House Committee on Appropriations

 

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August 24, 2020 - August 28, 2020

Last Updated 8/30/2020 3:37 PM

 

Monday, August 24, 2020

9:00 AM                   20-1017 - An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government

FY21 Base Budget

Stephen Klein, Chief Legislative Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office

Maria Belliveau, Associate Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office

 

10:00 AM                   20-1017 - An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government

Review of Language

Matt Riven, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Finance & Management

 

11:00 AM                   20-1017 - An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government

Committee Discussion

 

11:30 AM                   Adjourn

 

Tuesday, August 25, 2020

8:30 AM                   20-1017 - An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government

Agency of Agriculture - JT W/House Committee on Agriculture

Anson Tebbetts, Secretary, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

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

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

 

9:30 AM                   Committee Discussion

 

9:45 AM                   Recess

 

10:00 AM                   House Convenes

 

11:00 AM                   20-1017 - An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government

Review of Language - Committee Discussion

 

1:30 PM                   20-1017 - An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government

Agency of Commerce - JT W/House Commerce

Lindsay Kurrle, Secretary, Agency of Commerce and Community Development

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

Joan Goldstein, Commissioner, Department of Economic Development

Josh Hanford, Commissioner, Department of Housing and Community Development

Heather Pelham, Commissioner, Department of Tourism and Marketing, Agency of Commerce and Community Development

Kathy Thayer-Gosselin, Financial Director, Agency of Commerce and Community Development

 

3:00 PM                   20-1017 - An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government

Committee Discussion

 

3:15 PM                   Recess for Break

 

3:30 PM                   20-1017 - An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government

VHCB - JT W/House General, Housing & Military Affairs

Gus Seelig, Executive Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board

Jennifer Hollar, Director of Policy and Special Projects, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board

Anne Duffy, Chief Financial Officer, Vermont Housing & Conservation Board

Larry Mires, Administrative Officer, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board

 

4:30 PM                   Committee Discussion

 

4:45 PM                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, August 26, 2020

8:30 AM                   20-1017 - An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government

Committee Discussion

 

10:30 AM                   Recess for Break

 

10:45 AM                   20-1017 - An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government

Mark-up - Discussion

 

1:00 PM                   20-1017 - An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government

Committee Discussion

 

2:15 PM                   Recess for Break

 

2:30 PM                   20-1017 - An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government

Mark-up - discussion

 

3:30 PM                   Recess for Break

 

3:45 PM                   20-1017 - An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government

Attorney General - Diversion

T.J. Donovan, Invited, Vermont Attorney General, Attorney General's Office

Willa Farrell, Director, Court Diversion and Pre-Trial Services

Marcey Hodgdon, Finance Director, Attorney General's Office

Sarah London, Financial Director, Attorney General's Office

 

4:30 PM                   Adjourn

 

Thursday, August 27, 2020

8:30 AM                   20-1017 - An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government

Committee Discussion

 

11:30 AM                   Recess

 

2:00 PM                   House Convenes

 

5:00 PM                   20-1017 - An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government

Joint Public Hearing with Senate Committee on Appropriations

Beth Walsh, Cambridge

Andrea Stander, Montpelier

Dana Kaplan, Executive  Director, Outright Vermont

Daniel Richardson, Vermont Access to Justice Coalition

Molly Dugan, Director, Cathedral Square

Tim Hughes-Muse, Farmer, Pawlet

Floyd Nease, Executive Director, Lamoille Family Center

Abel Luna, Interpreter, Migrant Justice

Olga Cruz, Migrant Justice

Jose Luis Cordova, Migrant Justice

Elizabeth Ramirez, Migrant Justice

Bill Half, Harvest Hill Farm, Walden

Janet Hunt, Executive Director, Vermont Association of the Area Agencies on Aging

Jill Olson, Director, Vermont Association for Home Health Agencies - Phone

Jordan Giaconia, Public Policy Director, Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility

Kathleen Wanner, Chittenden

Sue Minter, Executive Director, Capstone Community Action

Linda Olson, Vice President for Higher Education, Vermont State Colleges Faculty Federation

Maggie Rubick, Preschool Teacher, Northshire Day School

Mackenzie Budd, Strafford

Chirs Putnam-Pouliot, Hartford

David Mears, Executive Director, Audubon Vermont

Ann Manwaring, Chair, Deerfield Valley Communications Union District

Sarah Kenney, Senior Director of Policy, Let's Grow Kids

Steve Howard, Executive Director, Vermont State Employees Association

Sarah Launderville, Executive  Director, Vermont Center for Independent Living & Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights

Sonja Raymond, Executive Director, Vermont Association for the Education for Young Children

Tammie Reilly, Manchester

Tom Donahue, CEO, Bennington/Rutland Opportunity Council

Tracy Zschau, Vice President for Conservation, Vermont Land Trust

Faour Wafic, Richmond

F.X. Flinn, Chair, ECFiber

Erhard Mahnke, Coordinator, Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition

Hannah Harrington, Richmond

Irv Thomae, Chair, ECFiber

Sage Barber, Brookfield

Jessie Gustafson, Burlington

Lori Pinsonneault, Bennington

Amanda Garces, Director of Policy, Education and Outreach, Vermont Human Rights Commission

 

6:30 PM                   Adjourn

 

Friday, August 28, 2020

8:30 AM                   20-1017 - An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government

Committee Discussion

 

11:00 AM                   Recess

 

1:00 PM                   20-1017 - An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government

Public Hearing - JT w/Senate Committee on Appropriations

Michael Kiey, Testimony Read into the record, Williston

Chris Donnelly, Director of Community Relations, Champlain Housing Trust

Andrew Nuss, Clara Martin Center

Courtney Anderson, Rutland

Elilzabeth Sightler, Executive Director, Champlain Community Services

Christine Hallquist, Manager/Consultant, NEK Broadband

Chloe Learey, Executive  Director, Winston Prouty Center for Child and Family Development

Charles Martin, Government Affairs Director, VT Chamber of Commerce

David Carey, Chester

Davitian Lauren-Glenn, CCTV Center for Media & Democracy

Graham Unangst-Rufehacht, Policy Director, Rural Vermont

Abel Luna, Interpreter, Migrant Justice

Jose Ignacio De La Cruz, Migrant Justice

Uriel Calvo, Migrant Justice

Julie Tessler, Executive Director, Vermont Care Partners

Jane Van Buren, Executive Director, Child Care Resource, Inc.

Karen Lafayette, VT Coalition For Disability Rights

Linda Wichlac, President, Vermont Association for Adult Days

Matt Levin, Executive Director, Early Childhood Advocacy Alliance

Molly Anderson, Middlebury

Paul Costello, Executive Director, Vermont Council on Rural Development

Ruby Baker, Executive Director, Community of Vermont Elders (COVE)

Susan Aranoff, Senior Planner and Policy Analyst, Vermont Developmental Disabilities Council

Amy Wenger, Waterville

Carrie Becker, Pittsford

Elizabeth Deutsch, Hinesburg

Mark Hughes, Executive Director, Justice for All

 

2:20 PM                   Adjourn

 

2:30 PM                   20-1017 - An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government

Committee Discussion - Mark-Up

 

3:30 PM                   Adjourn