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David A. Burch

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22 Mar 2021 House of Assembly
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Mr. C hairman, programme 8100 Administration Training has a total budget of $251,000. Its objective is to provide senior management and administrative support for the E states and Buildings Sections . This programme is split Bermuda House of Assembly between two cost centres, namely: 91000 Administr ation at $239,000; and 91001 Training and Apprentic eship at $12,000 Mr. Chairman, the …
22 Mar 2021 House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, the Building Section 8101 has a total budget of $8,772,000. The Buildings Programme is split b etween two cost centres, namely: 91002 –Services Management at $925,000 ; and 91003– Maintenance at $7,847,000 Mr. Chairman, the Buildings Programme as seen on page B -231, has a mandate to effectively manage the maintenance, repair and renovat ion of all Government …
22 Mar 2021 House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, I would like to highlight some of the achievements of the D epartment of Public Lands and Buildings during the 2020/21 financial year and the plans for the 2021/22 financial year. Mr. Chairman, the Buildings Section attended to over 3500 helpdesk building maintenance c alls in the year together with planned service works and capital works over the …
22 Mar 2021 House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, f or 2021/ 22 there are a number of planned capital works that will take place across the various capital cost cen-tres. Mr. Chairman, $3,000,000 under cost centre 75309 for All Schools Maint enance has been spent in 2020/ 21 on annual scheduled improvements and repairs work to schools. Most notable were, plumbing works for East End Primary, …
22 Mar 2021 House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, Pr ogramme 8102 Estates has a total budget of $10,261,000. The Estates programme is split between two cost centres, namely: 91004– Property Asset Management at $4,528,000 ; and 91005– Insurance at $5,733,000. The mandate of the Estates Programme is to effecti vely manage the Government estate, to provide insurance cover on all Government property and to facilitate and …
22 Mar 2021 House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, The Office Relocations Capital cost centre 75099 for 2021/22, which can be found on page C -6, has been reduced to a nominal amount of $250,000 compared to $1,925,000 in 2020 /21. In practical terms, this will require all government departments to hold any r equests for additional office space, relocation or office alterations during the next financial …
22 Mar 2021 House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, I now move to Programme 8103, Land Surveys, with cost centre 91007 on page B -231. This programme has a budget allocation of $326,000 for fiscal year 2021/2 2 as compared to a 2020/21 budget of $328,000, a decrease of $2,000. This section provides traditional and specialised land surveying expertise and guidance for the Bermuda Government . For …
22 Mar 2021 House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, there has been a concerted effo rt in this budget to limit i ncreases on operating and significantly reduce capital expenditure. At the same time the department conti nues to effectively manage the facilities to support pu blic services. Mr. Chairman, as I conclude the Budget Brief for Head 81, the Department of Public Lands & Buil dings, …
22 Mar 2021 House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, the Mission of the Department of Works and Engineering is: To ensure the effective and prudent managem ent of all engineering services relating to the construction, erection, improvement, maintenance and repairs of Government infrastructure and the operation of essential water and waste treat ment services. Mr. Chairman, the Department of Works and Engineering is responsible for the provision …
22 Mar 2021 House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, I will now present the seven program me areas, each with a number of sub- program mes or cost centres, as shown on pages B -235 and B -236 of the Estimates of Rev enue and Expenditure, namely: • 8200 Administration • 8201 Engineering • 8202 Highways • 8203 Waste Management • 8204 Quarry Transport • 8205 Quarry …
22 Mar 2021 House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, I will now provide Members of this Honou rable House with a summary of the status of the major capital projects being managed by the Department of Works and E ngineering. The overall 2021/22 Capital Expenditure Plan for the Department of Works and Engineering is $14,599,000. Details are found on pages C -6 and C -7 of the …
22 Mar 2021 House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, I would now like to provide you with a summary of the status of the major acquisitions being managed by the D epartment of Works and Engineering, the details of which can be found on page C -14 of the Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure 2021/22. Quarry
22 Mar 2021 House of Assembly
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Vehicles and Equi pment ( CEP cost centre 76495) . Mr. Chairman, the v ehicles and equipment to be replaced under the 2021/22 budget are those that have surpassed useful economic life and are in poor and/ or dangerous cond ition. The focus for next year will be the replacement of equipment for the solid waste program mes which r …
22 Mar 2021 House of Assembly
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Madam Chairman.
22 Mar 2021 House of Assembly
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Okay, thank you, Madam Chairman. That concludes my presentation on the D epartment of Works and Engineering and all of my Heads for the Ministry of Public Works. So, let me close with these few remarks. Considering the challenges this country and the world have faced over the last 12 months, the Ministry’s plans will be continuously scrutinised and adjusted …
22 Mar 2021 House of Assembly
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Yes, that’s fine.
22 Mar 2021 House of Assembly
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Sure. Thank you, Madam Chairman. I am goi ng to try and go in the order in which the questions were asked. The first question was on staffing in relation to the 14 less staff that were listed 1194 22 March 2021 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly as opposed to the 497, I think. It is as a …
22 Mar 2021 House of Assembly
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The list under review and disbursed to other locations. I don’t know what that means either. How many toilets serviced? All of the public parks and beaches that have toilets were serviced daily, plus all of the portaloo toilets placed for events are serviced daily including weekends during summer months. The revised estimate for 78100 Railways, was $58,000, much less …
22 Mar 2021 House of Assembly
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The airport docks are a government -owned entity. I guess Public Works i nherited that from America’s Cup. No one asked us if we wanted it to remain there, and so it was not moved. But happily, Public Works, along with the Bermuda Tourism Authority have been working t ogether for several months. And I am pleased to see that …
22 Mar 2021 House of Assembly
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We are working with Marine and Ports to remove these boats. It is a painstaking process, but we will get there. There will be an announcement in this regard from KBB [Keep Berm uda Beautiful] shortly th at will assist us greatly in our removal of boats. We have the same challenge with vehicles that are left across the Island. …