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The Hon. L. Craig Cannonier, JP, MP

The Hon. L. Craig Cannonier, JP, MP

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28 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you. So, on Parks, again, they play a major role with locals and our visitors alike. When it came to the forts, last year we had heard that there were volunteers who were helping to manage upkeep of the forts. I can’t remember how many volunteers. I had it in my notes. I was just curious as to whether …
28 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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Under Lifeguard Service, 78010, you will see where there is a revised amount in 2023/24 of $418,000. The estimated 2024/25 amount is $702,000. That is a big difference. So I do not know whether or not that $418,000 again is . . . when it comes to manpower we recognise that it is static. It is pretty much the same. …
28 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes, I am just following my line down with all these notes.
28 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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Just following my line here. So under Railway Trail, the Minister spoke to Botanical Gardens quite a bit. So I don’t really have much to say there. I recognise also that on the Railway Trail in the past, several years ago, we headed out to the private sector that was maintaining it. If you look at the numbers there, 2023/24 …
28 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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My question here was, under the Administration and Planning here, I could not quite figure why the numbers are still not quite consistent. And I am not sure if we are having difficulty forecasting under Administration and Planning, but if you look at the numbers, again, 2024/25, we are at $1.3 million. That is down from the original amount of …
28 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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I will move over to page B - 227 under Parks. And I just wanted to go to Training because I did hear quite a bit from the Minister when it came to training. And the Training budget here . . . actually, if you look at 2023/24 revised it only says [$17,000]. The original amount was [$95,000]. But the …
28 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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At the very bottom of the page, B -227, under 8805 Concessions, I thought that we were looking at more concessions. But based on the numbers here it does not look like it is a drastic increase as far as concessions are concerned in our parks. So what is th e plan? Do we have a plan going forward for …
28 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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One of the things I have recognised that there are 750 buildings. Look, that . . . you just cannot manage it with the numbers that we have right now. I know that this continues to be a concern of every Minister that finds themselves in this particular Ministry. Bermuda House of Assembly The Chairman: Mm-hmm.
28 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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Certainly, we have heard from the Minister of his concerns. So again I will give kudos to the team, including the Minister , for the work that is being done with the restraints that are in place. However, it has always been on my mind that we have got too many buildings. Just sell them off. And I recognise that …
28 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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So I was hoping that . . . and maybe he will find it somewhere throughout the year that maybe we allocate more to the Training and Apprenticeship because we have seen the success. I mean the Minister spent quite a bit of time naming off quite a few apprenticeships that have been successful. I will move to my question …
28 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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Under Revenue Summary, I will move down to Revenue Summary. Again, with my pauses. There is a lot in the Ministry of Public Works and I have to keep going back and forth with the notes that I was taking. Under revenue source, we see property rentals . . . an increase of $820,000. And this is good. So, I …
28 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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I will move over to [page] B - 234, Performance Measures, and I will go to (under business unit 91000 to 91001 If you look at the second title there, “Number of vacant Government owned buildings inspected and reports presented to the Minister on the options for the properties.” You can see the allocation outcome of five there. But the …
28 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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Residential . . . oh, the Minister also mentioned in this area as well about five buildings identified for leasing. I was curious for these particular buildings, was he talking about for office and res-idential? Or did it involve both? Or is it just all of fices? But there were five buildings that had been identified for leasing and I …
28 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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[About] 40 minutes?
28 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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Okay, I will move quickly through here just to highlight points —
28 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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—in Works and Engineering. Yes, apology. I did not realise two hours had gone that fast. My goodness.
28 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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On page [B -]236, I want to move down to unit 8200—
28 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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Administration, 92000. Again, I am still wrestling with some of these . . . with some of these numbers. If you look at 2022/23, actuals were up to $693,000 and if you look at 2024/25, we are only at $286,000. [Fiscal year] 2022/23 was an exceptional year for some odd reason with the actual amounts . . . I cannot …
28 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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He did answer that. Under Highways, I just wanted to point this one out here, 92006 Roads Maintenance. I see that we have reduced it. Now, this is the area I believe where the Minister mentioned about swapping back and forth between Road Maintenance and I thought Roads Asphalt and Signs. If he can clarify that for me, I completely …
28 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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So, I am curious as to how they are getting along with that in getting our guys trained up in that particular area.