Committee on Disaster Recovery and Infrastructure

Agenda                                                               MEEETING IS POSTPONED

The Committee on Disaster Recovery and Infrastructure to receive updates from varying departments on their proposed plan to utilize the funding obligated to the Territory under the varying Acts related to COVID-19 recovery and support, as well as proposed plans to utilize the funding obligated to the Territory under the American Rescue Plan and the potential funding for eligible infrastructure upgrades under the American Jobs Plan

BLOCK I                    9:00 AM – 12:30 PM

The committee will receive testimony from the following departments on their proposed plan to utilize the funding obligated to the Territory under the varying Acts related to COVID-19 recovery and support

Invited Testifiers:

Honorable Racquel Berry-Benjamin, Commissioner, Virgin Islands Department of Education

Honorable Justa E. Encarnacion, Commissioner, Virgin Islands Department of Health

Daryl Griffith, Executive Director, Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority

Honorable Jean-Pierre L. Oriol, Commissioner, Department of Planning and Natural Resources

Adrienne L. Williams-Octalien, Director, Office of Disaster Recovery

Jenifer O’Neal, Director, Office of Management and Budget

LUNCH                      12:30 PM – 1:00 PM

BLOCK II                  1:00 PM –5:00 PM

The committee will receive testimony from the following departments related to their plan to utilize the funding obligated to the Territory under the American Rescue Plan and the potential funding for eligible infrastructure upgrades under President Biden Administration’s American Jobs Plan

Invited Testifiers:

Noel Hodge, Interim Executive Director/CEO, VI Water and Power Authority

Honorable Derek A. Gabriel, Commissioner, Department of Public Works

Roger E. Merritt Jr., Executive Director, Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority

Rupert O. Ross, Director, Bureau of Information Technology

Stephan Adams, President and CEO, VI Next Generation Network

Adrienne L. Williams-Octalien, Director, Office of Disaster Recovery

Jenifer O’Neal, Director, Office of Management and Budget