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  • Sen. Joe Benning, Chair
  • Sen. Dick McCormack, Vice Chair
  • Sen. Dick Mazza
  • Sen. Corey Parent
  • Sen. Russ Ingalls, Clerk

Senate Committee on Institutions

 

AGENDA

 

Via Zoom

March 9, 2021 - March 12, 2021

Last Updated 3/11/2021 9:32 AM

 

 

Meetings are livestreamed here unless otherwise noted.

 

 

 

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

9:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

1:00 PM                   Results of the Votes for Sergeant at Arms, Adjutant and Inspector General, Trustees of the UVM and State Agricultural Collegel

Joint Assembly

 

1:30 PM                   Governor's Capital Budget Proposal FY2022-2023

Military Section 11 - Major Maintenance, Land Acquisitions, Renovations, Federal Match Construction

Ken Gragg, Executive  Director, Military Department

John Patry, Military Operations Supervisor, Military Department

Kim Fedele, Financial Manager, Military Department

Michael Bleau, Deputy Construction & Facilities Management Officer, Military Department

 

2:15 PM                   Governor's Capital Budget Proposal FY2022-2023

Department of Buildings and General Services

Section 1, Lines 23 through 39 Allocations for FY24-FY31

No Allocations for FY22-FY23

Jeremy Stephens, Program Chief, Department of Buildings and General Services

Erik Filkorn, Principal Assistant, Department of Buildings and General Services

 

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

1:45 PM                   Governor's Capital Budget Proposal FY2022-2023

DPS:  Section 12 - Department of Public Safety

Williston:  Williston Public Safety Field Station

Pittsford:  Feasibility Study - Vermont Police Academy

Middlesex:  Renovation - Field Station (Berlin)

Jennifer Fitch, Commissioner, Department of Buildings and General Services

Major Ingrid Jonas, Support Services Division Commander, Vermont State Police

Major James Whitcomb, Field Force Division Commander, Vermont State Police

Joseph Aja, Director Design & Construction, Department of Buildings and General Services

Jeremy Stephens, Program Chief, Department of Buildings and General Services

Erik Filkorn, Principal Assistant, Department of Buildings and General Services

 

Thursday, March 11, 2021

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

1:45 PM                   Governor's Capital Budget Proposal FY2022-2023

Department of Buildings and General Services

Section 1, Lines 7-22, Ongoing Projects

Jeremy Stephens, Program Chief, Department of Buildings and General Services

Erik Filkorn, Principal Assistant, Department of Buildings and General Services

Joseph Aja, Director Design & Construction, Department of Buildings and General Services

 

2:30 PM                   Governor's Capital Budget Proposal FY2022-2023

DOL Section 15:  Department of Labor

Montpelier:  Department of Labor Facilities Modernization Project

Joseph Aja, Director Design & Construction, Department of Buildings and General Services

Chad Wawryzniak, Chief Financial Officer, Department of Labor

Erik Filkorn, Principal Assistant, Department of Buildings and General Services

 

Friday, March 12, 2021

11:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

1:00 PM                   Governor's Capital Budget Proposal FY2022-2023

Vermont Housing and Conservation Board, Clean Water

Gus Seelig, Executive Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board

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

 

2:00 PM                   MOU Update

Capital Grounds Policing

Jennifer Fitch, Commissioner, Department of Buildings and General Services

Major James  Whitcomb, Field Force Division Commander, Vermont State Police

Janet Miller, Sergeant-At-Arms

Rep. R. Scott Campbell, House Committee on Corrections and Institutions

Rob Schell, Security and Safety Program Manager, Judiciary Branch

Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Matthew Romei, Chief of Capitol Police, Vermont Legislature

William McSalis, Director of State Safety and Security, Department of Buildings and General Services

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES

 

Please email handouts to the committee assistant at least 24 hours before your scheduled meeting time. With few exceptions, any documents you send to a committee assistant, are open to the public and may be posted to the committee’s web page.

 

If you have any questions or comments, please contact

 Denise Diehl at ddiehl@leg.state.vt.us