VLCT UPDATES
ARPA Reporting
The first report to Treasury is due 4/30 but it is never too early to begin preparing. If you have not already done so, please take the time to set up your user account and read the guidance documents.
If you can’t make sense of it all, watch one of these recorded Treasury webinars at any time:
The House is considering a bill that sets a fee structure related to cannabis businesses. Unfortunately, the Ways & Means Committee didn’t take any local testimony before sending the bill to the House floor – setting the maximum fee the state can charge to $100,000, and capping municipal fees to $100. Read the letter from Public Policy & Advocacy Director Karen Horn to the committee highlighting the bad policy and learn more about fee setting and revenue related to cannabis businesses in the most recent weekly legislative report.
Help Us Compile Town Meeting Warnings
Town Clerks: if you haven't yet, please provide us with your 2022 Annual Meeting Warning as requested in a 1/31/22 email from Heather Law.
Find new and updated resources on our Town Meeting webpage, including these:
Find new and updated resources on our Open Meeting Law webpage:
MAC's Inquiry Service
Municipal Assistance Center staff are still very busy answering many questions about town meeting plans and COVID-19 concerns. If you have an urgent legal matter about another topic and haven’t received a response from MAC, please contact your municipal attorney. To provide improved service to our members, VLCT has hired a new MAC attorney who will start in March.
PACIF members with their own email domain can take advantage of a limited-time offer – and get 100% reimbursement from PACIF – on cybersecurity training for their email-using employees.
OTHER UPDATES
The Vermont Department of Labor’s website has timely information about employer vaccine mandates and unemployment insurance.
This community matching grant program empowers Vermonters to create inclusive and vibrant public places serving Vermont’s designated downtowns, village centers, new town centers, or neighborhood development areas.
