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Committee eyes reallocating prior capital cash to Veterans Home "A" wing design
Summary
Members discussed repurposing $1.5 million from prior capital infrastructure cash appropriations toward design and construction planning for the Vermont Veterans Home 's American (A) wing.
The committee considered shifting prior cash appropriations to the Vermont Veterans Home American Wing during the March 18 session.
Gray explained that $1.5 million previously allocated from the capital infrastructure subaccount for design of Brandon and Cardin units had not been spent and the draft reallocates those dollars to support design work for the American (A) wing. The committee discussed the scale of the overall project; Gray said the project cost estimate for the A wing is on the order of tens of millions (committee conversation referenced a multi‑million project but did not adopt a final number in this meeting).
Why it matters: committee members said they wanted to confirm the status of the earlier appropriation and to ensure the reallocation and cash accounting show up clearly on the spreadsheet. Gray confirmed the reallocation language would direct the previously appropriated cash toward expenditures authorized in the bill's cash section and that staff would update the spreadsheet accordingly.
Next steps: staff will confirm the unspent status of the prior appropriation, update the tracking spreadsheet and reflect the reallocation language in the cash section of the draft. No final appropriation for the full A‑wing construction was adopted during the meeting.
Ending: The committee did not vote; members asked counsel and fiscal staff to surface a reconciled spreadsheet that shows the moved cash and the programmatic aim to advance design for the Veterans Home A wing.
