VIRGIN ISLANDS PORT AUTHORITY 
BOARD MEETING ACTIONS LIST 
 
April 21, 2021 
CHAIRED BY MS. LEONA E. SMITH, BOARD CHAIR 
VIPA Administrative Building & HERA Conference Room via Video Conference 
 
Board Members  
1. 
Leona E. Smith, St. John Private Citizen - CHAIR 
2. 
Kevin Rodriquez, USVIEDA Chairman – VICE CHAIR 
3. 
Willard John, St. Croix Private Citizen - SECRETARY 
4. 
Joseph Boschulte, Tourism Commissioner - absent 
5. 
Derek Gabriel, Acting Public Works Commissioner - absent 
6. 
Denise George, Esq., Attorney General 
7. 
Lionel S. Jacobs, St. Croix Private Citizen  
8. 
Celestino A. White Sr., St. Thomas Private Citizen 
9. 
St. Thomas Private Citizen – Vacant Position 
 
Board Staff 
1. Tonya Pickering, Internal Auditor 
 
VIPA Staff Present 
1. 
Carlton Dowe, Executive Director 
2. 
Damian Cartwright, Asst. Executive Director/Dir. of Engineering 
3. 
Catherine Hendry, Esq., Legal Counsel 
4. 
Anise Hodge, Deputy Executive Director 
5. 
Anna M. Penn, Chief Financial Officer 
6. 
Captain Matthew Berry, Marine Manager STT/STJ 
7. 
Dale Gregory, Assistant Director of Engineering 
8. 
Mariath Hodge, Executive Assistant 
9. 
Julice Holder, Chief of Staff 
10. Vincent Frazer, Esq., Senior Staff Attorney 
11. Tisha Lake, Controller 
12. Monifa Marrero Brathwaite, Public Information Officer 
13. Everton Rush, IT Manager 
14. Diane Richardson, Director of Human Resources 
15. Jerome Sheridan, Territorial Airport Manager 
16. Deborah Washington, Property Manager 
 
POLL VOTE RATIFICATION 
 
Ratification of Poll Vote Issued 29 Mar 
2021 – Property and Terrorism Insurance 
Renewals 
 
Authorized the Executive Director to renew the 
coverage for VIPA’s Property and Terrorism 
Insurance and approve the payment of the policy 
for the period of April 1, 2021 to April 1, 2022, in 
quarterly installments beginning April 1, 2021 for 
said coverage. The total amount for renewal of 
the polices is $5,568,020. 
 
Ratification of Poll Vote Issued 7 Apr 2021 
– Sustainable Capital Advisors LLC 
 
Authorized the Executive Director to enter into a 
six-month agreement with Sustainable Capital 
Advisors LLC. VIPA can extend SCA services for 
two additional six-month periods in an amount 
not to exceed $100,000, including expenses for 
SCA to provide financial consulting services. 
 
FINANCE COMMITTEE 
 
No actions taken. 
 
 
PROPERTY COMMITTEE 
 
O’Neale’s Trucking and Trailer Transport, 
Inc. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
• 
Approved a new lease for the continued use 
of 47,830.42 sq. ft. of land and 2,709.38 sq. 
ft. of office space located on a portion of Plot 
8 Estate Hope, Queen Quarter at the Wilfred 
“Bomba” Allick Port and Transshipment 
Center (Containerport), St. Croix.  The new 
lease is for a term of five years with a five-
year option to renew. Rent for the land will 
be $1,395.05 per month and $3,386.73 per 
month for the office space with a CPI or 5% 
increase on the third anniversary of the lease. 
Virgin Islands Port Authority 
April 21, 2021 Board Meeting Actions List   
 
 
 
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O’Neale’s Trucking and Trailer Transport, 
Inc. (…continued) 
 
• 
The tenant’s request to sublet a portion of its 
office space to Crowley Caribbean Services 
LLC was approved. The tenant shall pay VIPA 
20% of the total amount it charges its 
sublessee per its sublet agreement, a total of 
$487.50 per month. 
 
Virgin Islands Regulated Waste 
Management, Inc. (VIRWM) 
 
Approved a lease for 43,065.66 sq. ft. of land and 
428.16 sq. ft. of office space located on a portion 
of Plot 8 Estate Hope, Queen Quarter at the 
Wilfred “Bomba” Allick Port and Transshipment 
Center (the Containerport), St. Croix.  The leased 
premises will be used for office operations and 
pollution control services, garbage collection, 
waste transportation, staging of operations 
equipment and used oil storage.  Rent for the 
land will be $1,256.08 per month and $535.20 
per month for the office space with a CPI or 5% 
increase on the third anniversary of the lease. 
 
PROJECTS & OPERATIONS COMMITTEE 
 
No actions taken. 
 
 
PERSONNEL COMMITTEE 
 
Update to VIPA’s Personnel Rules and 
Regulations – Progressive Discipline 
 
Authorized the Executive Director to update the 
language in the Personnel Rules and Regulations 
Section 2.15 – and add subsection (B) to the 
section entitled Progressive Discipline. This 
subsection will provide guidance on how to 
address employees who may have been arrested 
for offenses committed while on duty and for 
offenses committed while off duty. 
 
EXECUTIVE SESSION 
 
No actions taken.