For the Week Beginning Monday, Sept. 25
Monday, Sept. 25
10 a.m.
Legislative Conference Room, St.. Croix
Public Safety, Homeland Security and Justice Committee
Agenda
The committee will meet to consider the following bills:
1. Bill No. 26-0244- An Act amending 5 Virgin Islands Code, section 3661 and 3 Virgin Islands Code, section 592 relating to the designation of peace officers and the rights of peace officers after service in an unclassified position.
Invited testifiers:
Kerry Drue, attorney general
Etton Lewis, commissioner, V.I. Police Department
Dean Plaskett, commissioner, Department of Planning and Natural Resources
Andrew Rutnik, commissioner, Licensing and
Consumer Affairs
Karen Andrews, chief negotiator, Collective Bargaining, Government of the Virgin Islands
Sgt. Arthur Hector, president, Law Enforcement Supervisors Union St. Croix
Joseph Platt, president Benevolent Association, St. Croix
Alphonso Boyce, president, Police Benevolent Association, St. Thomas
Det. Maria Peterson, vice president, Police Benevolent Association, St. Thomas
Lt. Edmund I. Thompson, president, Law Enforcement Supervisors Union, St. Thomas
Lt. Joseph Gumbs, treasurer, Law-Enforcement Supervisors Union, St. Thomas
2. Bill No. 26-0324 – An Act amending 23 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 7, section 551 to establish The Fire Prevention Bureau and The Hazardous Material Intervention Unit and to eliminate The Arson Prevention and Investigation Unit
Invited testifiers: Representatives of the Fire Service
Tuesday, Sept. 26
10 a.m.
Legislative Conference Room, St. Croix
Labor and Agriculture Committee
Agenda
The committee will meet to discuss the ramifications of title 12 Virgin Islands Rules and Regulations chapter 9A subchapter 321-1, {prohibit the use of gill and trammel net in the Virgin Islands).
Invited testifiers:
Dean C. Plaskett, commissioner, Department of Planning and Natural Resources
William Tobias, acting director, Division of Fish and Wildlife, Department of Planning and Natural Resources
Lucia Francis, director, Environmental Enforcement
Paul Chakroff, director, The Nature Conservancy
Jimmy Magner, president, St. Thomas Fishermen's Association
Julian Magras, vice president, St. Thomas Fishermen's Association
David Olsen, Ph.D., executive director and staff scientist, St. Thomas Fishermen's Association:
Gerson Martinez, fisherman
Homer Kelly, fisherman
Jesus Nieves, Fisherman
Wednesday, Sept. 27
No Meetings Scheduled.
Thursday, Sept. 28
No Meetings Scheduled.
Friday, Sept. 29
No Meetings Scheduled.
