Senate Committee on Transportation

 

AGENDA

 

Room 3 and Zoom

February 13, 2024 - February 16, 2024

Last Updated 2/16/2024 1:23 PM

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at

https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/senate-transportation.

Tuesday, February 13, 2024

9:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

10:00 AM                   Town Highway Aid Program Update

Joel Perrigo, Municipal Assistance Program Manager, Agency of Transportation

 

10:30 AM                   Break

 

10:45 AM                   Public Transportation Budget

Ross MacDonald, Public Transit Program Manager, Agency of Transportation

Michele Boomhower, Director, Policy, Planning and Intermodal Development Division, Agency of Transportation

 

11:30 AM                   Calculations on Floor of Transportation Infrastructure Bond and Gas Tax

Logan Mooberry, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Chris Rupe, Associate Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office

 

12:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, February 14, 2024

9:10 AM                   Agency of Transportation

Flat fee for EV registration; Fee on public charging; Vehicle Miles Traveled Fee Instead of Gas

Patrick Murphy, Sustainability and Innovations Project Manager, Agency of Transportation

Wayne Weikel, Vice President, State Government Affairs, Alliance of Automotive Innovation

Michael Smith, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Motor Vehicles

 

10:00 AM                   Break

 

10:15 AM                   Agency of Transportation

Paving Budget

Rob White, Project Delivery Bureau Director, Agency of Transportation

Jeremy Reed, Chief Engineer of the Highway Division, Agency of Transportation

 

10:45 AM                   Agency of Transportation

Road Maintenance Budget

Ernie Patnoe, Acting Director of the Maintenance Division, Agency of Transportation

Shauna Clifford, Acting Deputy Director, Agency of Transportation Maintenance Division

 

-                                   Adjourn

 

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

Thursday, February 15, 2024

9:20 AM                   S. 309 - An act relating to miscellaneous changes to laws related to the Department of Motor Vehicles, motor vehicles, and vessels

Amendment discussion

Anthea Dexter-Cooper, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Matthew Cota, Owner, Meadow Hill Consulting Firm

 

10:15 AM                   Adjourn

 

10:30 AM                   Joint Assembly

Election of Adjutant and Inspector General and Vermont State College Trustees

 

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

Friday, February 16, 2024

9:00 AM                   S. 210 - An act relating to motor vehicle and pedestrian safety

Joe Barch, President, National Driver and Traffic Safety Education Association

Pat McManamon, Education Unit Supervisor, Department of Motor Vehicles

George Rooney, Driver Education Instructor, Middlebury Union High School

 

9:30 AM                   Clean Car Rule

Megan O'Toole, Climate Change Mitigation Program Manager, Climate Action Office, Agency of Natural Resources

 

10:00 AM                   S. 184 - An act relating to the use of automated traffic law enforcement (ATLE) systems

Anthea Dexter-Cooper, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Michele Boomhower, Director, Policy, Planning and Intermodal Development Division, Agency of Transportation

 

11:00 AM                   Adjourn

 

11:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

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