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David A. Burch

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27 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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Madam Chairman, this programme is for the upgrade of the Pembroke Canal. The 2023/24 estimate for this cost centre is $240,000. This funding will be used to advance initiatives to a ddress flooding issues associated with the canal, i ncluding the cleaning of culverts, and the removal of canal vegetation and debris. Reverse Osmosis Plants Electrical Systems (CEP cost centre …
27 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Madam Chairman, this Programme has been created for the as -needed u pgrade of all of the electrical control and remote monitoring systems in each of the water facilities. The 2023/24 estimate for this cost centre is $275,000. Tynes Bay Capital Maintenance (CEP cost centre 75308)
27 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Madam Chairman, the 2023/24 estimated total cost of this cost centre is $4,562,000 and will be used for continuation of the plant stabili sation project now taking place at the Tynes Bay facility, which in total will be around $13 million . This project replaces critical internal components of the boiler system to provide reliability of the boilers while the …
27 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Madam Chairman, the 2023/24 estimate for this cost centre is $100,000. This budget is used to address any further contamination discovered during the Morgan’s Point site development. The funds for this year will be used for conti nued monitoring of the site for any further spreading of contaminates on the government -owned land. Solid Waste Capital Maintenance (CEP cost centre …
27 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Madam Chairman, the 2023/24 estimate for this cost centre is $544,000 and will primarily be used to replace ag eing equipment and infrastructure at four sites: the s pecial waste site in Sallyport ; the recycli ng plant at the Government Quarry ; the c omposting depot at Marsh Folly ; and the land reclamation at the Airport Waste Management …
27 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Madam Chairman, the 2023/24 estimate for this cost centre is $1 million . This Bermuda House of Assembly budget will be used to effect repairs to Swing Bridge as required, as current budget constraints cannot effect the needed replacement of the full bridge in the short term. A bridge assessment, which is now underway, will give us a better idea …
27 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Madam Chairman, I would now like to provide you with a summary of the status of the major acquisitions being managed by the Department of Works and Engineering, the details of which can be found on page C -14 of t he Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure 2023/24. Quarry Vehicles and Equipment (CEP cost centre 76495)
27 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Madam Chairman, the vehicles and equipment to be replaced under the 2023/24 budget are those that have surpassed their useful economic life and are in poor and/ or dangerous condition. This year’s budget will include further r eplacement of the refuse vehicle fleet, with four new trucks and 10 new replacement GP cars to replace the ag eing ministerial fleet …
27 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Madam Chairman, this new capital programme is aimed to have government lead by example with the replacement of combustion vehicles with electrical vehicles [EVs] . Using the data from our pilot study, we have identified areas within government that provide the best opportunity for adop tion based upon the upgradability of locations to provide the necessary charging infrastructure. This budget …
27 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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27 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you. Okay. So, I have answers on every device known to man, including paper. It is slightly out of order, but we will do the WhatsApp ones first. There was a question in relation to potholes. We are employing a new saw cutting method to create better and long- lasting temporary patches. (Don’t ask me what that is.) And …
27 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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But you can still go to Gorham’s today and buy Roundup, so we are having our own internal challenges. But we do have as r ecently as two weeks ago an offer of an alternative s olution. That is why the country looks the way it does because we are not able to use Roundup. And the truck for road …
27 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Money, coming to do that. And so for St. George's the primary function is the main line ’s fault. And then we will work methodically, particularly with St. George’s where the streets are narrow and the houses are close, about how we can get those lines to individual homes. But the prop-erties in St. George’s that are currently on the …
27 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Am I out of time?
27 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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We have also hired a consultant at the quarry who has implemented a com-puter programme called iMANT which is used at var ious facilities around the country. If w e can get the people to use it, it will increase our ability of servicing vehicles at the quarry, just exponentially. Thank you, Madam Chairman.
27 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Madam Chairman, I move that Heads 36, 53, 68, 81 and 82 be approved as printed.
3 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, this should have been attached to the Statement. But in any case, I table for the information of the House, Contracting Categories for Specified Goods and Serv ices.
3 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you. Good morning, Mr. Speaker.
3 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I rise to report on the Government procurement methods and the Ministry of Public Works initiative to improve this process by reducing the excessive amounts of unnecessary bureaucracy and minutia that local businesses have to endure when placing bids on government conBermuda House of Assembly tracts. Mr. Speaker, in 2017 this Administration pledged to increase efficiency within government …
3 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I included in my Statement that the minimum time is three weeks. Clearly, that will be dictated by the complexity of what is being sought, but that is the aim. And the technical officers have set and come up with those timeframes so it is something reasonable that we think we can achieve.