97 - An act relating to fiscal year 2019 budget adjustments

Corrections Grant - JFO#2953

Monica Weeber, Director of Administrative Services, Department of Corrections

 

10:30 AM                   Joint Assembly

to provide for election of Sergeant at Arms, an Adjutant and Inspector General, and three Trustees of the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College.

 

1:00 PM                   19-0730 - An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government

General Government

Beth Pearce, State Treasurer, Office of the State Treasurer

Michael Clasen, Deputy State Treasurer, Office of the State Treasurer

 

2:15 PM                   H. 193 - An act relating to creating a State funding match for Americorps members

Overview of the Bill -- Tentative

Rep. Daniel Noyes, Sponsor, Wolcott

 

2:45 PM                   H. 97 - An act relating to fiscal year 2019 budget adjustments

Committee Discussion

 

4:15 PM                   Committee Discussion

Reports, Agenda and Members Questions

 

4:30 PM                   Adjourn

 

Friday, February 22, 2019

8:30 AM                   19-0730 - An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government

Members Budget Comments and Suggestions

Rep. Charles "Butch" Shaw, Pittsford (8:30 AM)

Rep. Daniel Noyes, Wolcott (8:35 AM)

Rep. Peter Anthony, Barre City (8:40 AM)

Rep. Harvey Smith, New Haven (8:45 AM)

 

9:00 AM                   Corrections Health Care Review – Consultants Report

Karl Becker, Senior Vice President, CGL

 

9:45 AM                   19-0730 - An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government

Members Budget Comments and Suggestions -- continued

Rep. Carol Ode, Burlington (9:45 AM)

Rep. Marybeth Redmond, Essex (9:50 AM)

Rep. Theresa Wood, Washington-Chittenden (9:55 AM)

Rep. Rebecca White, Windsor 4-2 (10:00 AM)

Rep. Mary Sullivan, Burlington (10:05 AM)

Rep. William Notte, Rutland (10:10 AM)

Rep. Katherine "Kari" Dolan, Washington-7 (10:15 AM)

Rep. Johannah Donovan, Burlington (10:20 AM)

Rep. Brian Smith, Derby (10:25 AM)

Rep. Robin Chesnut-Tangerman, Middletown Springs (10:30 AM)

Rep. Kevin "Coach" Christie, Hartford (10:32 AM)

Rep. Timothy Briglin, Thetford Center (10:35 AM)

Rep. Carl Demrow, Corinth (10:35 AM)

Rep. Seth Chase, Chittenden 9-1 (10:40 AM)

Rep. Thomas Stevens, Waterbury (10:45 AM)

Rep. Zachariah Ralph, Hartland (10:50 AM)

Rep. Brian Cina, Burlington (10:55 AM)

Rep. George W. Till, Jericho (11:05 AM)

 

11:45 AM                   Recess for Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   19-0730 - An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government

Committee Discussion

 

3:15 PM                   Committee Discussion

Reports, Agenda, Members Questions

 

3:30 PM                   Adjourn