Senate confirms four appointments to bond banks

The Vermont Senate voted by voice to confirm four appointments to state bond banks after suspending the rules to consider the nominees as a group.

Senator from Addison moved to suspend the rules and consider four appointments without separate reports. The appointees confirmed were John McSole of Essex Junction, Deborah Winters of Swanton, Mark Foley Jr. of Rutland, and David Snedeker of St. Johnsbury. The confirmations were approved by voice vote; no roll-call tallies were recorded in the transcript.

The appointments were presented as a single block and confirmed immediately. The Senate then recessed until 8:30 p.m.

Details: John McSole, Deborah Winters and Mark Foley Jr. were named members of the Vermont Municipal Bond Bank; David Snedeker was named to the State Infrastructure Bond Bank. Term start and end dates were discussed in the motion but not read into the record in full during the floor exchange.