The document provides the schedule and agendas for various legislative committee meetings from Monday, October 12, 2009 to Friday, October 23, 2009. The committees include Education, Youth and Culture; Public Safety, Homeland Security and Justice; Labor and Agriculture; Financial Services, Infrastructure and Consumer Affairs; and Health. The meetings will discuss topics such as the status of education, the Virgin Islands Drug Enforcement Bureau, wrongfully discharged government employees, repairs at the governor's residence, and the status of local health care facilities.

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Tuesda Octobe 13, 2009
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Time: 5:00 PM
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Wednesday, Octo
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2. Thursday, October 15, 2009
Time: 5:00 PM
Committee: Education, Youth and Culture
Location: Legislative Conference Room, St. John
Agenda
The Committee on Education, Youth and Culture has scheduled a hearing to receive testimony on
the Status of Education (from the perspective of students, teachers, parents, paraprofessionals, and
support staff)
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Friday, October 16, 2009
Time: 10:00 AM
Committee: Public Safety, Homeland Security and Justice
Location: Frits E. Lawaetz Conference Room, St. Croix
Agenda
The Committee on Public Safety, Homeland Security and Justice has scheduled a
hearing to receive testimony on the Virgin Islands Drug Enforcement Bureau.
Honorable Novelle E. Francis, Jr., Attorney Vincent Frazer
Commissioner Virgin Island Attorney General
Virgin Islands Police Department Department of Justice
Honorable Lynn Millin-Maduro Mr. Frederick Joseph
Commissioner Sub District Director
Department of Property and Procurement United Steel Workers
Mr. Darrel Weaver Mr. Kenneth Hermon
Director Director
Oklahoma State Bureau Division of Personnel
Narcotics & Dangerous Drug Control
Jay Watson Mr. Joseph Angol
Narcotics Agent Supervisor
Virgin Islands Drug Enforcement Bureau Virgin Islands Drug Bureau
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3. Mr. Louis Penn Mr. Meridith Nielsen
Chief of Staff for the Governor Drug Policy Advisor to the Governor
Office of the Governor Law Enforcement Planning Commission
Mr. Walter Freeman Mr. Rosanna Jn. Batiste
Officer Officer
Department of Property and Procurement Department of Property and Procurement
Mr. Luis Tito Morales Attorney Frederick Handleman
President Legal Counsel
United Steel Workers Virgin Islands Police Department
Detective Dwight Griffin
Virgin Islands Police Department
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Monday, October 19, 2009
Time: 10:00 AM
Committee: Labor and Agriculture
Location: Earle B. Ottley Legislative Hall, St. Thomas
Agenda
The Committee on Labor and Agriculture will receive testimony on bill No. 28-0142 (An
Act amending 3 V.I.C., Section 530 (a) as it relates to wrongfully discharged Government
employees).
Invited Testifiers:
Mr. Kenneth Hermon Jr. Valdemar Hill Jr., Ph.D.
Director Chief Negotiator
Division of Personnel Office of Collective Bargaining
Monday, October 19, 2009
Time: 6:00 PM
Committee: Labor and Agriculture (Town Hall Meeting)
Location: Charlotte Amalie High School Auditorium (St. Thomas)
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4. Agenda
The topic of discussion is “The Effects of the GERS Reform Legislation on the
Government of the Virgin Islands Labor Force”
The Town Hall Meeting is in response to the volume of calls Fielded by my office as it
relates to Act No. 6794, “The Retirement System Reform Act of 2005”
Invited to Participate:
Mr. Austin Nibbs, CPA
GERS Administrator
and key members of his Senior Staff including:
The Benefits Administrator
Legal Counsel
Director of Loans
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Time: 10:00 AM
Committee: Financial Services, Infrastructure and Consumer Affairs
Location: Earle B. Ottley Legislative Hall, St. Thomas
Agenda
The Committee on Financial Services, Infrastructure & Consumer Affairs will receive
testimony “regarding the repairs, renovations and improvements using public funds
at the private residence of Governor John P. DeJongh Jr.” and all related documents
to such.
Invited Testifiers:
Honorable Lunn Millin-Maduro Honorable Darryl A. Smalls
Commissioner Commissioner
Department Property & Procurement Department of Public Works
Honorable Julito Francis Mr. Louis Penn
Executive Director Chief of Staff to Governor
Public Finance Authority John P. DeJongh Jr.
Mr. Henry Thomas Adam Christian
Chief of Security office Legal Counsel to Government House
of the Governor
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5. Vincent Frazer, Esq Elliot Davis
Attorney General of the Virgin Islands Solicitor General
Adam G. Christian Esq., Mr. James Webber
Legal Counsel, Office of the Governor
Neil Carty Mr. Liston Davis
Better Roads Asphalt Corp
Mr. Ronald Russell Mr. Juan FigueroaServille
William Koenig Kevin Cogan
President of WMK Mechanical President
Alert 1 International
Bill No. 28-0137 – An Act amending title 31 Virgin Islands Code 23, Section 236a to
prohibit the requirement of surety on bids that are $150,000 or less and for other purposes
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Time: 10:00 AM
Committee: Health
Location: Frits E. Lawaetz Conference Room, St. Croix
Agenda
The Committee on Health has scheduled a meet to hear the Status update on the
Frederiksted Health Care, Inc. /Ingeborg Nesbitt Clinic and the Herbert Grigg Home for the
Aged inclusive of:
1. Frederiksted Health Care, Inc., clinic services at the Herbert Grigg Provisional site
2. Future expansion of the Herbert Grigg Home for the Aged
3. Update on site repair, mold remediation and the re-opening of the Ingeborg Nesbitt
Clinic
4. Bill No. 28-0096, An act to rename the Herbert Grigg Home for the Aged to the
Herbert Grigg Skilled Nursing Care Facility
Invited Testifiers:
Masserae Sprauve Webster Daryl Smalls, PE
Executive Director Commissioner
Frederiksted Health Center, Inc. Department of Public Works
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6. Lena Schulterbrandt Christopher Finch
Chairperson Commissioner
Board of Directors Department of Human Services
Frederiksted Health Care Inc.
Vera Falu Dr. Raymond Cintron
Director President
Herbert Grigg Home of the Aged Virgin Islands Medical Society
Lynn Millin-Maduro, Esq. Denyce E. Singleton
Commissioner Director
Department of Property and Procurement AARP of the Virgin Islands
Daisy Rodriquez Dr. Robert F. Centeno
Medical Social Services Representative Acting Medical
Juan F. Luis Hospital Juan F. Luis Hospital
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Thursday, October 22, 2009
Time: 9:00 AM
Committee: Rules
Location: Earle B. Ottley Legislative Hall, St. Thomas
TO BE ANNOUNCED
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Friday, October 23, 2009
Committee: No Committee Meeting Scheduled
RESERVED FOR CONSTITUENT MEETINGS AND OFFICE WORK
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