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Senate committee moves to create centralized tracking after dozens of gubernatorial appointments surfaced late
Summary
Members of the Senate Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs committee said May 15 they discovered multiple gubernatorial appointment letters that were not tracked by the secretary's office and directed staff to compile a centralized list and contact missing appointees.
The Committee chair of the Senate Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs committee said on May 15 that staff will create a centralized tracking system after the committee discovered appointment letters for dozens of governor-appointed board and commission members that were not previously recorded.
The change matters because the Vermont Legislature must confirm many gubernatorial appointments, and committee members said missing contact information and a lack of a chamber-wide tracking database have delayed consideration and floor reporting of nominees.
Committee members said they first knew of five appointees that arrived after the January session began and learned this week that an additional…
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