Senate Committee on Government Operations

 

AGENDA

 

Room 4 and Zoom

January 30, 2024 - February 2, 2024

Last Updated 2/2/2024 3:21 PM

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at

https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/senate-government-operations.

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

9:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

1:35 PM                   Vermont State Youth Council

Joshua Stearns, Council Chair & Youth Voice Subcommittee Member, Vermont Youth Council

Cooper O'Connell, Climate Change Subcommittee Chair, Vermont Youth Council

Aliyah Ivey-Leake, Education Subcommittee Member, Vermont Youth Council

Harmony Devoe, Equity and Anti-Racism Subcommittee Chair, Vermont Youth Council

Jaxon Dalpra, Youth Mental Health Subcommittee Chair, Vermont Youth Council

Amanda Riley, Youth Voice Subcommittee Chair, Vermont Youth Council

Nicole Miller, Executive Director, Vermont Afterschool

Brianne Smith, Youth Engagement Coordinator, Vermont Afterschool

Seth Hibbert, Communications and Development Manager, Vermont Afterschool

 

2:35 PM                   Break

 

2:45 PM                   Government Response to Flood Recovery

Testimony

Col. Roger Zeigler, Army Operations Officer, Vermont National Guard

Jeff Lee, Office of the Adjutant General

Jayna Morse, Director, Finance & Administration Division, Agency of Transportation

 

3:35 PM                   Break

 

3:45 PM                   Government Response to Flood Recovery

Walk-through of Committee Bill DR 24-0141

Tim Devlin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Douglas Farnham, Chief Recovery Officer, Department of Finance & Management

Daniel Batsie, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Public Safety

Eric Forand, Director, Vermont Emergency Management and Homeland Security

Katie Buckley, Director, Federal Funding Assistance Program, Vermont League of Cities and Towns

 

4:25 PM                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

1:35 PM                   S. 194 - An act relating to public safety reporting

Introduction and Walk-through

Sen. Martine Larocque Gulick, Sponsor

Tim Devlin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

1:45 PM                   S. 96 - An act relating to privatization contracts

Introduction and Walk-through

Sen. Tanya Vyhovsky, Sponsor

Rik Sehgal, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

2:15 PM                   S. 55 - An act relating to authorizing public bodies to meet electronically under Vermont’s Open Meeting Law

Committee Discussion

Tucker Anderson, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

2:50 PM                   S. 55 - An act relating to authorizing public bodies to meet electronically under Vermont’s Open Meeting Law

Testimony

Catherine Dimitruk, Chair, Vermont Association of Planning & Development Agencies

Devon Neary, Executive Director, Rutland Regional Planning Commission

Carol Dawes, Legislative Committee Chair, Vermont Municipal Clerks and Treasurers Association

Tim Arsenault, Legislative Committee Co-Chair, Vermont Municipal Clerks and Treasurers Association

Leslie Welts, Assistant Attorney General and Chief of the General Counsel and Administrative Law Division, Attorney General's Office

 

4:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Thursday, February 1, 2024

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

1:30 PM                   Government Response to Flood Recovery

Testimony

Xusana Davis, Executive Director, Office of Racial Equity (1:30 PM)

Peter Walke, Director, Efficiency Vermont, VEIC (2:00 PM)

James Feehan, Lobbyist, Vermont Association of Domestic Property and Casualty Insurance Companies (2:15 PM)

Bill Cahill, General Counsel, Vermont Mutual Insurance Co. (2:15 PM)

Drew Hazelton, Chair, Vermont EMS Advisory Committee (2:50 PM)

Daniel Batsie, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Public Safety (3:05 PM)

Barbara Neal, Executive  Director, Enhanced 9-1-1 Board (3:10 PM)

Ian Kilburn, TMC Supervisor, Agency of Transportation (3:25 PM)

Ryan Knapp, Intelligent Transportation Systems Chief, Agency of Transportation (3:25 PM)

 

3:45 PM                   Government Response to Flood Recovery

Mark-up on DR 24-0141

Tim Devlin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Tucker Anderson, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Eric Forand, Director, Vermont Emergency Management and Homeland Security

Douglas Farnham, Chief Recovery Officer, Department of Finance & Management

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

 

4:25 PM                   Adjourn

 

Friday, February 2, 2024

11:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

1:05 PM                   Government Response to Flood Recovery

Vote on DR 24-0141

Tim Devlin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

1:15 PM                   S. 237 - An act relating to the posting of municipal employment vacancies

Beth Fastiggi, Commissioner, Department of Human Resources

Doug Pine, Deputy Director of Talent Acquisition Services/Compensation/People Analytics, Department of Human Resources

Jay Ramsey, Director of Workforce Development, Vermont Department of Labor

Michael Harrington, Commissioner, Department of Labor

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

 

2:00 PM                   Break

 

2:15 PM                   S. 55 - An act relating to authorizing public bodies to meet electronically under Vermont’s Open Meeting Law

Walk-through of New Draft and Testimony

Matthew LeFluer, Community Member, Statewide Community Advisory

Tucker Anderson, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

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

 

3:05 PM                   S. 159 - An act relating to the County Governance Study Committee

Bob Flint, Executive Director, Springfield Regional Development Corporation

Annie Noonan, Labor Relations and Operations Manager, Department of State's Attorneys and Sheriffs

 

3:20 PM                   Adjourn

 

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