St. Croix bicycle racers took on a stiff headwind during Sunday’s 24-mile Airport Loop road race.
The course was a 6.1 mile, four-lap loop that started at the Randall "Doc" James Race Track east to Melvin Evans Highway then left to West Airport Road and back to the start.
Thirteen racers started the event at a moderate pace with a variety of riders taking their turn at the front. The main field kept together for the first and the beginning of the second lap until a fierce attack by John Harper split the pack.
The break was unsuccessful, however, and a number of riders caught Harper's wheel. The field then broke up on the windward stretch of the second lap with a small group comprising Harper, Angel Encarncion and Kent Bradbury pulling away from the main field. Jamie Keys, after going back to pick up a dropped pump, fought his way back to
the leaders and the group of four worked together for the final lap with the rest of the field strung out behind.
About 300 yards from the finish Kent Bradbury launched a sprint attack that was quickly caught by Keys. But it was Angel Encarncion who had more legs and was able to out sprint the other three for the victory.
Harper and Keys finished so close that it had to be called a draw and Bradbury finished a close fourth.
The St. Croix cycling Federation’s next race will be Sunday Nov. 2. The course will
utilize the new and improved South Shore road, said federation president Mike McQueston. For info call 772.2343. Group rides are held Fridays at 4p.m. at Schooner Bay and Tuesdays on the West End.

Senior officials at the Department of Interior have voiced concerns about Beal Aerospace’s proposal to build a rocket assembly plant on the shores of St. Croix’s Great Pond Bay.
At a meeting between St. Croix residents and Department of Interior officials Sunday night, Donald Barry, assistant secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, said the conflict between Beal’s plans and the environmental concerns at Great Pond had become apparent to him after visiting the site.
"It was important for me to walk along the beach (Saturday) . . . to see what’s at stake there," Barry said. "After having been on the site, I’m very concerned about the project…"
Barry, who oversees the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Park Service, works directly under Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt, who will be on St. Croix the next three days for the third annual Coral Reef Task Force Conference.
Just offshore of Beal’s proposed site is what one Fish and Wildlife Service official has called "the best example of coral reefs in the USVI."
Sunday’s meeting was requested by organizers of the People’s March. The group was organized to protest the Beal-V.I. government land exchange at Great Pond Bay and to voice concerns about various governmental issues.
Along with the Beal issue, Sunday’s meeting focused on the memorandum of understanding signed early in October by Gov. Charles Turnbull and Secretary Babbitt. Along with economic provisions aimed at helping the territory solve its $100 billion debt, the memorandum contains a section on enhancing the islands’ natural resources.
Considering the memorandum’s call to preserve the territory’s coral reef system, People’s March spokesman Raymond "Usie" Richards said it was important for Interior officials to understand the governor’s "hypocritical policies" concerning the Beal deal.
Richards pointed to a letter written in January to Beal by a FWS field supervisor that recommended the project be moved to an area near St. Croix’s industrial zone. The letter, Richards said, was also sent to Turnbull.
"While we recognize the efforts of the Fish and Wildlife Service to make clear their concerns to Andrew Beal, we also recognize that Governor Turnbull was made aware of these concerns…," Richards said. "We believe such action demonstrates Turnbull’s disregard for both the Virgin Islands and United States laws, while he acts wantonly to pursue the goals of big business."
While Barry noted that there is a permitting process for projects such as Beal’s, he said he was "skeptical" about its chances of gaining approval at a site like Great Pond because of Endangered Species Act and Clean Water Act issues.
Barry called it the "right project in the wrong place" and said an alternative site could be found closer to the island’s industrialized area.
"We need to redouble our effort to work with Beal to find a better place," he said.
Karen Kovacs, senior counsel for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, said that language in the memorandum that speaks about the local and federal government exchanging submerged lands and coral reefs is preliminary. Kovacs also voiced concern about the Beal project, saying there is the possibility for "serious environmental degradation."
Meanwhile, Danny Aranza, director of the Office of Insular Affairs, said the memorandum was meant as a "helping hand" to the V.I. government. Aranza said that because he is from Guam, another U.S. territory, he understands the concerns of the people in the Virgin Islands.
"In no way was the MOU intended to be a dictate to the Virgin Islands," he said.

In the rift between Gov. Charles Turnbull and his former choice for Tourism commissioner, "the straw that broke the camel’s back is the bond issue," as Michael Bornn sees it.
Turnbull’s announcement last week that he was withdrawing Bornn’s nomination has led to public displays of support for Bornn, although many longtime political observers say the action was not surprising, because Bornn was not supporting administration initiatives.
Over the weekend, St. Thomas Source requested interviews with both men.
So far, only Bornn has responded. Speaking Saturday, he reiterated his opposition to the government taking on long-term debt for operating expenses, an opposition he had stated publicly in a "manifesto" for economic recovery that was published on St. Thomas Source shortly before Turnbull nominated him for the Tourism post.
Bornn denied "lobbying" senators against the recently passed authorization for a bond issue of up to $300 million. But he said that "senators asked me my opinion, and I gave it." He declined to say which legislators, stating only that there were "two or three."
"I’m not going to give up my principles for a job," he said. "It (selling bonds to cover operating expenses) is too big of an issue for me to say I’m going to be a team player" and not speak out.
On other possible points of disagreement with the governor, Bornn was less forthcoming.
"The Department of Tourism has an army of political appointments," he said. But, asked to name those he had recommended for firing, Bornn said, "I won’t touch that one."
He noted that, as reported in The Source in August, he had scuttled a pending contract for Dahlia Magras, the wife of Clement "Cain" Magras, Turnbull’s first nominee for commissioner. Cain Magras' name was withdrawn in the wake of sexual harassment charges brought against him by a longtime Tourism employee that are still pending.
The $200,000 contract, at $50,000 a year for four years, was for Magras’ wife "for, quote, 'marketing the Virgin Islands in Florida' – where we already have a tourism office," Bornn said. "It was left on my desk for signature. I didn’t sign it – threw it away. That was one of the first things I did."
He added that he did not know whether the governor had agreed to the contract, or if it was just the Magrases’ idea. "The governor never talked to me about it," he said.
A neophyte in government and politics, Bornn said some "career politicians" have told him he was wrong not to build support. Instead, "I ruffled an awful lot of feathers up at Government House."
Did his enemies influence the governor against him?
"I’m not going to get into petty nonsense," he said.
As for party affiliation, Bornn said "technically I’m a Republican. He’s a Democrat," but added that this should make no difference in his ability to serve.
He denied reports that he had been bragging about his party affiliation at a recent tourism conference in Florida, although he said the subject came up briefly in one private conversation.
Although his title was to be Tourism commissioner – and he was serving in that post in an acting capacity – Bornn said it was his belief that Turnbull was going to tap his expertise in economic development. However, the governor relies almost exclusively on Rudolph Krigger Sr. for financial advice.
"I had very little interaction with the governor, period. I think that was one of the problems," Bornn said.
Was he surprised at the outpouring of public support for him?
"Yes and no," he said. "I think the majority of people are tired of politics as usual."
The bottom line, Bornn said, is "he had the right to fire me and he fired me."
Is he sorry to go?
"My job was to turn around the economy, and that’s what I was focusing on. . . In six months I could have had some serious impact."
If the governor were to reconsider, would Bornn?
His response: "I’m not even going there."

On Sunday at 2:14 p.m. St. Thomas welcomed the newest airline to service the island, the world's largest, United Airlines.
There to welcome the plane load of travel and tourism professionals were Gov. Charles W. Turnbull, Lt. Gov. Gerard "Luz" James II acting Tourism Commissioner Monique Sibilly-Hodge, Alexandra Villoch, United's general manager for Miami and the Caribbean and Janise M. Robinson, operations manger for United Airlines.
After two years of negotiations the airline decided in April to bring four flights a week into St. Thomas, two from Chicago's O'Hare Airport and two from Washington's Dulles Airport. The flights will come in on weekends.
Andrew HeLal, managing director of Frenchman's Reef told St. Thomas Source last month he expects the additional seats to help the island, but that it's not like "turning on a tap." He expects the results to begin to show by springtime.
The Boeing 757s can carry 188 passengers, accord to the Daily News.

George Blackhall and Neil Weiss, in the form of their real estate development company B&W Inc, have purchased Nisky Center.
The 124,000 square foot shopping center has been managed by Blackhall for the last three years.
Weiss called their purchase, "A sign that not everybody is negative about the future of the Virgin Islands."
The General Motors Acceptance Corporation financed $12 million of the purchase. Weiss said this may be the first major loan by GMAC for real estate in the V.I.
"GMAC exercised extreme due diligence before giving this loan, even having us do a $ 6,500 seismic study of the property due to St. Thomas being a Zone 4 earthquake area", said Weiss. "They looked at this very closely, and by giving the loan, are showing their belief in the future of St. Thomas and the Virgin Islands."
The property is presently 65 percent occupied and Weiss hoped to fill the rest of the open spaces in the next few months.
Weiss said,"This gives us room to increase the present income, which is what every business owner wants to do."
The shopping center was heavily damaged in Hurricane Marilyn, which resulted in receivership for the center. It was purchased from Barclay's Bank by TNT, a Dallas firm.

Three St. Thomas men are in police custody following a shootout in Savan on Sunday morning.
Well-placed police sources say the mid-morning incident followed days of police reports filed by one of the suspects that another man had robbed him and that he would seek retaliation.
A female bystander was shot during the fracas, which erupted near the Red Ball Grocery. Melissa Hodge of Pile Strade was taken to Roy L. Schneider Hospital where she was treated for bullet fragments in her right elbow and the back of her right thigh and released.
A parked vehicle was also struck, shattering its front and rear windshield.
Curtis Grosvenor, 31, of Bovoni #25-2, Shawn Williams, 19, of 4-F Mandahl and Ricaldo Claxton, 24, of Guyllings Street, Savan, were arrested and charged with possession of unlicenced firearms, illegal discharge of firearms, third-degree assault, reckless endangerment and damage to a vehicle, according to a release from Police Chief Jose Garcia.
All three suspects are being held on $25,000 bail.
One of the suspects was taken into custody near the Jane E. Tuitt School where he ran after the shootout. The other suspects were arrested near the scene.
Confiscated in the incident were a .357-caliber silver Magnum, a .44-caliber revolver and a .22-caliber long rifle.
One person who spoke on condition of anonymity said that from the Upper Solberg area, rampant automatic gunfire broke through the silence of the morning.
Garcia attributed the quick apprehension of the suspects to the courage and quick action of residents of Savan who, he said, "have decided to take a no-nonsense attitude toward solving violent crime in their neighborhood."
Garcia commended Sgt. Alva Chesterfield and the squad from the Richard Callwood Command for their quick and professional response.
Anyone with information is encouraged to contact detectives at the VIPD Investigation Bureau at 774-4050 or emergency 911.

Dear Source:
Last month DLCA Commissioner Andrew Rutnik confirmed a new DLCA crackdown on heretofore unlicensed workers in many fields.
From now on, if you pound a nail at a construction site, you need a carpenter's license…if you prune a tree or cut guinea grass, you need a landscaper's license…if you clean someone's house or iron their clothes, you need a domestic's license…to dig a ditch or carry lumber requires a construction worker's license.
Other than electricians and plumbers, however, it was made clear that, while a license is now required, DLCA does not attest to the skills or abilities of these workers.
So…now the government is simply charging private citizens for the right to work. Why "on the backs of" certain occupations and not others? Why laborers and not shop clerks…legal secretaries…gas jockeys… janitors and all others who work without cushy government benefits or holidays?
All this in the name of "revenue enhancement" (read: new taxes, charges and a huge increase in the cost of doing business!). "We are pro-business," they say. Riiiight!
How dare union bosses claim the budget is "being balanced only on the backs of government workers." But, then…why shouldn't it be? After all, who caused the government to be in its present wasteful, inefficient and bankrupt condition? Duh! It's caused by the people who work for the government! For decades they have been the "takers"…it is now time for them to be "givers." "Ask not…!"
Our government's sad and deplorable condition was certainly not caused by workers in the private sector! And yet Gov. Turnbull has just announced huge increases in the cost of private-sector licenses.
What do these licensed workers get in return for this additional money charged? More nails in the coffin of entrepreneurship!
So, Gov. Turnbull, in the spirit of fairness and level playing fields, let me strongly suggest another class of business license: A government worker's license.
The following fee categories will apply:
— Basic license to work for the government, $100.
The following surcharges are to be added as applicable:
— To earn over $45,000 per year, $250
— To earn over $64,999 per year, $2,000
— To have or drive a government vehicle, $1,750
— To hold an outside job while full-time with government, $1,500
— To have an "assistant" if you are an "assistant," $ 225
— For each non-federal holiday taken with pay, $15
— To shop or have hair done on government time, $350
— To bring children to office after school for daycare, $ 200
— To have "Solitaire" installed on your office computer, $75
— To appoint an unqualified friend or relative to a job, $ 20,000.
The basic license fee alone will bring in $1,300,000 per year in "revenue enhancement" (13,000 x $ 100). Imagine the "enhancement" from the car pool!
It is essential for all the "revenue enhancers" out there to keep this fact in mind: The private sector is the engine that drives this economy. The government produces nothing!
The answer is NOT to increase revenues to meet ridiculous, wasteful and greedy government expenditures. The government MUST BE CUT…massively, thoughtfully and thoroughly! And those lucky enough to retain their jobs must work harder, longer and more efficiently…and be grateful to remain public servants. Be helpful! Be nice!
If government workers are expected to migrate to the private sector with dignity and fairness, the private sector must be enhanced and profitability encouraged so workers will be attracted by the same or better benefits as they now receive from the government.
Any benefits, such as medical and retirement insurance availability negotiated for the government, must also be negotiated for the private sector…bills for private services must be paid…the maddening and interminable bureaucracy for doing business must be done away with…QUIT BEING THE BIGGEST OBSTACLE TO SMALL BUSINESS!
When a private vendor isn't paid, it is truly a "payless payday"! The unpaid vendor cannot issue bonds to pay his bills…pay his taxes…or feed his family!
Don't bury us in debt! Don't mortgage Virgin Islands children's futures! Listen to the economists, not the political hacks…NO MORE BORROWING!
You have two choices, Gov. Turnbull:
1) Continue to avoid unpopular and painful decisions in hopes of getting re-elected…continue the fish-fry politics…hire more cronies! Stomp on the private sector! Cave in to the unions! Increase debt! And the problems will continue to eat you alive! The Feds will come! You will take all the blame!
2) Do the right thing…the hard thing. Accept the fact that you may only be a one-term governor…but realize that history and decades of school children will remember you as the wise and courageous hero who saved and turned the Virgin Islands around.
Your choice, Governor – hack…or hero?
Dale E. Hamilton
St. Thomas

It had been 18 years since a symphony orchestra was brought to St. Thomas. The throng which gathered to hear the performance of the highly refined Puerto Rico Symphony on Saturday evening seemed to indicate that we should not wait so long again.
The Reichhold Center for the Arts added seats for the evening, yet there were still not enough to accommodate all who wished to enjoy this rare cultural opportunity on our island.
The Puerto Rico Symphony gave its first concert under the direction of its founder, Pablo Casals, in the winter of 1958. At the same time, with the enthusiastic support of then-Gov. Munoz Marin, the Puerto Rico
Conservatory opened its doors. Both institutions have flourished and continue to embody the high artistic ideals of the humanitarian artist who was so instrumental in their births.
Casals was adamant that music must communicate what is most noble in mankind. He insisted that virtuosity must be put at the service of great works rather than used merely to bring attention to the performer. He spurned flashiness for its own sake. How proud he must be of the deeply expressive, technically brilliant, interpretationally elegant performances delivered by his spiritual children!
The Puerto Rico Symphony is a Caribbean treasure. It plays with a purity of tone, sureness of intonation, cohesion of ensemble and acute awareness to musical style which can only come through devotion to the repertoire, rigorous rehearsal and enlightened leadership. Many in attendance at Reichhold were there for a "first" symphonic experience. The program and its performance were a most fortunate initiation.
While most of the program was widely familiar, the orchestra brought a new insight and freshness to its rendering of these staples of the symphonic repertoire.
Maestro Eugene Kohn leads the orchestra to the heart of the music, eschewing the pitfalls of bombast and vulgarity which so often can attempt to pass for excitement, especially in the Wagner and Beethoven the orchestra played for its St. Thomas audience.
The Overture to Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg is a great way to open a program. The interpretation of the work made it clear from the start that the music would come first. The triumphal mood of the piece glowed through the elegant textures of tone which the orchestra emitted. The restrained brilliance of the brass section crowned the rich, full-bodied sound of the strings rather than obliterating it. The sensitivity to the structure of the piece was a revelation to those who had heard it many times.
The orchestra's delivery of the Beethoven Symphony No. 5 was no less remarkable. This work is so familiar that it is too often performed in an almost perfunctory, hackneyed way. Audiences almost expect it to be beaten rather than built, and even great orchestras seem too ready to oblige. (Listen to the first set of Beethoven Symphonies recorded by the great Von Karajan!) Kohn and the Puerto Rico Symphony lean much more toward the lighter, cleaner textures advocated by John Elliott Gardner and those who choose to focus more on Beethoven as poet than Titan.
The power was there in the performance, but it came through the rhythmic intensity and the inner tension of the interplay of the voices and attention to overall construction rather than from decibels.
The first movement was a triumph of sensitive, intelligent musicianship. The drive and suppleness of the individual lines made the structure of the movement seem to bloom.
The poetry of the second movement was allowed to sing in a rather straightforward manner, avoiding the maudlin sentimentality to which it so often becomes a victim. The third movement was delivered as one extended buildup to the brilliant introduction of the theme of the final movement. Tempi were judicious and proportionate. It was a tremendously exciting performance while maintaining a very classic reserve and balance.
A curious "Concerto for Saxophone" by the Russian post-Romantic Alexander Glazunov began the second half of the program. This late work was inspired by and dedicated to Sigurd Rascher, probably the most outstanding saxophone virtuoso of our century. Many composers, including Ibert, Milhaud, Hindemith and Aaron Copland, were moved to compose and dedicate works to him.
The soloist for this performance was Edgar Marreiro, an 18-year-old student at the Puerto Rico Conservatory. This young man is clearly to the saxophone what Midori and Joshua Bell have been to the violin in the recent past. He combines a stunning technique with studied and intuitive musicianship of the highest caliber.
The orchestra provided a rich, exotic texture of sound from the strings and woodwinds through which Marreiro's solo sang and soared in a tone color that was between that characteristic of the brass and the woodwinds. It was unclear whether the devilishly virtuosic cadenza was the composer's or by the performer.
Marreiro played his heart out and certainly made it seem his own. The audience rewarded him with a standing ovation and were likewise treated to a beguiling performance of the "Flight of the Bumblebee." Watching this young man spread his wings and gain recognition in a larger arena will be a pleasure for all who have had the pleasure of experiencing his performance.
Igor Stravinsky's "Firebird Suite" rounded out the official program. It was delivered with flare and grace. The string section exhibited marvelous unity in their negotiation of the special technical demands of this work, which include pizzicato, double-stopping and playing acoustics.
Likewise, the percussion section demonstrated a tasteful restraint as they got to play with all their "toys." Along with the brass and woodwind solos, the percussion were able to create the illusion that they emerged from the overall texture rather than were imposed over it. The exuberant rhythms, so characteristic of this composer, were executed with ebullient flare. The blazing conclusion of the work had the audience once again on its feet. They left the center humming the Overture to the "Barber of Seville" which was played as an encore.
The Birch Forum has again succeeded in bringing cultural entertainment of the highest quality to our island, and we should be deeply grateful. What they have accomplished is truly a missionary endeavor in the cause of the arts. The members of the Forum and the collaborating sponsors within the community have done something truly wonderful for the island.
It is unfortunate that the Stage Bill was not only devoid of a list of the orchestra's personnel, it failed to recognize Edgar Marreiro as the saxophone soloist.
Additionally, since this was the first time we have had an orchestral concert in a generation, it might have been appropriate to use the program to educate the audience in the etiquette of classical concerts. There really is NO reason to seat latecomers while the orchestra is playing. It is traditional to withhold applause until the end of the last movement of a symphony, sonata, suite or concerto so that the overall unity of the work is not disrupted. Finally, a good audience develops listening skills and refrains from conversation and making extraneous noise.
These critical observations should in no way detract from the success of Saturday evening. It was a huge success.
Ricardo and Josephine Charaf did a magnificent job of the Herculean task of organizing the logistics of the event. Let's hope that they have kept copious notes which they will share with the next brave souls who are willing to bring such an event to our shores. May it not be another 18 years.

Teacher sickouts, contaminated water, swarms of bees, a sewage line break, heavy rains and a close call from a hurricane. All in all, in the words of Education spokeswoman June Archibald, "this has not been a pretty year" for Virgin Islands schools.
All public schools closed at least two days for weather-related problems. Individual schools were empty on a rotating basis by the teacher job actions, and some, particularly Joseph Sibilly Elementary School, were plagued by maintenance problems.
Archibald said the school superintendents are compiling a list of the number of closings for each district, school by school.
It will be needed when the school calendar task force meets Nov. 10 to decide what to do about make-up days, she said.
On the task force are Rosalia Payne, superintendent for St. Thomas-St. John, and Terrence T. Joseph, her St. Croix counterpart; Tregenza Roach, attorney for Education; and Milton Potter, from the government Office of Collective Bargaining.
Union representatives on the task force are Glen Smith and Cecil Benjamin, presidents of the St. Thomas-St. John and the St. Croix Federation of Teachers, respectively; and Carver Farrow and Antonio Steele, heads of the Educational Administrators Association.
The group is expected to present its recommendations of Education Commissioner Ruby Simmonds.
Archibald said the issue is critical, particularly for high schools which are on a semester system. Days missed in the fall semester must be made up before the end of December when the semester ends.

LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR
Week Beginning Mon., November 1.
Monday, November 1.
Liberty Day, (D. Hamilton Jackson Day).

Tuesday, November 2.
10:00 a.m. Committee on Finance. Senate Chambers, St. Thomas.
AGENDA.
Bill No. 23-0114 – To appropriate monies for salaries and expenses of the University of the Virgin Islands for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000 and for other purposes.
Bill No 23-0115 – To appropriate funds from the Government Insurance Fund for Operating expenses of the Department of Labor for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2000 and for Other purposes.
Bill No.23-0117 To provide for the lump-sum appropriation from the Indirect Cost Fund for salaries, operating expenses and for other purposes of the Office of Management and Budget and the Department of Finance for the fiscal Year October.
1, 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000
Bill No 23-0118 To provide an Appropriation from the Interest Revenue Fund for the Fiscal Year beginning October 1,1999 and ending Sept. 30,2000.
Bill No.23-0120- To provide appropriations from the Caribbean Basin Initiative Fund for fiscal year Oct. 1, 1999 to Sept. 30, 2000.
Bill No.23-0121 – To appropriate monies from the Special Road Fund for the year ending Oct. 1, 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000 and other purposes.
Bill No.23-0123 To appropriate funds to the Virgin Islands Taxicab Commission for the fiscal year October 1, 1999 through September 30. 2000 and for operating expenses
Bill No. 23-0124 – To provide an appropriation from the Fish and Game Fund for salaries, operating expenses and for other purposes of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources for the fiscal year Oct. 1 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000.
Bill No 23-0127 To provide an appropriation for operating expenses of the Department of Public Works from the Sewage System Fund of the Government of the Virgin Islands during the fiscal year Oct. 1, 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000.
Bill No.23-0153 To increase revenue contributions to the General Fund of the Treasury of the Virgin Islands and for other purposes.
Bill No.23-0163 – To amend Title 3 Section 718, Virgin Islands Code to provide for adjustments in retirement contributions.
Bill No.23-0164 – To amend Title 3, Section 171. Virgin Islands Code, to eliminate five holidays and recognize them as days of observation.
Bill No. 23-0170 – To place the Office of Collective Bargaining under the Division of Personal for budgetary purposes only.
Bill No. 23-0171 – To amend Title 3. Section 270. Virgin Islands Code, to provide for the placement of the Narcotics Strike Force under the Virgin Islands Police Department of budgetary purposes only.
To provide for the operation of the Government of the Virgin Islands for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000
The Omnibus Authorization Act of 1999.
Wednesday, November 3.
10:00 a.m. Committee on Rules, Senate Chambers, St. Thomas.
AGENDA
Bill No.23-0099 To provide for an appropriation from the Tourism Advertising Revolving Fund to the Department of Housing, Parks and Recreation during the fiscal year October 1, 1999 through September 30, 2000
Bill No. 23-0l00 – To provide for the operating expenses of the Public Employees Relations Board and the Labor Management Committee.
Bill No. 23-0103 – To amend Section 3087, Title 33, chapter 111 Virgin Islands Code, "The St. Croix Capital Improvement Fund"
Bill No. 23-0105 – To amend Title 33, Chapter 111, Section 3091, Virgin Islands Code, "The Crisis Intervention Fund"
Bill No. 23-0107 – To amend Title 33, Chapter 89, Virgin Islands Code, to provide general authority not limited to any fiscal year, to sell delinquent property tax.
Bill No. 23-0108 – To clarify the status of certain employees of the Government Development Bank and for other purposes related thereto.
Bill No.23-0109 – To appropriate the sum of $12,800,000 from the Transportation Trust Fund as a contribution to the General Fund.
Bill No.23-0110 – To provide a contribution from the Union Arbitration Award and Government Employees Increment Fund to the General Fund for fiscal year October l, 1999 to September 30,2000.
Bill No.23-0111 – To provide a contribution from the Land Bank Fund to the General Fund for fiscal year October 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000
Bill No.23-0112 – To provide a contribution from the Industrial Development Fund to the Central Fund for fiscal year October 14, 1999 to Sept. 30, 2000.
Bill No.23-0113 – To provide an appropriation for operating expenses of the Business and Commercial Properties Removing Fund of the Government of the Virgin Islands during the fiscal year October 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000.
Bill No. 23-0114 – To appropriate monies for salaries and expenses of the University of the Virgin Islands for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000 and for other purposes. (Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
Bill No 23-0115 – To appropriate funds from the Government Insurance Fund for Operating expenses of the Department of Labor for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2000 and for Other purposes. (Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
Bill No 23-0116 To provide for the lump-sum appropriation from the Health Revolving Fund for Fiscal Year October 1, 1999 through September 30, 2000.
Bill No.23-0117 To provide for the lump-sum appropriation from the Indirect Cost Fund for salaries, operating expenses and for other purposes of the Office of Management and Budget and the Department of Finance for the fiscal Year October 1, 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000. (Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
Bill No 23-0118 To provide an Appropriation from the Interest Revenue Fund for the Fiscal Year beginning October 1,1999 and ending Sept. 30,2000. (Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
Bill No. 23-0019 To provide appropriations from the Internal Revenue Matching Fund for the Fiscal Year Oct. 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000.
Bill No.23-0120- To provide appropriations from the Caribbean Basin Initiative Fund for fiscal year Oct. 1, 1999 to Sept. 30, 2000. (Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
Bill No.23-0121 – To appropriate monies from the Special Road Fund for the year ending Oct. 1, 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000 and other purposes. (Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
Bill No.23-0122 – To appropriate monies from the Anti-litter and Beautification Fund to the Department of Public Works for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30,2000 and for other purposes.
Bill No.23-0123 To appropriate funds to the Virgin Islands Taxicab Commission for the fiscal year October 1, 1999 through September 30. 2000 and for operating expenses. (Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
Bill No. 23-0124 – To provide an appropriation from the Fish and Game Fund for salaries, operating expenses and for other purposes of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources for the fiscal year Oct. 1 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000. (Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
Bill No 23-0125 – To provide an appropriation from the Natural Resource Reclamation Fund for salaries operating expenses and for other purposes of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources for the fiscal year Oct. 1, 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000.
Bill No.23-0126 To provide an appropriation from the Transportation Revolving Fund for salaries fringe benefits, supplies and other services and charges for the Department of Property and Procurement for the fiscal year Oct. 1, 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000 and for other purposes.
Bill No 23-0127 To provide an appropriation for operating expenses of the Department of Public Works from the Sewage System Fund of the Government of the Virgin Islands during the fiscal year Oct. 1, 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000. (Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
Bill No. 23-0128- To provide for the lump sum appropriation of funds from the Virgin Islands Air Protection Fund for salaries, operating expenses and far other purposes, of the operating permit program of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources fo
r the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2000.
Bill No. 23-0129 To appropriate funds to the Public Services Commission for the fiscal year Oct. 1, 1999 to Sept. 30, 2000 for operating expenses.
Bill No.23-0130 To provide an appropriation from the interest earned on bond proceeds to the General Fund for fiscal year Oct. 1, 1999 to Sept. 30, 2000.
Bill No.23-0153 To increase revenue contributions to the General Fund of the Treasury of the Virgin Islands and for other purposes.(Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
Bill No.23-0163 – To amend Title 3 Section 718, Virgin Islands Code to provide for adjustments in retirement contributions. (Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
Bill No.23-0164 – To amend Title 3, Section 171. Virgin Islands Code, to eliminate five holidays and recognize them as days of observation. (Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
Bill No. 23-0170 – To place the Office of Collective Bargaining under the Division of Personal for budgetary purposes only. (Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
Bill No. 23-0171 – To amend Title 3. Section 270. Virgin Islands Code, to provide for the placement of the Narcotics Strike Force under the Virgin Islands Police Department of budgetary purposes only. (Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
To provide for the operation of the Government of the Virgin Islands for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000 (Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
The Omnibus Authorization Act of 1999. (Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
Thursday November 4.
10:00 a.m. Legislative Session, Senate Chambers, St. Thomas
Consideration of Nominations
Michael Bornn for Commissioner, Department of Tourism- withdrawn
Frandelle Gerard as Director , Industrial Development Commission
Carol M. Burke, William Lomax, and Claude A. Molloy, Sr. Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority Board.
John Percy deJong, Jr. Board of Trustees GERS.
Consideration of the following Bills, if approved by the Rules Committee.
Bill No.23-0099 To provide for an appropriation from the Tourism Advertising Revolving Fund to the Department of Housing, Parks and Recreation during the fiscal year October 1, 1999 through September 30, 2000
Bill No. 23-0100 – To provide for the operating expenses of the Public Employees Relations Board and the Labor Management Committee.
Bill No. 23-0103 – To amend Section 3087, Title 33, chapter 111 Virgin Islands Code, "The St. Croix Capital Improvement Fund"
Bill No. 23-0105 – To amend Title 33, Chapter 111, Section 3091, Virgin Islands Code, "The Crisis Intervention Fund"
Bill No. 23-0107 – To amend Title 33, Chapter 89, Virgin Islands Code, to provide general authority not limited to any fiscal year, to sell delinquent property tax.
Bill No. 23-0108 – To clarify the status of certain employees of the Government Development Bank and for other purposes related thereto.
Bill No.23-0109 – To appropriate the sum of $12,800,000 from the Transportation Trust Fund as a contribution to the General Fund.
Bill No.23-0110 – To provide a contribution from the Union Arbitration Award and Government Employees Increment Fund to the General Fund for fiscal year October l, 1999 to September 30,2000.
Bill No.23-0111 – To provide a contribution from the Land Bank Fund to the General Fund for fiscal year October 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000
Bill No.23-0112 – To provide a contribution from the Industrial Development Fund to the Central Fund for fiscal year October 14, 1999 to Sept. 30, 2000.
Bill No.23-0113 – To provide an appropriation for operating expenses of the Business and Commercial Properties Revolving Fund of the Government of the Virgin Islands during the fiscal year October 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000.
Bill No. 23-0114 – To appropriate monies for salaries and expenses of the University of the Virgin Islands for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000 and for other purposes.
Bill No 23-0115 – To appropriate funds from the Government Insurance Fund for Operating expenses of the Department of Labor for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2000 and for Other purposes.
Bill No 23-0116 To provide for the lump-sum appropriation from the Health Revolving Fund for Fiscal Year October 1, 1999 through September 30, 2000.
Bill No.23-0117 To provide for the lump-sum appropriation from the Indirect Cost Fund for salaries, operating expenses and for other purposes of the Office of Management and Budget and the Department of Finance for the fiscal Year October 1, 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000.
Bill No 23-0118 To provide an Appropriation from the Interest Revenue Fund for the Fiscal Year beginning October 1,1999 and ending Sept. 30,2000.
Bill No. 23-0019 To provide appropriations from the Internal Revenue Matching Fund for the Fiscal Year Oct. 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000.
Bill No.23-0120- To provide appropriations from the Caribbean Basin Initiative Fund for fiscal year Oct. 1, 1999 to Sept. 30, 2000.
Bill No.23-0121 – To appropriate monies from the Special Road Fund for the year ending Oct. 1, 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000 and other purposes.
Bill No.23-0122 – To appropriate monies from the Anti-litter and Beautification Fund to the Department of Public Works for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30,2000 and for other purposes.
Bill No.23-0123 To appropriate funds to the Virgin Islands Taxicab Commission for the fiscal year October 1, 1999 through September 30. 2000 and for operating expenses.
Bill No. 23-0124 – To provide an appropriation from the Fish and Game Fund for salaries, operating expenses and for other purposes of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources for the fiscal year Oct. 1 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000. (Pending Approval of the Committee on Finance)
Bill No 23-0125 – To provide an appropriation from the Natural Resource Reclamation Fund for salaries operating expenses and for other purposes of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources for the fiscal year Oct. 1, 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000.
Bill No.23-0126 To provide an appropriation from the Transportation Revolving Fund for salaries fringe benefits, supplies and other services and charges for the Department of Property and Procurement for the fiscal year Oct. 1, 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000 and for other purposes.
Bill No 23-0127 To provide an appropriation for operating expenses of the Department of Public Works from the Sewage System Fund of the Government of the Virgin Islands during the fiscal year Oct. 1, 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000.
Bill No. 23-0128- To provide for the lump sum appropriation of funds from the Virgin Islands Air Protection Fund for salaries, operating expenses and far other purposes, of the operating permit program of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2000.
Bill No. 23-0129 To appropriate funds to the Public Services Commission for the fiscal year Oct. 1, 1999 to Sept. 30, 2000 for operating expenses.
Bill No.23-0130 To provide an appropriation from the interest earned on bond proceeds to the General Fund for fiscal year Oct. 1, 1999 to Sept. 30, 2000.
Bill No.23-0153 To increase revenue contributions to the General Fund of the Treasury of the Virgin Islands and for other purposes.
Bill No.23-0163 – To amend Title 3 Section 718, Virgin Islands Code to provide for adjustments in retirement contributions.
Bill No.23-0164 – To amend Title 3, Section 171. Virgin Islands Code, to eliminate five holidays and recognize them as days of observation.
Bill No. 23-0170 – To place the Office of Collective Bargaining under the Division of Personal for budgetary purposes only.
Bill No. 23-0171 – To amend Title 3. Section 270. Virgin Islands Code, to provide for the placement of the Narcotics Strike Force under the Virgin Islands Police Department of budgetary purposes only.
To provide for the operation of the Government of the Virgin Islands for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000
The Omnibus Authorization Act of 1999.
Friday November 5.
10:00 a.m. Legislative Sess
ion, Senate Chambers, St. Thomas.
Continuation of Thursday's Agenda.