Senate Committee on Government Operations

 

AGENDA

 

Room 4

April 16, 2019 - April 19, 2019

Last Updated 4/19/2019 1:25 PM

 

Tuesday, April 16, 2019

9:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

1:15 PM                   S. 124 - An act relating to miscellaneous law enforcement amendments

Council Members, Sec 1; Training Options, Sec 2&3; Level II ->III - Sec 4; Reporting Sec 7

Rick Gauthier, Director, VT Criminal Justice Training Council

Christopher Herrick, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Public Safety

Michael O'Neil, President, Vermont Troopers Association

Mark Anderson, Captain, Windham County Sheriff's Department

 

2:30 PM                   Dispatch

Paco Aumand, Independent Consultant, Montpelier

Rick Gauthier, Director, LEAB

Steve Whitaker, Concerned Citizen

Kim Cheney, Attorney, Vermont Public Safety Commission

Roger Marcoux, Sheriff, Enhanced 9-1-1 Board

 

3:30 PM                   15 Minute Break

 

3:45 PM                   H. 16 - An act relating to boards and commissions

BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Barb Neal, Executive Director, Enhanced 9-1-1 Board

Roger Marcoux, Sheriff, Enhanced 9-1-1 Board

Thomas D. Anderson, Commissioner, Department of Public Safety

Susanne Young, Secretary of Administration, Agency of Administration

 

Wednesday, April 17, 2019

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

After the Floor                     S. 156 - An act relating to binding interest arbitration for State employees and municipal public safety employees

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

Jill Charbonneau, President, Vermont AFL-CIO

Bradley R. Reed, President, Professional Firefighters of Vermont

Michael O'Neil, President, Vermont Troopers Association

Tricia Coates, Director of External & Governmental Affairs, Vermont State Colleges

Steve Howard, Executive Director, Vermont State Employees Association

Tim Noonan, Executive Director, Labor Relations Board

John Berard, Director, Labor Relations, Department of Human Resources

 

4:00 PM                   H. 135 - An act relating to the authority of the Agency of Digital Services

Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Shawn Nailor, Deputy Director, Agency of Digital Services

 

Thursday, April 18, 2019

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

After the Floor                     H. 104 - An act relating to professions and occupations regulated by the Office of Professional Regulation

Markup; vote

Lauren Hibbert, Director, Office of Professional Regulation

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

Jessica Oski, Lobbyist, Vermont Acupuncture Association

Allison Crowley Demag, Lobbyist, Vermont Podiatric Medical Association

Elizabeth Novotny, Lobbyist, Vermont Police Association

BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

3:00 PM                   Prop 2 - Declaration of rights; eliminating reference to slavery

Discuss proposed amendment.

BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Sen. Debbie Ingram, Chittenden District

 

Friday, April 19, 2019

11:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

1:15 PM                   H. 16 - An act relating to boards and commissions

BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Tanya Marshall, State Archivist and Chief Records Officer, VT State Archives & Records Administration

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

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES- Please email handouts to the committee assistant before your scheduled meeting date and bring 7 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

 Gail Carrigan at 828-2272 or gcarrigan@leg.state.vt.us