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CCRPC committees unanimously recommend FY26 UPWP to Board, approve routine financial and policy items
Summary
The Joint Finance and Executive Committees on May 7 unanimously approved journal entries, endorsed the Draft FY26 Unified Planning Work Program and Budget for Board consideration, approved procurement policy edits and an Act 250 letter, and discussed a suggested short-term credit facility.
The Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission’s Joint Finance and Executive Committees met May 7 and unanimously approved a slate of routine but consequential administrative actions, including recommending the Draft FY26 Unified Planning Work Program and Budget to the full Board.
Committee members voted to approve January–March 2025 journal entries after questions from Finance Committee member Jeff Carr about several line items, including the NEEP Department of Energy grant and the TRORC acronym. Forest Cohen, CCRPC Business Director, noted operational details including server depreciation and said, “We are on target with ACCD staff billing at 72% and MPO staff billing at 76%.” Carr moved to approve the journal entries; Andy Montroll seconded and the motion carried unanimously.
Carr also urged staff to explore a short-term credit facility — suggesting at least $250,000 and ideally $500,000 — to manage intra-month cash variability and payment timing. Staff agreed to investigate that option.
Charlie Baker, CCRPC Executive Director, presented the Draft FY26 UPWP and budget and said a few task edits remain pending; the committees voted unanimously to recommend the draft to the Board for approval. The committees also endorsed Board Development Committee recommendations for FY26 officers, discussed the need for Board trainings alongside more in-person meetings, and agreed to bring bylaw edits back to the June Executive Committee meeting for review.
On policy and permitting items, the committees approved minor edits to the procurement policy (to simplify work tied to CCRPC’s Clean Water Service Provider responsibilities) and approved a CCRPC letter supporting installation of 12 Advanced Power Flow Controllers at the Sand Bar Station in Milton. Both motions passed unanimously.
The meeting concluded with procedural agreement on the May 21 Board agenda and an adjournment at 7:17 p.m.
Next steps: the Draft FY26 UPWP and budget will be considered by the full CCRPC Board at its next meeting; staff will follow up on Carr’s credit-facility suggestion and return bylaw changes to the Executive Committee in June.
