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Senate Government Operations panel pauses H.935 after concern that $2.5M was directed to Central Vermont project
Summary
Lawmakers in the Senate Government Operations committee on May 5 pressed the Vermont Department of Public Safety for clarification after the Appropriations Committee directed the final $2.5 million of a 2022 emergency-communications appropriation to a Central Vermont project. The committee asked DPS for written follow-up and indicated it would hold H.935 pending conference negotiations.
The Senate Committee on Government Operations paused consideration of H.935, the Emergency Management bill, on May 5 after members raised concerns that the Appropriations Committee had directed the last $2.5 million from a 2022 $11 million appropriation to a specific Central Vermont project rather than preserving the funds for a statewide public-safety communications plan.
Representative Lisa Hango, the bill sponsor, provided a Joint Fiscal Office flow chart showing a remaining allocation of $2,542,366 from the original appropriation and read bill language she said authorizes the Department of Public Safety (DPS) to request use of any remaining monies at the end of the statutory period. "The total remaining available allocation is $2,542,366," Hango said, and she told the committee that the…
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