Senate tweaks Vermont capital bill; lawmakers hear Lake Champlain Walleye Association request

Legislative counsel John Gray told the House Corrections and Institutions Committee on April 29 that the Senate Institutions Committee reordered and shifted items in the current capital bill, moving about $700,000 of bonding between fiscal years and reallocating cash appropriations to cover several small projects.

Gray said the senate changes included reducing a fiscal‑year 2027 bonded item for a statewide three‑acre stormwater compliance program by $250,000, removing a $200,000 planning appropriation for the Pittsford Academy firing range, and trimming $250,000 from a parking‑garage repair line at 32 Cherry Street — a set of edits that together shifted $700,000 to an earlier fiscal year. He said the senate also converted or reallocated another $1.1 million in cash versus bond splits to preserve full funding for the Windsor County Courthouse renovations while adjusting the mix of cash and bonded dollars used to finance the work.

The senate’s changes also added a number of smaller cash…