House Committee on Government Operations

AGENDA

Via Zoom

March 23, 2021 - March 26, 2021

Last Updated 3/29/2021 10:15 AM

Meetings are livestreamed here unless otherwise noted

Tuesday, March 23, 2021

9:30 AM                   Office Hours

Register here:

https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/open-house/house-government-operations

The Zoom information will be emailed to you one hour prior to the start of the meeting

10:00 AM                   House Floor

Caucuses will be held immediately following the Floor

15 min after Floor and Caucuses adjourn -                   Pensions

Pension Design

Chris Rupe, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

5:00 PM                   Adjourn

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

9:00 AM                   Pensions

Governance Change Proposal

Chris Rupe, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

9:45 AM                   30 Minute Break

10:15 AM                   Pensions

Proposed Pension Plan Design

Chris Rupe, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Steve Howard, Executive Director, Vermont State Employees Association

12:00 PM                   Caucus of the Whole

1:15 PM                   House Floor

Thursday, March 25, 2021

8:30 AM                   Pensions

Governance Change Proposal

Steve Howard, Executive Director, Vermont State Employees Association

Jeff Fannon, Executive Director, Vermont National Education Association

Patricia Gabel, Vermont State Court Administrator, Vermont Judiciary

Mike O'Neil, Executive  Director, Vermont Troopers Association

Christopher Dube, Chair, Vermont Municipal Employees' Retirement System

10:01 AM                   5 Minute Break

10:06 AM                   Pensions

Governance Change Proposal

Thomas Golonka, Chair, Vermont Pension Investment Committee

Beth Pearce, State Treasurer, Office of the State Treasurer

Mark Crow, Chair, Pension and Health Benefits Task Force, Vermont Business Roundtable

Jon Harris, Chair, Vermont State Teachers Retirement System Board

Roger Dumas, Chair, Vermont State Employees Retirement System Board

11:40 AM                   Public Hearing for Pension System Reform

Committee discussion on length of public hearing

11:48 AM                   Lunch

1:15 PM                   House Floor

Friday, March 26, 2021

9:30 AM                   House Floor

12:10 PM                   Lunch

1:00 PM                   Pensions

Proposed Pension Plan Design

Jeff Fannon, Executive Director, Vermont National Education Association

Steve Howard, Executive Director, Vermont State Employees Association

Mike O'Neil, Executive  Director, Vermont Troopers Association

Patricia Gabel, Vermont State Court Administrator, Vermont Judiciary

3:15 PM                   Adjourn

4:00 PM                   Public Hearing for Pension System Reform

If you wish to submit written testimony, please email an MS Word or PDF file to:   testimony@leg.state.vt.us

Karen Shea Denniston, Cambridge, VT

Peter Booth, Jericho, VT

Eric Davis, Burlington, VT

Eric Hutchins, Johnson, VT

Ann O'Hearn, West Fairlee, VT

Joseph Sabataso

Tom Plog, Fairfax, VT

Laura Brown, South Londonderry, VT

Nora Skolnick, Braintree, VT

David Bellini, Montpelier, VT

Molly Stoner, Dummerston, VT

Vickie Brown, Milton, VT

Marie DiBenedetto, Richmond, VT

Tevya Kelman, Washington, VT

Ray Werner, Tunbridge, VT

Charly Dickerson, Montpelier, VT

Noah Detzer, Burlington, VT

David Alofsin, Essex, VT

Paul Cherrier, Middlebury, VT, Addison County Educators Associations

Thomas Benoit, North Hero, VT

Susan Oliveira, Ferrisburgh, Addison Northwest Teachers Assoc.

Kathryn McDonald, Fletcher, VT

Jill Abair, Waterbury Center, VT, Washington Central Unified Union School District

Sarah Thompson, Charlotte, VT

Michelle Thompson, Milton, VT

Andrew Emrich, Waterbury, VT

Sylvan Ross, Teacher, Richmond, VT

Robin Bebo-Long, Teacher,  Rochester, VT

Jennifer Zoller, Burlington, VT

Patrick Leene, Montpelier, VT

Jo-Anne Smith, Waterbury Center, VT

Mandy Alarcon, Georgia, VT

Bob Morgan, Essex Junction, VT, Vermont Business Roundtable

Tom Payeur, VT-NEA Member, Starksboro, VT

Amy Kahofer, Moretown, VT

6:00 PM                   Adjourn

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

 Andrea Hussey at ahussey@leg.state.vt.us