Senate Committee on Government Operations

 

AGENDA

 

Room 4

January 15, 2019 - January 18, 2019

Last Updated 1/17/2019 2:38 PM

 

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

1:00 PM                   Secretary of State's Office

Discuss OPR and Elections

Hon. James Condos, Secretary of State

Will Senning, Director, Elections and Campaign Finance, Secretary of State's Office

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

Lauren Hibbert, Director, Office of Professional Regulation

 

2:30 PM                   State Workforce

Pensions and temporary workers.

Aimee Towne, Vice President, VSEA

Steve Howard, Executive Director, Vermont State Employees Association

 

3:00 PM                   15 Minute Break

 

3:15 PM                   Municipal Policy Issues

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

 

4:30 PM                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

1:30 PM                   Administration

Discuss Priorities and Sunset Advisory Commission

Hayden DuBlois, Executive Office (Gov)

Jason Maulucci, Director, Boards and Commissions, Governor’s Office

 

2:15 PM                   Auditor Priorities

Doug Hoffer, State Auditor, State Auditor's Office

 

3:00 PM                   VPIRG Priorities

Paul Burns, Executive Director, Vermont Public Interest Research Group

Dan Brown, Vermont Public Interest Research Group

 

3:45 PM                   Human Resources

Discuss priorities: Temporary Employees; Background Checks

Beth Fastiggi, Commissioner, Department of Human Resources

Craig Bolio, Deputy Commissioner, VT Department of Taxes

Dan Pouliot, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Human Resources

Susanne Young, Secretary of Administration, Agency of Administration

Tom Waldman, General Council, Department of Human Resources

 

Thursday, January 17, 2019

12:30 PM                   Senate Floor

Sexual Harassment Training

 

1:30 PM                   Ethics Commission

Discuss updates and priorities

Madeline Motta, Chair, Vermont State Ethics Commission

Larry Novins, Executive  Director, Vermont State Ethics Commission

Julie Hulburd, Member, Vermont State Ethics Commission

 

3:00 PM                   15 Minute Break

 

3:15 PM                   State Racial Equity Advisory Panel

Andrea Brett, Chair, Racial Equity Advisory Panel

Tom Waldman, General Council, Department of Human Resources

 

Friday, January 18, 2019

1:00 PM                   Econometric Model

Chris Cole, Commissioner, Buildings and General Services

Deborah Damore, Director of Purchasing and Contracting, Department of Buildings & General Services

 

2:00 PM                   BGS Priorities

Chris Cole, Commissioner, Buildings and General Services

 

3:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES- Please email handouts to the committee assistant before your scheduled meeting date and bring 8 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