Vermont’s fiscal experts will brief all legislators on the state’s economic and fiscal condition at an all-legislators’ meeting via zoom 9:30 AM, Dec. 3, according to the Vermont Legislature’s website. 

This briefing will be streamed here.  The briefing agenda is here and includes:

9:30 AM – Welcome and Opening Remarks, Representative Mitzi Johnson, Speaker of the House, Senator Tim Ashe, Senate President Pro Tempore.

9:45 AM – Revenue and Budget

1. Revenue & Economic Update – Tom Kavet, Legislature’s Economist

10:45 AM – FY 2022 Fiscal Office Updates

a. Coronavirus Relief Fund and related Federal Funds

Stephanie Barrett, Associate Fiscal Officer

b. Budget – Revenue Context

Maria Belliveau, Associate Fiscal Officer. 

Education Fund – December 1 Letter

Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst

11:45 AM –  How the Legislature will Convene and Meet in 2021.

Other pre-session legislative gatherings this week include:

Joint Legislative Justice Oversight Committee, 9 am Wednesday Dec. 2 – via Zoom, this committee will discuss victims’ issues with the proposed ‘good time’ reduction in sentencing for current inmates. At 10:30 AM, it will discuss “Mental Health & Substance Abuse Issues/ Resulting  in reincarceration of offenders on Probation, Parole & Furlough.”

Joint Fiscal Committee, 1 pm, Wednesday Dec. 2 – No agenda has yet been published for this meeting via Zoom. The Joint Fiscal Committee is a Joint Legislative Committee that reviews fiscal issues and is charged with approval of grants and responsibilities to carry out rescissions,  and oversight and management of the Legislative Fiscal Staff who work for the Joint Fiscal Office.

• Editor