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Lieutenant Governor Presents Slimmed Budget, Highlights Trades and Workforce Initiatives
Summary
Lieutenant Governor John Rogers told the House Appropriations Committee his office's budget is "very small," down 7.5% from the prior recommendation; he described outreach plans to expand hands-on trades training and said program costs are being covered by private partners rather than state dollars.
Lieutenant Governor John Rogers told the Vermont House Appropriations Committee on Jan. 30 that his office’s budget is small and trimmed from prior recommendations, and he used his presentation to outline workforce-training outreach aimed at boosting trades and manufacturing pipelines.
Rogers introduced the budget materials with Holly Pratt of the Agency of Administration’s Financial Services Division. Pratt told the committee the lieutenant governor’s office budget was “a very small small budget, down 7.5%.” She said there was a slight increase in equipment and operating expenses and identified operating expenses of “the $4,008,802 dollars” that cover items such as postage and printing; she also…
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