House Committee on Government Operations

 

AGENDA

 

 

June 2, 2020 - June 5, 2020

Last Updated 6/5/2020 1:53 PM

 

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Tuesday, June 2, 2020

10:00 AM                   

20-0995 - An act relating to compensation for certain State employees (Pay Act

Steve Howard, Executive Director, Vermont State Employees Association

Alexis Hoyt, Registered Nurse II, Vermont Veterans' Home

Steffen Flibotte, Chair, Corrections Bargaining Unit

Justin Jiron, Chittenden County Deputy State's Attorney, State's Attorneys' Office Bargaining Unit

Robert Stone , Chair, Non-Management Unit, Assistant State Fire Marshal

Margaret Crowley, Chair, Judiciary Bargaining Unit

LT Barbara Kessler, Member; Supervisory Unit Bargaining Team, Vermont State Police

BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Beth Fastiggi, Commissioner, Department of Human Resources

John Berard, Director, Labor Relations, Department of Human Resources

 

11:30 AM                   S. 233 - An act relating to uniform licensing standards

Emily Simmons, General Counsel, Agency of Education

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

Gerald Garrow, Chief Plumbing Inspector, Department of Public Safety

Lauren Hibbert, Director, Office of Professional Regulation, Office of the Secretary of State

BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

12:10 PM                   Adjourn

 

3:30 PM                   All-House Caucus

 

Wednesday, June 3, 2020

10:00 AM                   H. 948 - An act relating to temporary municipal proceedings provisions in response to the COVID-19 outbreak

Committee Discussion on Senate Amendment

Tucker Anderson, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

10:15 AM                   Adjourn

 

11:00 AM                   House  Floor

 

2:00 PM                   House Floor

 

Thursday, June 4, 2020

10:30 AM                   20-0995 - An act relating to compensation for certain State employees (Pay Act

Adam Greshin, Commissioner, Department of Finance & Management

Beth Fastiggi, Commissioner, Department of Human Resources

Harold Schwartz, Director of HR Operations, Department of Human Resources

John Berard, Director, Labor Relations, Department of Human Resources

Stephanie Barrett, Associate Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office

Stephen Klein, Chief Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office

Annie Noonan, Labor Relations Manager, State's Attorneys and Sheriffs Association

BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

12:45 PM                   Adjourn

 

Friday, June 5, 2020

8:30 AM                   S. 348 - An act relating to temporary elections procedures in the year 2020

BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

James Condos, Vermont Secretary of State

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

Carol Dawes, Legislative Chair, Vermont Municipal Clerks and Treasurers Association

Greg Marchildon, State Director, AARP

Kate Lapp, Government Reform Associate and Project Coordinator, VPIRG

Audrey Kline, Policy Director, National Vote at Home Institute

 

10:00 AM                   House Floor

 

1:15 PM                   S. 348 - An act relating to temporary elections procedures in the year 2020

Committee Vote

 

1:30 PM                   Adjourn

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES- Please email handouts to the committee assistant before your scheduled meeting date. With few exceptions, any documents you send to a committee assistant are open to the public and may be posted to the committee’s webpage.

 

Please contact Andrea Hussey at ahussey@leg.state.vt.us with questions