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  • Sen. Jeanette K. White, Chair
  • Sen. Anthony Pollina, Vice Chair
  • Sen. Christopher Bray
  • Sen. Alison Clarkson, Clerk
  • Sen. Brian Collamore

Senate Committee on Government Operations

 

AGENDA

 

March 31, 2020 - April 3, 2020

Last Updated 4/3/2020 1:38 PM

 

 

Hearings can be Live Streamed on Youtube here

 

 

 

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

1:00 PM                   COVID-19 Committee Discussion

Electronic Signatures

Tucker Anderson, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

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

Chris Campany, Executive Director, Windham Regional Commission

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

Therese Corsones, Executive  Director, Vermont Bar Association

 

1:30 PM                   COVID-19 Committee Discussion

State Workers

Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Beth Fastiggi, Commissioner, Department of Human Resources

Tom Waldman, General Counsel, Department of Human Resources

Ashlynn Doyon, Executive Assistant and Policy Analyst, Office of the State Treasurer

Beth Pearce, State Treasurer, Office of the State Treasurer

Steve Howard, Executive Director, Vermont State Employees Association

 

2:00 PM                   COVID-19 Committee Discussion

EMS

BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Drew Hazelton, Chief of Operations, Rescue Inc.; Chair, Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee, Rescue Inc.

Patrick Malone, Director of the Initiative for Rural Emergency Medical Services, College of Nursing & Health Sciences, UVM

Shayla Livingston, Public Health Policy Advisor, Department of Health

 

Thursday, April 2, 2020

1:00 PM                   COVID-19 Committee Discussion

 

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Beth Pearce, State Treasurer, Office of the State Treasurer

BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Sergeant Mike O'Neil, Executive  Director, Vermont Troopers Association

Michael Desrochers, Executive Director of Fire Management, Department of Public Safety

Steve Howard, Executive Director, Vermont State Employees Association

Rick Gauthier, Director, LEAB

Colonel Matthew Birmingham, Vermont State Police, Department of Public Safety

 

1:30 PM                   COVID-19 Committee Discusssion

Retirement of Law Enforcement

Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Beth Pearce, State Treasurer, Office of the State Treasurer

Timothy Duggan, Legal Director, Office of the State Treasurer

Erika Wolffing, Retirement Policy and Outreach Director, State Treasurer's Office

 

2:15 PM                   COVID-19 Committee Discussion

Fire and Safety

BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

2:45 PM                   COVID-19 Committee Discusssion

Voting Protocol

Tucker Anderson, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

John Quinn, III, Secretary, Agency of Digital Services

 

Friday, April 3, 2020

1:30 PM                   COVID-19 Committee Discusssion

E-Signatures

Tucker Anderson, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

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

Therese Corsones, Executive  Director, Vermont Bar Association

Jack Anderson, President, Assistant Judges Association

Benj Deppman, Partner, Deppman Law PLC

James Knapp, Co-Chair, Vermont Bar Association Property Law Section

 

2:15 PM                   COVID-19 Committee Discusssion

Communities At-Risk

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

Mark Hughes, Executive Director, Justice for All

Greg Marchildon, State Director, AARP

Marita Canedo, Migrant Justice

 

If you have any questions or comments, please email gcarrigan@leg.state.vt.us