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Committee members and staff said the memo compiles midyear budget adjustment requests already discussed in prior meetings and written testimony. The requests come from multiple agencies, including the Vermont State Recovery Office (written submission), the Department of Public Safety (in-person testimony), and the Department of Liquor and Lottery (DLL). Committee staff asked members to refresh the posted document, then conducted a quick thumbs-up/ thumbs-down straw poll to decide whether to send the memo on to Appropriations for presentation.

Members flagged minor editorial errors in the draft and asked staff to add clarifying dollar signs and correct shorthand. Representative Pistonol and others pointed out typos. Representative Boyden asked specifically about whether an increase in a transfer from the cannabis regulation fund to the general fund — a transfer discussed separately with staff — needed to be included in the memo; staff said the cannabis transfer did not require a memo. Members also noted that some testimony had been submitted in writing or in a different room and urged staff to ensure all requests and their sources are clearly posted.

Committee discussion summarized two substantive budget items that influenced the recommendation. First, staff and members discussed a newly identified rolling deficit at the Department of Liquor and Lottery; the DLL transfer from its enterprise fund to the general fund will be adjusted so the agency can pay down that deficit. Committee members described staff calculations showing the transfer would move a portion of the funds that otherwise would have gone to the general fund into deficit reduction, with staff estimating roughly 55–60% of the expected transfer would go as intended to the general fund and the remaining roughly 40–45% would be used to erase the deficit; that estimate was described in committee remarks as “about 55, maybe 60%.”

Second, committee members noted written requests from the Vermont State Recovery Office that had not been presented in person; staff confirmed those documents would be posted. Members also discussed the Department of Public Safety request, which had been presented in person earlier in the week.

After editing and clarifying the memo language and attachments, the committee concluded the straw poll. The chair reported an “across the board favorable 11” on the budget memo; staff said Representative Waters Evans and the chair would take the memo to Appropriations and expected presentation within the next day.

The committee did not make a formal, recorded vote on the BAA memo during this session; the proceeding was a committee concurrence/straw poll to forward the memorandum to Appropriations with the corrections noted.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","House Government Operations-2025-01-30-11:00AM","oneSentenceSummary","The Government Operations & Military Affairs Committee held a brief review and straw poll on its Budget Adjustment Act memo and indicated broad support to forward the document to the Appropriations Committee.","taxTitle","Government Operations & Military Affairs, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Committees, Legislative , Vermont","taxId",30955,"location","Vermont","headline","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":56,"_74":56},6361111,"Vermont Sheriffs Association asks for more transport deputies, details work scope and compensation plan",1034,888965,1923554,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2171108-d51af3571981c4a3f134a933cb4ec44b&start=888&end=1923","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2171108-d51af3571981c4a3f134a933cb4ec44b/thumbnail_888965.jpg","/articles/6361111/Vermont/Vermont-Sheriffs-Association-asks-for-more-transport-deputies-details-work-scope-and-compensation-plan","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6361111-acc09e95f193e7283e5b4ce01ddd9260/orig.mp4?Expires=1775173823&Signature=o7mMkaqz5CFXVrd3TJLT6GHOnT4S7-gWH20MX27cKPl~rFDx6B2Dk0vLpvBiSSEVESsBq9UHo9T6BKPjQyV79jAgZU0uawuZhmvxUMNzWpSMSBLC82ASbkK2~tITBd-b10XWyklx-CWcI9uhhK5c8dz~b8xjKcqUG5JvDB5gw5d4IC2uO330BmiP3ZKQOieOkgjuJEFgKfQBN8wuIN9EZg-jegTZjBCYJ4gWZWnmLNaTr0BAuGqXe8GM4cbVjr7spQpPVjfIhvzLjqp2iCF7eJb7JDwyA3jSBWfRwNkHgTeqXG5iIT~lRgIQFoC21rjOTnU7M-vsz1XKMOHzl-juHA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Sheriff Mark Anderson, president of the Vermont Sheriffs Association, told the Government Operations & Military Affairs Committee that sheriffs provide a mix of public safety services statewide, often funded by contracts rather than local tax bases, and requested additional support for state transport duties.

Anderson said Vermont’s sheriff offices perform prisoner transport to court, intrafacility movements, support for mental-health transports, extraditions and various contracted policing services for municipalities. He described sheriff offices as sustained primarily through contracts with the state and municipalities, supplemented by limited county taxes for facilities, rather than a broad local tax base.

Roger Marcoux (identified in the meeting as Memorial County sheriff and association vice chair) and Annie Noonan, director of labor relations and operations for the Vermont Department of State's Attorneys and Sheriffs, added detail about funding and staffing. Noonan told the committee the administrative budget the department oversees is largely salary and benefits — she said roughly 96% of the sheriff-related funds the administrative department pays are for salary and benefits — and that the sheriffs’ operating budgets are small by comparison. Noonan said the department will request six to eight new state transport deputy positions to meet court transport demand; she characterized the program as underwritten in practice by sheriff offices because transport deputies use sheriff vehicles, uniforms and supervision.

Roger Marcoux highlighted two legislative priorities. First, the association is working on the Act 30 compensation policy to create an equitable cap so sheriff compensation aligns with similar state law-enforcement positions; the association described the plan as reviewed by the Vermont Criminal Justice Council, the Department of Human Resources, and the Auditor’s Office and awaiting central-office approval. Second, the sheriffs raised a statutory gap for writs of possession (commonly referred to as evictions): current statute, as explained in committee remarks, requires county-specific deputization for certain eviction-related service; sheriffs urged statutory language to allow one sheriff to serve a writ of possession in another county without duplicative deputization. Committee members said a bill addressing writs of possession language exists (H.21) and noted that Judiciary has jurisdiction but that Government Operations & Military Affairs could have a role in related adjustments.

Committee questions were limited; Representative Hooper asked whether deputization would be designated or permissive across counties, and the sheriffs and staff clarified the discussion focused specifically on writs of possession. No formal committee actions or votes were taken on the sheriffs’ requests during this session. Committee staff and members asked the sheriffs’ representatives to share any draft statutory language and to coordinate with Judiciary where appropriate.

The sheriffs’ presentation emphasized operational demand: sheriffs’ offices are increasingly asked to provide law-enforcement services where municipal policing resources are limited, and association leaders said some sheriff offices struggle to meet payroll. The association requested legislative and administrative fixes it said would improve accountability and the ability to scale services across the state.","The Vermont Sheriffs Association described the scope of sheriff services, funding structure, a compensation policy under Act 30, and requested additional state transport deputies; members identified statutory gaps around evictions (writs of possession) and discussed county-to-county deputization.","actionData","errors"]

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Vermont Sheriffs Association asks for more transport deputies, details work scope and compensation plan