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Vermont Criminal Justice Council asks for language‑access funds and flags rising complaint costs
Summary
At a House appropriations briefing, the Vermont Criminal Justice Council outlined a largely flat FY27 budget while seeking $30,000 for language access and warning of future pressures from expanded complaint handling, a $200,000 wellness contract and curriculum updates.
The Vermont Criminal Justice Council told the House appropriations committee on Feb. 10 that its FY27 request largely fits within the governor’s 3% recommendation but includes two non‑base asks: $30,000 for language access and a pending $300,000 curriculum review. Executive Director Christopher Propell said the council’s overall budget was corrected to about $4.33 million and that the general‑fund portion rose by $71,443, or 1.68 percent, while interdepartmental transfer (IDT) funding increased by $43,527 (11.11 percent).
Propell said the council’s budget covers training for 82 agencies, including state and local departments and constables, and funds 16 positions (two exempt and 14 classified). He described IDT funds (about $347,000) as paying for highway‑safety related training such as standard field sobriety testing and DRE training, and said level‑3 residential recruit training averages roughly $6,700 per recruit and 705 hours of…
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