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Susan E. Jackson

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11 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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But we have found that a number of boats have been abandoned due to storm or neglect by owners, and so I have some questions around that. The Minister gave the statistic that some 29 boats have been abandoned as of January 2024. And so, I am wondering how much of the . . . Well, I am guessing the …
11 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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Well, the cost . . . he is not. But certainly, when it came to the cars and bikes that were abandoned . . . just on Monday in his Ministerial Statement — [Inaudible interjection]
11 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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He did not speak to the boats, but he did speak to the environmental impact, the need to drain the oil out of the cars, et cetera. So I am now asking whether there are costs associated with that kind of disposal for the boats, and if there is any cost that comes with it. I am just looking at …
11 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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I am on page B -205 and I am looking at the total expenditure under General Summary, the bottom- half of the page. The Minister had mentioned that there is . . . he mentioned that, or at least I thought I heard him say that there was a staff shortage. And so I am curious whether all of the …
11 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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Right. But the Minister . . . I made a note that the Minister did mention that there was a staff shortage when he mentioned the increase in the funding. So, I am just curious if some of those funds will go to fill and have a full complement of staff at Marine and Ports.
11 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes. And you know, these would be unfilled, so these on page B -207 there would be the sort of total number of jobs that are available. I do not know how many of them may not be filled and whether the increase in budget funding will assist in filling those posts. Moving over to page B -206, under Subjective …
11 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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Again, the Repair and Maintenance. This is for Head 30, Marine and Ports. We are maintaining a budget. We seem to hover around $2,370,000 for Repair and Maintenance for the boats and such, the ferries, and I guess the pilot boats and tugboats, et cetera. As the boats age, you know, are we increasing our maintenance or are we ex-pecting …
11 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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Mm-hmm. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am just moving on. On page B -209, under Performance Measures, under business unit 40150, Moorings and Boat Regulations. The top one says, Removal of 500 illegal, unregistered moorings by year end. I am wondering if the Minister might be able to give us an update on the cost associated with removal of moorings, …
11 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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Better known as TCD, Mr. Chairman.
11 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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The Minister answered a couple of questions in [his] brief, but on page B -211, under the Revenue Summary, 8471, Private Car (the licensing).
11 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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We are expecting to earn $18,673,000 for folks to re -licence their private cars. And this year there is an increase of $1,540,000. And I am wondering whether the Minister can explain what that is. Are we going to have an increase in the private car licens ing fees this year? On page B -213, under Performance Measures, business unit …
11 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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I am just curious whether there has been any data collection for the young people who are participating in the Project Ride. In particular, I am curious to know whether we would be able to cross reference those . . . if we are collecting data on the young people who go through Project Ride and then are able to …
11 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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At line item 8480, and this is the Truck Permit Fees. I am just curious, the Minister did mention Sunday permits and special permits and that sort of thing. But I would like to know whether there is active enforcement when we give out the permits for Sund ays or special permits for special occasions, whether we are actually monitoring …
11 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes. I am getting to my question.
11 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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Okay. Then my question will be—
11 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. [Does] the Minister have an appetite to increase any of the special or Sunday permit fees? And then I will leave it there.
11 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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And now I would like to move on to Head 35, Public Transportation.
11 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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Page B -214, line item 45090, Repair Services. We have allocated $4,625,000 which is an increase of $64,000 this year. And I wonder if the Minister might be able to give us an update on costs associated with maintaining our new electric buses. We have had, of course, teething pains, Mr. Chairman. [Inaudible interjections]
11 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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Sorry? Where?
11 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Yes, if we could just get an update on costs that are associated with the maintenance of the electric buses in particular. I don’t know, body work, any adjustments that have had to be made to the engine in order to accommodate services here in Bermuda and adjust to our different varying geographical road …