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Rep. Kimberly Jessup (D-Middlesex) As of this week the legislature still aims to finish their work by May 22 although it remains to be seen how the negotiations between Governor Phil Scott and Democratic leaders in the House and Senate will play out. Secretary of Administration Susanne Young sent a letter to the House Appropriations Committee this week outlining the governor’s position on the Senate version of H.439. The memo indicates the governor cannot support the bill unless significant reallocations of American Recuse Plan Act (ARPA) funds are made. The governor’s position is that ARPA funding was used in the Senate version of the budget for programmatic and ongoing appropriations that in his opinion should be funded with General Fund dollars. The letter from Secretary Young outlines the specific changes the governor is requesting relating to economic recovery, climate change, clean water funding, housing, broadband deployment and other sections of the budget. ....
Lawmakers who have worked year after year in the Vermont Legislature to craft budgets in the face of perennial revenue shortfalls have a new dilemma: what to do with a surplus of money that has to be spent this session in order to fight the many effects of the coronavirus pandemic? How to wisely spend a windfall and not go into the hole next year is the lens Lamoille County legislators are looking through, as some of them shared during a legislative question-and-answer virtual forum put on by the Lamoille Chamber of Commerce Monday morning. Lamoille County Sen. Rich Westman, R-Cambridge, sits on the Senate Appropriations Committee, which is normally tasked with taking testimony on the state budget. This year, he said, the Legislature is moving quickly on dispersing Vermontâs portion of the federal stimulus funds. That includes about $200 million to help Vermonters with rent and utility payments, Westman said. ....