Specifications include, but are not limited to: The City of Burlington seeks a registered lobbyist to represent the city before and serve as its legislative liaison to the Vermont State Legislature for the 2024 legislative session. The legislative liaison will be expected to: - Work with the Mayor, the Mayor’s Office, the City Attorney, and any other city representatives identified by the Mayor to : a. Determine the city’s legislative priorities; b. Discuss and develop legislation the city may wish to affirmatively pursue; c. Monitor legislation and regulatory proposals that may be of interest to or affect the interests of the city by attending appropriate committee meetings and hearings, meeting with individual legislators, and communicating with appropriate city staff; d. Coordinate testimony by city staff before the legislature; and e. Develop strategy for and assist in accomplishing the city’s priorities and representing the city’s interests; - Coordinate communication between the city and Burlington’s legislative delegation, preferably on a weekly basis during the session; - Provide two verbal updates at a regularly scheduled City Council meeting, and weekly written updates to the City Council during the session. - Communicate clearly with the city through periodic written summaries and oral reports as requested, on at least a weekly basis; - Attend committee meetings and hearings, sessions of the General Assembly, and individual meetings with legislators as required to monitor legislation of interest to the city and to keep the city informed of legislative considerations; - Meet with representatives of the Vermont League of Cities and Towns, the Mayors’ Coalition, the appropriate executive branch agencies, and others as needed to represent the city’s interests in the legislature; - Advise the city when its presence at the legislature is important to achieving our legislative objectives; - Maintain a daily presence in the legislature during the session; - Outside of the legislative session, advise the city on legislative committees whose meetings may affect the city’s interests; - Shepherd through the legislature any legislation specifically proposed or developed by the city.
