House Committee on Appropriations

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February 8, 2021 - February 12, 2021

Last Updated 2/12/2021 11:35 AM

Monday, February 8, 2021

1:00 PM                   Public Hearing

Joint with Senate Committee on Appropriations regarding the Governor's Recommended FY 2022 State Budget

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Jessica Barquist, Director of Policy and Organizing, Vermont Network Against Domestic & Sexual Violence

Linda Wichlac, President, Vermont Association for Adult Days

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

Sarah Kenney, Chief Policy Officer, Let's Grow Kids

Kathrynn Titus, Cathedral Square

Lisa MacDougall, Mighty Food Farm

Eric Seitz, Pitchfork Farm

Jill Olson, Director, Vermont Association for Home Health Agencies

Jan van Eck, Director, D.J. Engineering

Nick Kramer, Vermont Council on Rural Development

Judith Irving, Fat Toad Farm

Beth Walsh, Vermont State Colleges United Professionals

Ben Nottermann, Hardwick

Riva Reynolds, Stannard Farm

Daniel Molind, Enough Ministries

Julie Tessler, Executive Director, Vermont Care Partners

Joanna VonCulin, Lamoille

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

Claire Kendall, Co-Director, Family Center of Washington County, Parent Child Center Network

Mary Mougey, Burlington

Kathy Paquet, Central Vermont Council on Aging

Erhard Mahnke, Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition

Amy Johnson, Program Manager, Parent Child Center Network

Karyl Kent, School Nutrition Association of Vermont

Jasper Koliba, Harwood Union High School

Phil Huffman, Director of Government Relations and Policy, The Nature Conservancy in Vermont

Ed Sunday-Winters, Greensboro

David Bellini, Montpelier

Tommy O'Connor, Jeffersonville

Sarah Carpenter, Chair, Rental Housing Advisory Board

Robin Way, Champlain Islanders Developing Essential Resources

Susan Fortier, Meeting Waters YMCA

Mary Ellen Britt, Putney

Peter Jacobsen, Executive Director, Vermont CARES/HIV Service Organization

Michael Redmond, Executive Director, Upper Valley Haven

John Gorton, Sheldon Food Shelf

Mary Houghton, Board Member, Tri-Park Cooperative Housing Corporation

2:30 PM                   Adjourn Public Hearing

6:00 PM                   Public Hearing

Joint with Senate Committee on Appropriations regarding the Governor's Recommended FY 2022 State Budget.

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Molly Dugan, Director of Policy and Strategic Initiatives, Cathedral Square

Charlie Baker, Vermont Association of Planning and Development Agencies

Morgan Crossman, Executive  Director, Building Bright Futures State Advisory Council on Early Childhood

Denis Houle, Northeast Kingdom Human Services

Ken Gagnon, Gagnon Lumber

David Carey, Vermont Foodbank

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

Janna Clar, Montpelier Senior Activity Center

Kelly Osborne, Mount Abraham Education Association

Andrew Nuss, Clara Martin Center

Dorothy Mammen, Middlebury

Sandra Noyes, Vermont State Colleges

Susan Yuan, Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights

Natalie Cowden, Colchester

Elizabeth Storn, Hartford

Lisa Cioffi, Sheldon Elementary School

Robert Hildebrand, President, School Nutrition Association of Vermont

Perry Lessing, Weybridge

Heather Wilson, Northwestern Counseling and Support Services

Carrie Stahler, Lyndon

Mary Beth Pinard, Vermont Catholic Charities, Inc.

Maire Folan, Green Mountain Farm to School

Kara Fitzbeauchamp, Evening Song Farm

Tracy Zschau, Vice President for Conservation, Vermont Land Trust

Jessica Radbord, Staff Attorney, Vermont Legal Aid

Kate Dewar, Lincoln

Barbara Collette, Vermont - NEA

Paul Cherrier, Addison County Educators Associations

Donna Bailey, Director, Addison County Parent Child Center

Rebecca Bell, Academy of Pediatrics Vermont Chapter

Kelley Mills, Addison County Educators Associations

7:30 PM                   Adjourn Public Hearing

Tuesday, February 9, 2021

9:30 AM                   21-0540 - An act relating to FY 2022 Governor's Recommended State Budget

Protection to Person and Property - Judiciary

Patricia Gabel, Vermont State Court Administrator, Vermont Judiciary

Gregg Mousley, Chief of Finance and Administration, Vermont Judiciary

10:30 AM                   Caucuses

1:00 PM                   Committee Discussion

1:15 PM                   21-0540 - An act relating to FY 2022 Governor's Recommended State Budget

General Government - State Treasurer

Beth Pearce, State Treasurer, Office of the State Treasurer

John Booth, Director of Treasury Operations, Office of the State Treasurer

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

2:00 PM                   21-0540 - An act relating to FY 2022 Governor's Recommended State Budget

Protection to Persons and Property - Criminal Justice Council

William Sorrell, Chair, Criminal Justice Council

William Sheets, Interim Executive Director, Vermont Criminal Justice Council

Cindy Taylor-Patch, Director of Training, Vermont Police Academy

2:45 PM                   Break

3:00 PM                   21-0540 - An act relating to FY 2022 Governor's Recommended State Budget

Education - Agency of Education

Daniel French, Ed.D., Secretary, Agency of Education

Bill Bates, Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Education

Kathy Flanagan, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Education

Brad James, Finance Manager, Agency of Education

4:00 PM                   Adjourn

Wednesday, February 10, 2021

8:30 AM                   21-0540 - An act relating to FY 2022 Governor's Recommended State Budget

General Government - State Auditor

Doug Hoffer, State Auditor, State Auditor's Office

Andrew Stein, Deputy Auditor, State Auditor's Office

9:15 AM                   21-0540 - An act relating to FY 2022 Governor's Recommended State Budget

General Government - Executive Office (Governor)

Adam Greshin, Commissioner, Department of Finance & Management

9:45 AM                   21-0540 - An act relating to FY 2022 Governor's Recommended State Budget

Protection to Persons and Property - Enhanced 911

Barb Neal, Executive Director, Enhanced 9-1-1 Board

Roger Marcoux, Chair, Enhanced 9-1-1 Board

Brenda Berry, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Administration

10:15 AM                   Break

10:30 AM                   21-0540 - An act relating to FY 2022 Governor's Recommended State Budget

Protection to Persons and Property - State's Attorney, Sheriff's and Special Investigate Units

John Campbell, Executive Director, Department of State's Attorneys and Sheriffs

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

Barbara Bernardini, Fiscal Manager, Department of State's, Sheriff's and Special Investigative Units

11:30 AM                   Committee Discussion

11:45 AM                   Adjourn

1:15 PM                   21-0540 - An act relating to FY 2022 Governor's Recommended State Budget

Protection to Persons and Property - Attorney General

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

Joshua Diamond, Deputy Attorney General, Attorney General's Office

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

Marcey Hodgdon, Fiscal Director, Attorney General's Office

Sarah London, Financial Director, Attorney General's Office

2:15 PM                   21-0540 - An act relating to FY 2022 Governor's Recommended State Budget

General Government - Lieutenant Governor

Molly Gray, Vermont Lieutenant Governor

Hazel Brewster, Chief of Staff, Vermont Lieutenant Governor's Office

2:45 PM                   Break

3:00 PM                   21-0540 - An act relating to FY 2022 Governor's Recommended State Budget

Protection to Persons and Property - Department of Public Safety

Michael E. Schirling, Commissioner, Department of Public Safety

Christopher Herrick, M.Ed., Deputy Commissioner, Department of Public Safety

Colonel Matthew Birmingham, Colonel, Vermont State Police

Michael Desrochers, Director, Public Safety - Division of Fire Safety

Dr. Trisha Conti, Laboratory Director, Vermont Forensics Laboratory, Department of Public Safety

Erica Bornemann, Director, Vermont Emergency Management & Homeland Security

4:00 PM                   Committee Discussion

4:30 PM                   Adjourn

Thursday, February 11, 2021

8:30 AM                   21-0540 - An act relating to FY 2022 Governor's Recommended State Budget

General Government - Department of Buildings & General Services

Jennifer Fitch, Commissioner, Buildings & General Services

Marc O'Grady, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Buildings & General Services

Holly S. Anderson, Chief Financial Officer, Financial Services Division, Agency of Administration

10:00 AM                   H. 81 - An act relating to statewide public school employee health benefits

Review of the Bill/Vote

Rep. Tommy Walz, Reporter, House Committee on General, Housing & Military Affairs

10:30 AM                   Break

10:45 AM                   21-0540 - An act relating to FY 2022 Governor's Recommended State Budget

Natural Resources - Natural Resources Board/Act 250

Diane Snelling, Chair, Natural Resources Board/Act 250

11:45 AM                   Recess

1:15 PM                   21-0540 - An act relating to FY 2022 Governor's Recommended State Budget

General Government

Craig Bolio, Commissioner, VT Department of Taxes

Rebecca Sameroff, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Taxes

Sharon Asay, Finance Director, Department of Taxes

Holly S. Anderson, Chief Financial Officer, Financial Services Division, Agency of Administration

2:15 PM                   21-0540 - An act relating to FY 2022 Governor's Recommended State Budget

Natural Resources

Julie Moore, Secretary, Agency of Natural Resources

Maggie Gendron, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Natural Resources

Emily Byrne, Director of Finance and Administration, Agency of Natural Resources

2:45 PM                   Break

3:00 PM                   21-0540 - An act relating to FY 2022 Governor's Recommended State Budget

Natural Resources

Michael Snyder, Commissioner, Forests. Parks and Recreation

Kristin Freeman, Financial Manager, Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation

3:30 PM                   21-0540 - An act relating to FY 2022 Governor's Recommended State Budget

Natural Resources

Peter Walke, Commissioner, Department of Environmental Conservation

Kim Greenwood, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Environmental Conservation

Tracy LaFrance, Financial Manager, Department of Environmental Conservation

Joanna Pallito, Administrative Services Director, Department of Environmental Conservation

4:00 PM                   21-0540 - An act relating to FY 2022 Governor's Recommended State Budget

Natural Resources

Louis Porter, Commissioner, Department of Fish and Wildlife

Steve Gomez, Financial Manager, Department of Fish and Wildlife

4:30 PM                   Adjourn

Friday, February 12, 2021

8:00 AM                   H. 138 - An act relating to fiscal year 2021 budget adjustments

Senate Actions

Maria Belliveau, Associate Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office

8:30 AM                   21-0540 - An act relating to FY 2022 Governor's Recommended State Budget

General Government - VOSHA

Leigh Keyser Phillips, Chair, VOSHA Review Board

9:00 AM                   21-0540 - An act relating to FY 2022 Governor's Recommended State Budget

General Government - State Ethics Commission

Julie Hulburd, Chair, Vermont State Ethics Commission

Larry Novins, Executive Director, Vermont State Ethics Commission

9:30 AM                   21-0540 - An act relating to FY 2022 Governor's Recommended State Budget

Human Services - Commission on Women

Cary Brown, Executive Director, Vermont Commission on Women

Hannah Lane, Policy Research Analyst and Business Manager, Vermont Commission on Women

10:00 AM                   Break

10:15 AM                   21-0540 - An act relating to FY 2022 Governor's Recommended State Budget

Protection to Persons and Property - Human Rights Commission

Bor Yang, Executive Director, Vermont Human Rights Commission

10:45 AM                   21-0540 - An act relating to FY 2022 Governor's Recommended State Budget

Protection to Persons and Property - Department of Liquor & Lottery

Patrick Delaney, Commissioner, Department of Liquor and Lottery

Brian Evans, Financial Director, Department of Liquor and Lottery

11:45 AM                   Recess

1:00 PM                   21-0540 - An act relating to FY 2022 Governor's Recommended State Budget

General Government - Legislative Offices

Dan Dickerson, Legislative Finance Administrator, Joint Fiscal Office

Stephen Klein, Chief Legislative Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office

Luke Martland, Director and Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Janet Miller, Sergeant-At-Arms, Vermont Legislature

Kevin Moore, Director of Information Technology, Office of Legislative Information Technology

Mike Ferrant, Director of Operations, Office of Legislative Operations

Catherine Benham, Associate Fiscal Officer/Chief Operating Officer, Joint Fiscal Office

Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Duncan Goss, Systems Analyst/Business Manager, Office of Legislative Information Technology

Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Matthew Romei, Chief of Capitol Police, Vermont Legislature

Nedene Martin, Supervisor of Drafting Operations, Legislative Counsel

2:00 PM                   21-0540 - An act relating to FY 2022 Governor's Recommended State Budget

Protection to Persons and Property - Public Service Department

June Tierney, Commissioner, Public Service Department

Patricia LaRose, Director of Finance, Public Service Department

3:00 PM                   Adjourn