2009-2010 Session
Change SessionSenate Committee on Finance (Room 6)
The Senate Committee on Finance has jurisdiction over matters affecting the revenues of the State or its instrumentalities and relating to banks; trust companies; insurance; utility companies; and private and quasi-public corporations, including other companies subject to regulation by the Public Service Board.
Meeting Record
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
- 1:30 p.m.
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S.137 - An act relating to the Vermont recovery and reinvestment act of 2009
Multiple sections (1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 20, 29, 31, 67, 72, 75, 95, 98, 101, 103, 111)
- Doug Hoffer, Independent Burlington-based Policy Analyst
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S.137 - An act relating to the Vermont recovery and reinvestment act of 2009
Secs. 9 - 18 Pet Vendors
- Ed Petersen, Vermont Association of Dog Clubs
- Pamela Parshall, Vice President, Vermont Federation of Dog Clubs
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S.137 - An act relating to the Vermont recovery and reinvestment act of 2009
Sec. 19 - 22 Next Generation: Workforce Development (retention of Social Security Numbers)
- Sarah London, Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General's Office
- 2:00 p.m.
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S.137 - An act relating to the Vermont recovery and reinvestment act of 2009
Sec. 94 - 103 Assistance to Start-up Companies
- Cairn Cross, Managing Director, Fresh Tracks Capital
- Burr Warne, CEO, Global Classroom
- Denis Place, CEO, SemiProbe
- David Walsh, Founder & CEO, Standards Technology Group
- Jim Robinson, Middlebury Alternative Investment Advisors
- David Bradbury, President, Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies
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S.137 - An act relating to the Vermont recovery and reinvestment act of 2009
Secs. 24 - 26 Time of Sale: Energy Efficiency Ratings
- Bob Hill, Vermont Association of Realtors
- George Twigg, Deputy, Efficiency Vermont
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S.137 - An act relating to the Vermont recovery and reinvestment act of 2009
Sec. 27 Downtown and Village Center Program Tax Credits
- Paul Bruhn, Director, Preservation Trust of Vermont
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S.137 - An act relating to the Vermont recovery and reinvestment act of 2009
Secs. 40 - 48 Wireless Permitting: Certificate of Public Good and Act 250
- Matt Levin, Vermonters for a Clean Environment
- Janet Newton, Electro Magnetic Radiation Policy Institute
- Mary Walz, Citizen, Hyde Park
- David Friedman, Essex, VT
- 3:15 p.m.
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S.137 - An act relating to the Vermont recovery and reinvestment act of 2009
Sec. 75 Sales Tax Holiday
- Heather Tremblay, VRA President, University Mall
- Bonnie Hawley, VRA Vice-President, Hawley's Florist, Rutland
- Bob Bouchard, Bouchard-Pierce Appliances
- Lee Owen, General Manager, Bouchard-Pierce Appliances
- Don Mayer, CEO, Small Dog Electronics
- 4:15 p.m.
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S.137 - An act relating to the Vermont recovery and reinvestment act of 2009
Sec. 119 Research and Development Tax Credit; testimony by telephone
- Dan Caron, CFO, Mylan Technologies
- David Rice, Senior Director of Government Relations, Mylan Technologies
- Briar Alpert, CEO, BioTek Instruments
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S.137 - An act relating to the Vermont recovery and reinvestment act of 2009
Sec. 119 Research and Development Tax Credit
- David Blittersdorf, President, Earth Turbines, Inc.
- 5:15 p.m.
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S.137 - An act relating to the Vermont recovery and reinvestment act of 2009
Secs. 88-93 Tax Increment Financing
- Jonathan Leopold, CAO, City Of Burlington
- Larry Kupferman, Director, CEDO, City of Burlington
- Frank Cioffi, President, Greater Burlington Industrial Corporation
- Karen Horn, Vermont League of Cities and Towns
- 6:15 p.m.
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S.137 - An act relating to the Vermont recovery and reinvestment act of 2009
Secs. 72-74 Film Tax Credit
- Damien Saccani, Film Producer
- Dama Claire, Film Production Consultant