Senate Committee on Institutions

AGENDA

Room 7

February 11, 2020 - February 14, 2020

Last Updated 2/13/2020 10:52 AM

Tuesday, February 11, 2020

9:30 AM                   FLOOR

10:00 AM                   Senate morning committees

12:00 PM                   Lunch

1:00 PM                   Integrated Eligibility Update

Dan Smith, Consultant, Joint Fiscal Office

Lori Collins, Chief Operating Officer, Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA)

Sarah Clark, Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Human Services

Darin Prail, Director of Digital Services, Agency of Digital Services

2:00 PM                   Update on FY20 Projects and Explanation of FY21 Capital Budget Adjustment Request

Historic Sites, Historic Barn Grants

Laura Trieschmann, State Historic Preservation Officer, Department of Housing and Community Development

Caitlin Corkins, Grant Administrator, Department of Tourism and Marketing

3:00 PM                   Auditor of Accounts Budget Adjustment Request

Doug Hoffer, State Auditor, State Auditor's Office

Wednesday, February 12, 2020

8:30 AM                   Senate morning committees

12:00 PM                   Lunch

1:00 PM                   FLOOR

1:30 PM                   Update on FY20 Projects and Explanation of FY21 Capital Budget Adjustment Request

Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets Water Quality Grants

Diane Bothfeld, Director of Administrative Services & Dairy Policy, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Laura DiPietro, Water Quality Division Director, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Kaitlin Hayes, Coordinator, Vermont Phosphorous Innovation Challenge Project

Lauren Masseria, Senior Market Development Specialist, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Laura Ginsburg, Agricultural Development Section Chief, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Amy Mercier, Financial Director, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

2:30 PM                   S. 282 - An act relating to State-owned heating systems

Mark-up and Possible Vote

Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

3:00 PM                   Confirmation Hearing

Capitol Complex Commission

Heather Shouldice, Lobbyist

Thursday, February 13, 2020

8:30 AM                   Senate morning committees

12:00 PM                   Lunch

1:00 PM                   FLOOR

1:30 PM                   S. 285 - An act relating to the State House Artwork and Portrait Project Committee

Sen. Ruth Hardy, Sponsor

Cary Brown, Executive Director, Vermont Commission on Women

Mark Snelling, President, Snelling Center for Government

Xusana Davis, Executive Director of Racial Equity, Agency of Administration

Mary Leahy, Friends of the State House

Kate Gridley, Portrait Artist, Town of Middlebury

Friday, February 14, 2020

8:30 AM                   Senate morning committees

11:30 AM                   FLOOR

12:00 PM                   Lunch

1:00 PM                   S. 285 - An act relating to the State House Artwork and Portrait Project Committee

Students from Middlebury College are invited; names to follow

Sen. Ruth Hardy, Sponsor

Sarah Laursen, Professor of Art History, Middlebury College

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