Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs

 

AGENDA

 

Room 27

January 15, 2019 - January 18, 2019

Last Updated 1/23/2019 2:15 PM

 

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

9:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

10:15 AM                   Agency of Commerce and Community Development

Introductions

Michael Schirling, Secretary, Agency of Commerce and Community Development

Ted Brady, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Commerce and Community Development

Wendy Knight, Commissioner, Department of Tourism and Marketing, Agency of Commerce and Community Development

Josh Hanford, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Housing and Community Development, Agency of Commerce and Community Development

Joan Goldstein, Commissioner, Department of Economic Development, Agency of Commerce and Community Development

 

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

9:00 AM                   Homelessness Awareness Day

Room 11

Sarah Phillips, Director, Vermont Office of Economic Opportunity

Kara Casey, Housing and Economic Justice Specialist, Vermont Network Against Domestic & Sexual Violence

Renee Weeks, Director of Clinical and Shelter Services, Upper Valley Haven

Deb Zak, Asset Manager, Windham and Windsor Housing Trust

Margaret Bozik, Director of Asset Management & Special Initiatives, Champlain Housing Trust and Co-Chair, Chittenden County Homeless Alliance

 

10:00 AM                   Break

10 minutes

 

10:10 AM                   Housing Code Enforcement

Sarah Carpenter, Chair, Rental Housing Authority

James Arisman, Town Health Office, Marshfield

Karen Horn, Director, Public Policy & Advocacy, Vermont League of Cities and Towns

 

11:30 AM                   Liquor and Lottery Task Force Report

Update

Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

11:45 AM                   Report on Debarment

Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

Thursday, January 17, 2019

8:30 AM                   Workforce Development

Update

Dustin Degree, Executive Director, State Workforce Development Board, Department of Labor

Sarah Buxton, Director, Workforce Policy and Performance, Department of Labor

Hugh Bradshaw, Employment Services Manager, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Creative Workforce Development

 

9:50 AM                   Break

 

10:00 AM                   Prevention of Sexual Harassment

Bor Yang, Executive Director, VT Human Rights Commission

Emily Adams, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Unit

Cary Brown, Executive Director, Vermont Commission on Women

 

11:00 AM                   The Liquor and Lottery Merger

Patrick Delaney, Commissioner, Department of Liquor and Lottery

 

11:30 AM                   Fair Repair

Sen. Christopher A. Pearson

Rep. Matthew Hill

 

Friday, January 18, 2019

9:00 AM                   Short Term Rental Housing

Wendy Knight, Commissioner, Department of Tourism and Marketing, Agency of Commerce and Community Development

Deborah Carroll, Principal Assistant, Department of Taxes

Erhard Mahnke, Coordinator, Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition

Doug Farnham, Senior Research Economist and the Director of Policy, Department of Taxes

 

10:00 AM                   Minimum Wage

Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

10:45 AM                   Break

 

10:55 AM                   Paid Family Leave

Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

11:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

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

 Kayla Dewey at 828-3803 or kdewey@leg.state.vt.us