VT Public Features Treasury Task Force

Vermont Treasurer Mike Pieciak spoke to Vermont Public about the work of his Federal Transition Task Force, on which VAAP serves as a subject matter expert. Treasurer Pieciak told reporters:

“…Our co-chair is Sue Minter, who was the secretary of transportation under Gov. Shumlin. She previously was a disaster recovery officer during Hurricane Irene. She had run Capstone [Community Action], which is the largest social service provider in central Vermont. Other than Sue, we have a representative from a rural hospital. We have a representative from a business community, a nonprofit, immigration expert. We have a representative that recently was in the federal government, and then we have someone that is part of the regional planning commission network — so someone that works with municipalities, works with local government.

“And then how will people feel the work of this committee — you know, it'll be sort of broken up into a couple of areas. One thing we're doing, and I think this will be the first sort of proactive thing that has come out of the committee, is we're hosting a webinar Thursday at 11 o'clock for small businesses and nonprofits. So basically for employers, thinking about: what should you be prepared for, and what should you do if [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement] shows up at your door as an employer, what are your responsibilities? What are your rights? This was something that came out of the task force work. We heard from a task force member who said they were frustrated that they had to be thinking through this kind of an issue, instead of focusing on their business. And it just sort of sprung on us. Well, what if we're bringing experts in who can help businesses, nonprofits think about this issue together?”

Hear or read the story at https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-02-03/a-new-state-task-force-is-trying-to-get-ahead-of-fast-moving-trump-actions.