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Vermont attorney general asks Appropriations Committee for $85,000 to make home‑improvement specialist permanent, flags personnel costs and litigation work
Summary
Attorney General Charity Clark asked the House Appropriations Committee to support the governor’s recommended budget and to convert a legislatively created home‑improvement specialist to permanent status with an $85,000 addition; Clark said personnel costs and recent litigation activity are the primary budget drivers.
Charity Clark, Vermont’s attorney general, told the House Appropriations Committee on Feb. 3 that she supports the governor’s recommended budget but is asking the committee to add $85,000 to convert a home‑improvement specialist position — created by the 2022 home‑improvement law — from one‑time to permanent funding.
Clark said the Attorney General’s Office is the largest law office in the state and that personnel costs (pay act increases, retirement and health insurance) account for most of this year’s proposed increases. She described the office’s funding mix as general fund, a special consumer‑settlement fund, a tobacco settlement fund, federal revenue (including the Internet Crimes…
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