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Municipal Health Insurance Premiums

In response to an inquiry from Rep. Paul Poirier, VLCT wrote a letter estimating the relative costs of health insurance and payroll.

VLCT Staff Testifies on H.323

The bill would establish riparian buffer zones for navigable waters of the state. Here is the January 7 testimony, here is the January 21 testimony, and here is a list of towns that have addressed riparian buffers with bylaws, setbacks, and adoption of fluvial erosion zone maps. If your municipality has addressed riparian buffers via bylaws or overlay maps, please contact Karen Horn or Milly Archer. Finally, here is Draft 1.1 of H.323 to which Ms. Horn's comments pertain.

Competive Local Government Grants

ANR seeks Vermonters' Help with Salvage Yard Survey.

FTC Delays Red Flag Rules Enforcement Again and Again and ...

On October 30, 2009, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it will yet again delay enforcement of the “Red Flags Rule.”

Affected municipalities now have until June 1, 2010 to develop and implement a theft identity prevention program. To read the FTC’s latest press release in its entirety, go online to www.ftc.gov/opa/2009/10/redflags.shtm. The FTC has developed a template for those entities that have a low risk of identity theft, and that is available at www.ftc.gov/redflagsrule.

The VLCT Model Identity Theft Prevention Policy and the VLCT Identity Theft Prevention Memo of April 14 are also available online. For more information, contact Garrett Baxter, VLCT Staff Attorney, at 1-800-649-7915 or gbaxter@vlct.org.

Many H1N1 links are on the VLCT Flu Page.

Energy Efficiency Guide

The Vermont Chapter of the Sierra Club assembled a Guide to Improving Energy Efficiency in Vermont Buildings that can help evaluate and implement energy efficiency retrofits in municipal buildings.

Environmental Assistance Office

The Environmental Assistance Office provides guidance to permit applicants, offers environmental compliance assistance to Vermont businesses and municipalities, and provides assistance to municipal household hazardous waste programs. Here is a link to its newsletters and regulatory briefs.