Committee on Budget, Finance and Appropriations

The Committee on Budget, Appropriations and Finance will meet on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, 10:00 A.M. in the Frits E. Lawaetz Legislative Conference Room on St. Croix to receive testimony on the following bills.

BLOCK I                                                                                                                                                      10:00 A.M.

Bill No. 36-0357        An act approving the lease agreement between the Government of the Virgin Islands, acting through its Commissioner of the Department of Property and Procurement, and Lovango Islands Holding, LLP d/b/a The Lovango Resort and Beach Club for semi-improved Parcel No. 100-1 Estate Nazareth, No. 1 Red Hook Quarter, St. Thomas

Invited Testifiers:
Honorable Lisa Alejandro, Commissioner, VI Department of Property and Procurement
Mark Snider, Founder & Managing Director, Little Gem Resorts

Bill No. 36-0335         An act appropriating $600,000 from the St. Croix Capital Improvement Fund to Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources to provide the renaming funding necessary for the Frederiksted Fish Market Rehabilitation Market

Invited Testifiers:
Honorable Jean-Pierre L. Oriol, Commissioner, VI Department of Planning and Natural Resources
Ms. Virginia Clairmont, Executive Director, Nature Association of the Virgin Islands

BLOCK II                                                                                                                                                       1:00 P.M.

Bill No. 36-0302         An act appropriating $1,000,000 from the Community Facilities Trust Fund to the Virgin Islands Diabetes Center of Excellence to finance the establishment of the Chronic Care Management Program in fiscal year 2026

Invited Testifier:
Julia Sheen, DrPH, MPH, Executive Director, Virgin Islands Diabetes Center of Excellence