SENATOR NOVELLE E. FRANCIS, JR. 
36TH LEGISLATURE OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS  
Chairman, Committee on Budget, Appropriations and Finance 
 
 
 
Memorandum No. 26-036 
 
To: 
 
Committee on Budget, Appropriations and Finance Members 
 
 
The Honorable Marvin A. Blyden, Vice-Chairman 
 
 
The Honorable Dwayne M. DeGraff 
 
 
The Honorable Ray Fonseca 
 
 
The Honorable Hubert L. Frederick 
 
 
The Honorable Marise C. James 
 
 
The Honorable Kurt A. Vialet 
From:  
The Honorable Novelle E. Francis, Jr. 
 
 
 
Chairman, Committee on Budget, Appropriations and Finance 
 
Date:  
July 15, 2026 
 
Re: 
July 24, 2026 Committee on Budget, Appropriations and Finance Meeting  
 
 
The Committee on Budget, Appropriations and Finance will meet on Friday, July 24, 2026,  
9:00 A.M. in the Frits E. Lawaetz Legislative Conference Room on St. Croix to receive 
testimony on the Fiscal Year 2027 Budget. 
 
BLOCK I 
9:00 A.M. 
 
Office of the Territorial Public Defender 
Invited Testifier: 
Jomo Meade, Esq., Chief Territorial Public Defender 
 
BLOCK II 
11:00 A.M. 
Legal Services of the Virgin Islands 
Invited Testifier: 
Shelby King Gaddy, Esq., Executive Director 
 
BLOCK III 
1:00 P.M. 
Public Relations Employees Board 
Pierna Jacobs-Feldman, Chairperson 
 
3:00 P.M. 
Virgin Islands Labor Management Committee 
Yirah Tutein, Executive Director