If the legislature wants to stay longer then they should not be paid. If an emergency arises the governor can always call an emergency session of the legislature just as the governor can today. Texas and Virginia are doing this and they have millions of more people than Vermont. If Texas and Virginia can do it then so can Vermont. Citizen Initiatives allow voters to initiate legislation.
Most states have some form of citizen initiative.
This acts as another check and balance on the government between the elected representatives and the people. For a very small cost we can computerize roll call votes which will hold our representatives more accountable in Montpelier. Jesse Ventura won his gubernatorial race in Minnesota by exciting thousands of first time voters to vote in the final two weeks of the campaign. MN had one of the largest voter turnouts in the country in 1998. I will introduce legislation that allows three Justice of the Peace to add a voter to the voter checklist so they can vote the same day.