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Email: MBlyden@Legvi.org 
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Legislature of the Virgin Islands 
CAPITOL BUILDING, P.O. BOX 1690 
ST. THOMAS, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 00804 
(340) 774-0880 
 
 
CHAIRMAN 
Housing, Transportation & 
Telecommunications 
VICE CHAIR 
 
 
Marvin A. Blyden 
Senator 
Budget, Appropriations & Finance 
MEMBER 
Economic Development & 
Agriculture 
Culture, Youth, Aging & Parks 
Health, Hospitals, & Human Services 
AGENDA 
Committee on Housing, Transportation & Telecommunications 
 
Friday, February 28, 2025 
Earle B. Ottley 
 Legislative Chambers 
    St. Thomas, VI 
 
 
9:00 A.M. - CALL TO ORDER 
Roll Call 
Reading of the Agenda 
BLOCK I  
 
 
Update and discussion on key matters related to the operations of the Department of Public 
Works. Providing the department’s short- and long-term goals, staffing updates, transportation 
and bus route extensions, ferry operations, engineering services to GVI agencies, and the current 
state of the territory’s roads, bridges, and cemeteries. As well as the challenges the Department 
is facing and their plans to address them to better serve the residents of our territory. 
 
INVITED TESTIFIER 
• 
The Honorable Derek Gabriel, Commissioner, Department of Public Works 
 
 
LUNCH 
The Honorable 
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BLOCK II  
 
 
Discussion on the operations of the Virgin Island Waste Management Authority as it relates to their 
plans and priorities for the coming year. Update on the status of staffing, payroll challenges and 
vendor payments. In addition to the status of tipping fees, wastewater treatment plants, pump 
station operations and capacity, landfills within the territory, garbage collection, oil collection, 
and any other challenges the agency is facing, along with their plans to overcome them to better 
serve the community. 
 
 
INVITED TESTIFIER 
• Darryl Griffith, Interim Executive Director, Virgin Islands Waste Management 
Authority