Marc Nadel A couple of years ago, Winooski City Manager Jessie Baker had a frustrating problem. A staffer was performing all the duties of a human resource director, but Baker could not give her the job title because it was not in the city s charter. Winooski would need to update the document through a lengthy process that required both a town-wide vote and legislative approval. By the time the issue came up for a vote last November, the staffer had already left for another position where she could have access to that title, Baker told
Seven Days. Voters did ultimately support making the numerous charter changes, including the administrative one. But the Onion City is one of 10 municipalities seeking to amend their local charters this legislative session and most are still waiting for state lawmakers stamp of approval.
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The finish line for the 2021 legislative session is in sight. So Look Ahead Vermont will take a slightly different approach, looking at the issues rather than the calendar.
Hereâs what remains to be done before the proposed adjournment date of Saturday, May 22. (Yes, that is a Saturday, and yes, I will be working if they are!)
BUDGET: The House and Senate have each passed their versions of a spending plan for fiscal 2022, and done so unanimously.
The next step, Speaker Jill Krowinski confirmed, is review of the Senate budget by the House Appropriations Committee.
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The finish line for the 2021 legislative session is in sight. So Look Ahead Vermont will take a slightly different approach, looking at the issues rather than the calendar.
Hereâs what remains to be done before the proposed adjournment date of Saturday, May 22. (Yes, that is a Saturday, and yes, I will be working if they are!)
BUDGET: The House and Senate have each passed their versions of a spending plan for fiscal 2022, and done so unanimously.
The next step, Speaker Jill Krowinski confirmed, is review of the Senate budget by the House Appropriations Committee.
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MONTPELIER â A bill intended to update the stateâs sexual assault criminal statute with a new definition of consent accounting for the role of alcohol and other drugs is on course to be voted out of the Senate Judicial Committee on Friday.
The bill, H. 183, had a questionable future when the Committee last discussed it on Friday. Lawmakers were frustrated with the language in the House proposal. That frustration was not well-received by the billâs House supporters.
But a second effort, and some inspiration from a state thousands of miles away, have revived the billâs prospects for passage as the session wanes. Over the weekend, legislative counsel Michele Childs and Washington County Stateâs Attorney Rory Thibault worked on updating the bill with consent language adopted from Oklahomaâs criminal statute.
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Since the Vermont House of Representatives passed its version of fiscal 2022 budget, thereâs been concern raised by Gov. Phil Scottâs office and Republicans over the amount of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds envisioned as part of the spending plan.
The House proposed spending a large portion of that $1.3 billion in the FY 22 budget to free up dollars for other concerns in its version of the budget, which passed the House unanimously on March 26; Scottâs administration came forward with a plan to allocate $1 billion in ARPA funds on April 5.