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David A. Burch

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26 Mar 2021 House of Assembly
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No. It did not involve the purchasing of any equipment. This is a technical supplementary with recharging from one account to the other.
26 Mar 2021 House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, I move that Head 82 be approved. The Chairman: It has been moved that Head 82 be approved. Are there any objections to that? There appear to be none. Approved. [Motion carried: Ministry of Public Works, Head 82, Works and Engineering passed]
26 Mar 2021 House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman.
26 Mar 2021 House of Assembly
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Okay. So we do the capital separately? The Chair man: Yes. When we get down there, we will go based on [ INAUDIBLE]. We will do it in that order.
26 Mar 2021 House of Assembly
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Okay. All right. Thank you.
26 Mar 2021 House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, the Ministry of Public Works is required to carry out maintenance and improvements at Port Royal Golf Course, the venue for the inaugural Bermuda tournament, the professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour held annually in the fall until 2023. The Ministry undertook capital expenditures to secure golf course upgrades while incurring additional operating expenses directly attributed to …
26 Mar 2021 House of Assembly
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Okay.
26 Mar 2021 House of Assembly
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[Cost centre] 75051, Private Roads Street Lighting. Mr. Chairman, the Mi nistry of Public W orks requests that a technical supplement of $1,428 is approved to capital cost centre 75051, Private Roads Street Lighting. This project is actually under budget for the period but for the misallocation of a single contractor fee for tree trimming of $7,000 that actually was …
26 Mar 2021 House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, the first level, this is the first year of the PGA, and so qui te a considerable amount of work was done on the course. Not being a golfer, I am probably going to get the technical terms incorrect. But I believe every sand trap had to be dug up and there was some netting that was put …
26 Mar 2021 House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, yes, we imported extra sand. It is being stored at Port Royal. We recognise the challenge in getting the sand here as well as maintaining it, as the Honourable Member stated. Experts far greater than I have indicated that the sa nd is being stored in a proper place to be used this year for the tournament as …
26 Mar 2021 House of Assembly
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Not to my knowledge. But I will ask that question now. Hon. Michael H. Dunkley: Thank you, Minister.
26 Mar 2021 House of Assembly
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Yes. Mr. Chairman, I would like to move that Head 65 for $3,196,097 combined be approved.
26 Mar 2021 House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, thank you. As indicated in the Supplementary Estimate (No. 1) for the financial year 2020/21, the Ministry of Public Works is seeking approval for supplementaries relating to capital expenditure for the Ministry of Public Works Headquarters for the fiscal year 2020/2 1 and operational. Mr. Chairman, the devastating effects of the COVID -19 pandemic on governments globally and …
26 Mar 2021 House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, the West End Dev elopment Corporation (WEDCO) [the Corporation] was established in 1982 by an Act of Parliament with the specific task of developing the lands which were vested to the corporation under the Act. The Corporation’s direction is overseen by the board of direct ors, which is appointed by the Minister responsible. The WEDCO Act 1984 is …
26 Mar 2021 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chai rman. To the first question (was the operational pr oduction of the labs included in this figure?) the answer is no. In relation to the BHC, it is for labour only. And what we did was to add additional staff over the per iod. And we saw an increase in the amounts of bulk waste that …
26 Mar 2021 House of Assembly
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No. We will be purchasing it. Some of it has already been ordered. And in the next financial year, [there is] funding for a new maintenance shed at Ocean View. What we are trying to do is, Ocean View has been traditionally the stepchild of golf courses. And we are trying to draw a balance between the two so that …
26 Mar 2021 House of Assembly
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I do not understand the last portion of that. And it may be as a result of —I am certainly not trying to practice accounting, b ecause that is not my area of expertise. But the grant funding to the golf courses and to other entities is such that it covers both operational and capital. And so it is very …
26 Mar 2021 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chai rman. I think the last comment from the Honourable Member Dunkley is well noted. I indicated in my r emarks earlier that the $950,000 grant is underfunded. Everybody accepts that. We have made great strides in order to try and address that by having a rollingforward plan to replace equipment and supplies. But in addition to …
26 Mar 2021 House of Assembly
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You are too quick, Mr. Chairman.
26 Mar 2021 House of Assembly
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Okay. Head 6 5, you want, Mr. Chairman?