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Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs
AGENDA
Via Zoom
February 16, 2021 - February 19, 2021
Last Updated 2/19/2021 11:13 AM
Meetings are livestreamed here unless otherwise noted.
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
10:15 AM S. 10 - An act relating to extending certain unemployment insurance provisions related to COVID-19
Rate Relief and Benefit Proposals
Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Wednesday, February 17, 2021
8:30 AM S. 62 - An act relating to creating a New Vermont Employee Incentive Program
David Hall, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Kristen Ziter, Financial Manager, Department of Economic Development
9:40 AM 10 Minute Break
9:50 AM S. 33 - An act relating to project-based tax increment financing districts
Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Megan Sullivan, Executive Director, Vermont Economic Progress Council
Kate McCarthy, Sustainable Communities Program Director, Vermont Natural Resources Council
10:30 AM 10 Minute Break
10:40 AM S. 79 - An act relating to improving rental housing health and safety
Wendy Morgan, MPH, Staff Attorney, Vermont Legal Aid
Sarah Carpenter, Chair, Rental Housing Advisory Board
Shaun Gilpin, Housing Program Administrator, Department of Housing and Community Development
Thursday, February 18, 2021
8:30 AM FY22 Budget Initiatives
Brownfields, Tourism and Marketing, and Vermont Jobs Campaign Funds
Heather Pelham, Commissioner, Department of Tourism and Marketing, Agency of Commerce and Community Development
Lindsay Kurrie, Secretary, Agency of Commerce and Community Development
Ellen Kahler, Executive Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
Sarah Buxton, State Director of Workforce Development, Department of Labor
Joan Goldstein, Commissioner, Department of Economic Development
Kristie Farnham, Director of Business Support, Department of Economic Development
Ted Brady, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Commerce and Community Development
Bob Flint, Executive Director, Springfield Regional Development Corporation
Thomas Kennedy, Executive Director, Southern Windsor County Regional Planning Commission
Terisa Thomas, DEC CWSRF Program Manager, Agency of Natural Resources
Lynnette Claudon, Chief Pollution Control Design Engineer, Agency of Natural Resources
9:40 AM FY22 Budget Initiatives
Continued
9:50 AM 10 Minute Break
10:00 AM S. 10 - An act relating to extending certain unemployment insurance provisions related to COVID-19
Committee Discussion and Possible Vote
Mat Barewicz, Economic & Labor Market Information Director, Department of Labor
Cameron Wood, Director, Unemployment Insurance Division, Department of Labor
10:30 AM Election of a Sergeant at Arms, an Adjutant and Inspector General, and Trustees of the UVM and State Agricultural College
Joint Assembly
Friday, February 19, 2021
8:30 AM Commission Discussion
Review of S.33 and S.62
David Hall, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Megan Sullivan, Executive Director, Vermont Economic Progress Council
Joan Goldstein, Commissioner, Department of Economic Development
Kristen Ziter, Financial Manager, Department of Economic Development
9:45 AM 10 Minute Break
9:55 AM Committee Discussion
Review S.10
Michael Harrington, Commissioner, Department of Labor
Cameron Wood, Director, Unemployment Insurance Division, Department of Labor
Mat Barewicz, Economic & Labor Market Information Director, Department of Labor
Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
10:50 AM 10 Minute Break
11:00 AM Vermont Housing & Conservation Coalition
Chris Donnelly, Director of Community Relations, Champlain Housing Trust
Jessie Baker, City Manager, Winooski, Vermont
Mark Yardley, VP, Global Sales, Darn Tough
Jacob Bogre, Executive Director, Association of Africans Living in Vermont
Elizabeth Bridgewater, Executive Director, Windham and Windsor Housing Trust
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If you have any questions or comments, please contact
Nathan Raike at nraike@leg.state.vt.us