Senate Committee on Institutions

AGENDA

Room 7

January 28, 2020 - January 31, 2020

Last Updated 1/30/2020 8:13 AM

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

9:30 AM                   FLOOR

10:00 AM                   Senate morning committees

11:00 AM                   Implicit Bias Training

Room 10

1:00 PM                   S. 278 - An act relating to the State Energy Management Program

Walk-through; Discussion and Possible Vote

Sen. Andrew Perchlik, Sponsor

Luke Martland, Director and Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Chris Cole, Commissioner, Department of Buildings and General Services

1:30 PM                   S. 282 - An act relating to State-owned heating systems

Walk-through; Discussion; and Possible Vote

Sen. Andrew Perchlik, Sponsor

Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Chris Cole, Commissioner, Department of Buildings and General Services

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

8:30 AM                   Senate morning committees

12:00 PM                   Lunch

1:00 PM                   FLOOR

1:15 PM                   Mental Health Advocacy Day

Suicide Prevention; Placement of Patients (beds)

Sarah Squirrell, Commissioner, Department of Mental Health

Mourning Fox, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Mental Health

Alison Krompf, Senior Policy Advisor, Department of Mental Health

Richard Fales, Community Member, Rutland

Scott Acus, Executive Director, Collaborative Solutions/Second Spring

JoEllen Tarallo, Ph.D., Director, Vermont Suicide Prevention Center and Vermont Suicide Prevention Coalition

2:45 PM                   S. 249 - An act relating to Davis-Bacon wage survey requirements for State construction projects

Walk-through, Discussion and Possible Vote

Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Lori Valburn, Chief of Civil Rights & Labor Compliance, Agency of Transportation

Jennifer Fitch, Deputy Commissioner, Buildings & General Services

Larry Moquin, Regional Organizer, NE, Laborers' International Union of North America

David Mickenberg, Lobbyist, Working Vermont

Thursday, January 30, 2020

8:30 AM                   Senate morning committees

12:00 PM                   Lunch

1:00 PM                   FLOOR

1:30 PM                   Vermont Housing and Conservation Coalition Day

Jim Lovinsky, Executive  Director, Lamoille Housing Partnership

Kathy Beyer, Vice President for Development, Housing Vermont

2:15 PM                   Vermont Housing and Conservation Coalition legislative day

Vermont Housing Coalition Day

Phil Hoffman, The Nature Conservancy

Lynn Bondurant, Danby Resident and Board Chair, The Nature Conservancy

Robin Jeffers, SD Ireland

Mary Ellen Copeland, Green Mtn. Conservancy

3:00 PM                   Testimony will continue

Testimony from various housing groups

Friday, January 31, 2020

8:30 AM                   Senate morning committees

12:00 PM                   Lunch

11:30 AM                   FLOOR

1:00 PM                   Walleye

Update

Cubby Smith, Walleye

Bob Sampson, President, Vermont  Walleye Association

1:30 PM                   Lamoille Valley Rail Trail

Witnesses to be invited

Laural Ruggles, Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital

Cindy Locke, Executive  Director, VAST

Ken Brown, Project Manager, Lamoille Valley Rail Trail

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

Tricia Follert, Coordinator - Community Development, Town of Morristown

Sue Scribner, Municipal Assistance Bureau, Director, Agency of Transportation

ATTENTION WITNESSES- Please email handouts to the committee assistant before your scheduled meeting date and bring 6 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 or comments, please contact

 Denise Diehl at 802-828-2352 or ddiehl@leg.state.vt.us