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House of Representatives
  • Rep. Michael Marcotte, Chair
  • Rep. Stephanie Jerome, Vice Chair
  • Rep. Logan Nicoll, Ranking Member
  • Rep. Jim Carroll
  • Rep. Heather Chase
  • Rep. Abbey Duke
  • Rep. Edye Graning
  • Rep. Monique Priestley, Clerk
  • Rep. Jarrod Sammis
  • Rep. Kirk White
  • Rep. Jonathan Williams

House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development

 

AGENDA

 

Room 35 and Zoom

January 24, 2023 - January 27, 2023

Last Updated 1/27/2023 11:04 AM

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/house-commerce-and-economic-development.

Tuesday, January 24, 2023

9:00 AM                   Budget Adjustment

Section 1 subsection (24) and Section 7

Doug Farnham, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Administration

Kendal Smith, Director of Policy Development and Legislative Affairs, Governor's Office

 

10:00 AM                   House Floor

 

-                                   Lunch and Caucuses

 

1:00 PM                   Budget Adjustment

Section 1 subsection (28)

June Tierney, Commissioner, Department of Public Service

Christine Hallquist , Executive Director, Vermont Community Broadband Board

 

1:45 PM                   Budget Adjustment

Section 16 subsection (2)

Joan Goldstein, Commissioner, Department of Economic Development

Matthew Chapman, Director, Waste Management Protection Division, Agency of Natural Resources

 

2:30 PM                   Break

 

2:45 PM                   Budget Adjustment

Section 1 subsection (24), Section 7, Section 10, and Section 1 subsection (32)

Doug Farnham, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Administration

Kendal Smith, Director of Policy Development and Legislative Affairs, Governor's Office

Michael Harrington, Commissioner, Department of Labor

Victoria Biondolillo, Executive  Director, State Workforce Development Board

Josh Hanford, Commissioner, Department of Housing and Community Development

 

-                                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, January 25, 2023

9:00 AM                   Budget Adjustment

Section 23

Jill Mazza Olson, Executive Director, VNAs of Vermont

Devon Green, Vice President of Government Relations, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems

 

10:00 AM                   Budget Adjustment

Section 1 subsection (29) and Section 10

Tracy Dolan, Director, State Refugee Office, Agency of Human Services

 

10:30 AM                   Break

 

10:45 AM                   Budget Adjustment

Section 1 subsection (24) and Section 7

Karen Horn, Director, Public Policy & Advocacy, Vermont League of Cities and Towns

Ted Brady, Executive  Director, Vermont League of Cities and Towns

Peter Gregory, Executive Director, Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission

Thomas Kennedy, Director of Community Development, Mount Ascutney Regional Commission

David Snedeker, Executive Director, Northeastern Vermont Development Association

 

11:30 AM                   Northeast Kingdom Build to Scale

David Snedeker, Executive Director, Northeastern Vermont Development Association

Annie McLean, Northeastern Vermont Development Association

Jared Reynolds, Project Manager, Do North Coworking

Jason Shafer, Chief Science Officer, Disaster Tech Inc.

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   Budget Adjustment

Section 10

Adam Grinold, Chair, Workforce Development Board

Jennifer Stromsten, Director of Programs, Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation

Amila Merdzanovic, Vermont Director, US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants

Sayed Khalilullah Anwari, Resettlement Case Manager, US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants

 

2:00 PM                   Budget Adjustment

Section 23

Wendy Trafton, Deputy Director of Health Care Reform, Agency of Human Services

Sean Sheehan, Senior Policy and Implementation Analyst, Department for Vermont Health Access

 

3:00 PM                   House Floor

 

10 Mins After Floor                   Committee  Discussion

Drafting Letter to the House Committee on Appropriations

Jennifer Carbee, Director and Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

-                                   Adjourn

 

Thursday, January 26, 2023

9:00 AM                   Committee Discussion

Drafting Letter to the House Committee on Appropriations

Jennifer Carbee, Director and Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

David Hall, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

10:15 AM                   Committee Discussion

Drafting Letter to the House Committee on Appropriations

David Hall, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

10:30 AM                   Break

 

11:00 AM                   Committee Discussion

Drafting Letter to the House Committee on Appropriations

David Hall, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

11:15 AM                   Break

 

11:30 AM                   Committee Discussion

Drafting Letter to the House Committee on Appropriations

David Hall, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

11:45 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   H. 10 - An act relating to amending the Vermont Employment Growth Incentive Program

Overview of Title 32 Chapter 105

David Hall, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

-                                   H. 10 - An act relating to amending the Vermont Employment Growth Incentive Program

Agency of Commerce and Community Development

Abbie Sherman, Executive  Director, Vermont Economic Progress Council

 

3:00 PM                   House Floor

 

-                                   Ethics Training

Ethics training for House Members

 

-                                   Adjourn

 

Friday, January 27, 2023

9:00 AM                   Committee Discussion

Discussion with Interns

Ben Donsbach, Intern, University of Vermont

Ali Schafer, Intern, University of Vermont

 

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

10 Mins After Floor                   Budget Adjustment

Act 183 Section 20 and Underserved Community Index

Doug Farnham, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Administration

 

-                                   Budget Adjustment

Section 16 subsection (2)

Thomas Kennedy, Director of Community Development, Mount Ascutney Regional Commission

Joan Goldstein, Commissioner, Department of Economic Development

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   Agency of Agriculture

Introduction to Working Lands Enterprise Initiative

Abbey Willard, Director, Agricultural Development Division, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

 

-                                   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

 Andrew Hegarty at ahegarty@leg.state.vt.us