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SUMMARY:Committee on Government Operations, Veterans Affairs and Consumer Protection
DESCRIPTION:The Committee on Government Operations, Veterans Affairs, and Consumer Protection has scheduled a meeting for Monday, September 22, 2025, at 9:30 AM in the Frits E. Lawaetz Legislative Conference Room, St. Croix, Virgin Islands to provide testimony on the following bills:\nBLOCK I                                                                                                                 9:30 A.M. – 11:00 A.M.\nBill No. 36-0061      An Act amending title 3 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 27, section 706 and chapter 28A, section 755 allowing retirees who are receiving an annuity from the Government Employees Retirement System who are subsequently employed by the University of the Virgin Islands (“UVI”), to continue to receive their GERS annuity while receiving their salary from the University if the retiree enrolls in a different retirement plan.\nInvited Testifiers:\nMr. Angel E. Dawson, Administrator, Government Employees Retirement System\nMs. Safiya George, PhD, President, University of the Virgin Islands\nBLOCK II                                                                                                          11:00 P.M. –   12:30 P.M.\nBill No. 36-0102     An act amending title 31 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 23 by re-enacting section 236b requiring the use of construction materials manufactured in the Virgin Islands, to the greatest extent practicable, for locally or federally funded contracts with the Government of the Virgin Islands.\nInvited Testifiers:\nHonorable Lisa Alejandro, Commissioner, Department of Property and Procurement\nHonorable Derek A. Gabriel, Commissioner, Department of Public Works\nDr. Haldane Davies, Director, Virgin Islands Bureau of Economic Research (BER)\nMr. Donald Stevens, Partner, Cat5 Builders, LLC\nMr. Eric Castro, Owner, Universal Concrete\nMs. Yvette Williams, Manager of Accounting, Heavy Materials\nMr. Dion Alibocas, General Manager, Masters Concrete VI\nBLOCK III                                                                                                            12:30 P.M. – 2:00 P.M.\nBill No. 36-0058     An Act honoring and commending Dennis “Pumpa” Lennox Leroy Liburd, Jr. for his many contributions to the Virgin Islands culture and music industry as a Soca artist by awarding him the Official key to the Territory and naming the main entrance of 6-Y Peters Rest Road, Christiansted, St. Croix in his honor.\nInvited Testifiers:\nMr. Bryan “Benny Demus” Boulai, DJ, Music Director, Manager & Producer\nMr. Ian M. Turnbull, Director, Division of Festivals\nMr. Yohannes Worede, President, USVI Soccer Federation & Peters Rest Apts. Inc.\nMs. Ushana Khublal, Owner of KUSH ENT\nMr. Kai Hendricks, Director, Converged Networks ONE Communications VI\nBLOCK VI                                                                                                             2:00 P.M. – 3:30 P.M.\nBill No. 36-0107      A resolution honoring and commending Dr. Alfred Lee Anduze for his outstanding achievements and significant contributions to the fields of medicine, science, public health, and community empowerment.\nInvited Testifiers:\nMr. Terrance E. Highfield, Long time close fiend\nMs. Jennifer Jackson, Good friend and Former UVI Chancellor\nMs. Rita Dudley Grant, PhD, Cousin\nJudge Patricia D. Steele, Cousin\nJudge George W. Cannon, Jr., Good friend\nMs. Angela Torres McGhee, PhD, Cousin\nMr. Richard A. Schrader, Sr., Mentor, Patient & Friend\nMr. Frank Duggan, Long time close friend\nBLOCK V                                                                                                             3:30 P.M. – 5:00 P.M.\nBill No. 36-0121      An act to rename the Peter Carl Limpricht Park the TSK Park in honor of the Ten Sleepless Knights quelbe band and making an appropriation to effectuate that change.\nInvited Testifiers:\nMr. Stanley Jacobs, Treasurer/Founder and Band Leader, Ten Sleepless Knights, Inc.\nDr. Lauren Larsen, President, Ten Sleepless Knights, Inc.\nMs. Vivian Ebbesen, President, Crucian Cultural Group (CCG)\nMr. Myron Jackson, Former Senator, Legislature of the Virgin Islands\nMr. Vincent Roberts, Commissioner Designee, Department of Sports, Parks and Recreation\nHonorable Derek M. Gabriel, Commissioner, Department of Public Works\n
URL:https://legvi.org/events/committee-on-government-operations-veterans-affairs-and-consumer-protection-26/
ORGANIZER;CN=Senator Avery L. Lewis:MAILTO:senatoraverylewis@legvi.org
CATEGORIES:Government Operations, Consumer Protection and Veterans Affairs
LOCATION:St. Croix
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