2019-2020 Session

House Committee on Ways and Means (Room 34)

The House Committee on Ways & Means considers matters relating to the revenue of the state, and which shall inquire into the state of the treasury; ascertain the amount of debt due the state, and the claims against it; report the amount of taxes necessary to be raised for the support of the government and inquire what measures, if any, ought to be adopted, the better to equalize the public burdens, secure the accountability of public agents, and otherwise improve the financial concerns of the state, including all matters relating to taxation, local or otherwise and all matters relating to the grand list.

Meeting Record Print

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

1:00 PM

COVID-19 Committee Discusssion

Electronic Signatures

Tucker Anderson, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Karen Horn, Director, Public Policy & Advocacy, Vermont League of Cities and Towns
Chris Campany, Executive Director, Windham Regional Commission
Chris Winters, Deputy Secretary, Secretary of State's Office
Therese Corsones, Executive Director, Vermont Bar Association

1:30 PM

COVID-19 Committee Discusssion

State Workers

Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Beth Fastiggi, Commissioner, Department of Human Resources
Tom Waldman, General Counsel, Department of Human Resources
Ashlynn Doyon, Executive Assistant and Policy Analyst, Office of the State Treasurer
Beth Pearce, State Treasurer, Office of the State Treasurer
Steve Howard, Executive Director, Vermont State Employees Association

2:00 PM

COVID-19 Committee Discusssion

EMS

BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Drew Hazelton, Chief of Operations, Rescue Inc.; Chair, Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee, Rescue Inc.
Patrick Malone, Director of the Initiative for Rural Emergency Medical Services, College of Nursing & Health Sciences, UVM
Shayla Livingston, Public Health Policy Advisor, Department of Health