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Annual Report of the Governor of the Virgin Islands
to the secretary of the Interior for the Fiscal Year
Ended June 30, 1977.
virgin island- Governoros Office, Charlotte
Amalie.
Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
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*Agencies; Agriculture; Etdgeting; Civil Defense;
Conservation (Environment); Consumer Protection;
Declining Enrollment; Education; Federal Government;
Financial Policy; *Financial Support; *Government
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*Governmental Structure;
*Government Role; Health; Housing; Law Enforcement;
Laws; Legislation; Pudic Education; *Tourism; Youth
Agencies
*Virgin Islands
Nineteen cabinet rank departments and 13 governmen
agencies administer government affairs in the Virgir Island& in
fiscal year 1977 major government revenue sources included 485
contributed by collections from U.S. customs and 291 from taxes.
Major expenditures were 48% of all funds going into commercial and
industrial development, 13% toward education, and 121 into general
executive government expenses. Tourism remained the most important
industry; in fiscal year 1977 the total expended by visitors was
estimated at c152 million. 'the population of the islands was about
100,000 with some 32,000 students enrolled in public and private
schools.
A downward trend is developing in public school enrollment,
but overcrowding remained a serious problem, with many schools
conducting double sessions.
The first section of this report gives
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geneal
i
information on the islands, including descriptions of
geography, government, finances and taxes, economic development,
population. Sections twc and three summarize activities of each of
the cabinet rank departments, governmental agencies, and the Coll-
of the Virgin Islands. Some of the cabinet departmerts include the
Departments of Commerce, Labor, Personnel, and Public Works. Among
the 13 agencies are
Community Action Agency, National Guard,
Public Television System, Port Authority, and Planning Office.
Tabular data is given in such areas as education, finance, health,
law enforcement, and water and power authority.
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Annual Report
OF THE
GOVERNOR OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
TO THE
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
41OA THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30
TABLE OF CONTENTS
GENERAL INFORMATION
Geography
Gov
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7.
Finances rind Taxes
8.
Ec r
Development
9.
Population
CABINET RA
DEPARTMENTS
10,
Administrative Assistant for St.
12.
Department of Agriculture
The Ofil
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Civil Defense
24. Department of C
29. Department of Conservation and Cultural Affai
37. Consume Services Administration
43. Departs et t of Educatioi
c.
8. Department of Finance
96. Department of Health
106. Department of Housing and Co
iunity Renewal
114.
Department of -Labor
T
F CONTENT (continued)
128.
Department of
135,
Office of the Lieutenant Governor
139.
The Personnel Office
142,
Department of property and Procurement
145.
Department of vublic Safety
152.
Department
f public Works
161,
Department of Social Welfare
GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES AND THE COLLEGE OF THE
VIRGIN ISLANDS
168.
The College of the Virgin Islands
178.
Commission on Youth
180.
Community Action Agency
184,
The Office of Righvray Safety
188.
The Law Enforcement Planning Co miss].
190.
National Guard
192.
The Office of p robation and Parole
194.
Public Television Sys to
197.
The Office of the Supervisor of Elections
199.
The Territorial Court
TALE OF GO TENTS (continued)
20Z. The Virgin Islands Planning Office
205. The Virgin Islands Port Authority
208. The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority
GENE AL I FOR
TION
The Virgin Islands (United
ates and British) were discovered by
Christopher Columbus in 1493 during his second voyage of exploration.
named the chain of some eighty, small elevated islands Las Virgenes,
honor of St. Ursula and her 11, 000 martyred virgins.
In search of fresh water, a landing party was sent ashore on the southeri
most of the islands, which he called Santa Cruz (St. Croix)
area now
n as Salt River.
The party was repulsed by a band of Indians called
Caribs and no further attempt pt was made to land others
-Ionize the island
until 1555 when soldiers of King Charles. V of Spain drove the Caribs from
the island.
England, France, Holland and Spain, the influential and colonizing nations
of Europe, vied for control of the islands (and many others of the Caribbean)
during the seventeenth century.
Sugar cane cultivation, with its by-products
of molasses and rum, was the principal attraction.
Denmark played the roost important role in the development of
at was
to become the United States Virgin Islands by granting a charter to the West
India Company to colonize and develop St. Thomas and St. John.
The Danes
purchased St Croix from France in 1733 and except for a brief period of
British occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, the Danish ruled these islands
until 19
In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries sugar was king a
nfluer
0 IN a.s felt everywhere.
Plantations for the cultivation and process-
g of cane were laid out on all three islands.
Massive conical shaped
stone structures for windmills to grind the cane were built on the plantations,
as were great houses and related buildings.
Many of these stone t
still stand as evidence of a once flourishing colonial plantation society.
With this ne
ealth came the unfortunate consequences of greed and
avarice and the islands soon became targets for freebooters who became
legends such as Captain Kidd, Blackbeard and Edward Teach, among others.
To sustain the ever growing agricultural economy that was based on
sugar cane, workers were needed to cut and process it.
rig daylong
in the cane fields under a hot subtropical sun was far from appealing.
Slavery
as the answer and the practice was introduced in the 1760's here
as elsewhere in the Caribbean with black Africans captured by slavers and
brought over in the holds of sailing ships as human cargo.
The lot o
slaves was misery and privation in a society they did not understand. Escape
heir situation and f
the island was impossible.
Revolts wer
attempted and brutally put down.
One such attempt took place on St. John
and nearly succeeded, with the slaves holding the island for six months
until a French force from Mar
ivied to help Lhe Danish masters
regain their land.
Legend claims that the survivors of the revolt co
mass suicide by jumping off a cliff rather than being returned to servitude
after a severe punishment.
Slavery lasted n
rly a hundred years but was abolished by an enlightened
Denmark in 1848, fifteen years before the U. S. Emancipation Proclamation.
The islands then fell into a long period of decline since sugar could not be
economically harvested without laves, and sugar beets from other are
began to compete with cane.
U. S. efforts to purchase he islands began in the 1860's but, for
reason or another, did not succeed until 1917 when Denmark agreed to a
purchase price of $Z5 million.
The
the part of the U. S. to make
the purchase during World War I was to counter a possible takeover of the
islands by Germany for use as a Caribbean sub
arine base.
Gepgra2
The islands lie some 1, 450 riles southeast of New York and 1,000
south-southeast of Miami. Puerto Rico
forty miles to the west,
They
comprise some fifty islands and says and are part of the Antilles, the
chain of islands that curve from Cuba to Trinidad and separate the
Caribbean Sea from the Atlantic Ocean.
St. Croix is the largest of the U. S, Virgins and covers eighty-four
square
iles, nearly two - thirds of the tee
Cory's entire area.
It is
mostly flat and much of it is under cultivation-
Thomas is twenty-
4.
ht square miles and rugged, with several hills exceeding 1,000 feet.
St,
John is the smallest with an area of
--ay square rriiies, mild also rugged.
St, Croix has two improved harbors: Christiansted
reelerikstcd.
The picturesque Christiansted harbor attracts pleasure yachts and n odium-
S
-cial vessels from n any ne 7rby islands.
The deep rater harbor
at F ecle iksted can accommodate ocean -going liners. The Alexander
Hamilton Airport on St. Croix can handle the largest jet aircraft on non-
stop flights fram the continent,
St. Thor
s, whose agricultural resources
ed by its rugged
terrain, more than makes up for this deficiency with its excellent harbor.
It is the ranking port of call for
ruise ships and its airport can handle
limited jet flights from the mainland,
ever, the Harry S Truman
Airport is being enlarged and expanded under a $60 rx illion program supported
largely with Federal funds.
St. John's main attraction is its unspoiled beauty, which is sure to
remain as nearly two-thirds
f the island is taken up by the Virgin Islands
Na -nal Park.
The incomparable beaches, spectacular mountain views
and lush vegetatken attract an increasing number of visitors each year, many
of whom use the excellent camping facilities
the national park.
The climate is near perfect.
Te
atures range between seventy and
ninety degrees, with an average of seventy-eight.
Flurriidity is comfortably
low and rainfall averages forty -five
ches a year.
There is an abundant va
5.
:y of tropical flora, ranging from the well-
known hibiscus, oleander, poinsettia and wild orchid to the less co
on
African tulip tree.
Tropical fruits include mango, so
-op, lime, sugar
apple, cherry, avocado, papaya and genep.
Vi -gin Islands waters are recognized
s a prime sport fishing area.
Many fishing records were set here, including the
-id's record for
the largest blue marlin.
St. Thomas
also the home port for the world's
largest captained charter boat fleet,
ove rn
ent
The flags of six countries have flown over the islands at various times
and St. Croix, for a brief period, was administered by the Knights of Malta.
When the islands were transferred from Denmark to the United States in
1917, the transition vas accomplished smoothly by retaining the Danish
legal code as the basic law.
The Navy administered the islands until 19 31
when a White House executive order transferred jurisdiction to the Depart-
ment of the Interior and the first civilian Governor was appointed by the
President.
A major change in the governing structure took place in 1954 with the
passage of the Revised Organic A tt
by which Congress authorized distinct
executive, legislative and judicial branches and provided for a substantial
degree of self-government.
Recent changes in the act provide for an even
greater degree of home rule and a constitutional convention is being. planned.
Before November 1970, the Governor was appointed by the President,
subject to U. S. Senate confirmation, and was under the supervision of the
Secretary of the Interior,
However, on August 26, 1968 President Lyndon B.
Johnson signed the Elected Governor Bill for the Virgin Islands,
This law
provided for the Governor and the Lieutenant Governor to be elected by
popular vote of the people of the Virgin Islands, which they exercised for
the first time on November 7, 1970.
The Governor is responsible for enforcing all local laws, administration
of the activities of the executive branch and the appointment of department
heads and certain other employees.
He reports annually to the Legislature
on the state of the territory and prepares an annual budget, which is also
submitted to the Legislature.
He recommends new legislation
carry out
the various programs of the government.
The Lieutenant Governor serves
as Acting Governor during the Absence of the Governor. He also has
administrative responsibilities for banking and insurance laws and real
property assessments.
The fifteen members of the unicameral Legislature are elected for two-
year terms.
There are seven members from St. Croix, seven from St.
Thomas and one from St. John.
Each bill that is passed must be signed by
the Governor before it becomes law_
A two-thirds vote of the Legislature
is necessary to override a Governor's v
The ,judges 0f the Dis
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c Court and the U, S. Attorney are appointed
by the President.
The District Court has jurisdiction over felony violations
of the local criminal code as well as crimes covered by Federal laws.
Territorial Court judges are appointed by the Governor and confirmed by
the Legislature.
This court has jurisdiction over misdemeanors and traffic
violations of the local law.
Civil cases in which damages sought are less than $50, 000 are handled
by the Te
ial Court, formerly the Municipal Court. There is no limit
on damages in cases
ed before the District Court.
The District Court exercises appellate jurisdiction over the Territorial
Court.
The U. S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Philadelphia,
and the Supreme Court have appellate ,jurisdiction over the District Court,
nances and Taxes
There are three principal sources of revenue for capital and operating
use.
The largest and growing source is local income taxes, which is the
Federal income tax applied as a local tax.
Another money source is the
Federal excise tax collected in the U. S. on Virgin Islands imports and
returned to the Virgin Islands Cove nment.
To receive these funds, the
islands rriust raise through local taxes sums which match the rebated excise
taxes.
Also, extensive Federal funds are appropriated to the islands for
many activities in employment service, public assistance, health services,
law enforcement, conservation, school programs and libraries.
In all,
there are
than 100 such financial assistance programs.
Economic Development
Tourism continues as the most important industry.
During the year,
56.5, 845 visitors arrived by air for short and long stays and 503,415 cruise
ship passengers spent a day on the islands.
The two figures together
reflect an increase of about 70, 000 from the previous year.
The total
expenditures of visitors during the year were estimated at $152 rn il.li.on.
The large Hess oil refinery and petro chemical complex and the Martin
Marietta bau mte reduction plant, both on St. Croix, are the tw largest
manufacturing operations in ter- s of employment and dollar volume of
sales.
Distilling of rurn, most of which is exported to the
LT
ed States,
is also a major industry.
There is, however, a continuing effort to broaden the industrial base and
encourage small manufacturing operations by offering incentives that include
tax exemptions and subsidy benefits.
Such incentives are also available for
p
vate investments in hotels, housing, recreational and agricultural
projects.
Virgin island manufacturers of goods that contain not more than fifty per
cent of foreign mate ials (watches c-__ contain up to seventy-five per cent)
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can export their products to the U. S. duty free. This arrangement is
permitted under section 301 of the 13. S. Tariff Act. To
ciard against abuses,
production quotas have been established v rith high taxes as a penalty for
excesses.
Population
Estimates at the end of the year put the population at about 100, 000;
St. Thomas 48, 000, St. Croix 50,000 and St. John 2,000. Approximately
32,000 are enrolled in public and private schools.
The labor force is
estimated at 45,000,
English is the dominant language,
There are many Spanish-speaking
people of Puerto Rican descent on St, Croix and St Thomas has a small
colony of French-speaking people who are descendants of Huguenot families
that migrated many years ago from several al French Caribbean islands.
ADMADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT FOR ST.
Personnel: 12
Operating Appropriation: $
8,
31
10.
A boat specifically designed as a water ambulance was put into service
for transporting ill or injured persons between St. John and St. Thomas
care is available. Named "Star of Life", the boat was
also available for other el
rgencies as determined by the Administrator's
Office and the Department of Health.
Plans for renovation of an old plantation house known as Enighed Ruins
continued with the Department of Conservation and Cultural Affairs and a
decision was reached to restore the building for use as a public library
and museum.
Conservation also supervised construction of tennis courts
at Cruz Bay and a recreation complex at Coral Bay, which were built as in-
house projects of the Department of Public Works and Conservation a:--d
Cultural Affairs.
Work began on the East End road and nearly twenty per cent of planned
road repairs and construction were completed.
Two water tanks were
constructed to store water from several wells that were drilled in various
sections of the island.
Negotiations continued with a resident to purchase five acres of his land
in the Susannaberg area for the construction of a clinic.
Negotiations with
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Nati rnal Park Service officials for a parcel of land to relocate the St. John
branch of the Department of Agriculture were not successful. An alternate
site is being sought for this facility.
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Fers on:
DEPARTENT OF AGRICULTURE
132
Operating Appropr
m $1, 739,125
A drought that began late in 1976 and persisted to the point of
severity that the President in June declared the islands an emergency
drought disaster area, posed many problems for the success of the
various agriculture and stock raising programs of the Department.
In spite of the sit
however, many significant advances were
made in providing improved services to big and small farrx ers alike
and to livestock developerS.
The people's community garden program that was started in
St. Croix in 1975 with 400 one-quarter acre plots in two locations,
was reorganized to concentrate growing in one area.
During the year
321 plots were under cultivation and the demand for additional plots
continued even though vandalism and pilferage discouraged some of
the participants.
TheDepa.rtrrient provides land preparation service for this effort
and regular meetings were held with the plot holders to provide
information on production and pest control.
To encourage participation
by younger people, a five -a.c
plot
as made available to one of the
St. Croix high schools and some 130 students gained first hand experience
in agriculture by farming it.
To further assist these stuic °nts, the
College of the Virgin Islands extension service planted a clernonst ation
section to show various methods of planting, cultivation and plant
protection.
The livestock industry and beef production are important agricultural
enterprises.
The I7epartrnt has assisted beef growers through subsidies
to farmers to encourage them to produce more nutr
u
animal feed
rghurn. Some 460 acres were under cultivation by eight growers oho
received a total of $18, 500
subsidies during the year.
In addition, efforts wore intensified to further develop h
Senapol
breed of beef cattle through
research program and the organization
of the Senapol breeders
s sociation, which now has twenty rnerrnb
The College of the Virgin Islands' experiment station initiated work
to identify characteristics of the Senapol, which was developed on
St. Croix in 1918. Work involved the collection of semen which is being
studied at the I. S. Department of Agriculture station, B ookvile,
Florida to determine the breeding value of Senapol with other types.
In relation to thi program, quaran
e facilities that met local
and Federal standards for the export of animals were completed on
Si. Croix. As a result,
n cooperation
h the College and Senapol
breeders, twenty twb heads were shipped to Kentucky and Georgia.
This wa.s the first uch export to the mainland.
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Other accomplishments included:
a
lition of
veterinarian to the
staff; delivery 1
, 674 pounds of dressed r neat and by-products to
butchers, farmers and individuals; construction of five new darns and
ren
n or enlargement of twelve others; seeding of 7, 370 pots with
medium lea f
h gany; distrihutioei of 3, 500 mahogany seedlings;
distribution. of more than 3
llion pounds cif feed to livestock farmers
under local and Federal disaster and drought relief programs.
The Department, not by design, became involved in the movie
business
nd p erformed a service beyond its ncr ia.l scope.
Producers
of "The Island of Doctor Moreau" had selected St. Croix
Croi as the site
for filming because- of its ideal weather and tropical foliage,
The
story had Doctor Moreau turn hu
periiments and innvolved tl e use of
which had b_ ee
mported from Calif°.
When the movie wa,s completed, the seventeen animals wire
scheduled to be returned, but had to meet certain health requirements.
The Department
was asked for assistance and provided an isolated area
where the animals were qua
tined and kept tick free for a week before
tieing caged and returned.
animals through his bizarre
gers, wolves and bears,
Perscr nel: 25
OFFICE OF -THE BUDGET
Operating Appropriation: $444, 761
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The major thrust
the Office of the Budget was directed toward
further development of the performance budgeting process initiated in
1976 by refining procedures and making theme. intrinsic parts
f the method,
Much effor and funds were expended in the determination and writing of
objectives, the core of performance budgeting, which resulted in several
accomplishments including a revised and more useful budget manual, a.
more clearly defined structure of fiscal responsibility and accountability
within various agencies, and a reinforcement of the concept of the use of
objectives as management tools.
These developments provided a greater depth of analysis of agency
programs and funding requests by their personnel before subiission as
w4.-.41 as by examiners afterward and resulted in a 1978 budget document
that was a more accurate presentation of the needs of departments and
agencies,
The Major components of the snore sophisticated in-house
process were
1) Segregation of discretio
y from non-discretion-
funding requests; 2) Int ocuction of an assessment report to the
budget direr
by senior analysts on the program and operational
strength and weaknesses of each department, and 3) Preparation of a
management letter by senior analysts that gave department heads
consideration and assumptions that influenced funding decisions.
The section of the Office responsible for the budgetary process
assumed, as an extension of its management and oversight functions,
additional activities that included review of Federal grant applications
routed through the A-95 clearing house, and preparation of dr
responses to the finding of the audits conducted by the U. S.
Comptroller.
The purpose of the reviews was to focus on the management and
financial in plications of programs for which Federal funds are requested,
particular attention to their impact on the General Fund and their
consistency with local priorities.
Although several reviews were
forwarded to the clearing house, this responsibility was not fully carried
Out,
arily because many applications were received much toc late for
To insure the continued professional approach in these areas, all
budget analysts took an intensive one week course on the MBO process,
with emphasis on the writing of objectives.
In addition, staff personnel
attended seminars
the rnainlaAd conducted by consulting firms as w
as by the University of Michigan Graduate School of Business.
The importance of p he expenditure control function of the Office was
erriph.asized during the year because of the fiscal uncertainty which
ciaracterized the period.
The development of in -house computer capability
afforded more timely and exhaustive study of expenditure needs.
Monthly
reports of expenditures and encumbrances, for example, provided early
indications of the pattern and Trion enturn of all Government obligations,
which allowed for
timely and consequently less drastic adjustments
in order to insure consistency with collections.
Careful review of these
anad other reports improved the detailed analysis of agency expenditures
and requests and contributed significantly to the Government's ability to
keep operating expenditures within the limits of available revenues for the
year.
Revenue planning was given considerable time, particularly to revenue
and identifying alternate sources to support spending _reauirernents.
Individual income taxes continued to be used as the primary indicator of
annual
yield id and qua terly repo ts
re sent to the Covernor
and Legislature.
This monitoring allowed for measures to be taken before
year end to keep the budget in balance.
Significant attention was also devoted to projects which improved
overall income estimating capabilities.
The record of income receipts
reviewed to identify and segregate extraordinary sources.
This
clean-up of the data base should provide greater accuracy in future fore-
casting.
Also, the investigation into individual income tax collections
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that began during the previous year was completed and analyzed.
The
findings of these efforts served to justify the recommendation
an income
tax surcharge as one of several measure
help balance the 1978 budget.
Modification of other revenue sources to close the widening g'p between
income a.nd spending were also proposed.
Continued uncertainty in the level of General Fund revenues during
the year forced the Office to restrain the release of full fourth quarter
funding by dividing allotments into two phases.
This approach encouraged
all agencies to apply for only absolute requirements.
It was partly because
of this technique that the expenditure trend remained within the p3rameters
of $123.7 trillion in revenues.
Internal Revenue Matching Fund monies returned to the Virgin Islands b
the Federal Government from excise to
on Virgin Islands ruts sold on the
mainland, are used to finance capital im improvements and for debt service.
A total of $17.9 million was appropriated from
fund, $3. 2 million of
which was contributed to the General Fund and $l2. 5 million was obligoted for
debt service, land acquisitions, contributions to the
olasses fund and for
capital improve
ents.
The Conservation Fund, created
967, consists
royalty payments
made by the. Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corporation, and used for air and woter
pollution control, sewage treatment and disposal systems, parks and
recreation, preservation of historical heritages, beautification projects
and other public purposes.
Royalty payments for the year totalled $2.7
million for a sum total of $26. 2 million since 1967.
A total of $26. 5
million has be
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1 appropriated through the end of the year and expenditures
and obligations of $22.1 million were usef for various projects in all ar
of the Fund
designated uses.
The Road Fund is made up of revenue from gasoline taxes, traffic fines
de from
this Fund and $2, 5 million was allotted.
The bulk of the monies
$2.2
mill on -- was spent for road construction, improvements and maintenance,
and as local contributions to the Federal highway im provernent program.
General obligation bonds totalling $22 million were floated and
and the highway users tax.
Appropr
tions
f $3. 4 million
derivative
are to be utilized for land acquLsii ot,
nstruction of
four new schools and renovations and repair of hospital
.ngs.
These
bonds are guaranteed by the Federal Government.
Efforts were initiated
to obtain the services of new advisors to represent the Government in all
financial endeavors.
The Virgin Islands Energy Program, a responsibility of the Budget
Office, completed a conservation plan which resulted in the approval for
fiscal year 1978 of $160,000 in grant - inlaid assistance.
The goal of the
plan is a five per cent reduction of energy consumption by 1980.
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In the area of Federal progra: 9, the Office completed a file of active
progra
re
or all Ex.sc,itive agencies except for the Department of Education,
ety grant applications and recommended procedure for a
regular review system.
In addition, a final cost allocation plan for 1976
and a fixed cost allocation plan for 1977 were prepared for use in computing
indirect cost returns fr
Federal grant-in-aid progra
on more effective analysis of he use of Federal assist@
the incomplete reporting of gr
14 applied for and received, and inconsistent
accounting for continuing; g a ssista ce programs,
re e
of the A-95 clearing house should i _prove information about progra
and applications.
However, there are no significant efforts under to way
ring
coordinate Federal grant accounting processe
other funds,
Pe rsonnel
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CIVIL DEFENSE
Operating
opriation:
$211, 793
Zl.
A major step in emergency preparedness took place at the beginning
of the year when the Office of Civil Defense and Emergency Services held
first exercise involving representatives of various Government depart-
ments that form the Disaster Control Gom ittee, which was established
by the Governor upon the recommendation of Civil Defense.
The exercise
gave department heads a clear understanding of their roles when they are
called to respond to a di
A co-__
or emergency.
unications officer was added to the staff
replace a technician,
and during the first several months of activity, rewrote-com umca
plans and developed training programs for the staff and volunteers.
The
v,"=1 p1
A one (-twin ring the emergency warning system were
accepted by the regional office of Civil Defense.
Repairs were co
eted
on the forty sirens comprising the system which was tested every Monday
on.
While primarily designed to warn of a nuclear attack, the
system also serves as a hurricane alert and for other emergencies, such
as flooding conditions.
Four hurricanes developed near the islands late in the summer.
Fortunately all passed harmlessly to the north but Civil Defense monitored
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their courses on a twenty-four hour basis until they moved out
e area.
During the hurricane season, which runs from July to October, snore than
20,000 pamphlets on storm protection and procedures and thousands of
tracking maps were distributed to residents.
More than forty volunteers were trained as emergency medical
technicians and an equal number in traffic and crowd control.
Emergency
rescue tea
received basic training.
Large numbers of volunteers we
also taking home study courses in radiologicki monitoring and other
ning
progrars. A Radio Emergency Associated Citizens Teas-
s established
on St. Croix and planned to expand to St. Thomas where the Citizens Band
Association had volunteered their services in emergenci es.
Unexpected storms following the hurricane season caused extensive
flooding throughout the Territory. Over a two-day period, hundreds of
volunteer man hours were given by Civil Defense volunteers and citizens
band radio operators to protect life and property.
This action reduced the
need for the Government to call upon other resources to cope with the
situation.
Although the.islands experienced flooding conditions during October, an
extended period of dry weather followed which caused a severe drought by
spring.
Considerable staff time was expended in preparation of information)
to support the Governor's request to have the Secretary of Agriculture and
2
23.
the President declare an e- ergency situation.
This was the first time such
a declaration was requested under the new policies and procedures of the
Federal Disaster As
tance Administration, which was approved and made
St. Croix farmers eligible for relief funds.
As the result of the many training
ivities and responses to emergencies,
the Civil Defense Staff was enlarged by the addition of field operations
officers for St. Croix and St. John, And a radiological defense oper ations
officer for the Virgin Islands who also serves as operations officer for St.
John.
These new members provided the necessary leadership to coordinate
and train volunteers in assisting other agencies of the local and Federal
governments.
In the fall of the year the entire staff took part in an increased readiness
information services exercise conducted by the regional office in Maynard,
Massachusetts. The exercise took place over a two -month period to test
the capabilities to conduct communications during a nuclear war.
This was
the first such exercise in which civil Defense participated and was considered
a significant learning experience.
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personnel :
1 08
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Operating Appropr. tion: $4, 51 7,
0
The year was very active, productive and gene ally successful
for the Department of Commerce as its various components, especially
in the Division of Tourism,
ere brought closer together fallow
the reorganization that began in 1976.
Despite continuing budget limitations, most of h planned programs
were carried out and the result was a substantial favorable turn - around
of the economic situation, particularly in our basic economy of tourism.
Hotels enjoyed levels of occupancy not experienced for the past
g
five or six years. Air arrivals bliml-- cl at a steady pace, and cruise
ship passenger arrivals reached a new high for any year, at 503,415.
Air arrivals of 565,84 5, a seven per cent increase over the year
before, coupled with other arrivals from local inter-island operations,
calls by U, S. Navy vessels and visitors from the British Virgin Islands,
pushed the total to the highest level since 1973, and the third highest
ever, at 1,184, 392.
The exit
rvey of visitors, which was begun in 1976, continued
and a first year report was published and is being used as a valuable
tool in planning marketing programs to encourage more visitors and
rnprove the tourist product.
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Several key staff positions in the Division of Tourism were
redefined to provide greater management depth and improve the
sales effort. An assistant director of sales was added but filled
fro-
"thin, as was the new position of coordinator of advertising and
collateral material. The responsibilities of manager of sports
promotion was expanded to cover all sports activities and a coordinator
of tourist information was added.
The Industrial Development Commission operated throughout the
year without a director as the result of Legislative action but the
Commissioner filled the role to keep ongoing programs from being
upted.
To encourage industrial expansion, advertisements were placed
in various mainland business publications.
They drew
_ore than
1,200 responses from potential investors. A total of nine public
hearings and ten executive sessions were held, with fifteen applications
for tax
p.ion and subsidies being approved by the Commission.
Eight of these
ere new Virgin Island companies. The number of
persons employed in tax-exempted businesses rose by 1,095 to
5,267 at year end.
The S-
11 Business Development Agency worked closely with
local banks as well as with its Federal counterpart in develop
g
financial aid to small businesses.
The problem of collecting delinquent
loans was substantially lessened with an improved accounting system
that produced collections of more than $ 60,000.
The Office of Policy Planning and Research, which operates
under a grant from the Economic Development Administration of
the U.S . Departof Co
rce, completed its first year
2
.
toward the goal of a comprehen ive socio- cono
ic development
plan for the Territory. An initial step was the completion of a
study of the islands' infrastructure.
The director and staff of
this group also provided support o the Governor' s Economic
Policy Council, which is chaired 'by the Commissioner
Comiim.is,sioner in his
role as the Governor' s economic advisor.
Position papers were prepared for the council on such diverse
issues as: the thirty per cent
'thholding tax under the ''rnir
system of taxation"; mass transit, Virgin Islands Refinery Corp.
negotiat ons; Hess Oil negotiations, and Federal customs duty
legislation that affects the Terr t_
y.
Policy Planning and Research submitted an application to the
Small Business Administration to have Frederiksted de
g ated
as a commercial revitalization area, which made it eligible to
receive up to $683, 000 in long - terra interest loans. An
application wa.s also submitted to the Farmer' s llorre Loan
Administration for a $23, 000 grant, also for the Frederiksted effort.
A Quarterly Economic Rev ew
as develope
to improve the
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flow of statistics and other important information between Govern-
ment, the private sector and the public.
Two issues were
published during the year.
The Office of Administration and Management continued to
serve as the business office of the Department.
The office
improved many of the accounting procedures through internal
booking systems, the upgrading of several key positions and
employment of more professionally trained personnel.
The Office of Film Pro otion had an extremely productive
year, which was highlighted by their success in having the major
motion pictii re, "The Island of Dr. Moreau", filmed in its
entirety on St. Croix.
This production is estimated to have left
about $2. 5 million in the local economy and employed approximately
sixty-five island residents.
Total revenues produced through this
office were estimated at $3. 5 million.
Considerable staff support was given to the Virgin Islands
International Film Festival which, in spite of reduced financial
support, was held for the second consecutive year.
The festival
and the several well known film names who participated generated
extensive publicity for the islands in the U.S. and European movie
trade press.
28,
The Office of Rum Promotion developed cooperative advertising
programs
ith the distributors of Virgin Islands rums in the U.S.
and assisted the major distiller in obtaining tax exemption and
-subsidy benefits.
The Office of Public Relations continued to publicize tht?,
activities of the various functions of the Departenc-,nt.
It also
worked closely with the mainland public relations agency,
particularly in the coordination of visits of writers and
photographers from a variety of media, which resulted in feature
stories in major newspapers and magazines.
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EPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Personnel:
409
Operating Appropriation: $2, 694, 389
The year was characterized by steady growth and increased
activities in all of the multi-faceted responsibilities of the Department
of Conservation and Cultural Affairs. New progr
added which
expanded it' s mandate and the Department now works closely with many
other local Government agencies and participated in 12 Federal
grant-in-aid programs.
In addition, the Department receives appro-
priations from the general fund, V. I. Conservation Fund and grants from
private foundations.
Federal funds from several different agencies totaled nearly
$3 rr illion and were used primarily for the open space land program,
construction of sewage system
fish and wildlife studies and activities
of the arts council. Additionally, allotments of $4 million from the
V.I. Conservation Fund were authorized for land acquisition; development,
improvement and maintenance of recreational areas and facilities;
beautification; grants and contribution; summer employment programs;
sewage systems; and water pollution and pesticides control programs
The Commissioner served on the Caribbean Fisheries Management
Council in accordance with the Fisheries Conservation and Management
Act of 1976,
was elected chairman in February. He also spearheaded
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a resolution which led to negotiations between the United States and
the United Kingdo
to insure that the close association and relationship
between the U. S. Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands is continued
as it relates to fishing.
The Office of Planning and Development, the coordinating arm of the
Department, submitted an application for a contingency grant from the
Land and Water Conservation Fund to c
inue development of three
recreational projects
rmarked monies had been exhausted.
The
application, for $282,000 was approved, and marked the first
e the
Virgin Islands received a grant from the Secretary of the Interior's con-
tingency fund
The Office also submitted development project alternatives for inclus
in the Con Triunity Development Block Grant programs sponsored by H. U. D.
Over the past three years, twenty-six projects have been selected and funded
under the program on all three islands.
Implementation of the V. I. Conservation Fund continued with sixteen
recreational projects under various stages of development. Two were
completed.
In addition, further studies were conducted on the proposed
Territorial park system
h identification of potential sites for acquisition,
and development options for location already under Government control.
In other areas, the Planning Division worked with the Bureau of Shoreline
and Land Manager -rent of the Department of Conservation and Cultural
31
.Affairs and the Virgin Islands Planning Office on establishment
en of a coastal
zone management prograi
The Divi5, _n of Parks and Recreation expanded its efforts to improve
and maintain the many parks and recreational facilities of the island, but
vandalism continues as a major problem and has forced the closing of
one of the large portable swimming pools.
In spite of the problem,
izatibn of facilities was at a new high and more sports programs were
conducted than in previous years. A drag strip was opened on St. Thomas,
providing a safe, off-street area for this popular sport.
Recreational activities were not all youth-oriented,
They included
organized activities for senior citizens such as beach picnics, talent shows,
receptions sponsored by local resort hotels, choir singing and concerts by
the senior citizen's band, games, and programs teaching children how to
knit and crochet, A highlight of the year was a gala birthday party for a
lady senior citizen who turned 103.
The celebration was attended by more
than 300 guests.
The Bureau of Libraries, Museums and Archaeological Service
began to see results of innovations made under a new director last year that
included participant management by employees, reorganization of record
kelping and management procedures, and new programs and services tc the
public.
Circulation statistics for the library system
fleeted a six and one-half
per cent increase over last year to a total of 90,732 items.,
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New patrons numbered 4 811 and 6, 759 new volumes or items were added
to the collection.
The museum on St. Thomas and St. John counted 10,200 visitors
during the year, an increase of thirty per cent, and the new museum in
newly restored Fort Frederik on St. Croix, which opened at the close
of the year, attracted 10, 339 vis itors.
The ei
eological group had Z66 sites
egistered at year-end.
Many have yet to be properly sampled, but materials collected from
thirty-five reveal that about one-third on St. Croix and nearly all on
St. Thomas are aboriginal. An estimated 400, 000 specimens were
collected this year, bringing the
0 al to more than one million since
the effort began in 1974. A large number of these sites have been
accepted by the National Park Service for listing in the National
Register of Historic Places.
The Division of Natural Resources Management let three contracts
during the year for the remainder of Charlotte Amalie sewage system
which, when completed in 1978, will _remove all domestic sewage from
harbor waters.
Other segments8 of the system
-ere completed during
the past several years, which eliminated the discharge of Z. 5 million
gallons of raw sewage per day and changed the appearance of Charlo
Amalie harbor dramatically.
The water is blue again, fish are being
caught along the bulkhead, children are swimming in the bay areas,
arid depth v
barber waters has
four titers
The remainder of the-basic sewage syste
vo1)..ved
St. Croix, which
ci pumping stations , was completed at the end of the ye
.
St. C
now ha 27; 4 miles
and--the St.
co
1.ct for the cons
1 et du r
al cost -for
ed and pl
construction of the sewage collection and disposal syS
island
throu gh 1983, is $79. 5 million.
T
Bureau of Shoreline and Land Management made a n mbe-
refinements to documents:that authorize the alteration and Use_o
public
ubrrierged lands. Among these were the inclusion of a termination
dame_
e permit; the'prov lion for fee incremer
odifiCation of
ass 1,g anent, time limits
beginning_ of construction, and provisions.
7
find disposition of structures once- the permit- is terminated.: A
in de
s
ucture-waa established, and all per-mWsites photographed-
for future reference. A legiMative ac
amending an earl
statuAer authorized the Department to gzant leases instead of per
for filled submerged land-in order to facilitate bank financing of projects.
31.
mong mayor ac vit. s
nvolvin
submt rgL d lands ,_ was the removal
ghteen-s-unken
--
.-=-._
around St. Thomas that
rt
a
gation
!laza- ds.
This is a. continuing proje
the areas
round all three
islands.
The planned expansion of Harry S. Truman Airport
equired a pe
ie include tFe ded
cubit-v rds ci
sea-- bottoz`,ti
construction
f more than-100 ac res of filled land., pr
arily
-ion of the single
ay,
perrriit was also granted for
construction 01 Coral Worla, -an un
bs r yarn
fold Point
on-St. Tharhas.
.it= Is now a rr a
r tourist a ract
n__
On St. Croix, a oer
to An
carriers to pipe
nt icy =bares -
t was issuc
buoy to allow urge.
in
chi
e
s Oil `or -a
directly to the
Although oil spills are not a -serious problem in the Virgil; islan_
at thi=s tine a nu
spill and
evention_proara
f activities were carried out und_
though funds were not available for
-th_e_y_ear.
seminar can -il pollution was__Ioin,_ -sponsored
onmenta.1 Protection Agency that included participants- i r
the
government and private concerns from the Virgin Islands_ and Puerto Rico.
An op-to-clate listing -of persons and concerns that nave eq.iipmi i
could be used to clean up oil spills,
prepared and distributed
35.
appropriate agencies and individuals. Much remains to be done, however,
develop an effective response capability.
Specialized equipment is
required, personnel el _ust be trained and a contingency plan developed
that can deploy equipment and manpower effectively.
The open shoreline effort resulted in the removal by three resort
hotels of fences or barriers that :-estricted shore access to their beaches.
The illegal removal of sand from beaches, particularly on St. Croi-., has
been greatly reduced through the efforts of the enforcement branch; which
resulted in several arrests. Removal is a continuing problem; beaches
are destroyed and the nesting places of sea turtles are disturbed.
The Bureau of Fish and Wildlife is attempting to meet the mandates
set forth by the Department but only one area, law enforcers ent, has ever
been almost totally funded by local appropriations.
Essentially the
bureau is being funded through Federal grants and as such, is limited
-by provisions of laws of the Federal Aid Cooperative Agreements between
the local Government and Federal agencies.
Under the agreement, the
bureau was successful in making special arrangements with the Fish and
Wildlife Service to include certain of its technical services to the Ter
ory.
In its program of fish and wildlife studies, the bureau analyzed -_- ore
than 1, 000 fish specimens from natural and artificial reefs, which indicate
that certain species increased ten. fold since the sinking of
aterials to
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build reefs.
Other statistics and information obtained are being
shared with the Caribbean Fisheries Management Council to aid it in
preparation of fishery management plans.
The Council on the Arts conducted 117 individual projects during
the year in its program to make the arts more widely availabi
to all
Virgin Islanders and to preserve and enrich the cultural heritage.
Among these activities were the granting of scholarships for student artists
to travel off-island for full-year and summer study programs, and an
extensive touring program that brought professional ballet, modern dance
and off - Broadway theatre to the islands for the firs
Personnel: 41
CONSUMER SERVICES ADMINISTRATION__
Operating Appropriation: $474, 420
37.
The high costs of consumer goads, particularly food items, led to
meetings between Consumer Services Administration officials and the
U. S. Department of Agriculture to discuss possible assistance to the
Territory in studying food marketing practices. Assurance was given
for technical assisLa
and training.
Contact was also made with representatives of the Food and Drug
Administration concerning Federal/state relations, and labeling, freezing
and adulteration of milk as well as sanitation standards for retail food
establishments.
The response for assistance in these areas was favorable
and created a rapport for future cooperative action between the local
agency arld_FDA.
In one of the strongest moves taken by a consumer protection agency
anywhere, the CSA revoked the license of a prominent gift shop that catered
to tourists for failing to deliver _merchandise on which deposits were paid
and to return deposits when requested to do so.
More than 300 complaints
were filed against the store.
five year period.
The GSA petitioned
the District Court to order the owners to set up a special $75, 000 account
for reimbursements to aggrieved customers, which was granted,
However,
the store owners subseqdently filed for bankruptcy and since there were a
4
number of secured creditors
, restitution is unlikely.
The Division of C
38.
Protection Services, which resulted from
the merger of the Division of Consumer Education and information, and
Complaints and Investigation, processed 509 for
l or written corn-
plaints.
Of that number, 334 were resolved, with the remainder being
resolved through the Small Clair
Court or labeled as unjustified,
unresolved due to insufficient evidence or closed due to lack of response
from both the complainant and defendant.
Approximately ten administrative hearings were held to resolve
disputes, with about three per cent referred to other litigation processes.
An es
ated 4.8© additional walk -in or
ergency complaints were
successfully handled by telephone or personal contacts.
The dollar value
of restitutions for the last eight months of the year totalled $52, 077,
compared to $52, 858 for the same eight months of the previous year.
(The
first four months of the year were excluded as figures for these months of
1976 were not available for comparative purposes. ) The five pr
y
consumer complaints by category remained about the same as last year
and were automobiles, business practices, appliances, mail order and
housing.
There was a marked increased in all community outreach activities,
including speaking engagements to
corm manity and church groups,
In addition, numerous sessions
39.
h individual community groups were
held on topics that included recognizing and exercising consumer rights
and budgeting for the family.
Investigation and efo cement personnel of the Division of Weights and
Measures issued 166 citations for violations of
e ghts and measures
statutes, which resulted in assessments of $4, 200 in fines. An interesting
note is that only thirty per cent were issued during the last half of the
reporting period, whiCh suggests that the activities of the Division had a
sobering effect on certain members_ of the business community. The
number of sh7
t eight commodities were reduced by thirty - three per cent
and thirty-four per cent fewer defective scales and gasoline pumps were
reported compared to the previous year.
Inspectors checked 65, 821 prepackaged co-- modities and approved 63, 375.
Of 724 scales inspected, 662 were approved and 578 of the 610 gasoline pumps
inspected were approved.
The staff metrologist for the first time was able to check a nd recalibrate
various weights and measuring test instruments locally.
Previously this work
had to be done outside of the Territory.
The Division of Licensing issued 7, 84 business licenses, 1,898 of which
were new, and collected $568, 949 in fees and $31, 296 in administrative
penalties.
In addition to the licensing of businesses, the Division continued
44
40,
to provide administrative assistance to various agencies and boards,
including the Real Estate Commission and the boards for licensing barbers,
beauticians and manicurists.
In an effort to reduce the time between application and issuance of
a license, which is often inordinate, the Division held meetings with the
various agencies that must approve an application.
However, it is
becoming more evident that the entire process must be restructured as
there is no provision for the issuance of temporary business licenses
or permits.
TABLE 2
41.
CODE
TOP 10 CONSUMER CO
LINTS
NUMBER
RECEIVED
(ALL THREE ISLANDS)
CATEGORY
Business Pra. _ice-
113
05
.Automobile
86
47
Mail Order
61
04
Appliances
41
80
Travel
17
41
Housing
15
06
Auto Insurance
12
75
Telephone/Radio
33
Furniture
8
*Danish House
272
TOTAL
634
*Complaints received during litigation proceedings against the
retail owners who have defrauded Virgin Islands consumers and
tourists alike by accepting their money and not delivering the
goods.
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TABLE 13
42.
STATEMEWr OF LICENSES APPLIED FOR
P
ISSUID DURING FISCAL YEAR 1977
a.
Number of new licenses,
excluding those in
pending status
Number of renewals
c.
Previous pending li-
censes issued dur-Lng
this period
d.
In process for
issuance*
Total number of licenses
issued by district
GRAND TOTAL
ST.TH
ST.
MIX
ST.
JCEN
TOTAL
1,009
835
54
1,898
3,452
3,309
258
7,019
47
76
7
130
3,280
4,028
276
7,584
3,327
4,104
283
7,714
CITE:
This represents licenses that were approved and forwarded
to the Machine Section for issmsnce, but were not issued
early enough to be included in items "a" or 11)".
Also
Statements of Licenses applied for and Issued during
Fiscal Year 1977.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Personnel:
1, 793
43.
Operating Appropriation) -$34, 022 734
Pupil enrollment in the public schools operated by the Department
of Education reached a new high during the year but the downward trend
in the growth rate, which began the year before, remained at about the
same level. The decline in the rate is substantial compared to the early
yearn of the decade.
In fact, in two grade groups, kindergarten and special education and
ungraded, enrollment was down by small numbers. The total school
population was 25,164 at year-end compared to the 1976 number of 24,369.
One new school, an elementary, was opened and construction began on one
elementary and two junior high schools,
Overcrowding remains a serious problem.
Double sessions continue
at too many school even though tapering off of enrollment and the
addition of one new school enabled several to return to single sessions.
The opening of three new schools in the near future should relieve but not
completely eliminate the situation as the large number of students in the
intermediate grades begin to reach the high school level within two years.
Fiscal problems are a fundamental concern for the Department.
Budget restraints have prohibited overdue raises for teachers and other
members of the Department, which has affected teacher morale and
tea che r
rely
ons
ps.
Vandalism, a growing problem here as
elsewhere, also had its effect on teachers and pupils alike in fulfilling
the goal of providing quality education n pleasant facilities.
Efforts to im'plementpu'pil'procotion policies, established in 1976
in cooperation with the Board of Education, resulted in several problems
i ler'nentary and secondary schools.
The eler entary policy provided
for certain criteria for promotion and testing all students with
standardized, teacher developed tests.
This was not completed. On
the secondary level several situations arose due to the apparent
consistencies in the language of the policy covering the passing of a
course or the passing of a grade with a D average.
The problems were
rectified at the end of the year, but both policies increased the numbe
tamed students at all grade levels, which will create serious
space problems for the secondary grades next school term.
in the curriculum and instruction area, the emphasis continues
ues to
be piaced on the improvement of basic skills in language, arts and
mathematics.
There were several principal accomplishments in the
field of English during the year, which included:
a school-wide composition examination for the second consecutive
year in the four secondary schools.
It is expected that ye rri.y testing
45.
followed by detailed reporting of scores will give teachers a better idea
of the effectiveness of their writing program;
sponsorship by the College of the Virgin Islands in cooperation with
the Department of a series of in-service training sessions for secondary
English and reading teachers, and
appointment of an English supervisor to serve as the coordinator of
the right to read state leadership training project.
With Federal funding, the Department contracted with the University
of Hartford to provide training for sixty school administrators and super-
visors responsible for organization and supervision of school reading
0
programs. The supervisor also
_veci as the regional coordinator of an
area-wide spelling bee to dete
e the champion speller who would
represent the Virgin Islands at the national contest in Washington.
The School Assistance for Federally Affected Areas tutorial mathema-
tics program enrolled more than 2,000 students in this after-school effort
when it was initiated during the year.
Although about ZOO dropped out,
many non-participants indicated a desire to join the program. Perhaps
the most effective tool in influencing students to enroll and participate
was the system 80 audio- visual learning device.
The Bureau of Library Services and Instructional Materials became
deeply involved during the year in the planning, operation and implementation
b 0
of the new Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which supports
school libra
es and their resource materials.
This federal program
replaced ESEA II and National Defense Education Act
The Office of Federal Programs completed its first full year of
operation and noted progress in several areas.
There was a significant
improvement in relations between the U. S. Office of Education and the
Virgin Islands Department of Education, and - greater communications
between the Office and project directors improved intro- and inter-
departmental links.
Also, control and accountability of Federal funds
and reporting on an accurate basis have increased the Department's
chances of receiving additional funds.
Grants were negotiated and awarded to provide projects for physically
and mentally handicapped students; library resources and instructional
materials, development of materials and textbooks on matters indigenous
to the Virgin Islands; remedial reading and mathematics; planning,
evaluation, research and testing; teacher training; school lunch; vocational
and technical education; adult education and bilingual and bicultural
education.
Applications for discretionary grants were submitted for
following programs:
--E- ergency School Aid
--Right to Read
--Career Education
--Coonthi
--Bilingua
National
Project Intr
material to
Islands, has b
the past two y a
funds
Of necess
continued to p
meaning of loca
is commerno
on of Technical Assistance - Bilingual
eritage and Ethnic Heritage-Act
usion Net work
ectio
the s- e- agency for the development of curriculum
oves_the--teaching of-history and culture of the Virgin
en operating with Emergency School Aid Act funds foe
.
In spite
_3(11s
_proved a_nd= effective ins_tructional progra-
_'y ea
any of th& activities were curtailed but the project
duce new instructional materiali= mostly to explain the_
iday-much -cif
sr_becausethe hi
_y_
s
df t_he'Nfrigii_
ands,
edy special days.
Project CLEAR -(Corn unity and
as-instituted during the year
Language Exper nces Approach to Reading)
in an effor
The progra
of the Division of Adu
and Continuing Education
vance students' reading level
Division attract
in adult basic _cluc
7
-
_
dents during the yer, 897 of who
enrolled
An adult educa
P-
on St. Croix at the beginning
ted at the correcti
facil
y
year and enrolled forty inmates. Problems
developed early in the effort because of the transient status of many inmates,
but the program was revamped to anticipate this situation and a new
contract with-the -Law Enfoxcement Planning Co
Plans wer
narly _conioleted to offer "a
=
_
St, Thomas.
ilitk
The four
Services we
irnil
on was arranged.
gg ram _to inrna
ct - services performed by the Division
48
Pupil Person
duced to three with the elimination, due to budget cutback,
of the program of social work ,
The-div_ision; however; continued to rriale
available to all students services in guidanc_c
school health and-attendance,
-g budget rest ict onsrnade it ippo.s-Sible tc)
-irriprovernent-s- in se
,qce.- _Neve
any significant
eless
through 'cooperation wit:
p_regrarns; par cularly EnA.111 and-IV,
gflidance and- cc_unseliiig rnaterla
The -TeTrit
ogram,
adrninistered by- the
Division, processed 441 applications which were- submitted to
Education for action.
A-total of 351 scholarship were used
fu
and were valued at $413, 112.
The _Division of _g_rec
F'duc
on St-
i
_
al
eallzaanclicapped and a junior high sche
An a.laiologist joined the teacher eval alive staff and p
vided services on
all islands by reviewing 179 referrals and providing 1 488 screenings.
The speech and hearing unit conducted more than 1, 000 screenings and
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conducted biweekly individualized therapy for more than
00 students.
Clinical psychologists have been added to the programs to evaluate
students as well as train diagnostic and related staff.
The work study grog rat
now in its third year on St. Croix, was
-d on St. Thomas during the year.
Funded by the Comprehensive
Employment and Training Act, the year -round work program subsidizes
the salaries of special education students.
This effort and a related one
funded by the Law Enforcement Planning rriv-nry-11
sort" -two
students in jobs during the year.
Enroll._
nt in the Divisi F i of Vocational-Technical Education reached a
new high, with 2,477 students participating in eighteen areas of instruction.
The most popular program
as home economics, which had nearly half of
the students.
Business and office education continued to be popular as was
automotive trades, electricity and air conditioning and refrigeration.
There
-as a significant decline in interest in agriculture and horticUlture and to
ser degree in building trades.
P14-0141c
Non-Public
Tote
School Enrollment
Public
Son-Public
1-6
Grades 7-12
Special Educetion
1972-73
1973 74
1974775
75 -76
1976-77
24
26
22
24
24
20,790
5,926
21,995
6,156
23,669
6,101
24,369
6,565
25,164
6,601
t
1,401
11,085
6,635
1,434
11,745
7,055
2,764
12,122
7,813
1,988
12,863
8,520
1,922
13,040
9,222
1-669
761
1 970'
9
980
164
Non- Public
Totals
High School Graduate Data
1972-73
201
770
197
811
1974 -75
225
866
1975-76
670
20
878
76-77
1,025
Breakdown
Ereakdown on Graduates
Male
1977)
Female
Total
College Bound
Number Graduating:
Central
126
202
328
Charlotte Amalie
173
190
363
41.0
Eudora Kean
22
78
100
29.0
Totals
321
470
791
r Known
be College Bound:
CABS
Kean
Total
Central
1. College of the Virgin Islands
61
l
71
2. Puerto Rico
1
1
3. U. S. Mainland
87
18
105
Totals
J49
29
178
c.
Number of Non-Citizens Graduating:
1. Central
2. Charlotte Amalie
3. Eudora Kean
145
119
25
Totals
289
* Report Incomplete
Public Schools Place of Birth Report
As of October, 1976
St. Thomas/
St. John
Number
Enrollment
St. Croix
% of
Number
Enrollment
Total
Number
% of
Enrollmen
Place of
Birth
St. Thomas
7,908
64.2
238
1.9
8,146
32.3
St. Croix
136
1.1
6,937
55,5
7,073
28.5
U. S. Mainland
876
7.1
728
5.8
1,604
6.5
St. Kitts
882
7.2
653
5.2
1,535
6.2
Antigua
454
3.7
871
7.0
1,325
5.3
Trinidad/Tobago
193
1.6
840
6.7
1;033
4.2
Puerto Rico
251
2.0
557
4.5
808
3.3
Dominica
298
2.4
349
2.8
647
2.6
St. Lucia
106
0.86
530
4.2
536
2.6
British Virgin Islands
499
4.1
20
0.16
519
2.1
Nevis
131
1.1
153
1.2
284
1.1
Grenada
64
0.52
66
0.53
130
0.52
Montserrat
67
0.54
55
0.44
122
0.49
Santo Domingo
32
0.26
81
0.65
113
0,46
St. Vincent
12
0.10
91
0.73
103
0.42
Anguilla
91
0.74
7
0.06
98
0.39
St. Martin
61
0.50
32
0.26
93
0.37
Barbados
31
0.25
54
0.43
85
0.34
St. John
71
0.58
2
0.02
73
0.29
Aruba
3
0.02
67
0.54
70
0.28
Curacao
23
0.19
42
0.34
65
0.26
Europe
29
0.24
29
0.23
58
0.23
England
26
0.21
23
0.18
49
0.20
Jamaica
12
0.10
34
0.27
46
0.19
South America
3
0.02
14
0.11
17
0.07
Other
54
0.44
25
0.20
79
0.32
Totals
12,313
100
12,498
100
24,811
100
St. Thomas /St.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Special Education
n raded
Totals
St
Croix
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
1.2
Special Education
LAISEitd-----...---
Totals
Virgin Islands Public Schools R
Ition Report
8Y Grades As of June,
1977
Male
Female
Total
40
37
77
63
34
97
54
29
83
53
24
77
85
35
120
53
35
88
51
26
77
400
246
646
186
179
365
223
200
423
158
160
318
29
16
45
47
31
78
14
12
26
107
60
167
Enrollment
_Percent
879
8.8
995
10.3
841
9,9
889
1,003
12.0
1.075
8.2
993
7.8
1,184
54.6
991
36 8
936
45.2
671
47.4
593
7.6
533
IA
g
At.Q
185
14.1
319
52.4
,565
1 106
9
22.1
51
27
78
837
9.3
197
149
346
1,306
26.5
63
62
125
1,095
11.4
76
60
136
999
13.6
72
30
102
936
10.9
67
27
1,039
9.1
29
14
43
847
5.1
291
242
533
1,014
52.6
155
142
297
805
36.5
267
205
472
847
55.7
167
176
343
671
51.1
74
64
138
544
25.4
59
58
117
431
27.2
31
21
52
200
26.0
11
13
24
112
21.4
1,610
1,290
2,900
11,683
24.8
FEDERAL GRANTS
rat YEAR COMPARISON
1974
FROG AM
1973
ESEA Title 1- Educationally Deprived
$647,470
$608,857
Administration
25,000
25,000
Children in Institutions
for Delinquents
13,758
15,907
ESEA Title II-Library Resources
43,693
56,339
ESEA Title III-General State grog s s
147,056
136,363
Administration
50,000
50,000
Early Childho d Preventive
Curriculum
-0-
.0:0
Guidance, Counseling &
Testing
-0-
-0-
Project Success Environment
.0.
25,951
SWRL Kindergarten PrograM
St. Thomas
18,740
SWRL Kindergarten Pr
-m
St. Croix
5,235
0-
ESEA Title IV-Planning and Evaluation
18,535
8,796
Part 2-Library & Learning
Resources
114,340
249,110
1975
1976
1977
$647,470
$647,470
$647,470
25,000
25,000
25,000
15,907
15,907
158,609
76,519
142,635
80,633
50 ,000
50,000
25,171
11,454
1
7
-0-
Part C-Educational Innova-
tion & Support
143,945
334,377
FEDERAL GRANTS-FIVE YEAR COMPARISON
(continued)
PROGRAM
1973
)L
1975
1976
1977
ESEA Title V-Strengthening State
Administration
$ 77,019
$ 77,445
$ 81,872
$ 46,552
ESEA Title VI-Education of the
Handicapped/Part B
80,000
115,000
150,000
112,500
319,268
Part D-Training Profes-
sional Personnel in
Education of Handicapped
0
47,333
50,000
Part C-Education of the
Handicapped (RRC)
25,000
Part F-Education of the
Handicapped (ALRC)
Deaf Blind Project
3,082
45,467
-0-
39,993
44,593
ESEA Title VII-Bilingual
Bicultural Education-St. Croix
100,000
115,000
114,300
Freden0erg Bilingual
Heritage Education Program
-0-
-0-
90,000
V. I. Bilingual Heritage
Education Program
..0-
*235,250
217,561
Bright Beginnings
.0.
-0-
34,346
Coordination of Technical
Assistance
or Bilingual
Education Program
-0-
-0-
-0-
4,299
Bilingual Folklore Project
-0-
.0.
-0-
8,100
-0-
Right to Read Project
12,600
40,000
28,636
-0
30,000
63
0
FEDERAL GRANTS -FIVE YEAR COMPARISON(continued)
PRGGRA
NDEA Title III-Administration
Acquisition & Remodeling
Adult Basic Education
Adult Indochinese Refugee E uca-
tion Program
1973
4,000
50,000
59,067
-0-
LAIJ Erfc
emcnt-CED/AEL
ection
.0-
Adult Education-CETA
-0.
Research & Development In Career
Education
6,786
Career Staff Development
20,019
Drug Education & Training Program
23,200
Help Communities Help Themselves-
St. Thomas/St. Croix
Drug Abuse Prevention & Early
Intervention
-0-
Special Federal Grants to Education
106,846
SAFA/LCH Tutorial Mathematics
-0
National School Lunch Program
889,345
Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA)
EPDA V. I. Personnel Development
35,000
DE/State Student Incentive Grant
0-
1974
1975
1976
1977
4,000
$
4,000
$
3,377
$
25,000
25,000
25,000
42,629
79,863
79,863
123,695
223
17,000
25,000
25,00
.0-
10,000
30,000
- 0 -
0-
- 0 -
1
, 2 6 2
-0-
.0.
-0-
25,640
10,611
3,308
162,442
104,546
126,877
0-
-0-
-0-
466,635
1,07
/785
1,710,016
1,856,222
1,58
/630
776,047
645,413
2,006,141
626,310
16,770
-0-
35,000
3,822
-0-
3,618
-O-
7,681
hJ
66
FEDERAL GRANTS-FIVE YEAR COMPARISON (continued)
ROGR AM
V. I. Dissemination Design &
Development Program
Major Disaster Assistance
PA State Director and Super-
1973
.0-
552
vision
90,
Projetta
56,770
Vocational Education-Basic
Grants Part4
153,528
Research-Part C
3,186
Innovation-Part D
3,982
Consumer & Homemaking &
Teacher Education-Part F
13,565
Cooperative Education-
Part G
9,706
work Study-Part H
2,918
Special Needs Section-
Part H
10,593
V. X. Exemplary Vocational
Career Education Center
Cooperative Assistance for
State Assistance-EPOA
Adult Vocational and Techni-
cal Education (CETA)
Hiring Driver Education
Teachers
Driver Education (304)
Total Federal Grants,
-0-
-0-
-0-
$2,814,041
1974
1976
1977
-0-
_1975
.0-
$
.0.
5,000
-0-
152,132
-0-
60,315
-0-
^. .^-
ulizu
-0-
A
140,509
140,528
138,730
3,066
2,954
2,954
5,972
3,982
3,982
10,556
11,813
13,453
9,706
9,706
9,706
2,115
2,529
2,529
10,000
10,000
10,000
-0-
7,964
28,000
-0-
12,794
137,727
2,712
1,992
12,384
7,280
1,867
7,500
3,982
28,000
117,341
-0-
-0-
59,000
-0-
10,482
____....
$4,624,534
$4,718,461
$4,677,974
$5,560,061
67
68
Pe
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
sonnel:
296
58.
Operating Appropriation; 4, 019, OW
The Virgin Islands Government during the year developed program
budgeting for the first
s_
_e.
The significance is that accountability
for functions moved from the divisions of various Government depart rents
and agencies to activity centers as appropriations and allotrr ents centered
on these organizational subdivisions.
The shift from a line-item
e hod to an activity center format
required the creation of a host of new accounts in order for obligations
to be recorded in the proper appropriation accounts. The burden of
establishing these accounts within established time
became he
responsibility of the Accounting and Data Processing Divisions of the
Department of Finance.
The changes were lade smoothly and
effectively.
The most significant changes that affected tax administration were
those resulting from
s age by Congress of the Tax Reform Act of
1976. Among the ;hanges were disclosure rulings, jeopardy ass essrnen
tern-k:nation assess
ents, exemptions from levy and :;u1i-
for books
and rt_corda.
These, as well as a recent ruling of the 8,pr
on pla.cerner. of levies on private property, had strong influences upon.
the manner in which the division
med.
59,
A measure of what the Tax Division dealt with during the year can
be seen f orrr the number, of returns filed by taxpayers.
The total was
93, 186, two-thirds of which were returns for gross receipts and
individual income.
Delinquencies continued to be a problem, and
efforts to collect from these accounts resulted in $4. 6 million.
The
average collection per hour_per revenue officer based on a 40-hour
week was $147, or an average annual production per officer
$306, 393.
In addition to its work in implementing the activity center fore -.at of
budgeting, the Accounting Division realized the early closing of the
subsidiary ledgers of appropriations and funds which, for many years,
was an elusive target-
This was made possible through the assistance
of the Data Processing Division and the cooperation of the Budget Office
in submitting allotment vouchers within the deadlines established by
the Department.
At the beginning of the year the division began logging the number
of documents returnedto various departments and agencies to determine
why many were rejected before entering the processing system. and what
could be done to correct the situation.
It was found that lack of signatures
and insufficient funds were the dominant reasons for rejections.
Through
informational programs, rejections for the year dropped to 3Z0 from the
677 of the previous year.
Problems associated with the centralized accounts receivable
system, which is managed by the Treasury Division, persisted
throughout the year.
These included late submission of schedules
by billing agencies
o
_g bill issued and recalled, and late sub-
mission of schedules by collectors showing bil.I k paid.
The collection of delinquent receivables
irate renal
6o.
revenue taxes occupied much attention of the
ion.
Although
current statistics were not available for the
it is estimated
that the collection results equalled the $1. 7 million colic ::ted last ycar.
The Division also managed the investment of idle Clovern
ent
cash.
Interest earnings for time certificates and savings account
$5, 480, 942, nn increase
2.5 per cent over the previous year
The
Employees Retirement System had a portfolio that consisted of $2 5. 1
millico in corporate bonds and $10. 3 million in U.S. Treasury Bonds.
Certificates of deposit purchased locally by the sys
_ yielded
1,063,811
compared to $1,081, 305 thc year before
Persona
o -tgage loans
to members of the system
ounted to $1 6. 7 million at the end of the
year and loans to governmental agencies still outstanding totaled $10
mill
The Data Processing Division, relying on recommendations and
suggestions of other departs e.nt and agencies, maintained, modified,
created and updated systems to provide regular periodic reports, re
and other data for payrolls, accounts receivable, general ledgers,
sub-
sidiary ledgers, licensing of more than 6,000 businesses, appraisals
and taxation of real property and other special activities
h
go ver nment.
At the same
e it prodUced the payroll for the V.I. Port Authori
issued U.S. Savings bonds on a biweekly basis and plan(
payrolls monthly.
The Payroll Division consolidated the weekly and biweekly pay per iods
into one biweekly payroll, eliminating the extra week of proces ing.
£t
the sa
a It-operating routines were overhauled, revised or-
refined in the preparation of approximately 0,116 payroll checks ever-
two weeks. Among the many payroll deductions were those for 6,315
U.S.
avir gs Bonds with a maturity value of $257,800.
The Alcohol Control Board inspected and approved for export to
the U.S. 1,921,096 proof gallons
f alcohol, all but a. few gallons =of
which was rum.
Sources of Revenues -.All Funds,
excluding certain Enterprise and Revolving, and Agency, Trust and Deposit
Funds, and including taxes held in escrow for subsidy payments.
Collections
Earmarked Tor
:subsidy payments
47%
U.S. Customs
Collections
Taxes
480
29%
Figure 1.
Relatirnsi ip Between General Fund Cash
esources and Applicati=ons
Cash Reserves and Carried Over
Surplus, 6-30-76
Reserves for encumbrances & payables
Adjustment
Total Cast'
(Adjusted)
7-01-76
Contributions From Other Funds
( xhibit
")
All Other
(Exhibit '
Tax
evenues & Receipts
n)
ibit " ")
Total
ions - Dept, of Health
"J" & "K" less deleted
brances)
Obligations - Dept. of Education
( Exhibits " " & "K" less deleted
encumbrances)
Obligations
pt, Of Public Works
(Exhibit
"K" less deleted
encumbrances
Other De ai tme
(Exhibits "J" &
encumbrances)
Figure 3.
Obligations
" less deleted
63.
$
,270,736
12,906,820
387866:
$ 17,791,692
10,579 614
19,045,695
84,886,86
132125141N
$ 19,x+83,354
35,014,182
18364
22,138
ad Surplus,
77
5_1159-.832
Total
1131011_8W
64.
Types of Expenditla s - All Funds,
excluding certain Enterprise and Revolving, and certa.f.
gency,
Trust and Deposit Funds, and including subsidY PaYm2nts.
W-
O-Met
7
ommercial and
Industrial
tdustrial
Development
evelorment
Subsidies
48%
47%
Sara a _on
Waste Remov
Figure 2
Goverment of the Virgin WW1
All Funds
000IRET tun Si r
At June 30, 1977
ARMS AND 0Tii ER HUTS
General
Fund
Matching
Paid
Special
Funds
Enterprise
& Revolving
Funds
Agency, Trust
and Deposit
Funds
Payroll
Fund
General
Bonded
null
& other
Assets
Debt
Cash
$13,361,081
$ 8,067,519
$21,062,224
$130496,60
($ 2717411252)
$1,755,81
Change & Petty Cash Advances
110,577
400
25
-
-
Travel Advanced
22,235
15,954
1,243
.
Special Ceeh Advances
169,797
24,105
.
.
Guarantee Deposits
19,020
-
20,000
Investments
3,000,000
21,330,155
25,000
122,811,222
Payroll Deductions Receivable
.
81,325
218331169
Accounts Receivable (et)
251741)705
299,984
111811)141
58M68
=cm Dutiei Receivable
390,000
=
4,3460
Fans Receivable (Net)
30724,445
18,123,560
5
-
Ale From Other Funds
493,332
135,197
71,883
10,497,973
Due From Hess Oil Corporation
Due From V,I, Part Authority
.
2,594,010
li357P,0
1,3011443
-
.
Due Froa the Federal Government
15)544,847
Due From 11,1, Lottery
,
79,338
Due From V,1, Government
.
223,225
1,346,526
Dike From the College of the V,I.
.
64,000
Accrued Interest Receivable . Inveitmenta
.
1,967,431
559
525,620
Accrued Interest Receivable . Other
,
54,400
1,325
Frepaid Sense
8,000
3,960
.
Inventory of Potable Water
155,979
,
-
Inventory of Stores for Resale
-
1,633,715
-
Inventory of Supplies
535,125
99,835
91,291
5,875
-
WA to be Provided for Payment of Serial Bonds
-
-
$ 57,618)000
Amount
to be Provided for 1>eYment of Loans and
Interest
3,881,143
4,210,000
ASSETS AND O'i
DEBITS
Aunt to be Provided for PayMent to General
Service AdXdnistration (Estate Golden Grove)
Amount to be Provided for Payment to General
Service Administration (Cuba Libre)
Amount to be Provided for Payment to General
Service Administration (Estate Adventure)
Well Field)
Amount to be Provided for payment to General
Service Administration (Estate Peter's Rest)
Amount to be Provided for Payment to General
Service Administration (Estate BOW Flerance
and Estate Slob, St Croix)
Amount to be Provided for payment to General
Service Administration Ozer Bethlehem,
Frodensborg and Slob, St, Croix)
Amount to be Provided for Payment to the Govern-
ment insurance Fund for WC
Amount to be Provided for Payment to the 1.,10yeen
lIetireMent Fund for Loans
Amount to be Provided for Payment of Interest an
Bonds and Other Debt
Hight/AA
Land
Buildings
Equi pment (Net)
Work in Progrese
Other Structures
Total Assets and Other Debi n
Exhibit "A
;Cult CL
_
Government of the Virgin Islands
All Nods
COMM BALANCE 3E7
At June 30,1977
Enterprise
Agency, `trust
General
Bonded
General
Matching
Special
& Revolving
end Depost.
Fn red
Fie
& Other
Pond
Fund
Fonda
Funds
FiLnas
;01nd
Assets
At
..__.-
097
13,687
1,141,923
oo4
12.77 3 4
6
6
7
77,687
4,950
21,26
51,300
6 8,76a
1,256,405
869,000
2,000,V
51 762,507
$ 27,02o,224
30,307,049
71,696,465
27,762,416
4,571,348
45 387942
74
447
,114
4 87I
LIABILITTES, RESERVES, APPROPRIATIONS,
TVRFLUS AND BALANCES
Liabilities:
to
Payable
liatgoa Pesble
Accounts Payable
Due to Other Funds
Serial Bonds Payable
Amount Due to General Services Akministration
(Estate Adventure, Well Field, Estate Golden
Grove to Estate Cuba Libre, Estate Bonne
ESperance and Estate Slob, Upper Bethlehem,
FredensborE, St, Omit)
Amount Due to Gemmed Insurance Fund
Amount Dle to
iloyees Retirement Fund
Amount Due to the V.I, Port Authority
x,990
Interest Payable in Future Years on Serial Brady
Government of the Virgin Islands
All Nnds
COMM BALANCE SHMT
At Just 30, 1777
Enterprise
Agency, Itnit
General
Matching
Special
& Revolving
and Deposit
Fund
Fund
Flinch
Plej
Funds
.
,
$
197,333
10,180,000
-
4,571340
623,498
$
6,288
80,747
246146o
733
3,736,436
4,210,000
226,129
910,326
347,124
Total Liabilities
vest
Poe Encumbrances
For Receivables Unrealized
For Cash Adracee
For Estjmeted Disability & Death C
Payments
For Contingencies
For Inventory of Supplies
For Leggies
notion
Dined
&ad
rind
& Other
Anti
Debt
57,618,000
.
.
2,266,929
.
946,526
.
2)168,219
=
-
51 220 1
4 438 IIELL_.Lj11,LiAA
88
306,676
tilo65,731
290244j066
3024609
$1,388,912
=
.
$11,217,071
4
715
43,459
$ 6,61414
.
1,268
836
$
147,444
71786,049
440,000
691,1p4
91,291
LIABILITIES, TiESERM, APPRoPRIATIONE,
SURPLUS AND LAIA:RS
Reserves:
For Internal Revenue Tax Refunds
For Employers' Contribution to Retirement
System
For Membevhip Annuities
For Members' Contribution to Retirement
System
Total Reserves
Appropriations Carried Poniard
Surplus:
Investment in Fixed Assets
Operating Surplus
Total Surplus
Contribution from Local Government
Contribution from Federal Goverrment
Fund Balance/Retained Earning
Total Liabilities, Reserves,
AppropriationS, Barphal
Contributions and Alances
Cwernment of the Virgin Islands
All Funds
COMM BALANCE SIFT
At June 30, 1977
General
Fund
$ 1)517,8'16
Matching
Special
Fund
Fads
Enterprise
Agency, Trust
& Revolving
and Deposit
Payroll
Funds
Funds
Fund
$ 24,344
92
34,698,600
643 681
General
Fixed
Assets
Bonded
& Other
Debt
41g2
8jail_iiLikla_pj 46
1.23.
334,365 _s 2,516,o46
t 2,77°,279.
=
-
2 285 772
4,2 _1273
1-711
$ 2 885,772 $ 4,29627LE.211211_1__
$ 3,951,750
450,964
V11 521 14L2175, 5
006,745,447
02C16,745,447
6
ea
6
32,067,0
4 .447
4 21
8
ITnament u' the VirgIn
General Fund, MatcKng Fund and 1976-197Y la,rgen
COMPATIVE SIAMENT C
APPROPPIMTI4
Fiscal Year
(YTY
197 f
General Fund and 1976 =1977 Emergency Loan Fund
Operating Expenses
Capital Projects
Other Budgetary Items:
Contribution to the College of
the Virgin Islands
Contribution to the Virgin Islands
Port Authority
All Other Budgetary Items
FY-1977
Note)
104,4053120
25,000
ft
FY-1976
1041956)394
1713811
3,931,598
4,224
19,582,689
19,212)5
FY-1975
102,03,
,193,170
:03000
7
FY=1q74
r2
F1=1 n
333
$ 88,604,104
80,700
204,000
4,009,246
4,313,855
360,000
'4,65136_7
Total General Fund and 1976=
1977 Emugenoy Loan Fund
517,944,407
51285655
32,851609
$116,J 6, 617
Matching Fund:
Capital & Other Projects
Other Budgetary Items:
Contribution to the General Fund
Debt Service Requirements
r!ontribution to the College if
'!e Virgin Islands
In-.
-est and Insurance on
Acgaisitior,
ormer Vicorp and Sub
F i'roperties
(gency Purchase of Wat
Contribution to Emergency Molasses F.
Contribution to Virgin Islands Port
Authority
Payment of Interfund Loans
Total Matching Fund
Grand Total
$
4,184,942
33200,000
4,049,674
731,646
154,794
1,000,000
2,850,000
1,817=097
5,263,83'
23,7213200
2,524,694
762,200
202,950
973,974
524,
5,883 428
$ 11,11?,597
6,841 7 7
2,550,15
7,900,000
5.-,
561_809
6
42
249,88
500000
1,
C -1
'1'7,569
646
$, 10,502,834
8,000 00(J
602,692
4o1191
350,272
f149,
6
271222
322,129,116
145, 3 /230
16229. L11
4
Note:
Act No. 3849 created the 1916-1977 Emergency Loan Fund to meet the egenes
EXecutive Offices of the Govtrnor.
Such expenses are normally ad Ner
!'n.tr
funded in the General Fund
Government of the Virgin Islands
General Fund and Matching Fund
CONPARTIVE f7TATNENT OF REETES AND RECEIPTS
Fiscal Years 1973
1977
Source
=General Fund
Other Items (Gross) (Cont'd)
Oil Import Fees
Special Federal Grant
Other
Total Other Item
Less: Refunds
Total Other Items (Net)
Refunds, Over and Undue Collections
Total before Contributions from
other Funds
,Contrioution from Other Funds:
Matching Fund
Special Funds
Interest Revenue Fund
Road Fund
Health Revolving Fund
FY-1977
FY-1976
FY-1975
3,299,674
8,500,000
463 637
506 855
$ 15 923,973
$
8,748,030
5 227
844__
1 801 883
9,201,4
2 192
FY-1974
188, 504
991r
9
9123
5
445 01
417 873
493 561
103:882 564
S 06 190 323_
77)447
95,700,202
3,200,000
23,721,200
6,847,787
$
8,000,000
1,979,614
3,346,145
177,780
5,400,000
5,400,000
6,000,000
3,700,000
500,000
1,700,000
Matching Fund
Total Contributions
Total Revenues & Receipts -
General Fund
Internal Rovenue Matching
ontebutions
Other Receipts
Total Revenues and Receipts
-
Matching Fund
18,597 381
46
18 597 727
10.579-614
j14,462
2 200 000
2 344 579
34 667 345
15 370 146
FY-1973
414):119
8,895,244
8,89 1633_
al 688
84 034 864
$ 7,900,000
3,700 000
18201000
1.15.1.PC9
13 900 000
32,732,853
16P3,608 $ 16,585,211
7,293
20 034
2,408,916
32 740 146
_16.623 642 IthiL,__85
211
!s22400
Government of the Virgin Islands
General Fund and Matching Fund
RATIVE STATEMENT OF REVENIO AND RECEIPTS
Fiscal Years 1973 - 1977
.ce
ral Fund
FY-1977
FY-1976
FY-1975
FY-1974
FY-1973
-)s:
Property
$
7,485,825
$ 4,840,176
$ 6,239,869
S 4,428,177
$ 4,694,950
vidual Income
47,803,745
53,576,227
52,588,754
43,736,096
43,485,189
orate Income
19,839,549
10,J.25, 517
14,744,393
27,432,461
14,758,738
s Receipts
12,747,812
13,029,811
11,458,269
0,272,910
9,572,751
,e and Excise
4,910,372
4,479,500
4,412,928
3,997,691
4,184,883
ritance/Gift
-_54,727
772,862
408,16E
372,693
276,129
435,304
406,169
463,531
685,055
496,994
action
2,782
2,556
4,170
251,325
16,129
crate Franchise
141 760
109 000
104 592
96 835
97 171
Total Taxes (Gros
$ 93,721,876
$87,341,818
$90,424,666
$91,273,243
$77,582,934
Less: Refunds
8 885-007
42998 267
943 511
Total Taxes (Net)
t C-cerating Income
rage Service Charges
84 836 869
$74, 892,193
$85 426 399
$73,056,608
17,105
23,439
$
23,945
35,992
$
24,334
r Supply Service Charges
1,892,152
1,600,875
1,593,447
1,077,720
446 911
194 543
aot931
339 746
292 330
Total Operating Income
rocs
$
2,537,301
$ 2,110,134
1,835,751
$
$ 1,394,384
Less: Ilefut
1 586
1 880
1,509
Total Operating incor..
no
Gross).
noes, Fees and Permits
(Net
2,535,715
2 110 134
$ 1,567,925
113921875
2,207,528
$ 2,204,433
$ 2,333,823
$ 2,298,352
$ 1,626,099
s, Forfeits and Penalties
60,131
108,514
120,851
64,553
98,,13
s and Concessions
!;,.5,410
127,548
100,776
133,0ch
141,657
Custom Duties
4,617,267
496,006
4,844,163
7,226,282
6,657,996
Government of the Virgin Islands
General Fund and Matching Fund
COMPARATIVE q7AT
of AMIAL PERCENTAGE INCREASES (DECREASES)
- REVENUES AND RECEIPTS
Fiscal Years 1973 - 1977
)urce
Fund
Cross:
!al Property
avidua) Income
Tporate income
ass Receipts
ade and Excise
heritance
amp
oduction
rporate Franchise
Tot
Refunds
Total wares
ent Operating Income (Gross):
Overage Service Charges
ter Supply Charges
her
Total
Refunds
Total Operating Income (Net)
ens
oss
censes, Fees and permits
nes, Forfeits and Penalties
rats and Concessions
B. Custom Duties
I_ Import Fees
!cial Federal Grant
FY -1977
54.66%
( 10.78)
FY-1976
FY-1975
FY-1974
FY-1973
( 22.43)%
1.87
40.91%
20.24
(
5.68)%
0.58
7.82%
7.14
95.94
(
31.33)
46.25)
85.97
25.89
(
2.16)
13.71
11.54
7.31
14.44
9.62
1.51
10.39
(
4.47)
(
2.50)
(
54.10)
89.35
9.52
34.97
(
5.34)
7.17
( 12.38)
(
32.34)
37.84
16.23
8.84
(
38.71)
(
98.34)
1,458.22
(
73.79)
30.06
4.21
8.01
'
0.35)
(
3.,1)
7.30
(
3.41)
(
.93)
17.65
(
1.03)
( 28.63)
149.07
( 37.08)
75.50
16.36
13.28
( 12.34)
2.25
14.06
(
1.94)
( 27.02)
(
2.11)
( 32.72)
46.26
(
16.36)
9.57
18.19
.45
47.85
6.86
129.72
(
7.77)
( 37.91)
16.22
10.37
20.24
14.95
(
6.76)
41.19
7.06
(100.00)
118.60
( 43.01)
20.17
15.06
6.81)
41.28
6.94
.14
(
5.55)
1.54
41.34
3.46
( 44.59)
( 10.21)
87.20
10.59
(
2.20)
( 56.56)
26.57
( 24.23)
(
6.11)
(
8.14)
84.99
( 48.47)
( 32.96)
8.53
11.47
(100.00)
Government of the Virgin Islands
General Fund and Matching Fund
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF ANNUAL PERCENTAGE INCREASES (DECREASES) - REVENUES AND RECEIPTS
Fiscal Years 1973 - 1977
tirce
FY-1977
Fy.1976
FY -1975
1 Fund
Items (Gross) (Cont'd):
ther
(
4.58)
71.87)q
855.88
( 54.48)%
Total
82.13
(
4.98)
(
7.16)
11.38
10.55
Refunds
519,31
(
61.50)
28.11
(
62.40)
Total Other Revenue:
82.09
(
4.96)
(
7.16)
11.42
Over and Undue Collections
32.62
6.69
(
15.33)
(
28.64)
267.16
Total Before Contributions from
C; :her Funds
20.53
11.04)
1.09
.04)
mitions from Other Funds:
Itching
(
86.51)
246.40
(
14.40)
1.27
145.72
ecial Funds
(
40.84)
1,782.18
5
-
(100,00)
iterest Revenue Fund
-
10,00)
62.16
.
( 43.08)
?alth Revolving Fund
(100.00)
6.17)
37.92
(
6.85
473.22
Total Contributions
(
69.48)
125.54
10.58
3.54
32.79
Total General Fund
(
5.29)
,
7.67
2.41
2.46
2.51
ig Fund
Iternal Revenue Matching Contribution
(
43.18)
97.14
.11
(
L'5.'
15.42
:her Receipts
(
95.26)
63.60)
.
..
(100.00
mtributions from Other Funds
(100.00)
Total Revenues and ReceV.s -
Matching Fund
(
43.20)
96.94
25.99)
14.13
Government of the Virgin Islands
General Fund, Matching Fund and 1976-1977 Emergency Loan Fund (Note)
COMMATIVE STATEMENT OF OBLIGATIONS
Fiscal Years 1973 to 1977
Matching Fund
ELM
11=1226
FY=1975
F y-1974
Public Projects:
Public Works
254,838
238,912
2,251,559
$
2,594,124
$
5,785,961
Education
100,000
74,135
197,140
Social Welfare
167,291
350
Housing & Community Renewal
564,999
300,000
300,144
1,128,000
Health
201,297
Legislature
3,888
14,936
21,898
Office of the Governor
62,661
36,100
Agriculture and Recreation
)5,000
Finance
2,738,503
2,075,354
1,580,908
2,232,528
2,165,766
Conservation & Cultural Affairs
2,340
6a,116
Public Safety
269,086
41,246
20,000
49,709
121,125
Judicial (Territorial Courts)
1
840
Total Public Projects
L.3737 243
$
39009,582
A
4,412,618
5_1212 605
9,878 -706
Contributions and Transfers,
To Debt Service Fund
$
4,,49,674
$
2,524,694
2,550,135
$
2,452,249
$
2,602,692
To College of the Virgin Islands
b12,200
612,200
561,809
648,842
401,926
To General Fund
:,200,000
23,721,200
6,847,787
7,500,000
7,900,000
To Molasses Subsidy Fund
;,D00,000
973,97
1,100,000
-
To Virgin islands Port Authority
:,376 000
Total Contributions and Transfers
737g4
c68
1
10,904,620
Total Standard Governmental Oblige-
tive - Matching Fund
14 475 L17
308415 472,149
$_16,213,69
$_20 783026
Total Stanaard Governmental Obliga-
tions, General FUnd, Matching Fund
and 1976-1977 Emergecy Loan Fund
l'17-6C°6/°13111ift.t2°
Note:
Act No. 3849 established the "1976-77 Emergency Loan land" as a temporary fund
to defer -- the expennes of the Executive Offices cf the Governor.
Such expenses
were prt,..qaaly recorded in the General Fund.
Gmvernment of the Virgin Iolanda
General Fumd, matching fund and 1976=1977 Emergency Laez, Find (Note)
COt$ARATIVg STAMM OF OBLIGATIONS
Fieeal Years 1973 to 1977
TT719.71
Standard Governmental Obligations
General Fund
197651977 emergency
T7=1776
Elam
f..1!IL.
Elkim
Legislative
$ 2,286,263
$
2,145,386
$ 1,694041
$ 1,532,622
$
1,691,071
Judicial (Territorial Court)
1 517 118
1 259_48
1 249,921_
1,037,525
Total Legislative
Judicial
3:503 r8
3,404,789
2,839,_962
2,570 147
2,577,652
Executive:
Administrative nepartzenta and
encies
$ 21,050,458
$ 18,629,324
$ 21,661,047
$ 20,983,834
$ 20,461,352
Service Derartnents:
Public Woke
17,160,153
18,572,125
16,359,691
13,054,781
12,158,760
Health
17,372,780
19,011,280
19,158,014
17,603,080
16,367,721
Education
31,691,822
29,927,793
28,784,605
27,048,552
23,014,261
Social Welfare
6,131, 10
6,153,102
6,926,990
6,217,701
5,515,570
Safety
11,102,277
11,226,107
11,333,936
10,420,465
7,625,906
Commerce
4,125,390
3,950,859
3,922,055
3,178,49
3,193,752
Rousing and Community Renewal
519,091
805,752
953,961
576,451
786,859
Agriculture and Recreation
1,326,470
1,307,285
1,459,320
1,379,360
1,418,909
labor
577,156
587,500
592,351
612,399
5144,480
Conservation and Cultual Affairs
2,04556 :
2 391,.,LL261.__i.__,.14
2 81443 08
2,552_778
Total Executive
114 .9!16
$114,007 364
03.3 220
.3 640 242
Other Governmental Obligations
0 228 185
5,280,365
S
8,470,520
4877 -200
Total Standard Governmental Obligations -
General Fund and 19761977
X28,973,596
$126,680,635
#122,127 691
$114 963,887
$101-
5,004
Energeney Loan Fund
9 6
COr_ A
TIVE STAT
T OF FEDERAL GIANTS-IN-AID AND OTHER 0NTRIBUT10
Fiscal Years 1973 - 1977
nesLP2.... Inds
the Governor:
iic Development Planning Grant
Economic Opportunity Office
;e Civil Protection Agency
on of Personnel
ity Renewal & Development
;ncy &pigment Comprehensive
ployment
wining Act
!slipover Planning System Secretariat
Services Agency
fouth Commission
of Community Services
!ommunity Action Agency
'ublic Television System (Note 1)
of Highway Safety
'fanning Office
hemy Office
rational Guard
aw Enforcement Commission (Note 2)
the Lieutenant Governor:
Revolution Bicentennial
it of Health
it of Education
t of Social Welfare
it of Conservation & Cultural Affairs:
y Services & Construction
bonen on the Arts
ig Safety Program
T Recreation Program
Aes & Wildlife Projects
Conservation Corps Program
Water Pollution Control & Sewerage
truction Ate 3)
t of Public Safety
it of Public Works:
Waste Planning
FY-1977
85,000
FY-1976
Py-1975
FY-1974
FY-1973
-
-
64,395
106,557
114,425
1,088,581
96,572
45,041
89,252
29,879
47,118
44,264
66,000
70,000
13,672
40,000
67,310
1,637,515
385,693
215,785
329,886
217,033
4,739,7146
2,818,500
2,865,544
455,678
431,372
9,987
26,484
41,100
5,447
44,553
_
.
1,070,467
1,191,877
826,396
1,452,805
599,010
953,618
858,605
672,871
553,332
1,378,505
168,750
590,000
290,531
117,658
25,000
411,096
89,627
;3,500
16,618
82,165
17,573
88,322
.
.
540,000
405,000
280000
1,172,000
453,894
218,627
84,100
62,500
30,000
30,000
4,852,176
2,554,342
2,928,396
5,954,972
6,657,602
4,865,696
5,897,997
3,956,466
3,172,729
3,044,774
3,699,443
3,043,565
2,357,266
1,911,064
1,163,753
92,494
61,468
93,372
87,271
228,341
221,500
227,000
167,667
152,170
11,458
42,893
.
524,868
43,528
112,756
196,500
186,307
200,298
236,677
94,256
35,000
117,500
25,000
2,643,083
3,4590555
868,390
70,794
15,000
478,308
5,000
7,500
70,630
30,225
rn
93.
Government of the Virgin islands
All Funds (Note 1)
GOMPARATIIT STATEMENT OF CAPITAL CURETTES
(NOTE 2)
Fiscal Years 1973 to 1977
Desstpli.on
Hospitals and. Clinics
Seboo le
Emergency nou6ag and Slum Clearances
Harbor and Figs
Seil and Water conservation
Roads, Streets and Highways
Potable Water; Set Water and Sewerage
Facilities
Parks, Reaches and Other Recreational Areas
Heavy EquipMet
V,1, Public Television System
Construction
Renovation of Government
Buildings
Consulting, Engineering and Contingencies
Acquisition 0? t,and and Buildings for the
V. 1. Governt
Libraries
Total,
Source of Ei
nditares:
General Fund
Matching
Special and Other Funds
P7197.7
TY-1976
N72
r490..
in
$
650,655
$
10,200
$
76,933
582,439
2,456,246
4,472,368
2,05,898
31935)867
395,752
3,382,353
61)450
27,9115
139)651
226,976
337,168
4,669
4j300
.
VW
-
2,265
79,305
205)794
616,919
2,918)559
1,993)232
5,6921224
5,144,417
3,3314,7
2,632 104
5,908,910
2,278,966
3,037,965
5,377,171
1,600)207
732)263
614,969
951,836
53,623
266,546
537,750
96,822
164)797
746,368
-
.
59,194
6)700
384)877
634,790
1,392,351
660,117
1)7481375
3,377,377
66,699
32)379
2,363,892
1,563,061
2)795)922
1)503,148
1,592)250
11,11.6
100 000
54 A
145 257 _112
15864 338 56L----33 456 -_
22 427 40
$
108,609
$
195,705
$
232,555
$
161,398
2)259)869
2,576,220
4,020;737
6,142,221
$
660,593
10,810,943
13,AIUMLJAMEVIL__.1_.0 955 604
Toth Expenditures
S158616871.2811H.B46_n4273450
Note 1:
Certain Enterprise, lievolvins; Agency, Trust and Deposit Funds are excluded.
Note 2:
hest capital expenditures are exclusive of office furniture and equipment, automobiles and
othet items used in the day-to-day operation of the
Government.
100
Governees of the Virgin Ielagle
All hits (Rote)
COMPARATIVE mar OF glimum Goma MENTOS A1P lOANS
?local Year® 197o =1977
Desert ion
Fiaa
Fm6
7Y-1
ri-1974
Reims (let):
Heil Property Taxes
$
7,479,564
4,165,047
$
6,185,791
.41367,253
Imo Tiles
58,1661069
51,329,036
62,399,655
631281-368
Inheritance /Gift %gee
31±,174
772,
408,160
372,693
S
-= Tee
434,589
404,984
463,531
683,463
bade to toile Tares
01,956
4,475,5C0
4,412,928
3,997,691
Corporate Frozotisc Tam
141,507
108,397
93,8
83,029
Gros fleoeipts Toes
12,147,812
13,029,811
110458,269
100212)910
Tama Sad in Escrow
8,767,199
16,019,
17,461,418
62,497,155
0610110 Taxes
1,103,09
1,6531259
1,8831650
1)804,459
* Veer Taxes
8751M
875,852
994,244
1,109,840
Production Texe0
2.,782
2,556
4)170
251,325
U.S. Coke rialto
162,106,446
29)T81550
130)3961259
550789,197
Oil Ant Fees
3,299,674
Licenses, Fees & Perlits
2,406,297
2,402,471
2)412,270
2,320,
Fines, Porfeite & Pegalties
190,516
244,CC
110,583
Not, NU) Fees & Warp
181,486
50,26
52,600
54,188
Hospital Service Charges
5,200,732
215i4,307
3,4680084
,
3)410,548
Severage Service Chop
17,105
23,439
23,945
35;592
Water 544 Service Obaxge
1,893,455
1,790,649
44690149
10,803
Revenue from wee of Money en.
Melt
61482,669
7,403,663
8;355,129
6,553,832
so of Property & taipviat
31,965
14,438
11,984
14,082
Inter* Sevens Petrie
2,997,381
32,732,853
16)603,
16)585)211
Feieral Ingo-in-Ala
32,865,811
26,335,387
19,754,995
4)03,668
Proceeds from PAWN
2,1451000
2,137,500
2)737,5M
4,237;500
Other Iltsvzse
1,117,516
1,'1',931
2246,459
2,0aP3
Bpeeig Federl Grant
800 000
Iota 5-Ake Goverment
Pavel/um
o4
261
4
Lau
rris
4,644,022
$
40335,100
53,776,419
276,129
492,olo
56)629)102
291,709
427,613
4,184,883
4)291,997
54,265
100,912
9,572,751
8;364,771
12,805,527
3.90811,-
1,159,339
4129)879
943,074
872048o
16,129
60,600
261997,790
26,4610898
1,641,567
1)588)180
150,706
140,058
36,562
24,500
2,537,063
1,446,881
24,334
29,095
1,C176,2n
4000,463
4,029,830
3,952,505
36,838
391,493
22,408,916
19)415,523
17,14,200
12,638,584
2,7 5,000
2,737,500
935,152
832,177
4
Lus
31324)747
47,671)242
ttau
$ 2,602111:6
404413
203,665
85,650
481;286
853,989
4,084,815
4,021,315
740326
57,278
7,326010
70130,6
28,1431308
984,976
14)15914E19
-8-26)&316
31,937
51,31
13038112a
10,4381521
1,3660021
1,452,787
153,704
1.71,
26,134
23,18
2,015,729
11355,401
21,802
985,624
86,0
3,703,696
2,469,303
20,857
)36j3C6
13,208,853
prouv28
7,930)266
4,961413
2,737,500
2,73T,5
970577
1,922,421
0g1
00MTARATIVE STATEMENT
Lo
getCies /Funds
Department of Public Works (Cont'd
Major Disaster Assistance
Construction of Roads & Highways
Department of Commerce
Department of labor
Department of Agriculture:
V.I. Agriculture Census
Emergency Drought Belief
Marketing service
Forestry Program
Meat Inspection Program
Zgg Production Inspection
Virgin Islands Employment Service:
asployment Service Administration
Unemployment Compensation Insurance
Disaster Unemployment Assistance
Manpower Development Training Program.
Total
Matching Fund = Internal Revenue Returns
Total
Government of the Virgin Islands
F FEDERAL GRANTS -IN -AID AND OTHER CONTRIBUTION RX5rVED
Fiscal Years 1973 - 1977
FY.1977
46,376
2,267,533
6,535
163,515
12,060
6,490
3,600
1,213,342
1,320,365
19 343
FY.1976
FY-1975
FY. 1974
762,186
521,389
267,233
12000
8,223
2,200
1,142,110
1,528,105
FY-1973
1,015,577
502,594
750,000
604,791
1,775,004
41,000
33,750
125,449
133,174
34,327
199,816
13,000
11,000
11,970
7,597
11,470
9,420
10,852
1,800
1,200
1,700
932,354
812,421
599,000
123,000
56,000
197 527
121 11E
$32,865,811
$26,335,387
519,754,995
1,m381 22151051162612698
$20,443,668
16,585 24
1 2
35
24(L.
s3 38 603
Note 1:
Contributions in Fiscal Years 1974, 1975, 1976 and 1977 were made directly to
the
Note 2:
In Fiscal Year 1976 the Office of the V.I. Law Enforcement Commission was transferred
from the Department of Law to the Office of the Governor.
Note 3 :
Prior to Fiscal Year 1975 the Department of Health administered these progra
337
28
7
925,064
137,500
248 094
$17,294,200
22-408
22,408,916
j_19:a11.
105
tint F Agent
rzest or the 111.rgin 1010
All Purls (Hots
COWARAT11 STAMM OF STAMAND COLIMMT MARTO AND CAPITAL
Fiscal Years 1970 to 1977
F2 J77
1 I
irj. 11
1
111
I a 911.
x.1972
11 .271
ELM
Virgin Wands Legieleture
$
2,449,192
2)1421717
Electoral Dards
183,453
85,010
Supervisor of Elections
116,051
84,000
Territorial Court of the V.1.
1,490,805
1,2161538
Executive Offices of the Governor
13,401,019
12)599,260
aline of the Lieutenant Governor
1,176,892
593)355
Department of 1,410
1,577,832
1,536062
Department of Pinata
(Note 2)
167,317,236
155)121,527
Department of Property & Procurement
2,0141347
11654)601
Department of Heelth
24,763,528
22,960)312
Department of Education
40,836,693
3644,167
Department of Social Welfare
,
61904,010
9,47086
Department of Public Heresy
10,959,823
11,176,492
Department of Public Works
24,355,519
24,562,517
Department of Housing & Commit Roma
1415)1911
2,019,263
Department of Comm (Note 3)
Department of Lae ©r
3,742,712
631,372
3,712,49
06,470
Department of Agricalture
1,334$210
1,141,796
V.1, Airport & Industrial Relolve$ Agency
.
,
V.1,
;..i °pent Security Agency
9)635,463
10,000,667
V,Ii Bowl of Public Accountancy
4,1158
457
College of the Virgin Raman . wee
Contributions
3,931.598
31'739,028
$ 1,795)237
159,598
103,855
1,170,042
12,09,236
909,552
21025,541
A2,377)590
1M6,232
23,5804
37,71)016
91490024
11,799)995
26P6,318
2,OE1,371
liP59)325
R1
Fttl
41,.,
1,00420
.
5,641,917
626
31570,000
1,530)355
$
1,761,994
1,549)353
1,208,594
$
1,197,362
71,980
92,582
95)091
107,1s7
14,8p
68,512
125,001
65,559
44,445
34,414
1,103)127
938,453
910,348
519,671
393,773
9,255)488
9,187,544
7,231,630
513561335
1,012,718
747,089
666)764
0)1e2
371,670
2,123,757
1, }1,764
1,733,931
1,411,670
114)/37,949
67,5020813
42,4941243
27,8420071
19,312,166
1,449;753
1)619;173
2$705,868
3,7951922
2,401,204
22)530)435
28,0600171
26,256,726
18,373318
14,494,228
29)3990723
31,1140120
27,05,802
19,524,136
15)729)131
7,784,332
7,
)434
6)5730983
M94,950
4)483)379
19J757,928
9,918,99
6,6621772
5002,48
4,477,705
24,0900685
22,259,383
20,082,926
190451,406
140827,942
11579,181
216360177
],416,]33
tir78o623
2013,168
3,4051347
at
687,752
3,636,264
686,069
3,77835501
2,41:129117
10645517:550686
1,113,204
1,665,618
1,928,038
1,3631782
1,342,423
-
-
436,136
30657,30
3,630,153
3,722,336
1,069,257
753,162
571
180
21i
66
3,372,554
3,961,928
3,220,339
3,157,203
2,083,710
Government of tbe Virgin 'nimbi
All has (Note)
C
ARAT1TE STEMPT OF STAND/1E0002MM REVENUE AND LOANS
Fiscal Years 2770 4977
Descrligq
Proceeds from Ian trot Federal
Comma
!T.1977
$
5,180,000
d9Vf
EtiE
Frgi
Flj.E
$
5,000,000
Bond Anticipation Notes
$
125,000
$
43000D0
$
150,000
Froge,ds from Bonds
22 ON
004
6 000
Total
J716 0-04)0
000-W
..12.090 00
s
(Yk.
0 OW
000
Grand Total
16
261
2 207
30
14
o21
14
o V3 QUi
Fund gonna:
General Nnd
$103413,026
$ 85,643,010
$ 9,1874,486
951040,992
$ 83)349057
$ 83)853,097
$ 690769,814
$ 6864,181
Matching Fund
18,591,381
32,732,853
16,603,608
160585,211
22,400,916
19,415,523
13,2451849
141376,156
Essential Projects Fund
.
.
72
Special & Other Funds
217,430,672
185,729,771
181,064,422
150,L1310o4
62,150,244
63,726,401
5%034,855
35,268,354
Bond Anticipation Notes
125,000
430,000
150,000
-
ProCceds tom Bonds
22,0°0,000
12,000,0,00
-
,
610ool000
6,200,000
Proceeds from i044 from Federal
Government
180
Totals
g
1
6 4
4
6
261 7
4
18
Note:
Excluding certain Enterprise and Revolving Fa:45g and certain Agency, Trust amd Deposit Funds.
10
L
Coverzent of the Virgth
RHED
s OF OSERAI OBLIATION
ISSU1S AND DEE MIME
At Juze 30, 1977
MOTS TO MATURITI
Year of
iiitiote
Alma of
issue
Total Aft,
Pedemd
Sauce
CvntsteadAsi
Total Interest
tOtt.,=2,_jit
Interest paid
to Rae
Interest 3t-iil
to be _paid
1965
11/1/85
$ 5)2001000
$ 2 3901C00
$
2)8101000
$ 2,151,765
$ 1,688,945
$
462,820
2967
12/1/92
6)915,000
1)670,000
5,245,00)
5,142265i0
218741760
2,267,930
12/1/93
7)930000
1 ig15 PO
6,310)000
6,029065
3i017A
3,012)421
1971.
2/1/56
6)20,000
785,000
%415;000
510364
1,67,440
3,168,758
1971
12/a/90
60wol000
1,250l017(1
3,39i,62
1,547M
1,8441562
10 /1/89
iwoomo
1)600,000
101460,00o
716151200
2,256,0)
5,359,
(Rote)
7/1/2001
705,000
52,000
653)010
583)1150
1021000
481149
1977
1/2/2007
22 000 000.
22
r
-73.4 4`7
2
6
88
4
Note:
These bona sere soh' to the U.S. Depart eat of Aisrieulturs) Parsers Hare Adedolststion to ad in the
rtante of sever wattles for
the low.
-ore projects at Crotreillet St, Crott trad lhossrtille,
St; Thom.
ttxintattim
Goverment a the Virgin Islands
All rob (Note 1)
CONIATIVE STATE'
T OF SMARO =MIT °MATING AND CAPITAL EgENDITTES
Fiscal yea 1970 to 1977
ri-1977
Fy.is§
LTA
7E1
ry:A23
taz
r-mo
Derpartant of Committee and Cultural
Afbirs
6114.1.1 heirless Dodo-pot Arm
local Contributions
91488,632
NO NO
$11,294,375
400 000
6,810,517
335 000
4,205,049
41035/747
500
$
3,277,749 $ 3,3]2,&3
2,368,781
Total
_29,829,5011
312 930 4
6296 180 7
X44 631 580
01, 205 t s
.162 413 123
124
88.1161710
Warm of trpenrittme;
Grote Fund
$107,095,070
109,629,583
$109,785,331
$ 95,877,372
$ 93,640,643
$ 80,772,093
$ 67,311,753
$ 59,801435
hatching rand
6,04,502
4,40,735
5,627)057
7)822,275
12,584,726
13,400405
11,472,426
Medial Projects l'und
,769
9,658
Spectal and Other Yids
21.530232
i8 ,6
978)
7
68,238, 2
10.2222,L5
Total
l
5461
4
887
/tote 1!
Certain bl,terprlse and Revolving and certain Agency, Trost and Iie oeit Funds are aeloded.
!tote 2:
Industrial develament sobsicly Doento are included here,
The uncut for FY.77 is $19,672,063.
}k'pentlitures for the
Depart of Pima differ fro F
1tdt "F" because the Corit?1biltioD to the College of the Virgin Inland" Jo shoo
separately here,
Note 3
Expenditures five for the Deputnent of Centeroe differ fro%
,ti "F" beeuu a the contribution N the Small Boolneso
Doll:pent Agency is shown separately here.
113
Goverment of the Virgin 1011041
ASSESSED AND PSTIMATID ACME VALUE OF MAE
NON-TUABLE FEMMES (M13 1)
Ffse&I Years 1969 -1977
Fiscal
Yser
Total Re f_
Jr
-eV
rt
of AOsessed
Non - Taxable
Reel Property
or Total
ha
Rqe1
at Assessed
textste Red
Past2a1..._01
Assessed
Estimated
'Value
Actuel Value
Assessed
791ue
EstiAlted
Actuel ALIce
Assesee4
Estimated
Vela
Actus.1 Value
1969
t
24,914,452
$ 43,190,753 ( Nate 2)
.47,9144 $ 14190,733
1970
269,232,8i1
W8,7211385
F69)23241
448,721,385
3.971
42,1378,679
70806140
423)3781675
708,964,458
1972
1,567,499,
2412,499,_
$1406,134,920
4,846;891,533
71%
4,913641*
765,608,267
Pg
1973
1,10,826
2,8341710,800
1,211,00,160
2,0191333,6x
489)2261320
E15,377120
1974
1,747,072,9
2,9ii
266
420,227,250
21113 071203
73%
41,845,68o
798,076,133
1975
1,19,235430
2,882458090
4255$ 289,610
2,092o1.91350
73%
473045,320
789,909,200
1976
,610,099,120
4,350,158,933
4906,214,240
3 AM023 , 53
73%
703
580
1,173,134,8c0
1977
2,794,1991040
416%19981400
2,101,935,280
3,503,225,464
75%
692,263,760
1,153,772,936
Note 1: Assessed vtgOte for taxable and geo4exable properties are token free the toss.1 reports a the OfrIzt
of the Listitemst Governor and represent 6o of estioated actual values in accordance with law,
Note 2: no asAeaeed value of non-taxable reel property 18 not available for Fieekl yard 1
through 1971;
115
114
Goverment of the Virgin islands
PROPERTY TAX IIVIES AN1) COLLECTIONS (NOTE)
Fiscal Years 1969 to 1977
Fiscal
Year
'Mal Tax
Current Tax
Collections
Per Cent
Delinquent
of Levy
Tax
Total Tax
Collected Collections
Collections
Total
Collections as
Per Cent of
Current
Oatstulding
Delinquent
Taxes
Outstanding
Delisqtent
Taxes as Fer
Cent of
amCntl
1969
$2,998,931
$2,097,086
69,0
$ 553;039
$2,650,125
88.36
$
280,466
9.3%
1970
3,365,410
2,967,512
68,18
393,638
3,361,150
9987
724,354
21.52
1971
4,633,325
4,133,896
69,22
220,617
42354,515
93.98
593,755
12.81
1972
5,742,072
41066;664
70,82
628,286
14,69i,9
82.76
593,755
10.34
1973
6,115,329
3,923,190
64,15
504,986
4,428,17G
7241
574,606
9.40
1974
5,985,571
5,482,377
91.59
757,492
6,2391869
104.25
683,372
11.42
1975
5,924,319
3,910,405
66.00
929,771
4,840,176
82.70
731,481
12.35
1976
8,798,511
6,622,032
75.26
863,793
7,485,625
85.08
658,200
7.48
1977
8,653,297
4
A
1,222,786
14,13
Note_:
The levies were made in the fiscal years previous to the collections.
For example, the levy
shown for Fiscal Year 1969 was actually collected in Fiscal 'ear 1970 or later.
11
117
86.
Government of the Virgin Islands
Government Insurance Fund
ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN RETAINED EARNINGS
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1977
Balance o
Retai ned Earn.Lugs, July 1, 1976
Add
782,512.52
Allowance for Uncolleotibles, July 1, 1976
53,633.03
Adjustment to Lmventory of Equipment
6,444.81
Adjustment to Daventory of Materials & Supp
_1400946
TL
al Additlene
Total Balance and Additic
Deduct:
Net Loos fo
the Fiscal Year 1977
263,684.93
Reserve for Acqulaitian of Fixed Assets (Note)
11,263.50
Contribution from Federal Government
136,831.00
Prior Year's Debit Memo
8,600.91
Increase in Reserve for Estimated Total
Disability Payments
1,496,793.24
Increase in Prior Years' Encumbrances
41,474.18
Total Deductions
Balance of Retained Earnings, June 30, 1977
n0-8t=
OntvInhl-ana,
five
C. r9ii4. mAttv t.:.1.. haamo
f
84
479,52
1,958,647.76
(11Al12a68.24)
Government of the Virgin Islands
Government Insurance Fund
BALANCE SHEET
As of June 30, 1977
ASSETS
Current Assets:
Cash in Bank and with Cashiers
Insurance Premiums Receivables
Less:
Allowance for Uncollecti.ble
Insurance Premiums
Dile from Other Funds
Due from the Government of the Virgin Islands
Accrued Interest on Investments
Materials and Supplies
Total Current Assets
Fixed Assets:
Equipment
Less:
Allowance for Depreciation
Long-Term Investments (Series "K" Bond)
Total Assets
LIABILITIES, RESERVES, CO
Liabilities:
Account Payable
Reserves:
For Outstanding Encumbrances
For Estimated Total, Permanent Disabil
438,114.37
87,
$1,507,291.69
43,811.43
394,302.94
71,116.00
1,346,526.00
558.75
5,874.78
48,839.52
20 737,25
IONS, & RETAINED EARNINGS
$3,325,670.16
28,102.27
25,000.00
378,772,43
2,669.47
72,471.60
3.964.836.00
4,037,307.60
Contributions:
From the Federal Government
450 963.60
Retained Earnings
(_1,11.2,.168.24)=
Total Liabilities, Reserves, Contributions, & Retained Earnings
53 378,772.43
Cov rnment of the Virgin Islands
Government Insurance Fund
STATEMENT OF CASH RECEIPTS AND DISBURSE
N
July 1, 1976 to June 30, 1977
Opening Cash Balance, July 1, 1976
Less:
Adjustment to Cash (Prior Year's
Debit Memo)
Adjusted Cash Balance, July 1, 1976
Receipts:
Insurance Premiums
Collection of Loans
Interest on Bank Balances 6 Investments
Interest on Loans
Federal Contributions
Other Receipts
Total Receipts
Total Balance and Receipts
Disbursements:
Payment of Claims
Administrative Expenditures
Loan Advances
Total Disbursements
Cash Balance, June 30, 1977
$1,268,464.40
571,650.00
49,741.49
89,429.17
136,831.00
35_:211c.28
4,294,674.50
499,545.60
500 000 00-
$1,658,785.56
8,0_9.91
$1,650,184.65
_241114aLli
$3,801,511.99
2-294-220 30
.
88.
Government of the Virgin Islands
Government Insurance Fund
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
Fiscal Years Ended June 30, 1976 & 1977
total Billings to Employers
[as:
Bills Recalled
Net Billings
Reimbursements from Uninsured Employers
Total Net Billings and Reimbursements
FY 1977
$1,333,430,14
290,680,62
FY 1976
$1,333,722.85
70 090,04
$1-042,749,52
$1,263,632,81
193,516.68
$1,042,749,52
$1,461,149.49
Less:
Operating Costs Before Depreciation and
Allowance for Uncollectibles:
Compensation Payments
$1,233,751,94
$1,182,224.48
Miscellaneous Disbursements
1,202.44
49,016.52
Personal Services
295,793.71
354 836.00
Services Other Than Personal
46,644.11
39,916.27
F,I.C,A, & Retirement
48,506.31
54,507.37
Materials, Supplies and Parts
19,659.52
14,878.67
Utilities
4,627.81
12,190.55
Advertising and Promotion
89,77
1,750.00
Office Space Rental
13,918,58
8,341.60
Transportation
500.00
400040
______------.
Total Operating Costs Before Depreciation
and Allowance for Uncollectibles
1661.EJA21
1 718,661,46
Operating Income (Loss) Before Depreciation and
Allowance for Uncollectibles
($
621,944,73)
($
257,551.97)
Less:
Dereciation
$
9,431.12
All iwance for Uncollectibles
43-.84,43
Total Depreciation and Allowance
Net Operating Income (Loss)
5,242,55
($
675,187,28)
$
11,306.13
g 3 633.03
64 939,16
($
322,451.13)
Government of the Virgin Islands
Government Insurance Fund
CO
ARATIVE STATEMENT OF TOTAL REVENUES AND RECEIPTS
Fiscal Years 1973 to 1977
sscription
ance Premiums - St. Thomas
St. John
ance Premiums
St. Croix
FY 1977
$
618,330.27
650,134.13
FY 1976
FY 1975
618,618.72
1,227,453.72
FY 1974
fl_1973
$
641,243.39
689,422.16_
694,873.95
524,531.76
$
558,969.61
570,776.49
Total Insurance Premiums
$1,268,464.40
$1,330,665.55
$1,846,072.44
$1,219,405.71
$1,129,746.10
ast Earned on Government Assets
139,170.66
160,993.53
111,312.43
210,831.79
98,858.40
llaneous (Note)
23,489.28
292,952.75
190,818.79
39,728.74
43,853.00
ton of Loans
571,650.00
136,000.00
36,000.00
584,123.97
543,976.73
al Contributions
yetis Increment Fund
tributions
136,831.00
11 722.00
130,522.50
104,590.00
79 020.10
Totals
151,327.34 LLD
=
$2,288,793.66
$_2,133,110.31
$1,816,434.23
The Fiscal Year 1976 figure includes reimbursements
from uninsured employers in the amount of $197.516.68.
124
Government of the Virgin islands
Government Insurance Fund
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
Fiscal Years Ended June 30,
1976 - 1977
Add:
Mon- operating Income:
Interest Earned on Investments & Savings
FY 1977
FY 1976
$
65,250.53
$
49 741,49
Interest Earned on Loans
85,708.90
85,890.55
Federal Contributions
136,831.00
130,522.50
Penalties & Other Miscellane us Income
11,72.00
56,535.76
Total Non - operating Income
284 003,39
338,199.34
Net Income (Loss)
391,183.89)
$
15,748,21
Adjustments to Accounts Receivable
127498,96_
2,13,14
Net Inc
(Loss) after Adjustments
($
263 684,93)
11 961,3
i2
123
92.
Government of the Virgin Islands
Government Insurance Fund
STATEMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES (Note 1)
Fiscal Year 1977 Appropriations
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1977
Object Classification
OFFICE OP THE CUSTODIAN
Personal Services
FICA & Retirement
All Other Operating Expenses
Utilities
Rental of Office Space
Equipment
Contribution to Health Insurance
Fund
Total
COMPENSATION OFFICE
Personal Services
FICA & Retirement
All Other Operating Expenses
Advertising and Promotion
Rental of Office Space
Equipment
Transportation
Contribution to Health Insurance
Fund
Occupational
Services
Occupational
Services
Safety and Health
Local (Note 2)
Safety and Health
- Federal
(Note 2)
Total
Grand Total
Amount
$ 64,477.01
10,152.65
9,941.57
2,523.25
6,000.00
658.00
739.00
$_ 94,491.48
$116,628.70
19,723.84
20,499.39
89.77
6,000.00
5,900.00
500.00
1,668.00
111,000.72
65 897.57
$3474907,99
k424399.47_
Note (1)
Expenses include expenditures plus outstanding encumbrances.
Note (2)
Expenses for the office of Occupational Safety and
Health are:
Personal Services, .$114,688.00; FICA & Retirement, $18,629.82;
All Other Operating Expenses, $33,455.67; Utilities,
$2,104.62;
Equipment, $6,101.60 and Rental of Office Space, $1,918.58.
1
Government of the Virgin Islands
Government Insurance Fund
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES
Fiscal Years 1973 to 1977
FY 1977
FY 1976
ensation Payments:
Injury
776,200.77
753,571.51
Death Benefits
31,108.33
54 760.00
Medical and Hospital Services
244,296.05
149,542.23
Professional Services
142,047.37
145,348.15
Transportation
17,194,54
16,097-31
Reimbursements to Employers
21404.8
60,191,18
Funeral Expenses
1,500.09
4714.10
Total Compensatioi
Payments
$1,233,751.94
$1,182,224.48-
Administrative Expenditures
499,545.80
489,760.93
Loan Advances
500,000,00
MN,
Other Payments
Total Expenditures
128
$1,742,112.19
FY 1975
FY 1974
FY 1973
$
775 555.04
$
660,142.01
601,471.51
50 983.34
25,106.66
38,485.00
154,847.54
208,126.03
178,724-70
135,244.83
20,989.43
21,514.52
129;902,01
84,294 27
2,000,40
1,000.00
$1 313,002,06
$1 135,428.32
473 267.02
389-054.61
125,000.00
875 000.00
/..11221/.L5
23 369.11
M&151
2,L,a2
204,465.38
126,572.23
16,700.78
30 612.58
2470,
$1,020,777.48
263 697.15
1 .121681
Government of the Virgin Islands
Government Insurance Fund
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRANSACTIONS PROCESSED
Fiecal Years1973 to 1977
Description
FY 1977
FY 1976
FY 1975
FY 1974
FY 1973
St. Thomas:
Number of imioyere Reports Filed
664
1,006
1,244
1,295
922
Number of Claims Awarded
3 844
2,810
2 239
2 863
2,922
Number of Dills Rendered
753
1 019
884
986
1,126
St. Cron:
Nmiher of
loyers' Reports Filed
1,467
1,653
1,086
1,129
1,269
Number of Claims Awarded
1,928
2,047
2,571
2,052
1,199
Number of Bills Rendered
1 005
950
802
88
1,134_
Totais
9061-
lam
WI
111
IE.
Gov rament of the Virgin Islands
Government Insurance Fund
STATUS OF APPROPRIATIONS
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1977
Uoenc
4 e
d
01ty
ApropriatOos
Allotments
Expenses
Balances
Moe of the Castodian
Corammtimi Office
low
Cbmtribotioh Frog Federal Government
grand Total
$132 929 00
$111,081.00
361,1&T
$494,112.00
_351665.00
$470 746.00
136,831.00
nigt3
630 13a
$ 94,491.48
$ 16,589.52
282 010.42
7 11_0508
$376,501.90
$ 94,244.10
121421LLaL
1 212242
_442 IEL7
Milig
1 3
Personnel:
1,462
96.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Operating Appropriation:$ 24,157 235
Efforts to revitalize the health planning operation of the Depart
of Health since passage several years ago of the National Health
Planning and Resources Development Act were accelerated with the
appointment of a director.
His first task was the preparation of an
application for Federal funds, which was granted, and the office was
conditionally designated as a combined Health System Agency/State
Health Planning and Development Agency.
With this new designation
the function became known as the Bureau of Health Planning and Resources
Development. Since funding was received late in the year, little was
accomplished except in preparations for staffing and establishing coor-
dination agreements
ith various agencies.
Another new development was the establishment of the Division of
Program Analysis upon the recommendation of outside counsel.. A
director was also hired.
This component brings within the Commis sio
' s
office added capabilities and support to long range planning and objective
assessment of programs.
The Division of Management, which embraces all aspects of
Depart
ent' s operations, completed the "provider -based physicians
report", which resulted in the recapture of reimbursable costs from
L 4
97.
Medicare for fiscal years 1972 through 1976. A new hospital tape
system and bill processing method were implemented which helped
the recovery of nearly $2 million in medical assistance program
funds.
There was also a concerted effort to bring all hospital billing up
to date. At the close of the year, the St. Croix hospital was billing
patients within five .,working days of services provided, while the
St. Thomas facility was billing within 10 days.
The manual collection
and distribution of billing slips, however, remain obstacles to development
of an efficient system.
A Federal vital statistic system was incorporated to provide the
Bureau of Vital Statistics with all necessary two-and three-dimensional
tables for marriages, births, deaths and divorces.
Reorganization of the various components of the mental health
operation began with the appointment of a director.
Shortly afterwards
the mental health unit was designated a separate component and the
alcoholism and drug dependency services were combined into one
substance abuse unit.
These now connpris.e the unified Division of
Mental Health Services.
Of the 30 vacant positions in the Division, 18 were filled by the
end of the year, which helped significantly in the upgrading and
98.
expansion of services. Among the positions filled were those of mental
health coca -dinator, drug abuse coordinator and social worker liason
for the aged. Also added was a new chief psychiatrist in charge of
inpatient service.
The Community Health Divs ion, which operates all public health
programs, established a "homemaker for the infirm' program in
St. Thomas, which helped to reduce the disproportionately high bed
occupancy of chronically ill hospital pAtipntm,
Fifteen poTRrtnq
t
fined and then assigned to provide custodial care for these persons
in their homes. The program will be duplicated in St.
Croix.
The division greatly expanded its cancer detection program by
establishing additional clinics and screening for cancer of the bowels
as well as breast and uterine.
The East End Health Center on
St. Thomas, formally a small hotel, was renovated and began to deliver
integrated primary care services to entire families.
fn- service training in food and sanitation for inspectors was stressed
during the year by the Division of Environmental Health. A three-d
workshop was conducted with the assistance of the Food and Drug
y
Administration on food service and vending sanitation. A similar program
was conducted on milk sanitation.
A-
ng the many food inspections
conducted were 1,143 of bars, 359 of groceries and schools, and 484 of
36
99,
k samples.
The Division of Maternal and Child Health and Crippled Children,
in its work. to ensure that all children are wanted -end born of healthy
mothers, established priorities that included extending prenatal,
postnatal and family planning services through health facilities located
in concentrations of low income families. A high risk maternity clinic
was also est-,blished in St. Thomas.
Popular clinics on both islands were those operated for teenage
They serve as a source of information and services for conditions related
to their gro th period.
The fact that both male and female doctors
were available at these facilities contributed to the continuing success
of the program.
The release of funds for capital improvement peri Bitted the
administration to begin the overdue physical upgrading of the two hospitals.
These improvements will bring the facilities into compliance with fire
and safety codes and provich more acceptable working conditions.
The position of medical director of hospitals and director of hospital
services of the Knud-Hansen Memorial Hospital on St. Thomas was divided
and a new position of Territorial Director of Hospitals and Medical Services
was established within the Commissioner's Office.
This change will provide
new impetus to the planning, organization and administration of the Territory's
hospitals.
100.
Overall, the emphasis on upgrading was placed on improved patient
care.
Each of the hospital's departments planned a variety of programs
to meet this broad goal.
Educational programs carried out by the Bureau of Health Education
covered such areas as swine flu, child abuse and parental skills, dental
health, problems of the handicapped, hypertension, school health and
cancer.
The objective of the Bureau of Nutritional Service of providing nutrition
consultation and su---rt to co--...munity
F
los es ef ss
!..-An
sA
met
V.41 . r.
advisory conferences, meetings or programs with other agencies and
Dietary counseling was provided on an individual basis upon referra
fro _. clinics and private physicians.
Pregnant women,
en,
others and
guardians ofinfants and young children and overweight persons were
given priority.
Such service was provided on an individual basis to
3,980 persons.
SUMMARY OP VITAL STATISTICS
VIRGIN ISLANDS AND EACH ISLAND
1977
VIRGIN ISLANDS
ST. CROIX
ST. JO
ST. TROD
Number
Rate
Number
Rate
Number
Rate
Number
Live Births
2552
25.9
1371
-27.5
29
12.8
.
1152
Deaths
420
4.3
195
3.9
5
2.2
220
Infant Deaths
68
26.6
36
26,3
0
0
31
Neonatal Deaths
48
18.8
25
18.2
0
0
23
Maternal Deaths
1
0.4
0
0
0
0
1
Fetal Deaths
46
18.0
32
23.3
0
0
14
Marriages
875
8.9
426
8.5
0
0
449
Divorces
453
4.6
236
4.7
0
0
217
Population
98390
49880
2260
46250
Note:
Live birth, death, marriage and divorce rates per 1,000 population.
Infant and neonatal death rates per 1,000 live births.
Fetal and maternal death rates per 1,000 births.
TEN LEADING CAUSES or DEATH
1977
RANK
CAUSE
NUMBER
1
Circulatory Disease
169
172.8
2
Cancer
58
59.0
Perinatal Conditions
44
45.8
4
Accidents
26
26.4
Cirrhosis of the liver
19
1983
Diabetes Mellitus
14
15.3
Respiratory Disease
er Diseases
the
12
12.1
Digestive System
12
12.1
omicide
11
11.1
Congenital anomalies
10
1001
10
Genitourinary system disease
8
8.1
Rate per 100,000 population.
10
TABLE I
Individuals Recertiied Under the Medical Assistance Program
Dunn Fiscal Years 1973-1977 b- Cate-ries
Category
Fiscal Year
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
Categorically Needy
1,195
3,546
3,608
5,350
5,857
Medically Needy
9,195
11,363
16,087
16,948
15,811
Non-_ _tchlng
040
3 5J1
6,773
Grand Total
12,430
18,440
25,390
28,771
28,441
====.-MM
=======M=
======MM=
TABLE II
Individuals Certified Under the Medical Assistance Program
n Fiscal Years 1973-1977 b- Cate cries
Category
Fiscal Year
1978
1974
1975
1976
1977
Categorically Needy
790
649
452
584
684
Medically Needy
7,544
3,984
2,900
2,514
3,387
Non-Matching
4.135
1,122_
2.096
1.550
Grand Total
12,469
_2_0039
6,672
4,452
5,194
5,621
====== ====== ========
104.
TOLE III
Total Persons Enrolled in the Medical Assistance P
= Year 1977
Category_
Number
Categorically Needy
6 541
Medically Needy
19,198
Non-Matching
(Non-Federal Participation
8 323
_
Total
34,062
=========M
During this Fiscal Year, the total medicaid eligible increased
by only 97 recipients over Fiscal Year 1976, but an increase
of 4,220 over Fiscal Year 1975, where the program felt the Un-.
pact of the unemployment problem of the Virgin Islands.
Number of Reel. ien
105.
TABLE IV
and Amount-of Medical Ven4TPayMeate by Services
A total of 20,867 estimated recipients
(unduplicated count) received
Medical services and care during fiscal year 1977.
The breakdown follows
Public Assistance
2,922
or
14%
Medically Needy
13,803
or
667.
Non-Matching
4,142
or
20%
The total expenditures for services provided to Medical Assistance reci-
pients during fiscal year 1977 amount to 2,413.307.
The breakdown of the
data follows:
Inpatient Services
807,555
or
33.46%
Outpatient Services
948,305
or
39.30%
Prescribed Drugs
332,013
or
13.76%
Physician.Services
66,602
or
2.767°
Other Services (such as appliances
and optometry)
164,615
or
6.827$
EPSDT Services
68,480
or
2.8479
Radiology and Laboratory
259
or
0.01%
Dental Services
14,584
or
0.6074
Home Health
10,894
or
0.45%
The estimated breakdown of Federal and Local participation follows:
Total Money Value
82,413,307
Federal Participation
908,162
State Participation for
Matching Categories
908,162
State Participation for
NonmMatching Categories
596,983
At the end of fiscal year 1977, over 61% of all eligibles under the
program requested and received medical care and services.
143
JJEPAR.TlvIENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITYRENEWAL
Personnel: 96
Operating Appropriation: $5, 611, 537
The sale of a number of single dwelling units and the depo
of the
106,
proceeds in the emergency housing account put the Department of Housing
and Community Renewal in a position to improve and maintain its rental
units in a satisfactory condition.
A program of repainting all housing began and the condition of lawns
and grounds improved markedly with the addition of groundskeepers made
available through a CETA funding program.
Rental collections began to show improver ents and the increase in the
number of delinquent cases brought before the courts by the Department
ccounts.
The Emergency Housing Program managed 283 units on St. Thomas,
264 of which were occupied at the end of the year.
Occupancy turnover
permitted the department to house fifteen qualified families in various
projects.
There were 308 units on St. Croix but only Z23 occupied.
The 124-
unit Paradise Mill Estate, built as a condominium, continued to be a
problem. Only seven units h
been sold and fifty were rented at the
end of the year.
The remainder have been empty for several years.
The
department submitted a pre-application to the Farmers Home A drni
of Law indicated a stepped up effort to collect Govern
tion for a $3 million loan to pay off the note end
yage on this develop-
107.
men<t.
If the loan is granted, the units will be refurbished and rented to
qualified applicants.
Suggested changes in the Housing A ssistance Clan were sent to the
Caribbean area office of Housing and Urban Development and to the
Virgin Islands Planning Office and, if approved, would include 100 new
units at Estate Nazareth on St. Thomas under provisions of Section 8.
The department was notified that it could expect $350, 000 Section 8 funds
in 1978.
Various tracts of idle Government land were put into the homesteading
program. At Estate Bordeaux, on the
tern end of St; Thomas, a plan
to develop eighty acres was initiated.
Preliminary plans were submitted
to the Virgin Islands Planning Office for approval to sub-divide the land
into twenty quarter acre lots in each of eight cluste
On St
Croix plans were made to sub-divide Estates Work and Rest,
Piessen and Mt. Pleasant and Government land at Estate Concordia.
During the year twenty six horx esteaders completed payment on land
and were issued deeds.
Six leases were executed and four contracts were
signed.
Fourteen new applications were filed, bringing the total number
at the end of the year to 732.
The home loan program was seriously affected by the transfer of monies
from the Homestead and Home Loan Fund to the General Fund.
Several
145
108,
loans which were being processed were stopped and pending - pplications
could not be acted upon.
During the year ten applicatihns for loans were
received, two were processed, two mortgages were satisfied and two
were subordinated.
There were fifteen applications pending at the close
of the year and ninety-six outstanding accounts with balances that totalled
$654, 313.
Moderate income housing operations centered around the Sion Farm
development on St. Croix.
The Development co
ri ed316homeswhen
built several years ago and all were sold.
However, a large number of
mortgages are in default and many are pending foreclosure action.
The
Sion Farm properties that have been abandoned are being extensively.
vandalized.
No new tenants were housed at Warren E. Brown III apartments during
the year and the departure of one family left only eight of the sixty-four
units occupied.
Toward the close of the year the Legislature passed -1
measure that authorized the sale of this section to the Virgin Islands
Housing Authority for $1, 796,456, which was paid to the Government
National Mortgage Association to retire the indebtedness.
At the
time plans were also drawn to sell Warren E. Brown II, an eighty-unit
apartment that was more than ninety per cent rented.
The rent control gency was involved in seventy-two cases, fifty =five
109,
hick *Forel
non -payrdent 1.61 rent.
The Virgin Islands Urban Renewal Board administered four con-
ventional urban renewal projects, two low to moderate income apartments
on St: Croix and two Community Development Block Grant Projects on St.
Thomas.
The disposition plan for the Taarneberg-Ross Estate on St. Thomas
included the selling ofall available land to the Virgin Islands Housing
Authority for the construction of fifty single family units to low income
groups.
However, an 'additional three acres had to be provided for a
planned public highway
Most acquisition has been completed and documents
are being prepared to accomplish the transfer of properties for sale.
Site improvement:' plans for the Water Gut renewal on St. Croix hive
been turned over to the Department of Public Works for review.
Upon
approval, bids will be invited for construction of the improvements,
include drainage and a storm sewer system throughout the area.
The Hill Street renewal is located in Frederiksted, St. Croix, which
was designated a historic area during the year.
All activities regarding
acquisition, demolition or rehabilitation must now be coordinated with the
planning director, who also is the state historic preservation officer.
Initial steps of a comprehensive evaluation of all of the project area was
undertaken to identify properties of historical significance so measures can
11Q1
be taken to have there preserved.
The t vo rental operations, Water Gut homes with 114 two -and, three'-bedroom
units plus 6000 feet of commercial space, and the Lagoon Street homes of
twenty-four two-and thirty-six three-bedroom units and 10,173 square feet
of commercial space, both operated at substantial losses due to vacancies.
The Sayan and Dernarara projects on St. Thomas are being funded by the
Community Development Block Grant Frograrrr.
Sayan involves considerable
demolition of deteriorated property and extensive rehabilitation of retained
structures.
The area will provide for much needed recreation space,
community center and expansion
elementary school.
De
ara includes,
sub-divisions for standard housing which wttlbe sold on a first priority
basis to residents of the area.
VIRGIN ISLANDS URBAN RENEWAL BOARD
FITERAL PROJECT FANS
MINED STATRIENI OF ACCUMULATED PROJECT COST
FOR YEAR EMS JUNE 301 1977
ITEM
TOTALS
WATER
GUT
Su:my and Planning Expenditures
$
234,969
$
87,117
Prtikli4ecution,Watures.
Administration.
21297)656
913)949
Legal Service
39J985
141707
Survey and Planning
56,619
30)894
Real Estate Acquisition
crass
48,794
20,210
Operation of Acquired Property
16; 411
21,011
Project
rovements
23,362
23,362
Disposal, Lease, Retention Cost
23,642
15,162
Iaterast
1)829,411
1)3551752
Other None
(.) 758,312
(.)5691224
Real Estate Purchases
2,808,251
1)4081847
Project Inspection
129-L185
64,851
.......
TOTAIS
61549)969
3)3661636
Less:
Value of Land Sold
_j__158443
158,443
TOTAL NEC PROJECT OAST
4451.
$31228195
t1
MOM
HILL
SAVA,N AND
ROSS
STREET
DENO
..
89)194
$
581658
$
9911120
392443
444
20J642
41636
16,798
()
51353
8,
4731659
(.) 131,875
11148;165
fi4j334
__
216771164
25,725
9,782
753
( -)
571213
51,239
4591996
26,169
26'121a
$
459,998
$
26,169
ASSETS
ciaah.Operatint
cash Advance for joint Cost
Invest:cents F414
CPIs
Project Daft
Accounts Receivable
Taints
Accounts Receivable
Other
Relocation Pnyinent0
TOTAL SSETS
LIABILITIa
ACCOUgS Payable . Joint Activities
Amato Payabh
Other
laterest Payable
Notes
ayable
MAL LLABITLITIES
CAPITAL Ag MT BALANCE
Local
Cash Gran t$ ;11 Aid
Local
en Cash Grants in kid
Federal Capital Grants
Federal Relocation Grants
N14 N.lance
Total Capital and Fond Balance
TOTAL LIABILITIES, CAPITAL EC kin BALANCE
VIRGIN ISLANDS URBAN RENEWAL BOARD
FEDERAL PR0JEL'T ACCOUNTS
MED BALANCE SHEET
FOR YEAR WEB ME 30, 1977
TOTALS
BARRACKS
WATER
YARD
COT_
$
748,107
$
87,269
55,000
1,2303000
6,641,336
163012
5,191
4500
4515)
$9)5271984
$
40,735
1,177
24,680
lin$12
4 055 404
TAMNEDIA0
RILL
LAWN
SAYAN tf
BOSS
STREET
sTaggl
OENARARA
240,405
$
197,640
15,000
20,00o
8)3,000
isvoo
312871831
2,732,725
1,523
3,688
23 AI
84
_P.1)1,_026
SkaL5J
151
$
12,578
183
13,766
1621E Iola
912
2,
,458 527
$
15,838
537
1,0,914
197 000
1 414 289
231241993
68, 32
542)771
115,167
581606
55,561
2)2 54,186
11170,274
1,083,912
845,880
43,824
8023026
...11142!
71-;62
5 471 580
7z_1132J___
19,221
$248,081
.$41418155
$3228_419_
$ 1813,678
$ 33,615
$
530
20;000
253;000
459;998
$ 91t.671
$
12;319
457
Rink
j5)00
N)0
500
,~=,,
500
500
152
EL3lanee July 1, 1976
Recti_Ra
Sale of Project Notes
Federal Relocation Grant
Feder-1 04;it:J. Grant
Rental. Collection
Interest on Investments
Other
Total Receipts
_II, 717
mon 1SLANIIS MAN REM DOARD
FEDERAL PROJECT ACCOUNTS
RECEIPTS ANA DIDUR.342En3
JULY 11 1976
to
JULY 33, 1977
TOTALS
BARRACKS
MD
WATS
GII
$ ,092,544
$
81,688
A3,9
376,000
316,000
15,259
132,722
3,347
2,7!0
83,761
2,831
39,304
639
12
TOTAL CASH NIUE
1.704 27
5S1
87,-269
DisbursementA
Administrative Oasts
258,706
Legal Nei-vices
3,624
Real estate AegliSition pees
2,724
Disposal, Lease, Retention Cysts
8,480
Operation Of Acquirod Property
5, 775
Survey and Planning
13,460
Interest
119,204
Real Estate Ptirehavn
104,368
Project Imiproveaents
Relocation Portents
j,/, 739
Pap sent on Project Notes
137,000
Other
63
TOTAL OI.SBITS
,671 l63
CASH BALANCE PE 30, 1977
2 033 108
;,rj2_62,
355
16
1 219 285
58,180
ti
4,994
70,70G
TAXEBERG
ROSS
fEELL
STREEL
LAGOON
STEM
$ 32,505
SAYAN &
AMARA
$
550
$
535,310
60,000
15,259
$
578,472
118,5 8
1i MA
597
11,843
20,773
4,010
169
457
214,656
_ 21 230
1_1
010
934
o- 4e.00-
7
996
51,9 702
1! , 4 0 4_
111,531
881 801
444
3,153
474
1,914
810
8,480
781
13,460
48,498
53,130
51,238
17,759
137,000
137,000
63
1
tag,405
ogoo-40,0,0
.ro0oLftfolooe
,392 356
L_41
023
934_13
sme
36710
58 679
3
615
154
Personnel! 194
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Operating Appropriation:
1, 013,133
The implementation of performance standards for each job level,
workshops conducted in supervision and work procedures, and a review
ICS Were t.
unary rcacone f
the
rtrra-nt of Labor being
114.
able to meet its objectives for h- year.
The optimism and morale of
most
ic
s of the Depart- ent improved considerably with placement, of
emphasis on the need for quality of work and the upgrading of unreasonably
low gr?de levels.
The Division of Labor conducted 1,592 payroll audits
collected
$32, 843 in fines for Improper job classifications,
ments, underpayment of
correct overtime pay-
ages and excessive deductions. Wage
claims totalled 220, of which 132 were completed.
Forty -two wer=e dis-
missed, forty-six were pending at the end of the year and $39,870 was
collected for claimants involved in these cases.
One of the major difficulties of
aintaining planned schedules of
inspections is the fact
any businesses are licensed under a corporate
but operate through one or more trade names, requiring considerable
e to discover and make proper adjustments in records.
Officers of the Division of Occupational Safety and He2lth conducted
231 inspections during the year, 198 of which were in the private sector and
115.
forty -three in Government agencies,
The largest number, sixty - three,
sere in the construction field, 'followed by forty-one in retailing and
thirty-three in manufacturing,
There were 834 alleged violations in the
private sector
hi h drew $31, 570 in penalties.
Alleged violations in the
public sector nurnbered 352.
Staff
embers
NIOSH and in-h
ivied 1, 078
n hours.c f training from OSHA,
r_ s in a variety of areas. A brochure describing
the divisions on-site consultative services to employers was designed and
distributed and six seminars were held for union representatives, Govern-
ment agencies, employers and the public.
The Division of Workmen's Compensation received 1, 431 reports of
injuries and illnesses, including six fatalities. Two of the latter were the
ult of assault, two were traffic accidents, one was struck by an object
while working and one fell from an elevation.
Five of these case
not settled by the end of the year, and two others that happened in previous
years were also continued into 1978.
A total of 3, 077 claims including those from previous years were
processed at a cost of $1, 180, 415.
Adjust
included orders issued to
the Government Insurance Fund for the payment of benefits.
Formal
hearings were held only in major cases and informal hearings and inter-
views were held in cases involving claims for temporary and permanent
partial disabilities.
A proposal of the Division of
116
tistical Services to absorb the personnel
and function cif the research and analysis section of the Division of Employ-
went Security to form
new Bureau of Labor Statistics was approved. This
step consolidates the gathering of labor market information in one unit.
Full integration of the functions will be accomplished in planned phases
over the next several years.
The Division computerized for the
the supplementary
system to improve workmen's compensation statistics on causes of injuries
and illnesses.
Under this program, all first reports were coded according
to Federal/state specifications, key-punched and verified in-house and
awaited conversion to tape at the close of the year.
Publication of the third annual report on hours and earnings in the
whilesale and retail trade for 1975 vvas released ahead of schedule as was
the fourth annual report on hours and earnings in manufacturing.
The
report on
on. wholsale and retail trade showed that average hourly earnings
of employees in these areas rose to $3.09 in 1975 from $3.04 in 1974.
The manufacturing study reflected the oo ntinuing weakness of the economy-
between the first quarter of 1975 and the same quarter of 1976.
Although
average hourly earnings rose to $4. 78 from $4.43 during the year, average
weekly earnings dropped to $179 from $182, indicating a decline in average
117.
weekly hours worked.
Congress passed legislation
perxmnit affiliation of he Virgin Islands
Unemployment Insurance System, administered by the Division of
Employment Security, with that of the Federal Government.
Revisions
of the Virgin Tslands law. which are necessary for affiliation, were pre-
pared in draft form and submitted to the U. S. Department of Labor for
review.
The draft was returned with recommendations and work began on
final version for snkrnimaion to
n
The division concluded cooperative agreements
agency that
administers the Co- prehen
Employ ent
r
g Act, and was cx
powered by legislation to borrow an additional $5
which raised the
total borrowing authorization to $15 million.
Misinterpretation of the unemployment insurance law, which led to
overpayment of benefits under the Supplemental Unemployment Assistance
Act, forced a detailed search of records t determine the extent of over-
payment and to identify beneficiaries who might be eligible for the increased
benefits from 1972 through 1977.
Claimants were paid $7, 386, 139 under
programs during the year.
The major objective of the Division of Veterans' Affairs, to have the
Veterans' Administration provide f
t care, was accomplished
with passage by the Legislature of the Virgin Islands A
bulatory Health Care
Program. Veterans used this arr -anernent to the fullest extent.
The
estimated cost for the year was $410,207.
Although the number of veterans increased during the year from
, 000
to 7,000, only 290 were unemployed.
This represents 4.14 per cent of
the veterans and .7 per cent of the work force and is a sharp decrease
fro
last year.
The Division of Apprenticeship and Training received 256 apprentice
applications.
Of this
eighty fi rst year placements were made and forty-
cer ficates were awarded for completion of terms that began during
the past two years.
Forty-eight high school students who were enrolled
vocational-technical education programs egistered as part -time
trainees or apprentices.
This program provided opportunities to bridge
the gap between the classroom and the world of work and for full-time
enrollment upon graduation.
Placements for the year represented a substantial increase over last
r and reflect a measure of change in the attitude of the business
ye
community as well as the effectiveness of the "selling job" by staff
personnel, business and education leaders.
DIVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
PRIVATE SECTOR
CONTESTED
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS
PENALTY ASSESSED
CASES_
N*
S**
F*** R****
N*
s**
F***
IAC
4.4
PUBLIC SECTOR
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS
N*
s**
F* ** R****
on 1-la
119 .
PENALTIES
COLLECTED
non
4o0n
4 in lgc
e.w
* N
Non Serious
S - Serious
F o Failure to Abate
R - Repeated
CONSULTATION
INSPECTIONS CONDUCTED
Industries
SIC
Private
Pte.-_
Oil
01-09
Construction
15-17
Manufacturing
19-39
Transportation
Wholesale Durable
Retail Trade
Financing, Real Estate
Services
40-49
50
52-59
60-67
70-88
Government Agency
94
96
0
0
9
0
0
0
6
0
1
2
3
0
3.
1
DIVISION OF OCCUPATI
SAFETY
D UE
TH
Pub
Industries
INSPECTIONS CONDUCTED
SIC
Private
Oil
01-09
0
Construction
16-17
63
6
Manufacturing
19-39
33
Transpo -ation
40-49
13
Wholesale Durable
50
11
0
Wholesale Nondurable
51
0
2
Retail Trade
52-59
41
0
Financing, Real estate
60-67
13
Services
70-88
23
22
Government Agency
92
94
96
TYPES OF INSPECTIONS
ENFORCEMENT
Private
GASP
0
0
CCNSULT TIVE
Private
GASP
Initial
138
26
21
Fol low -up
G3_
9
0
0
Accident
2
0
0
Complaint
4
7
0
0
1
6
120,
121.
DIVISION
VETER?
Virgin Islands Ambulatory Health Care Program (VIAHC)
Hospitalization, Cost, and_ITEELmpconov
(VIAHC)
In a brief capsule form, an attempt will be made to give a financial picture
on the cost of this program to the VA and represents monies spent in the Virgin island!
Estimated Cost VIAHC Program
Estimated Hospitalization Cost in V.I.
Estimated Cost Air Fare 4 Taxi for CM-patient service
Total Estimated Cost Medical Program
F.
$
77,875.64
207,331.10
125,000.00.
V410,-206.94
These figures r° resent
nt the minimum amount that
could be spent by the VA,
and do not include hospitalization charges for veterans hospitalized at the VA.
Hospitalization
Charles Harwood Memorial Ho
Amount Collected - In- Patient
ills
Amount Collected - Out-Patient Bills
Amount Outstanding - Out-Patient Bills
Amount Outstanding - In-Patient Sills
Knud Hansen Memorial H
Amount Collected - In 8 Cut - Patient Service
Amount Outstanding
Total
Total
VA Data on Medical Services Rendered at VA Hospitals,
San Juan, Puerto Rico
44,068.91
2,653.17
1,458.75
48 260 00
96,440.83
21,890.47
89,000.00
$ 110,890.47
St. Thomas
St. Croix
No
Veterans Admitted to VAH from
86
94
No. Out-Patient
Visits to VAH
1436
1160
No. V.I. Veterans Admitted to Contract
3
2
Hospitals in Puerto Rico
VIA= PROGRAM - St. Croix
DIVISION OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Doctor's Office Visit
Number
Cost Per Visit
No. Visits
a
Initial Office Visit
9001
$16.00
684
$10,944.00
Follow-up Officki Visit
9003
9.60
272
2,611.20
Routine Office Visit
9004=
9.00
352
3,168.00
Specialist Office Visit
9085
25.00
66
1,650.00
Follow-up Office Visit
9083
15.00
76
1,140.00
Prescriptions Filled
1,090
10,021.14*
X-rays
320 0 $20.00
6,400.00*
Laboratory Work
291 0 10.00
2,910.00*
Therapby
381 0 12.50
4,762.50
Other
258 0 15.00
3,870.00*
Total St. Croix
$47,476.64
VIAHC PROGRAM - St.
Doctor's Office Visit
Number
Cost per Visit
No. Visits
Total Cost
Initial Office Visit
9001
$16.00
365
$5,840.00
Follow-up Office Visit
9003
9.60
290
2,784.00
Routine Office Visit
9004
9.00
195
1,755.00
Specialist Office Visit
9085
25.00
270
6,750.00
Follow-up Office Visit
9083
15.00
180
2,700.00
Prescriptions Filled
620
875.00*
X-rays
129 0 $20.00
2,580.00*
Laboratory Work
305 0 10.00
3,050.00*
TheraPhY
18 0 12.50
2,250.00*
Other
121 0 15.00
1,815.00*
Total St. Thomas
$30,399.00
TOTAL ESTrMATED CC6T
$77,875.64
* Fatima
123.
DIVISION OF ESP 1 Y NT _ECURIT
SUMMARY OF MYMENI18 - AIL PROGRAMS
FY 1977
FY 1976
Local
VIUI
$ 6,011,587.00
$ 7,038,141.00
Federal
UCFE/UCR
187,798.00
260,363.00
Federal - WIN
44,621.00
19,267.50
Federal - CETA
26,091.00
13,804.00
Federal - SUA
1,116,042.00
20,077.00
Total Payments - All Programs
$ 7,386,139.00
$ 9,151,653.00
Total Checks Written
94,386
159,929
Total Active Employer File
1,957
1,900
C.
Budget and Personnel
The Fiscal Section of the Virgin Islands Employment Security Agency oversees
the fiscal and personnel matters of both divisions of the Age ncy.
Budget and Personnel - FY 1977
a.
Total Agency Budget
-
$1,891,204.00
b.
Total Agency Personnel - 113
Employment Service
72
Unemployment Ins.
41
Foot Note:
This does not include personnel hired for special projects, emergency
or increased workload purposes during the fiscal year.
1134
124,
DIVISI
COMPARISON OF unsanonamtr /1151JRAR1
CUMIN
FISCAL ULU -
1977
1977
1076
los
5735
7 26
Female
1981
1905,
Weeks Claimed
918
2527
Sklisuotlena
1807
1270
laltisl Claims
23
14
Weeks Claimed
298
241
UCK_
38
41
reltisl Claims
Weeks Claimed
840
689
125.
DIVISION OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY
TABULAR COMPARISON OP U.I. COLLECTIONS
FISCAL YEAR 1977
MONTH
/Y - 197
F Y - 1976
July
304,382.04
$
406,057.79
August
348,053.19
306,794.11
September
16,766.44
42,183.87
October
122,613.91
219,095.23
November
290,697.65
225,32'
December
15,898,56
43,044.99
January
117,083,03
96,249.26
February
188,755.42
243,004.39
March
51,718.84
58,724.50
April
174,634.20
354,628.16
May
744,845.27
567,197.36
June
501315Z Oa
26 345 24
-----L---I---
---------------
Totals
$2425,764.59
$2,588648.65
T©tal Active Employer File
1957
1900
DIVISION
EMPLOYMENTSECUR
-SU
Y OF BENEFIT PAYMENTS - FISCAL YEAR 1977
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE SERVICE
MONTH
FTY
F/Y - 1976
July
574,290.00
$
570,122.00
August
628,750.00
603,768.00
September
727,481.00
476,545.00
October
538,495.00
543,573.00
November
524,137.00
450,929.00
December
600,10?-00
661,747.00
January
402,168.00
564 272.00
February
369,819.00
595,813.00
March
503,793.00
786,289.00
April
362,409.00
573,646.00
May
358,516.00
535,084.00
June
421,621.00_
556,433.00
Totals
6,017, 57.00
18,221.00
Total Checks Witter
94,386
104,316
126.
127.
VISION OF EMPLOYMENT
C
ITY
LO VS FROM THE UNITED STATES TREASURY
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE SERVICE
FISCAL YEAR 1977
MONTH
1977
F/Y - 1976
July
$
550,000.00
$
550,000.00
August
575,000.00
450,000.00
September
525,000.00
620,000.00
October
450,000.00
450,000.00
November
480,000.00
375,000.00
December
525,000.00
204,313.00
January
525,000.00
515,000.00
Fel-ruary
375,000.00
475,000.00
March
375,000.00
525,000.00
April
275,000.00
200,000.00
May
175,000.00
300,000.00
June
350,000.00
505,000.00
Totals
$
180 000.00
313.00
169
Personnel: 87
DEPA R TMENT OF LAW
128,
Operating Appropr
tion:
1, X04. 488
The Governor subrnitted ninety-six bills to the Legislature, of which
eighty -one were drafted by the Legislative Section of the Department
Law. The other fifteen
-e e budget bills.
The section also analyzed 204
bills passed b
egislature and prepared statements that explained
the Cove
or
to the forty-eight bills he vetoed.
Among the more significant bills that originated with the Executive
branch were those to confer legislative approval of a contract with Hess
Oil and the Virgin Islands Port Authority concerning a container port for
St._ Croix, and an amend
the "Anti-C
o the criminal code that became known as
Act".
The container port has been in proposal form
for many years and it
hoped that this approval will result in the
beginning of construction by early next year.
In the past, when aGovernor's bill ea__ e to the floor of the Legislature,
the Assistant Attor
y General appeared to explain and answer questions.
The Twelfth 1_,
'slat
however, eliinated the function of the Legisla-
tive Section by an amen
amendment to its rules.
The Civil and Administrative Law Division was handling sornc 300 court
cases at the end of the year in local and Federal courts
11 as the
Supreme Court.
This total does not include litigation har dled by staff
16 9
129.
attorneys assigned
various Governrrnent departments and agencies.
I4owever, all future litigation will be reflected in case figures as all Law
Department attorneys are now required to obtain a civil division number
for each file.
The collection ask force created last year continued its efforts with
increased emphasis.
The attorney in charged worked with various depart-
ments and agencies in setting up procedures to recover a greater portion
of monies owed'to
Government than had been recovered in the past.
Cases that involved large amounts
f money or complex issues were
handled by the head
the task force.
particular progress was made
the areas of Small Business Development Agency loans, housing rnort-
gages, hospital bills, scholarship loans and drinking water bills.
There
also was a substantial increase in the collection of enemployrrient
insurance premiums from
ployers.
Two t ajor contracts o which the division devoted considerable hours
of legal work were those for the Virgin Islands Refining Co. for con-
truction and operation of the second oil refinery in St. Croix, and for
the south shore (St. Croix) electric generating plant of the Virgin Islands
Water and Power Authority.
Work on developing uniform contracts neared completion.
This
ject is expected to result in better protection for Government interests
130,
through better quality contracts and a substantial reduction of
required to process them.
Among the several cases brought before the Government Employees
Service Corr
one which could have far-reaching effe
The case concerns
n action brought by an H-2 alien who sought to over-
turn a statute that permits
esident to replace a non-resident alien on
a job,
The District Court
ssed the action and it was appealed to
the Third Circuit Court where argun nt was heard in April. An airacus
curiae brief was submitted by the U. S. Attorney General who argued
that the statute does interfere with Federal laws.
The Court had not
handed down a decision at year's end.
The thirty per cent
hholding tax rule was put in jeopardy by the
Third Circuit in a case in which the Court for the first time concluded
ts.
that the "mirror in the
or" theory is in effe
a "two-way rnir
In essence, the decision said that payments by Virgin Islands subsidiaries
of mainland parent companies were not subject to the thirty per cent
withholding by the Virgin Islands Government. The Department of Fina
stated that this decision could force the Government to return
e $20
million collected over the past several years and eliminate the source of
me $4. 5 million tae money per year.
The Department filed a sugge
ce
for rehearing by the Third Circuit Court and was considering an
ppe-1 to
the Supreme Court.
A related case appeared to be developing that would test the dis-
allowance by the Government of mainland dependents of island residents.
Such dependents are disallowed because
nder the "
irr it theory" they
are considered non-resident aliens.
The division worked on
ore than seventy-three other tax cases,
seventeen of which were settled for nearly $2. 75 million.
The number of criminal and traffic cases filed for processing by the
Criminal and Family Law Division declined significantly compared to 1976.
Criminal cases totalled 777, down from 840 and traffic
dropped to
8, 876 from 11, 925.
Tire number of criminal cases that were disposed of
totalled 791 compared to 882 for 1976, and the number of traffic cases was
one less than the 1976 figure of 6, 056.
The Narcotics and Investigation Division reported that eighty-six
arests were made for violation of laws on controlled substances.
There
were seventeen convictions.
While nnarijuana was still easy to obtain,
trafficking in cocaine and heroin was up sixty-five per cent.
Marijuana
turnover did not change but some new drugs such as amyl nitrate, liquid
methadone and liquid cocaine appeared.
The Office of the Marshal received 21, 636 su
noes of various
types, served 19, 675 and collected $199, 687.
X11 figures represent
declines from the previous year.
172
Marshals continued to be used as security guards at several public
schools and were also assigned to night guard duty at a building housing
five Government operations, including
Territorial Court and the public
television station.
The number of cases subn-itted to the Office of the Medicalrr finer
and C
Laboratory decreased during tii
year but the number of tests
increased, especially those related to narcotics.
'Thy
e re 1 297
samples submitted for analysis, and 106 autopsies were performed, a
decrease from the. 173 of last year.
133.
1975-'76
ST. CROIX
1976-'77
ST. CROIX
DIFFERENCE
iminal Cases Filed:
605
575
30-
Tried:
194
252
62+
Disposed:
495
5C1
69+
Traffic Cases
Filed:
5,281
4,147
1,134-
Tried:
1,236
3,427
2,191+
Disposed:
4,033
3,713
320-
Pre ration Hours:
Court Hours
urt Days:
684.5
965.5
319.5
293
839.15
275.5
391.15+
126.15+
44.0+
Litter Cases Filed:
-0-
1
1+
Tried:
16
1
15-
Disposed:
16
1
.,_
15-
FIVAILY
Juvenile
s Filed:
110
130
20+
Tried:
28
72
44+
Disposed:
69
53
16-
Support Cases Piled;
289
203
86-
Tried:
719
406
313-
Disposed:
82
52
30-
Preparation Hours:
153
118.45
34.15-
Court Hours:
202
447.15
245.15+
Court Days:
128
102
26-
Support Mbney Received:
$498,006.23
$505,778.21
$ 7,771.98+
Disbursed:
461,546.98
515,326.47
53,779.49+
TV-D Program
Received):
-0-
44,361.94
Visitor's:
2,266
2,059
207-
Interviews:
2,266
1,57
689+
Misdemeanors to District
-0-
38
38
134,
STATISTICAL DATA
1975-'76
THOMAS
1976-'77
ST. T
DIFFE
Criminal Case
Filed:
235
202
33-
Tried:
167
117
50-
Disposed:
387
227
160-
Traffic Cases
Filed:
6,644
4,729
1,915-
Tried:
412
482
70+
Disposed:
2,023
2,342
319+
Lawyer: Preparation Hours:
1,652.45
1,369.55
282.50-
Court Hours:
806.25
1,024.31
218.06+
Court Days:
315
319
4+
Litter
led:
28
7
21-
ied:
8
1
7-
posed:
6
3
3-
FAMILY
Juvenile Cases Filed:
86
91
5+
Tried:
70
45
25-
Disposed:
135
108
27-
ses
lad:
225
312
87+
_ied:
515
304
221-
sposed:
801
422
379-
La
Preparation Hours:
511.5
395.0
116.5-
Hours:
315.40
180.15
135.25
Days:
182
133
49-
Money
Received:
$419,203.60
$398,657.99
$20,545.61-
Disbursed:
413,895.88
414,427.37
531.49+
IVED Progi
Received):
-0-
45,652.06
Visitors:
4,008
3,542
466-
Interview
3,311.9
3,062.12
248.57-
Misdemeanors
District
16
7
9-
District Court Days:
10
38
28+
-L I d
Personnelt 67
OFFICE OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Operating Appropriation:
$1, 002, 000
The annual statictical sure aries of the various functions of the Office
of the Lieutenant Governor, p-rticularly those relating to deeds and other
records concerning real property, banking and insurance activities and
registration of business names, serve as a fairly accurate barometer of
the economic conditions of the Territory.
In general, the barometer
indicated improvements.
The number of deeds and
r legal instruments recorded totalled
18,597, an increase of 3, 3Z9 from the previous year. St. Croix alone
recorded 10,612 of this nurnbe r and its increase was 3,143.
Banks and
other lending institutions, including local and Federal Government
agencies, issued 758 mortgages totalling $26,3 million, an increase of
just over $5 million from the year before.
There were 266 ne
rnprovernents and additions toprovements
appraised and added to the tax rolls by the Tax Assessor's Office,
In
addition, about 200 new subdivisions were recorded to the tax reaps
and made part of the tax rolls,
Taxes collected totalled $8. 65 million compared to $8 79 million for
1976.
Assessments were also down slightly, but 30,217 tax bills were
issued, an increase from 29,397.
The drop in ax collections was due to
136,
the increases in the number of exemptions granted to veterans and for
homesteads and farm land.
During the laf,t half of the year more than 2, 000 appeals were processed
for the Board of Tax 1.eview. About fifty per cent were withdrawn after
explanations were given foi
ncreased assessments.
However, con-
siderable time was spent in preparing documents and other materials for
presentation to the Board.
The number
f appeals will probably be greatly reduced in the future
as the implementation of the 1975 reassessment will more closely reflect
the actual value of real property multiplied by the ratio of sixty per cent
to the assessment factor.
The Insurance Division reviewed and approved 3, 158 policy forms, and
certificates to do businePs in the Territory were issued to nine new
insurance companies, including the first domestic insurer to be registered
by the office.
One company
ew from solicitation and licenses were
issued to 487 insurance company representatives.
The volume of business reported by all insurance companies totalled
$22.5 million, which was an increase of 16.4 per cent over 1976.
The
increase was due primarily to compliance with the compulsory automobile
insurance law, which became effective in 1976.
The compulsory requirement continues to he controversial.
Opponents
favor repeal, claiming that the law
not being properly administered and
of those insured contend that revisions should be addressed t
restrictions on company action in setting rates and quotas lir
of classes and risks.
At the :lose of the year there were four national banks,
one savings and loan association and one small loan associat
thirty-three branches throughout the Territory. The loan as
began operations during the year aad is the first in the Virgi:
Federal Deposit Insurance Cork
p.-ation, which in 1975 took 0.
local bank when it could not meet its obligations, closed its c
could not find take-over interests after the two year statutor.
operations.
Time and savings deposits of individuals, partnerships a]
decreased to $252.3 million from $544.4 million of 1976]
Dc]
increased from. $55.3 million to $60. 7 million and assets dec
$664.3 million from $826 million.
The Corporate and Trade Nai es Division registered 783
names during the year, a decrease from the 866 registration
before.
Certificates of -;..,corporation were issued to thi ty-r
269 domestic companies in 1976.
The number of companies i
Personnel:
52
PERSONNEL OFFICE
Operating Appropriation: $90
139.
The Personnel Office, with a Federal grant, began a
o-year project
to rriodernize the Government's empinyee merit syster i by i iplernen
several recommendations wade earli r by the Intergovern
ntal Personn.el
Programs Division of the U. S. Civil Service Corcimissir
A psychu.-
trietrician, assigned by the Co mission, coordinated the initial efforts,
which resulted in the following accomplishments:
Revision of personnel rules and regulations, which now include the
promotional plan; development of an affirmative action plan for all grant
in
id agencies; completion of several chapters of a personnel
nual ; stall
training in job analysis and d'veloprnent of classification principles, and
partial computerization of retirement records and establishrm n! 01 a tele
processing system. A master file of 8,700 _members of the
Ai rcrnent
system was built.
The classification and compensation section processed and issued 142
notices of position reallocation and conducted 238 desk audits, a significant
increase over the seventy-four audits conducted during the previous year.
Other activities included job analysis and class-ification audit of CETA
positions; construction of six proposed pay schedules using the Federal
mini nui
2 30 as base pay; completion of a classification study f
Department of Agriculture, and addition of a step to pay schedules to
accommodate employees who
-ere at the top of their range for a period
of one year or more.
The recruitment and exa
'.on section conducted. 2,455 evaluations,
1, 230 examinations and made 1,016 appoi nt- ents to positions.
The group health insurance program had 7,373 participating employees
and 304 retirement employees.
Premiums paid totalled $1.3 million and
benefit claims were $668, 380.
The total amount of insurance in force was
89 million for non-con :ibutory life; $19.3 million for contributory life, and
$108.4 million for accidental death and dismember -_ent.
The new health plan with Prudential Life Insurance Go.- became effective
on December ist and during the first six months there was a greater aware-
nels of the availability of benefits and cooperation improved in the submission
of enrollment records and docu-- --;riv and the submission :end settlement of
claims.
Under the new piz
-am, benefit payments are made directly
from the Personnel Office,
The retirement system j counted $69.8 million in assets at the end cif t,ij.e
year compared to $58. 2 at the end of the previous year.
The number of
former Government employees
tree retirement rolls grew to 789 from
673 in 1976.
The combined retirement and pension disburse
disbursements totalled
jus under $3
on.
There were 3, 869 personalko.Ls to Iten-thers of the r tirernent system
141.
t carne to $7. 2 million, and 117 new
ortgages were approved a7-noun
Ig
more than
million, which brought the r
tgage portfolio to
$10. 4 million.
Refunds to those who left the system before retirement
amounted to $600,412.
New investment of retirement system funds totalled $11 -million,
million of
hich went for the purchase of bonds, $3. 5 million in leans
to the Government, and $2. 5 for the purchase of certificates of deposit.
182
DEPARTMENT GF PROPERTY AND PROCUREMENT
Personnel: 117
Operating Appropriation:
$1, 371, 230
142_.
The purchasing power of
Government was strengthened significantly
during the year by moving the buying responsibility of the Department of
Education to the Division of Procurement and Supply of the Department of
Property and Procurement. The consolidation involved the transfer of
six employees.
However, certain purchasing procedures must be modified
before the operation can be considered fully integrated.
A survey initiated by ht: Department of the number and location of
copying machines in various Government offices indicated that a consolida-
tion could result in reduced expenses.
A proposal, submitted by the
major supplier of copie, was put into effect with an anticipated annual
savings of $80, 000.
The scope of work of the Divi
nourement and Supply can be
n the fact that it processed 3, 234 p=rchase orders during the year
fora dollar value of $6.8 million, i
comp tired to 2,630 orders in the
unt of $5. 2 million for the previous; year.
Eleven construction
contracts were awarded totalling $3 6 million.
Of particular interest was
the Federa lly funded contract for $500, 000 to build the Government motor
pool.
A project that began serer ' years ago, to establish a file that slio-
143.
the dollar value of a commodity and methods of buying for other Govern-
ment agencies, was completed.
This file should provide ready information
on which to base future purchases for optimum results.
Acquisition of real property, a function of the Division of Property,
increased rr arkedly as the result of a road construction program sponsored
by the Federal Highway Administration.
T:
which acts as the
acquisition agent for the Departrnent of Public Works, must approve
pLrchasc s where Federal participation is involved in road construct
n.
In addition, property valued at Sl. 6 was purchased for other public uses,
The Division, in its responsibility for the review and app;
ral of all
space requiremcr, s of Government departn ents and agencies, processed
178 contracts for twenty-
r
agencies.
It also mar.
commercial prop
owned by the Government t:
'.1usiness and
leased to pr
users, which involved 104 contracts that were either permit agreements
or long term leases.
The eychango of employees between the letterpress and offset sections
of the Division of Printing began during the year in an effort to have
pressmen become knowledgeable in the opc:rai:ion of both types of printing
techniques.
The letterpress section, which was able to reduce the time for any
n job from two weeks to one, produced 3,786,854 impressions during
144.
the-year, an increase of more
over
!o
Ta offset
section printed 3,691,901pieces for twen_. -eig
erteiuF
inc.;
of nearly one million from
frond the previous year.
A new social service program that provides transportation fog the
elderly was placed in the Division of Transportation.
This $100,000
Federal effort provides transportation for service workers to the homes
of the elderly and handicapped who are unable to travel., and for 500
older persons to facility areas.
There are twenty -one vehicles in this
senior
izens "mini motor pool".
There were 2, 080 appeals to the Tax Review Board,. a 475 per cent
increase over the number fc
1976. The v
increasing number of
appeals are due primarily to legislation relating to the assessment and
review of real property and has placed a tremendous burden upon the
board.
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
Per: onnel: 721
Operating Appro
tion:
$10, 908, 476
One of the encouraging developments concerning the Department of
Public Safety was the seven per cent drop in the number of known juvenile
crimes from the year before and a thirteen per cent decrease in the
number of young people involved.
In the major
e area there was a heartening decrease in the number
of horn icides, btu the number of cases of rape and felonious assault in-
creased.
Burglary and robbery incidents also increased but auto thefts
were down by large numbers.
The number of grand larceny reports were
up less than one per cent.
Overall, the number of
o
increased
by only six per cent for both islands, compared to a
n per cent
increase for St. Thomas/St. 'ohn and a thirty
ne _
cent ncrease for
St. Croix during the previous year.
One of the more visahL. -op!1.-ation
e Depar
Section of the Police Division.
This Sccti n `,cceircd and investigated
the Patrol
15, 614 complaints, filed 615 court cases, issued 7,246 traffic tickets and
made 654 arrests, compared respectively to 19,669, 3,553,
1, and
729 for fiscal year 1976.
Twenty-four hour pa' :rots and plainclothes teams were asi i ed to
g
high crime areas in both St. Thomas and St. Croix, with a noticeable
decline in crimes and an increase in the number of arrests in these
sections.
In an effort to reduce daytime burglaries in several rurz,11
areas, officers were re- deployed and juvenile officers were as
to impound improperly licensed bicycles, as it appeared that they
were used in co
rg these crimes,
The effectiveness of this Section
greatly improved with
the implementation of an anti - crime squad on a pe
anent basis and
sector patrols to shorten response time to calls for aid.
The Criminal Investigation Section reorganized the operation in St.
Croix by naming a new Acting Chief Investigator and by combining the
Identification Unit, which was part of the Investigation Unit,
h the
146.
records function lo form the Records, Identificeion and Cornrnunicatic ns
Section.
As part
.f the reorganiza
n, a new reporting and record
keeping system was created which included a thorough and complete
recording of the Unit's daily.
rating form for investigators was also initiated.
Relations
hly and annual results. A new
nthly
S. Attorney's Office improved with he
implementation o
"case feedback" form,
hi h enabled the Section
and the Federal office to keep abreast of all cases sent for prosecution.
The form also indicated errors that might have been made th
the
147.
investigation by the investigation officer of t4 c p ro ecu
ttnrney.
Members of the Investigation Section attended fiVo s
inars or
training courses that totalled 188 hours of class vfork.
Du-
the Section handled 4,970 cases and rnadt-'293 arrests.
The Traffic Section registered 31, 974 vehicle,
zn increase from
447 registrations during the previous year.
Inspection fees totalled
$1,247,475 compared to $1, 141, 206.
The Section also issued 8,156
permanent and 35,495 tern
temporary drivers licenses.
The high propo r-
tion of temporary perrnits
as in past years, were issued to visitors who
used rental ears.
During the reporting period there were 4,185 auto accidents that
resulted in 991 injuries and fifteen fatalities.
These figures comp ared
respectively to 3, 776, 786 and nineteen for 1976.
Traffic tickets tot,s-lled
6,177 compared to 8,525 fcor 1976.
A Highway Safety Reporting and Coordina
Unit was initiated
responsibility for all highway safety functions of the Depa rtrnent.
'1 le
rk of this Unit
as r'espunsible for the Department receiving $490,000
in Federal funds for continuation 6.-,d expansion of this t:Cfort.
A folio
he development of a
c records system to assist the
Department personnel with their
val a ion and management of traffic
safety programs. The Selective Traffic Enfc.r
T- rograrn, which
1
1118,
was put into effect by the end of last year to irorove programti
reduce highway injuries and fatalities, was continued with added emphasis.
the School Crossing Guard Program, which is part of the Traffic
3L7ztion
was refined into a cost effective operation that provided protec-
tion only during times when children were on their way to or from school
The reduction of actual working hours proNided greater coverage at the
many crossings.
A Task Force was created by the Motor Vehicle Inspection Uni
study and make recommendations for legislation on nrohis.s is relating to
vehicle safety.
Among the :.ncommendation
were ye
and inspection
of vehicles, semi-annual inspection of
+uses
buses and e
cy vehicles,
mandatory visual tests for the initial and renewal
and a
uirement to take a
river's licenses,
n examl
on for renewal.
venile Section handled 1,168 comnl ints :!volving 1,675 juveni.
and
253 court -uses.
Counselling was provided to 1,185 who were
later
232
ref erred to the Department of Social Welfare
and eightee, -04e
e placed in cu Cody.
As noted ea-li -7 the
ber of
juvenile crimes and those involved, both declined in numbers from 1976.
The declin=1 in anti-social behavior of juveniles can be attributed
directly to increased foot and mctor patrols in high-incidence areas, hInrd
Fly to the marry community programs that were conducted by Section
officers and members oi the Police Athletic League. Among these activities
e speaking engagc:rnents before
ivic organizations and schools, arts and
crafts prograrrls, formation of a steel band, sports activities and a kite
flying contest.,
Instruction on juvenile delinquency was r
de a per lanent part of th
Police Academy
ain rig program and a
lace
antral for police
ic-
dealing with delinquents was prey a-
be used as a training manual
for all new officers.
A Special Operations Section vas established during the year through
the reorganization of the St. Thon-as Patrol Bureau that place mot -e emphasis
on patrol activities.
This Section
as responsibla for all aspek t.s rf the
jail and inmate activity as well
the operation .?
f
Ae Home
Guard, School Crossing Guards, Court Liaison Officer, the Mounted and
Cycle Patrols.
It is interesting to note that
areas covered by Mounted Patrols .
e Fire Division took delivery of a number of Hatch needed vehicles,
inclading a quick attack pumper, an a.. rial ladder pumper truck and a
_d the
Division and included pcirrniss
to de.nclish and raa.
;tioas
reported in
trac
Legislatic
s introduced and .pasaed that
structures and updating
'ire Prey '-,
n Code.
Firefighters
andled 1, 887 fires during the vcar, almost double the
numbe
976, and responded to 130 false al
150,
twenty-five snore than
the year before.
Estim ated fire losses totalled $847, 079 in St. Croix and
$1,386,900 for St. Thomas /St
John,
Fire prevention efforts included 866 inspections, 903 special and re-
inspections, issuance of 401 violations (331 of vvhi4 were corrected) and
cyders for 83 demolitions.
Various training programs attended by Di
n personnel covered all
aspects of firefighting, first aid, arson detection, explosive and incendiary
devices, and it is expected that courses will soon be taught at the College
of the Virgin Islands that lead to a fire
cie c degree.
The Correction Division instituted a rehabilitation program by
forty inmates for placement in various _e els of an adult education program.
From initial enrollment of twenty-five in three levels, five took and passed
the general education development test and will be awarded high school
equivalency diplomas. A vocational training program
funded by a grant
from the Law Enforcement Planning Cornrnissi on, also got underway and
offered instruction in agriculture, automotive mechanics and body repair
and building maintenance.
The program had thirty-seven i.nn ate enrollees or
thirty - fouir per cent of the prisoners in the.St. Croix facility.
To improve working relationships between inmates and staff, classes
were conducted in interpersonal relationships, group dynamics, and sensitivity
151.
training for forty-seven correctional officers.
The 492 hours
n
li
tion was given by a te=am cf psychologists, penologists and lawyers
Puerto Rico.
At the close of the year there were 128 inmates at Lhe
Correctional Facility in St. Croix and thirty-six in the Fort Christian jail
in S t.
`homas ,
Halfway through. the year,
Prosecutor's Investigation th_
which
was created by
grant fro
_
the Law
nforcen,ent Planning Corn nission,
was put under the adrnin st
of the Commissioner 's office,
T he name
was changed to Special Investigation Unit and the responsibilities realigned
to meet the demands for an effective intelligence and info rrnatior gathering
group within the Depart
ent.
During the fourth quarter, fifty -ore new police recruits were hired,
the first additions to be
ice Division since 197:5.
1 2
Fe rsonnels
1, 253
DEPARTMENT CF FUBL1IC WORI(S
Operating App
$1_, 388, 190
Activity accelerated during the year in nearly all areas of the Depart-
ment of Public Works, at'
ulated primarily by several programs funded
by the Federal Highway Administration, the Urban Ma ss Transportation
_Administration, Department of Housing and Urban Development and by
grants from the Economic Development Ad
inistration.
Additional road routes were accepted into the Federal system and the
total mileage now eligible for Federally aided improvements is 179. 5,
an increase of 147. 7 over the original 314 8 miles. A total Of 3. 1
i.iles of
private roads were accepted y the Government into the public cyst
27 road construction plans were completed and 15. 7 miles of new r
were constructed.
Applications were submitted for a Community Development Block Gran
and to h Virgin Islands Public Works Acceleration Authority for funds to
acquire land and for relocaticin expenses for a right -of -way near he St.
Thomas airport.
The cost is estimated at IP1.
million, seventy per cent
of which would be reimbursed by the Federal 1-figirway Administration
The block grant application was still pending at the end of the yea
the acceleration authority application was approved and the necessary loan
agreement drafted.
The Federal Highway Administr tion approved an
ki
application of $852, 000 for
right-of-way project of
t. Croix,
The Bureau. of Roads, in addition to its building a.. n s
urfacing
activity, striped 346. 3 miles of roads on three islands and installed
1,637 traffic signs.
The work was done with the aid of the highway
agency under a separate in-house program.
Grants amounting to $608, 008 from the Virgin Islands Of
figh-
v-y Safety were used to apTly engineering principles to control traffic
conditions and the installation of route markers and kilometer posts
to aid in the prompt location of accidents.
As the result of a study of mass transportation eomp1eterl last year,
a preapplication for
5 million for the first phase of a three -year
$5.6 million grant program was submitted to the Urban Mass Tra sgorta-
tion Administrat
to improve such facilities. If approved, the first
phase funds will be made available to the islands' two bus companies to
Purchase twenty -two 36- passenger buses
and fou 24-gassenger buses,
all equipped to accommodate the elderly a.ild handicapped. The local share
of the first phases is a cash contribution of $700 000 to be paid by the bus
companies. A I.TMTA grant of $115, 000 was received for the purchase of
twelve specially equipped vehicles to serve the elderly- and han4 ca-oped.
The local share will be $'S 500.
Application was made to the Economic Development Administration for
1 4
illion grant to con5t.ruct a section of the crimina
house he Depart]
ns became necessary because the total estimated cost of $9 million
J
154.
ice building to
public Safety.
Construction of the co nplex by
exceeded the arnc unt the Eat\ could
pp
e.
The facility will also house
the Department of Law and the Territorial Court.
Other EDA grants that have been received included $585, 937 for a motor
pool; $394, 083 for a juvenile detention center on St. Croix, and $3.1 million
for an elementary school on St. Croix.
The number,of building permits issu ed during the year reflected a
significant increase in building activity,
There were 523 permits issued
in St. Thomas and St. John for an estimated construction value of $16. 5
million, an increase of 17. 5 per cent over i°76. In St. Croix, a total of
357 were
d with etirnated construction costs of $$17. 9 million, an
increase of 55. 5 per cent over the previous year.
The Division of Project Design a -td li ngineering provided architectural
and engineering design services for twenty-eight p
cts, mostly for
renovations of various Government br ildlings, construction of sewer ines
and for an elementary school.
The
ion of Construction. repaired or
:wined thirty-five Government facilities and was involved in thirteen
construction prc
including an elementary school on St. Croix
well
as sidewalks, walls and a cemetery and chapel.
19
The Division of Utilities and Sanitation laid approximately 15, 534
feet of potable water lines, 13, 074 of which were in St. Croix.
Potable
water distributed in St. Thomas totalled 677. 5 million gallons, 588 million
gallons of which were pumped to consumers and public standpipes.
Approxi lately eighty-four million gallons were delivered by' tank trucks
to public housing and private purchasers.
St.
784. 4 mIlion gallons.
The salt water system, used primarily for fighting fires, was improved
with the laying of 1,500 feet of pipe on both islands, the rebuilding of two
pumping stations on St. Thomas which increased the output capacity by
several hundred gallons per minute, the replacement of thirty -five
hydrants, relocation of nine and the installation of six new ones.
The waste water section on St. Thomas opt'rated one primary treatment
plant, two
ai lift stations, six package lift stations, seven package
ibution totalled
eatment plants and five pneumatic
stations.
The primary plant,
rated at 3. 4 million gallons per day, treated an average daily load of 2
million gallons.
Operations in St. Croix included one primary and two
secondary treatment plants and fourteen lift stations.
Total waste water
handled was approximately 1. 45 million gallons.
The sanitation section in St Thomas collected and disposed
3,666
tons of solid waste. In addition to its regular routes, it handled collections
156.
eas previously cant
eted to private haulers,
The St. Crsoix total ors s
0, 761.
Private haulers collected 5, 277 tons of this on-lolant.
PUBLIC SERVICES
ISSION
The Public Services Commission has
gulatory jurisdiction over
seven companies that operate the telephone system, bus transportation,
ferryboats between St. Thomas and St. John, a private water supply
utility, which
also produces water through various desalting processes.
In addition,
a- ehouse
service and the authority that ope rat s the public
it has information gathering 3u i
'on ov-
the doe
157.
operations of the West Indian Company, Ltd.
During the year the Commission conducted ten regular and five special
rnee tings, five public and two formal hearings and
de two court
appearances.
It also met with the Legislature's Committees on Govern-
ment Operations and Public Safety and with the Water and Power Authority
governing board.
A total. of twenty-five formal orders were
which affected all of
the companies under the Co
sign's jurisiction.
The telephone
company was assessed $5,000 for investigations
1 tive to their applica-
tion to the Industrial Incentive Comission for continued tax exemption.
Rate increases were permitted for one bus company and the private
water utility, while a rate decrease was pew itted for the other bus company.
Rates were also established for the two ferryboat companies.
Project
Federal Highway Administration:
SRS 0005(001) - Striping and
Marking of Public Roads in the
Virgin Islands (392. 07 miles)
SRS 0005 (002) - Highway Traffic
Signing Program
VI-HPR-0001 (006) -7_ Highway
Planning & Research Program
000S (001) - Redesign of Eleven
High Hazard Intersections on
St. Thomas
TER 0001 (003) - Design of 4-lane
Highway from Crown Mt. Inter-
section to Harry S. Truman Airport
Access Road and College of the V. I.
St. Thomas (1.5 miles)
TER 0001 (004) - Design of 4-lane
Highway, Windward Passage Hotel
to Raphune Will, St. Thomas
(2.5 miles)
TER 0001 (006) - Right-of-Way
Acquisition, Crown Mt. Intersec-
tion to Harry S. Truman Airport
Access Road, St. Thomas (.6 mile)
199
ALLY-AID D PROJECTS
Status
Es tirnated
Project. Cost
Completed
Nov. ,
1977
273, 487.36
Continuation
Program
278,129.72
Continua Lion
Program
62, 739 00
Design in
Progress
33, 715.00
65% Complete
180, 000.00
47J4 Complete
279, 783. 00
Acquisition in
Progress
693, 231.00
FEDERALLY -AIDED PROJECTS
P o
et
Lederiministration:
SRS 0005(001) . Striping and
Marking of Public Roads in the
Virgin Islands (392.07 miles)
SRS 0005 (002) - Highway Traffic
Signing Program
VI-HPR-0001 (006) .! Highway
Planning & Research Program
0005 (001) - Redesign of Eleven
High Hazard Intersections on
St. Thomas
TER 0001 (003) - Design of 4-lane
Highway from Crown Mt. Inter.
section to Harry S. Trunan Airport
Access Road and College of the V, I,
St. Thomas (1, 5 miles)
TER 0001 (004) - Design of 4-lane
Highway, Windward Passage Hotel
to Raphune Hill, St. Thomas
(2.5 miles)
TER 0001 (006)
Right-of-Way
Acquisition, Crown Mt. Intersec-
tion to Harry S. Truman Airport
Access Road, St. Thomas (. 6 mile)
199
Status
fl;,..,mo4
Estimated
Fundlig
project Coat
Local
Federal
Completed
Nov.
, 1977
$
273 487.36
Services
Continuation
Program
278 129. 72
$
52, 855, 00
Continuation
Program
62 739, 00
18, 822, 00
Design in
Progress
33, 715.00
3, 371 50
65% Complete
180, 000.00
54, 000. 00
47% Complete
279, 783, 00
83, 936.00
Acquisition in
Progress
693 231,00
207,970.00
273,487
6
225, 274, 72
43, 917 .00
30,343,50
126 000.00
195, 848. 00
485 261
0
in
Status
PR OS EC TS
Estimated
Funding
Ei2jps11:2ilt
Local
Federal
TER 1001 (005) . Design of 4lane
Highway from Sion Farm to Chris.
tlinsted, St, Croix (2.9 miles)
95% Complete
$
126, 255.00
$
37, 867, 50
$
BS, 357, 50
* TER 1001 (006) - Construction of
Cross Island Highway, Diamond
80% Complete
to Bethlehem, St. Croix (2.853 rni,
TER 1002 (001) . Design of 41arie
Highway from Slob & Centerline
road to Cross Island Highway_ , St,
Design in
Croix (, &3 mile)
Progreso
TER 1002 (002)
Design of
Christiansted B y. Pas s
2.1a,ne
Highway from East End Road to
Orange grove and Herman Hill
St. Croix (Z. 2 miles)
95% Complete
Urban Mass l'rarninistration
VI 03.0001 . Transportation for
12 Vehicles
the Elderly and the Handicapped
Bid Invitation
Advertised
7, 080; 00
612, 435, 00
3,194, 545, 00
60. 00
17, 418 00
40, 642, 00
300.00
78,00
182r 00
.
0
143, 150, 00
28, 750 00
115, 000, 00
This project 100% funded by Federal Highway Administration due to unavailability of 30% local share;
the local share is being repaid to FHWA in annual installments over a three year period,
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Project
FEDERALLY-AIDED PROJECTS
Status
Economic Develo rrient Administration:
01-51-06025 - Construction of Motor
Pool Complex, St. Thomas
01 -51- 0602,6'
Construction of
Evelyn Williams El ementary
School, St. Croix
01-51-06027 - Construction of
Juvenile Correctioz1 Facility,
St. Croix
Environmental Protection Agency
L0-02123010
= Solid Waste Manage-
ment Planning Program for the
Virgin Islands
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Estimated
Funding
Project Cost
Local
Federal
Started 5/77
Started 5177
Started 6/77
Completed FY/77
$
585,
2, 714
394,
40,
937, 00
000.00
083, 36
335. 00
.0-
$
585, 937
2, 714, 000.
0-
394, 083,
20 335.00
20, 000.
00
00
6
00
2u4
Personnel: 481
DEFA TMEr T
F'
c
IA
WELFA
©peratiing App repriati
A major objective of the Department of Social Welfare, to eliminate
the discriminatory provisions of the Social Security Act, which re stricts
al funding for Territorial welfare programs, gained sortie headway
zing the year,.
These provisions require the Virgin Islands Govdrnment
to pay nearly seventy per cent of the cost of welfare while states pay as
little as thirty per cent, and forces t, a Department to maintain an in-
adequate public assistance benefit level
d limits the expansion of social
service programs.
Midway in the year, the Virgin Islands delegate to Congress in
oducet
legislation to amend the Social Security Act to eliminate the unfavorable
provisions.
Subsequently, a subcommittee of the Hot Se Way
and Means
o
ttee, in developing legislation to amend various
fare programs,
included three important provision
for th
'Virgin Islands: I) elimination
of the Federal ceiling on pa rne.n
public as
a c
3
the Supplemental Security Income Program to the territories,
of
tablish-
merit of an entitlement of $500, 000 under ' 'itle XX. This was the first tirrie
since public assistance was extended to the
rgin Islands twenty -five years
ago that legislation has been. proposed to
te the payees t limit.
20,
162.
The Governor, Commissioner rf the Department and head of systems,
methods and prograns
the Department, testified in support of the
legislation before the
ubcdxrumittee.
Although the Title XX provision vas
substantially weakened, the
the
provisions were sent to the full.
corrnxnittee, then to the House where they were passed.
The legislation
was still pending at the end of the year in the Senate Finance Committee
where there appeared to be some support.
Plans for a juvenile facility on St. Croix were initiated and folio
by the appointment of an inter -al advisory board for the development of a
juvenile justice program, with the Co
sioner as its chairperson-
IS
comprehensive plan for a correctional rehabilitation center was developed
and legislation was drafted for a Youth Services Administration which
would b
1.1
re spuilb 110
cno,
ortA rA Hon
detention
facilities, half-way houses and rehabilitation and probation services.
ices.
The total value of food stamps issued during the year
as $15.6
n,
an increase of slightly
ore than $1 million.
Value of bonus coupono
totalled $11.
million, also an increase of just over $1 million.
The
average number of individuals who benefited from
frorr this program was
5, 036,
an increase of approximately 1, 000 over last year. There co tir ed, how-
ever, td be a gap between the number of households certified to participate
and those who actually purchased stamps.
20
163,
The nutrition program for the elderly, which was supported by a ninety
r cent Federz-,1 grant under the Older Americans Act, exceed d
projected goal of serving 700 meals per day. The proA a
provides
meal a day at congregation sites as well as "meal-on-wheels,' to the
bound.
This year the program was e
ar ded with an additional $198, 349
in Federal funds, which brought the tota.I grant to $507, 724.
A second income maintenance unit was set up in the St. Thomas /5t.
John district to determine the eligibility for persons seeking assistance
under Federal and local welfare programs. This resulted in a better
distribution
f the approximately 1, 000 cases in the district, with the
worker case ratio being reduced to
ighty-five compared to the high of
180 to 208 a year ago. 7 17../a d the end of the year, a concentrated effort
tlic 220 rave rdtle cases-
come maintenance error rate.
pictted, which helped to reduce the
The Division of Paternity and Child Support,
hich began
at the beginning of the fourth quarter of last year, was able to collect
$145, 000 from an average of 156 cases.
This wad a twenty -five per /-s_ent
increase in the number of absent parents who made monthly Tayments to
minor dependents, but did not reflect
se
the
and amount
of collections.
Failure to increase collections, iri spite
derall
pressure, was due in part to the fact that only twenty-five per cent of tl the
2 u
164,
1,600 absent parent cases -- the majority of which are included in the Aid
to Families with Dependent Children program -- have current court orders
and only a third of these made monthly payments.
The Division of Social Services administered a comprehensive program
of services through six different programs.
The I3u.reau of Day Care operated eight day care centers, had con-
tractural agreements with six private centers and maintained two pilot
projects for deaf and blind children.
Services were provided to 235
children,
Foster care and group home services were provided
300 youngsters.
A group home policy was developed to provide guidelines for further
development of the program.
A major achievement in the area was the
app- vat of new board rates, which were increased from $120 to $150 for
foster family care and from $210 to $240 for group care.
The work incentive unit had 263 registered clients.
The projected
goal for job placements was not
et due to he limited job market and
participants' lack of marketable skills.
Late in the year an agreement was
finally reached with CETA to provide jobs.
PretectiVe services were provided to fifteen child abuse and neglect
cases rid there were fifty-five in-home adoptions and ten agency place-
ments were processed.
208
165.
There was a four-fold increase, from 103 to 423, in active cases
handled by adult services.
This increase highlighted a gap in services,
especially for persons under sity including drug addicts, alcoholics, the
mentally retarded and emotionally disturbed.
The juvenile intake and probation units, funded by the Law Enforce-
ment Planning C
ission, handled 282 cases, a significant case load
growth, particularly in St. Thorax. The staff was successful in utilizing
programs as Sisters United, Big Brothers,
mouth Commission and CET i25 inproviding services to juvenile cases.
the res
es of such corn
,The vocational rehabilitation program operated four sheltered workshops
for the handicapped, two in St. Thomas and tvvo in St. Croix, as well as a
home bound activity in St. John.
These facilities provided evaluation,
personal adjustment and some vocational training to up to fifty clients.
The workshops also served at a place of employment for those too sever
handicapped to compete in the labor mark
The program also operated a retail store in the largest resort hotel
in St. Thomas that sold products of the workshops such as dolls. baskets
and jewelry. The products sold well and provided a source of income.
Plans were developed for the ope ration of a vending stand in the new Federal
building in St. Thomas and a blind person was trained for the operation by
the Jewish Guild for the Blind.
A major accomplishment of the Commission on Aging was t
ron
166,
tion
of six gerontology courses at the College of h
gin Islands that
uded
health, sociology, psychology, legal ethics, psychiatric mental health.
needs and a Bern ar on aging.
The eau
es vuere partially covered by
Federal funds.
A home repair project, designed to aid elderly citizens in repairing
and improving their homes, received national attention following a visit by
the Co
loner of the Federal Adn
a.tion on Aging and a report of
the project appeared in the Ad
nist
's newsletter.
Although
innovative and worthwhile, the cOmiission had difficulty in meeting all
goals for this effort due to unavailability of CETA funds to provide sufficient
manpower to carry out the repairs.
PUBLIC ASSI
ti
Old Age Assistance
Aid to Families with
Dependent Children
pDC-Emergancy Assistance
Aid to the Blind
Aid to the Disabled
SUB-TOTAL
Adminstration for Assistance
Total Federal Categories
Other A5sistance
Work Incentive Program-Child Care
General Assistance
Emergency Assistance
Emergency Welfare Assistance
Total Maintenance Assistance
Services and TrOAI
Social Services-Including
Day Care Protective Care
and Foster Care
Social Services-Work Incentive
Supportive Services-WIN
Training
Total Public Assistance
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PANCE EPENDITURES OF TI RN
FEDERAL FUNDS BY FUNCTION
Total
Federal
Share
V.I.
Share
Federal
Fn a4
Received
$
166,901
83,450
$
83,450
$
80,000
1,735,695
867,848
867,848
702,000
6,702
3#351
3.351
-0-
4,186
2,093
2,093
2,000
104,775
52,388
2._,387
16/000
$2,018,259
$1,009,131
$1,009,128
$
800,000
315,883
157,942
157,941
-0,
--_-_---
$1,167,073
$1,167,069
$
800,000
$2,334,142
$
8,418
7,576
$
842
4,725
197,708
-0-
197,708
,.0,
20,622
-0-
20,622
-0..
-0-
-0,
_21,496
$2,582,386
$1,174,649
_21,496
$1,407,737
804,725
$1,247,383
$
768,154
$
479,229
$
500,000
39,729
35,756
3,973
21,000
85,07i
76,564
6,507
39,'05
31,143
20,426
10,717
'
-0,
$2,075,549
$1,910,163
$3,885,712
$1,365,000
Excess
V.1, Share
Over Fed.
Plus
21111
Excess
$
3,451
$
86,901
165,848
1,033,695
3,351
6,702
93
2,186
36,388
88,775
$209,131
$1,218,259
157,942
315,883
$367,073
$1,534,142
$
2,851
$
3,693
.0.
197,708
.0_
20,622
-0-
21,496
-----
$369,924
$1,777,661
$268,154
$
747,383
4,756
8,729
37/269
45,795
201426
31,143
$700/549
$2/610/712
Personnel:
168.
E or THE VIR
IS
DS
ating Appropriation: $4, 040 060
The
oll.ege of the Virgin Islands in
s fifteenth year had a record d
enrollment
2,
1- and part- tirxie students, an increase of forty -three
over 1976.
There were 578 full -time undergraduate students, 481 on the
St. Tho nas campus and ninety -three on St. Croix.
There were four
students who spent their junior year at the University of Connecticut in a
cooperative education program, and forty -two were enrolled
lled in the
graduate teacher education program. Of the undergraduate body, seven
Fe
ent were from the U. S. Virgin Islands, while the rem.ai.nder w
from other Carbbean areas and the mainland.
The College conferred 113 degrees at the thirteenth annual
annuaeal com ence-
which featured Secretary of the Army Clifford L. Alexander, Jr.
as the principal speaker at the St. Thomas campus exercises. Among the
egrees
.Laar 1
.
accounting, the first a
y the C
Additio.naily, one graduate of the cooperative
coupe ratire engineering program
awarded a degree, also
first.
A new baccalaureate rnajo
accounting was approved,
equired
y three additional courses to provide the proper background to sit the
certified public acct untant's examination.
g continued toward the
establishment of
ter's programs in public and business administra
169.
which may-be offered for the spring term providing a Federal grant is
received.
The Melvin H, Evp.ns Center for Learning on St. Croix was dedicated
in December with a two-day convocation on higher education and was
attended by many educators, co
unity leaders and national figures such
as Terence A. Todman, Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-Americ
Affairs and a native of St. Thomas, and Bayard Dustin, civil rights leader,
as speakers.
The speakers participated in panel discussi ons on subjects that included
the role of the College in sustaining cultural and community life while
providing foundations
improvement and bringing about change, and
the future development of th
continuing education program. More than
ZOO participated in this forum.
re to raise funds that represent
1a.ble
public funding and the amount the College requires to serve the community,
was launched under the theme "Margin for Excellence". The campaign
sought to generate $50,000 on St. Croix and $100, 000 on St. Thomas.
St.
Croix exceeded its goal with $51, 000 and the St. Thomas drive, which
started later, reached slightly more than $50,000 by the end of the year.
St. Croix funds were used to furnish the Evans Center for Learning and
St. Thomas collections were earmarked for strengthening academic offerings,
expanding both the programs and sections of existing 'courses in the
continuing education progra
nd for expanding community services.
170..
Work on the Reichhold Center for the Arts
as slowed due to the delay
in arrival of structural steel, but the project should be completed in the
fall of 1977 if work continues on schedule.
Mr. Henry Reichhold, chair-
man of Reichhold Chemicals, Inc., donated as a personal gift 25, 000
shares of the the
al company. stock valued at about $475, 000, which
brought his total contribution to the center over the years to snore than
$2.5 million.
Regular career counseling through the student affairs office was
augmented with seminars sponsored by Opportunities Industrialization
Centers and the General Electric Co. on business environment nd how
students can fit into it and another on knowledge and techniques required
for positions and how to seek them. A number of executives from major
mainland firms visited classroom
under the auspices of the National Urban
League's Black Executive Exchange lProgram to r otivate and encourage
black students toward business and professional careers. Two of the
participating executives were CVI graduates.
Several well -known scholars visited the College during the
pz ng
semester, two
f w.horr were sponsored by the Distinguished Visiting
Professor program. The effort enabled the visitor to spend one week
I
171.
conducting a seminar for students and faculty of the academic division
which invited him, presentation for students in general and one lecture
for the entire College. Areas covered included economics and accounting,
race relations, chemical
°ucture of antibiotics, graph theory and the
origin of the West Indian Creole language.
Plans were initiated to hold a
major conference on Creole languages at the College next year.
The Division of Science and Mathematics continued its research of
biomedical compounds among flora and fauna.
The research team com-
prised ten students and faculty and involved isolating bacteria, mainly in
sponges, and determining if the bacteria demonstrate antibacterial
properties. The project has been beneficial as the students are paid,
learn research methods, and have opportunities to put theory into practice.
One etude
ember of the team ho graduated was awarded a four-year
fellowship to M.I. T. to enable her to earn a Ph. D. in bioche
try.
A biomedical research unit vas established on the St. Thomas campus
under
fish poi
on of a local internist,
hich initiated studies on ciguatera
ping.
The first phase of the research was directed at finding a
pie, inexpensive test for the detection of poisoned fish, to be followed
by the exploration of irnn unological and enzymatic aspects of the problem
The unit is seeking financial support from Federal and private sources.
Volume three of the Journal of the College of the Virgin Islands event
216
172..
o press and is expected to be distributed shortly after the end of the year.
t contains four articles by faculty members and one by a former member.
A study of nursing needs and resources conducted by the College
:-esulted in the appointment of a commission to implement the study's
:hirty-six recommendations to improve nursing care by expanding the scope
ind role 6f nurses and providing better utilization of nursing p
el.
rhe study also called for greater opportunities for nurses to qualify for
Daccalaureate and advanced degrees.
The College, however,
as forced
to postpone its planned baccalaureate program n nursing for lack of local
funds to match available Federal money. It should be noted that local
funding allocated to the College was almost $400, 000 less than it was five
years ago, despite inflation and rising enrollments. To help defray operating
costs, fees and tuition for all students were raised as were costs for room
and board.
The summer session began with 678 students on St. Thomas and 337 on
St. Croix.
HoWever, budget restrictions resulted in fewer courses and
lower enrollment:
The Upward Bound summer session had thirty-two
students from St. Thomas and twenty-two from. St. Croix.
Upward Bound
is a program. of academic enrichment for high school students who meet
Federal guidelines. The aim is to help students complete high school and
encourage them to go on to college.
The program has been in existence
173.
since 1966 and has enrolled more than 600 in the past eleven. years.
More than 450 Government employees participated in eighteen career
development programs offered by the College's Bureau of Public
Administration.
Officials represented twenty-three departments,
agencies and divisions and included cor
issioners, department heads,
supervisors, senators and legislative employees. Most courses were
intensive and conducted over two- to five-day periods.
The Caribbean Research Institute, a twelve year old arm of the
College, expanded its operations to three research activity centers with
the addition of an ecological research function.
The newest center
produced "Virgin Growth", a three-part television series on air, land
and water as a contribution to ecological education in the islands.
The
unit also prepared an energy conservation plan and restored books and
documents that were flood damaged.
The water resources center,
funded largely by the Department of
the Interior, continued efforts.i.n five water-related areas.
The social
research unit, staffed mainly by faculty members on a part-time basis,
served under contract as consultants to various Government departments
in such areas as revenue and financial affairs, economic
-del con-
struction and education planning.
Various studies were completed and published in the fields of economics,
218
174,
political science and education, including a historical profile of the Virgin
Islands (British and United Stat
A new periodical, Microatate Studi
Wa. s published for the Institute by the Center for Latin A
rican Studies
and the University of Florida Press and contained articles by professors
from the College and the University of Puerto Rico.
The Virgin Islands Cooperative Extension Service, a land grant
related function of the College, provided inform -al educational programs
in agriculture and natural resources, home economics, 4-H youth and
unity resource development.
AMong the .highlights of the year eras participation in the Seventh Annual
Agriculture and Food Fair on St. Croix, a cooperative venture with the
Department of Agriculture, with exhibits that explained common plant
diseases, plant protection, methods for growing healthy crops as well as
advice on money management and budget stretching.
Education efforts in agriculture included training sessions on identifi-
cation of coconut palm diseases and methods of eradication, which were
at tended by eighty-two plant growers.
Community garden plot holders
were provided information on fertilizing, planting and use of insecticides,
and meetings were held for persons interested in the hydroponic method
,=
of growing. Two demonstration areas in 'St. Croix were used for teaching
modern technological production practices for growing a large variety of
21,9
vegetables and feed grains to determine variety adaptabil Y
175.
In the home economics program, some 284 homemakers participated
in the expanded food and nutrition education program.
Similar activities
conducted for senior citizens and nutrition workers with the
Department of Social Welfare.
Classes in money management and wise
use of credit were offered economically depressed families,
Classes
were also held for groups in cloth
recycling and home se i g
con-
surner rights and responsibilities, child development and family relations
and preventive health care
The 4-H prograi-
had about 500 members in fourteen clubs and more
than forty volunteer leaders.
The summer camp program involved 213
boys and girls in project learning experiences. Pour members attended
the National 4-H Conference in Washington where they were involved for
six days in decision making regarding future programs.
A proposal for funding has been submitted to a private foundation to
provide the major support for a 4-H co_
unity development program
called PRIDE, which is based on teaching young people to deal with their
community structure and to accomplish worthwhile goals.
This project
would expand 4-H activities to reach nearly 4,000 young people.
The Virgin Islands Agricultural Experiment Station is another land
grant activity.
Du
g- the year research was conducted on agronomic,
220
176,
horticultural, aquaculti al, animal science and forestry projec
Agronomic experinnts indicated that a substantial number of new
sorghum hybrids were superior to those presently used.
Several green
varieties yielded 6,000 pounds of grain per acre, providing more than
enough energy to produce a ton of chickens, 1,500 pounds of pork and
nearly a ton of grain -on- grass fed beef. Almost 30 m illion pounds of
livestock and livestock products have been imported in recent yeas.
If
produced locally, this could boost the economy by $50 to $100 million a
year and might lead to export capacity.
Work has been stepped up to solve the St. Croix papaya decline disease,
expe ri
ents were conducted on ten tomato varieties to dete_r-mine effect of
deficiencies on yield and fruit quality, and a study indicated that grape
growing is a feasible commercial enterprise.
In other efforts to increase locally produced foods, studies of the
Tilapia, a freshwater, deep-bodied fish, revealed that it can thrive on
plankton and algae in a pond, with supplements of inexpensive feeds.
Studies conducted in waste water with fresh water clams indicated that
these bivalve mollusks may be good candidates for waste water aquaculture.
A breed of beef cattle called Senapol was developed on St. Croix sixty
years ago but did not attain commercial importance due to lack of data on
their characteristics. Research on the breed was begun in 1976 and
177.
subsequent exposure generated much interest with rnainiFind cattle nen-
two of whom arranged for the purch?se of twenty-two registered head.
Collection of research data on the Senapol is nearing completion.
The forestry group published a report that made recommendations
various projects for testing varieties of trees for use along roads
d
for cabinet wood, determining what trees would be best
ed as habitat
for game birds and animals, and determining the feasibility of commercial
growing of the Norfolk pine, used in some areas as a yule tree.
222
Personnel: 54
C MMISSION ON YOUTH
Ope rating Appropriation:
$347, 561
178
The job development training program, which was crda.ted to provide
employment for unemployed youths, had forty -two participants during
the year who performed various services in Government agencies, in-
chiding those of clerk typists aides, social service aides and maintenance
aides.
In addition to providing jobs,
program has as sisted partici-
pants to improve skills that were acquired during earlier training as well
as to help them develop a working knowledge of Government operations
and procedures.
The program also provides services to those agencies
with limited staffs.
The summer youth employment program received 4, 387 applications,
with 2,188 applicants having been hired for the eight-week, 35-hour jobs
that were made available to youths between the ages of 14 and 21 who were
permanent residents.
:,alt year there were 2,900 applicants, .1, 342 of
whom were hired.
Comprehensive Employment Training Act funds for the summer program
totalled $654, 000 and were used for the placement of disadvantaged youths.
The local fund of $120, 000 was used for the placement of college students,
and the Youth Conservation Corps, in conjunction with the Department of
223
Conservation and Cultural Affairs, placed 2
179.
students.
There were no
income restrictions associated with this phase of summer employment
efforts.
A popular program that was continued and expanded under the inter-
neighborhood activities program was a basketball league.
Games
played between teams representing various housing groups and on courts
that are part of these housing units.
The rationale for having the games
played on housing courts was to help the participants develop a greater
sense of pride concern and understanding for thei.
corn.
180..
COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY
Personnel: 313
Operating Appropriation: $534, 903
The Community Action Agency conducted various projects under
sixteen anti-poverty programs that ganged from assistance o senior
citizens to educational experiences for pre - school children.
Of the sixteen programs, five were E,
ifically oriented to senior
citizens and provided such services as part time employment in various
community service agenci-6s; help for elderly'to maintain themselves in
their own homes; referrals to available assistance agencies; a volunteer
program to place those who would like to be active in community affairs,
and opportunities to become foster grandparents to needy children.
In
addition to the local appropriation, these programs were supported by
$2. 7 million of Federal funds and $120, 000 from other sources.
Under these programs, ninety-one persons were placed in part tier e
employment and 100 elderly received personal care in their homes. More
than 1, 000 persons w
e interviewed and provided information on services
available to those who qualified, and 150 participants in the Retired
Senior Volunteer Program gave th
e to thirty-four Government and
private co
unity projects.
There were forty-seven foster grandparents
who devoted considerable time to bringing love to emotionally and
mentally disturbed as well as handicapped children.
2
181.
The "hotline" effort which started in 1972 to provide a confidential
emergency telephone service for youth and to assist them with such problems
as drug abuse, education, employment and family matters, grew by necessity
to perform similar services for the entire community.
During its years
of operation, "hotline" handled and processed 4, 860 calls.
Forty volunteers
were recruited during the year and twenty were trained in telephone use and
tutorial subjects.
The Health Outreach Program is operated by the Department of Health
for the Agency - d provided medics
nursing, hea
education and
counselling services to residents of outlying and low socio-economic areas.
An estimated 5, 440 residents availed then selves of the services of the
program and another 3,115 were referred to public health specialty clinics.
The Co
unity Food and Nutrition Education Frograrn was also operated
by the Department of Health.
The Family Education Program
operated under contract by the
Christian Community Conscious Center, which provided assistance to
families in various housing projects that developed environ
t problems
and conducted educational programs elated to the use of energy. An arts
and crafts summer program was conducted for 100 children between ages
seven and fifteen at several housing pr_-ojects.
Each participant successfully
completed one project.
182,
The many aliens in the Virgin Islands are highly dependent upon the
variety of projects conducted by the Alien Emphasis Program.
One of the
major concerns and efforts is the adjustment of status of permanent resident
aliens.
There was a significant change in the number of non-resident
workers who were eligible for recertification.
Increasing unemployment
and job scarcity forced many certified workers out of the work force,
which required them tso leave the Territory or file for suspension of
deportation with the U. S.
migration Service. The transfer of the Bureau
of Alien Affairs to the Alien Emphasis Program increased the work load as
the number of visa requirements for dependents rose from 200 to 600.
The Spanish Multi-Service .Center continued to train Spanish speaking
personnel to operate the Center that provided bilingual and bicultural services
for the large low-income Puerto Rican community of St. Croix. An
estimated 5,000 persons took advantage of the Center's cultural,. social
and recreational projects.
The Virgi 'Islands Youth Development program added a new project
called Volunteers in Court, which had a goal of placing twenty-four pro-
bationers or juvenile offenders
der the immediate guidance and supervision
of twenty -four volunteers who would maintain a "big brother" relationship
for at least two hours a week.
Other efforts included physical fitness
lasses
and sports activities, counselling, arts and crafts, photography classes and
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vegetable growing.
Project Head Start conducted thirty-seven classes in twenty -eight
centers for 850 children of pre-school age.
The program provided a
variety of experiences for the children that related to improved health,
the world about them, family relationships, emotional and social develop$
rnent and other experiences to help prepare children for the immediate
years ahead.
Personnel: 10
CITY E OF HIGHWAY SAFETY
Operating Appropriation:
$1, 512, 667
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A major'developrnent of the Office of Highway Safety was the planning,
evaluation and reporting system to facilitate inter-agency participation
fn t:Le process of devisi g
implementing and periodically updating
highway safety services of the Office.
The seven -part program management process, developed with a
research consultant, focused attention on providing adequate and timely
highway safety services, which included; assessment of current situations,
highway safety characteristics,
projection and project control procedures;
planning, evaluation and reporting procedures; data base requirements and
use of automated data processing.
A task force of representatives of the health profession and community
groups was organised under the emergency medical services program nd
net quarterly to consider issues and problems related to extrication duties,
need for cardiac defibrillators, corn
nications planning, upgrading of
non-ambulance duty and desirability of it implementing a "911" access com-
munication systern.
preliminary investigations began on a possible paramedic program and
subjugation of civil defense
ergency medical services to the respective
hospital administrators.
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The emergency medical technician program trained 140 persons, with
120 successfully completing the National Registry requirements for
registered medical technician designation.
During the year five standard
ambulances and one forty-two foot boat ambulance were put into operation,
all manned by locally trained registered technicians.
Other new equipment
included defibrillators, oxygen flow meters, demand valves, sc
stretchers and stair chairs for ambulances.
The cornrnunications project purchased emergency radio transmitters
and receivers for all ambulances and opened St. John to the health corn-
munications network which his ties to civil defense and a channel reserved
for emergency dispatch.
A reporting and coordinating unit of the Department of Public Safety
was established to be responsible for coordination, administration and
monitoring highway safety projects qed planning.
This operation was
necessary for the gathering of statistical data from the selective traffic
enforcement program.
A full -time police traffic services unit was' also established, augmented
by the hiring and.training of twenty-eight recruits.
Back-up material
of emergency and extrication equipment, traffic control and corrnunicatan
devices and fully equipped police vehicles were funded under this project.
The driver education teaching staff was increased to nine, and the six
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hour behind-the-wheel instruction period for certification was increased
to eight
The 528 high school students who completed the driver eduCation
program during ..the year represented a 122 per cent increase over the
previous year.
The school crossing guard program was continued with a major change
that imp oved efficiency.
Scheduled work hours that did not coincide with
ere eliminated and replaced with a four hour shift that also
permitted more guards.
The project involving the comparison of the local motor vehicle code with
the. Uniform Vehicle Code in an effort to modernize traffic laws and bring
them into closer conformity with the uniform regulations, was completed.
A comprehensive draft of a revised Virgin Islands Motor Vehicle Code was
in preparation.
The Territorial Court involvement in various highway safety projects
included the upgrading and extending of the driver improvement school and
reassessment and evaluation of traffic court adjudication procedures.
Defensive .clriiVing manuals, workbooks and rnater_ is for the schools were
purchased.
. The driver improvement school on St. Thomas has been extended
and an additional instructor was hired to conduct lectures and demonstrations
for habitual traffic violators, all of whore are assigned to this instruction.
A grant application for route signs and kilometer
arkers
as submitted
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and approved in the amount of $155, 502 as was a proposal for traffic
engineering services to cost $442, 550.
The engineering services project
covers -application of sound principles to traffic conditions and provides
for additional personnel and equipment in highway planning.
A traffic and pedestrian education system for pre-literate children
between the ages of four and six was implemented through the Head Start
_tors which serve about 1, 000 children.
The program is based upon the
skills and knowledge that this age group normally possess and seeks'to
instill basic knowledge regarding safe and unsafe traffic and pedestrian
behavior.
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LAW .ENFORC
NT PLANNING OMISSION
Operating Appropriation:
240,[00
As the result of studies by the courts task force, one of several
task groups established by the Law Enforcement Planning Commission
to recommend actions for the prevention and control of crime and
delinenency, the need to revise both the
juvenile and criminal codes of
the Virgin Islands was identified as the number one priority of the courts
task force.
A juvenile code revision project began during January and the
first draft is scheduled for completionabout three months after the end
of the fiscal year.
Other task forces completed working drafts of goals and standards for
police, and final documents for community crime prevention And correc-
tions were approved by the Commission's Supervisory
Board and the
Governor.
The Commission also developed several position papers on the need
for a unified and centralized juvenile justice authority.
To aid in the
creation of such an agency the Governor appointed an interim advisory
committee and a small staff was hired through a grant from the
Commission.
A comprehe
ive plan of projects for 1977,
developed in 1976, was
approved
the Board and the Federal Law Enforcement Assistance
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Administration, which approved an. overall grant of $409, 000 to support
the recommended projects.
The largest single allocation of the grant was made to the Police
Division of the Department of Public Safety for aerial surveillance,
improved..nformation services and a special legal unit.
The Department of Law was designated to receive $100, 000 for the
design and implerrientation of the unified juvenile authority, and the
Department of Social Welfare was granted $78, 000 to continue the juvenile
intake and probation units.
The Corrections Division of the Department of Public Safety was
allocated $82, 000, divided equally between a basic education program
and approved social work services with inmates and their families.
The
Territorial Court was granted $24, 000 to continue a court employment
_program as a diversionary project for those involved in misdemeanors.
In'addition to the Federal funds for planned projects, the Commission
prepared an application to the Economic Development Administration to
rebuild a boys facility on St, Croix for a juvenile correctional rehabilitation
center.
The application was approved for $394,000, without the require-
ment for matching funds.
NATIONAL GUARD
The composition of the Virgin Islands National Guard, which was
military police heavy when it was formed in 1973, was changed in the
fall of the year to a combat support mode featuring priority units with
war-time mi
ons.
This change enabled the Guard to play a larger
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role in developing young Virgin Islanders for the local -jab market.
Formerly, they.had the choice of going only to military police school.
Today the choice includes more than sixty military. occupation specialty
advanced individual training courses based on enlistment test scores.
The civilian education level of the officers is the highest in the
country, with only o _e officer not having a baccalaureate degree.
Half
of the officers have masters degrees.
However, while many of the
enlisted troops do not have a high school diploma atthe time of enlist -
ment, the rate of completion of work for a general equivalency-diploma
after enlistment has been extremely high.
Since the fall, the Guard has led the country in percentage -of- strength
increases each month. On August 1, 1976, the strength
as 215 and at the
end of the year it was 584.
The authorized strength has gene fro
244 to
570.
Retention has also been excellent; when an enlistment is up almost
without exception the member re-enlists for at ltsast one year and many time
for three.
Also, the complement includes the highest percentage of fe _ales
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of any state National Guard.
. Since publishing a new manual during the year, the Guard has completely
changed its mode of training.
Except for February when a maintenance
program was conducted, every monthly weekend training period was spent
in a field environment.
These training sites included Camp Santiago in
Puerto Rico and local Virgin Islands training areas.
This type of hands-on-
training and the rapid growth of the program have combined to provide more
excitement and effectiveness.
Most of the new equipment that became available with the change in
mission to a combat support mode,. has arrived and was equally distributed
between the units in St. Thonas
Thomas and St. Croix. The equipment inventory
totalled ninety-three pieces, including trucks, trailers, ambulances,
generators, laundry units and a bus, among others, and was valued at
$2.15 million.
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OFFICE OF PROBATION AND PAROLE
Personnel: 10
Operating Appropriation: $166, 600
The Office of Probation and Parole wrote 230 pre -sentence reports
during the year, eighty-five of which were written for the Territorial
Court and 145 for the District Court.
The preparation of these reports
Involved interviews with 920 persons, or an average of four per report.
The Office also prepared fifty-five reports for the Interstate Compact
Administration on individuals who had requested transfe
the Virgin
Islands because they had once lived in the islands or had relatives here.
States involved were New York, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina,
Connecticut, Virginia, Mississippi, Illinois, New Jersey and the Co
on-
wealth of Puerto Rico.
A total of twenty-two reports
ere sent to areas outside of the United
States requesting information on persons before local courts, and eighteen
requests
e
sent to various states for the same reasons,
The Office
also pr Pa -d eight inveetig _
summaries for the Department of Social
Welfare in response to rey-pests for information on families of persons who
ught financial assistance for dependent children.
Under supervision of the Office were 155 persons who were granted bail
under the Bail Reform Act.
Of this number ninety-five
and fifty -five in St. Thomas,
e -e n St. Croix
193.
During November forty-three pre-release reports and applications
were prepared and processed for the December meeting of the Parole Board.
There were two parole revocations prepared by the Probation Office that
were heard by the Board.
During the year 1,425 persons visited the Probation Office.
Of that
number 1, 350 were probationers and parolees and seventy-five were either
relatives, friends or employers who visited the Office upon request or on their
own to file a complaint, provide information or in some way to assist the
probation officer in the handling of a particular case.
There were 265 active cases in the Virgin Islands at the beginning of the
year.
During the year ninety-seven new cases were received from the
courts and twenty-eight were supervised under the Interstate Compact
Agreement. The number of cases closed during the year totalled 242 and
148 remained active.
Personnel: 24
PUBLIC TELEVISION SYSTEM
Operating Appropriation: $337,973
194.
Channel 12, the Virgin Islands Public Television System, completed
final design plans for g translator system on St. Croix to improve reception
there and initiated final site surveys for a satellite ground station and the
translator system.
The translator system includes two stations on St. Croix to receive
transmissions from Channel 12 oiv St. Thomas and re- transmit programs to
three major areas of the island. It is expected that all facilities will be
installed early in fiscal year 1978, with broadcasting beginning at about the
same tune. Plans are also being developed to install a translator on St.
John to permit reception in the Coral Bay area and the east end of the island.
The ground station for the satellite project of the Corporation for Public
Broadcasting will cost an estimated $325, 000, about three times that of a
typical ground station on the mainland. The $25, 000 required to join the
project as a member in good standing was, obtained from non-local funding
sources. Federal grants by the Corporation totalled $168,193 for the year.
The advantages of the satellite method of distributing TV programs are
several, and include a greater volume of pr-ograrnning by being able to
receive up to four programs simultaneously; a wider variety of programs,
including special events; reduced costs by eliminating telephone lines,
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microwave facilities and off - island videotape service, and improved
technical quality.
Prograrnrning was more diversified during the year and was highlighted
by the Channel 12 world premiere of the seven episode Danish production/
" "Massa. Peter", the story of a. young boy living in the Virgin Islands in
1848 when Peter von Scholten, who freed the slaves, was Governor of the
Virgin Islands.
Another well- received program was "Virgin Growth", which was produced
by the Caribbean Research Institute of the College of the Virgin Islands. The
three-part series covered the natural resources of air, land and water and
related their importance to life.
The popular on-going "Midweek" program
a press conference on the air format which features people in the news or
important visitors to the island -- was aired forty -seven times. Many
other programs dealt with political and economic issues related to the
Virgin Islands.
Also, firm plans to initiate a rnininoum of one to two hours
per week of in- school /instructional progra
Department of education.
were approved by the
The final phase of the on-the-job engineering training progra
developed
around twenty-four half-hour videotape units on digital technology with
accompanying text and work books, was initiated.
The production and crew
training program was improved and conducted on a weekly basis. Volunteer
trainees attended two hour evening sessions in video, studio
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era operation and related subjects.
About twenty-fve participated in
the program and included high school graduates, college students, house-
wives and retired engineers.
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Personnel:
OFFICE OF Tl SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS
Operating Appropriation: $402, 593
Primary and general elections were held during the year, and there
was a recount of the prig a y votes of the Democratic Party in the St.
Thomas/ St. John District and a recount of the general election votes in
St. Croix.
For several years there has been consideration given to the need for
voting machines and several models have been demonstrated before
Government officials and the public. While funds for these devices were
appropriated by the Legislature and approved by the Governor several-
years ago, amendment of the election laws is
ecessary before purchases
can be made. The present hand-tally system is archaic, and the problems
it causes will only become worse as more residents become eligible to vote.
The format of the ballots
ust be improved if voting machines are not
in use for the 1978 elections because of the problems in printing vast
quantities that are getting bigger each election year as more persons run
for public office.
While some changes have been made in the Election Code, further
amendments are necessary in order to register new voters on a daily basi
The inability to do this has caused problems for both the Office and prc
pective voters.
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For the general election of 1976, there were 25, 055 persons eligible
to vote, an increase of 140 over the 1974 totol.
While not in itself a large
increase, the figure is significant when compared to the number of voters
who remained on the rolls after some 2, 000 were dropped during 1975 for
not voting in two consecutive general elections.
Special inspectors of registration were hired during the year to check
the registers of voters as
e- ired by the election laws.
However, the
appropriation granted for this purpose was insufficient to complete the
work, but it is expected that the effort can continue into the following year.
There has been no changi in the number or structure of the political
parties of the Territory: The Democratic Party has 14, 727 voters; the
Independent Citizens Nove ent has 4, 099 and the Progressive Republican
Party has 2,195.
For the general election of 1976 there
25, 055 eligible voters.
this number 18,313 or 73.1 per cent cast ballots.
personnel:
199.
TE.RRITORIAL COURT
Operating Appropriation:
1., 363,13©
The Municipal Con. rt bec'me the Territorial Court on January 1, 1977
by an act of the Legislature which also expanded the scope of the Court.
The two districts of the Territorial Court of the Virgin Islands disposed
of 16, 720 cases during the fiscal yeat, a decrease of 0.17 per cent.
c el of in ph o
Thr,r,,L /Rt. John di
amounted to 7 358, a decrease of two per cent, as follows:
Criminal Division, excluding Traffic
and Preliminary Hearings ... ..................
Preliminary Hearings .......... . .........
309
4
Traffic Cases ............................ .. ....
5 2 17
Civil Division ..
Small Claims Division
.
0
.0 ... 0 . *004144000034.
Juvenile and Domestic Relations Division
) Juvenile
...0 .#0 00 .0
R4 0 ....
618
602
110
(b) Domestic Relations Matters
78
(c) Divorce, Annulment, Separation
and Contempt Hearings
209
(d)
Conciliation Division...........
211
Court fines, fees and costs, forfeitures and other charges collec
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d
200.
during fiscal year 1977 amounted to
01 862. 50, an increase of approximately
0.19 per cent.
Cash bonds, executions and judgments deposited with the Court amounted
$170_ 2q5. 90, a decrease of a pproxi
-ii te1.y eighteen per rent,
Collections for disbursement in domestic and reciprocal support cases
amounted to $387,845.84, an increase of approximately twenty-two per cent
over fiscal year 1976.
There were 507 applications
marriage licenses, but only 470 marriages
were reported.
The number, of cases disposed of in the St. Croix district amounted to
9,362, a decrease of 1, 5 per cent, as follows:
Criminal Division, excluding Traffic
and Preliminary Hearings .......
511
Preliminary Hearings. .
. .......
25
Traffic Cases
4, 521
Civil Division
.
.
.
. ...........
2,466
Small Claims Division
8
8
a
1, 068
Juvenile and Domestic Relations Division
(a) Juvenile ..
.......
84
(b) Domestic Relations Matters
(c) Divorce, Annulment, Separation
413
and Contempt Hearings
Conciliation Division
. 8.18888.,
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148
201,
Court fines, fees and cysts, fcrieitures and other charges collected
during fiscal year 1977 amounted to $87, 944, a decrease of approximately
17, 9 per cent.
Cash bonds, executions and judgments deposited with the Court
amounted to $326, 676. 62, a decrease of approximately eight per cent.
Collections for disbursement in doniesti.c and reciprocal support cases
amounted to $185, 207. 39, a decrease of three
cent.
There were 487 applications for marriage licenses, but only 433
a
iage
we re repo rted.
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Personnel: 18
202,
VIRGIN ISLANDS PLANNING OFFICE
Operating Appropriation: $320, 345
Among the many efforts of the Planning Office 3. h its work in the areas
of development programming and long -range comprehensive planning was
the completion of a Coastal Zone Management Plan and Act for submission
to the Virgin Islands Legislature,
The plan, which was developed with funds from the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration, established coastal zone boundaries,
goals and policies for development within the zone and identified areas of
particular concern and access to the shoreline.
The proposed legislation
also suggested provisions for implementation and regulation.
Under the responsibilities of administering Housing and Urban
Development's Co
unity Development Block Grant, the Office completed
fourteen projects totalling $583, 838 and construction began on an additional
twelve .
In a joint effort with the Department of Natural Resources of Puerto
Rico, the Office prepared the Caribbean Region's section of the 1975
National Assessment of Water for he U.S. Water Resources Council.
The
assessment consisted of identification of water issues and problem areas,
a statement of present policies
socio - economic characteristics resources
and development future.
It also included specific problem analysts and
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discussed institutional needs and planning strategies for water resources
problems.
The Office, in response to the National Historic Preservation Act, is
nov..7 a.ctively
gating
program 1inder a Federal funding level
f $220, 874.
In this second year, ninety sites were added to the inventory,
of
hich twenty-three were noriina.ted to the National Register of Historic
Places. Two
inquisitions were made in the -Hassel Island ' district;
the Garrison was acquired for $125, 000 while Fort Willoughby was donated.
In addition to survey, inventory a.nd nominations, twelve Section 106 con-
sultations were conducted.
The Virgin Islands Planning Board, in dealing with the Territorial
Preservation Act, reviewed fifty-five applications for r irk in the historic
district of Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, and Christiansted, St. Croix.
Of these, thirty-eight were approved a.nd the remainder
ere either denied
or withdrawn.
Activities
luting to
e
fourteen applications for
oning laws and subdivisions were elatively light;
g changes were reviewed, twenty-two sub-
divisions received preliminary approval while twenty were graded final
approval.
The Office utilized a corrinnati.on of Federal funds from HUD's Com-
p ehensive PlanningAs.sistance 701 program and territorial funds to
°mph h several programs. Among them
ere a land use element
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of the. Cornpreheusiv Plan, a housing condition survey and the housing
element of the Co
ehensive Plan.
T o public conferences on housing
were conducted
Inter- Agency Planning Cox it i.ttee was organized.
T ALTTH
ITY
nel: 17a
205.
The Aviation Division of the Virgin Islands Port Authority recorded
the arrival. of 565, 568 air passengers
the year, up 37,370 from
the previous year, and the Marine Division counted 502,999 cruise hip
passenger arrival.%, up 31. 889 from 1976 and an all -time record.
were,.55, 545 aircraft andings, an increase from 52, 065, and the rituyiber
rise ship calls increased frc
740 to 761.
-bound air cargo totalled 25
illion p u ds, an increase of nearly-
nine million pounds, while in-bound ship cargo amounted to 186, 067 tons,
a drop of nearly fifty p
Sever
_p ov
5t. Croix and a five- year,
and
Dep
pp
the 1976 figure of 363,211 tons.
rc
de to the Ale.%
d
Hamilton Airport
-point plan for other developments were
roved by
1
Go re ring Board, and the long-planned project to expand
the harry S Truman Airport on St. Thomas moved ahead ih
1 area
The final environmental.
pact statement vas transmitted to the
of Transportation and signed in September.
The pre-
ation for Federal funding was submitted to the Federal Aviation
Administ ration and subsequent appl ications were made to the Virgin
Islands Department of Conservation and Cultural Affairs for a submerged
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land permit and the Secretary
he Army
a Rivers and Harbors Act
permit.
Both are prerequisites
he dredging and filling far the runway
extension.
A contract
design and engineering phase vas signed wiith a major
west coast firm, w ich subsequently subcontracted various aspects of the
project to local and mainland specialists.
At the close of the year,
completed and the final report o
t a few of the off -shore taoxa.r s were
s tin e
the gee - technical investigati
way. The oceanographic work had progressed to the point where forecasts
of wave overtopping and crest elevations could be forecast, and revetment
sections for the offshore portion of the runway were designed and a test
model was constructed.
Concurrent with the initial work, the Authority established
Airport
Project Office which prepared and submitted to the FAA the required plan
for land acquisition and relocation. On approval of the proposal and
acceptance of the grant application, the FAA made a grant
of $1.34
million.
The Governing Board accepted the grant and the agreement
authorized the release of the Federal Government's ni.t ety per cent con-
tribution to the $52 million Truman project.
In the marine area, the Authority developed a plan for a. marine facility
on St. Thomas which would . utilize $1 miflion in grant monies that had been
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earmarked since 1971 for the development. A pre - application was sub-
mitted to the Economic Development Admiriistra.tion for the funding of four
projects on a 50-50 matching basis.
The application was accepted and the
Legislature passed a bill for he reapportionment of the monies that had
been reserved,
New urine and aviation tariff rates were developed and made effective
in October. A n incremnent, long disputed by the airlines, was settled at
forty -seven
per 1, 000 pounds, maximum gross landing weight,
retroactive to July 1975 and effective to the end of the 1978 fiscal year.
In January the Authority filed suit against the Virgin Islands Govern-
ment to resume property management, collection of monies (about
$163, 000 annually) and an accounting of the funds for the FAA that speci-
fically designated use of the income from the non-aviation properties for
aviation purposes only.
These properties included housing and land
adjacent to the St. Thomas and St. Croix airports and were removed from
Port Authority management by legislation.
The financial position of the Authority was slightly improved over that
of the previous year.
Liquidity and cash flow was not the problem it was
during earlier years.
The Authority did incur an operating loss of
$665, 962 and an overall loss for the year of $732,158. The operating loss
was $564, 532 less than last year and the overall loss was $464, 532 less.
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VIRGIN ISLAND WATER AND POWER AUTHORITY
Personnel:
Generating units of the Virgin Islands Water and power Authority
produced 413 Million kilowatt hours during the year
a four per cent
increase over the previous year.
There were 33,023 customers at the
end of the year, an increase of 660 from the same time a year earlier.
The Authority carned $23. 9 million from the electric system and
$5. 6 million from water production for total gross earnings of $29. 5.
Expenses for the electri
tern were $19.6 million and $5. 3 million
for the water system.
The net results were losses of $381, 697 for
electric and $200,401 for
ter.
Expenditures included $4. 8 rx illion f
electric system bond indebtedness and $400, 000 for water system bonds.
The balance of revenues available for debt service after current
expenses amounted to $7. 7 million, which is 1. 35 times the
axi
u
debt service requirement of $5. 7 million.
The bond resolution.
equir
that this coverage shall not be less than 1. 50.
Of the 660 new customers, 482 were residential and 173 commercial.
There were five new industrial customers.
The average annual residential
consumption was 4, 686 kilowatt hours.
Commercial customers consumed
13, 253 and industry used 203;403.
Production of desalted water totalled 1, 340 million gallons, a 1.9 per
209.
cent decrease from 1976. All water produced is
o the Department of
Public Works and distributed by that agency to consumers
duct banks have been completed and the power substation
transformer was placed on site for the 34. 5 KV sub - transmission station
that will relieve the precariously loaded 13 KV feeders that supply
Charlotte Amalie, the east end of St. Thomas and all of St. John.
This
new system should be operational by the end of next year.
Capacity of the electric system was increased by 11, 941 KVA with the
installation of 353 new tr
sfor ers.
Also, eight miles of primary and
four miles of secondary distribution lines were installed.
These additions
brought the total primary distribution lines to 288 miles and the total
secondary system to 264 miles. At the close of the year the distribution
ystern had a total capacity of 191, 941 KVA.
Approval by the Environmental Protection Agency to burn 1. 5 per cent
sulphur fuel is expected during the first part of the next year, which
should save rate payers about $500, 000 a year.
Fuel costs were sixty-seven per cent of electric production cos
compared to seventy =six per cent for the previous year.
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VIRGIN .SLANJD8 WATER AND POWER AUTHORITY
ical Informa t. on
Fiscal Years Ended June 24,
1976 -1977
ST. THOMAS
SUBJECT TO AUDIT
Pv 70VA
FV 1477
-Gross MKWH Generated
214,807
224,862
Power Plant Use
38,280
-37,282
Net MKWH Generated
176,527
187,580
4feter NKr!! Sales
165,648
167,294
Street Lights
4 3,197
4- 3,124
Total MKWH Sales
168,845
270,418
OKWH Line Loss
4. 7,682
+17,162
TOTAL METERED & LINE
LOSS
176,327
187,580
Average Gross Income Per KWH Sold
6.790
Average Total Cost Per KWH Sold
5.700
Fuel Consumption (Gallons):
Diesel
836,262
Bunker C
71,064
Diese
Bunker C
Average Cost Per Gallon:
Diesel
Bunker C
Maximum Demand
Customers Served:
Residential
Commercial
Industrial
Street Ligh in
Total MKWH Used
Cost of P
Pr_duction
1,C0© gallons
Number of Employees
199,546
6,-375,367
7.420
7.650
3,391,794
21,562,380
3,273
5,885,585
23.860
2.9.990
27.510
27.300
33,220
35,900
Used
MKWH Used
69,527
89,961
28,600
29,005
67,521
68,328
3,197
3,124
168,845
170,418
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$3.77
168
$4.73
177
VIRGIN J.-51,ANDS\NATEM AND POWER AUTHORITY
Statisticalrnforr.,ation.
Pisoa1 FE7Z:7Eil;7ec" June 46-
10
77
ST. CP
ZX
SUBJECT
FY 1976
FY 1977
Gruss 1,fKWH Goner
152,622
168,564
Powe.T. Plant Use
-19,002
-17,279
Net MKRR Gene ated
1,3,620
171,255
H Sales
143,107
146,627
yl is
4- 4,137
3,695
747,244
lg0,322
mxril E, .2o Loss
16,376
20,963_
TOTAL BR
RED
0 LI IE
LOSS
163 620
171,285
Average Gross Ineome Per
Average Total Cost Per KW
Fu 1 Con
ption (Gallons):
Diesel
Bunker C
Cost of Fuel
Diesel
5unher c
AvGrage Cost Pe
Diesel
Bunker C
Maximum Demand
Gallon
Customers Served
Residential
Commercial
Industrial
Street Lig. Ling
Total a5lKWH Used
Cost of Water Production
1,000 gallons
Numbe
of EmploNee
olcl
d
7.210
7.250
3,722,838
17,462,046
$1,076,350
5,234 163
2 6
7.520
8.010
2,494,338
19,251,330
$
71
5,70
,117
, 956
28.910
28.630
29.970
29.610
32,000
MKWE Us
32,000
RICWJ1 Used
63,503
63,774
20,974
22,020
58,630
-60,633
4,137
3095
147,244
250,322
$3,06
$4.29
174
146
148.
was put into effect by the end of last year to improve programs to
reduce highway injuries and fatalities, was continued with added emphasis.
The School Crossing Guard Program, which is part of the Traffic
Section, was refined into a cost effective operation that provided protec-
tion only during times when children were on their way to or from
-hool.
The re
,ction of actual working hours provided greater coverage at the
many crossings.
A Task Force was created by the Motor Vehicle Inspection Unit to
study and snake recommendatioais for legislation on problems relating to
vehicle safety.
ing the recommendations were year- round inspection
of vehicles, semi - annual inspection of b=xses and emergency vehicles,
mandatory visual tests for the initial and renewal of driver
licenses,
and a requirement t
take a written examination
ne wa
The Riven
Section handled 1,1.68 c4 mplaints invohi g 1.6 5 juveni
filed 253 court cases.
Ct_nmselling was
aced, 219 were
185 who were
cd to the Department of
dal Welfare
and eighteen
ere placed in cust dy,
As noted earlier, the number of
juvenile crimes and those involved, both declined in numbers from 1976.
The decline it anti-social beha
of juver
5 caa be attributed
directly to increased foot and motor patrols in high- incidence areas, and
indirectly to the many co
unity programs that were condi
257
ted by Section
147.
investigation by the investigation officer of the prosecuting attorney.
Members of the Investigation Section attended five seminars or
training courses that totalled 188 hours of class work.
During the year
the Section handled 4,970 cases and rna
made 298 arrests.
The Traffic Section registered 31, 974 vehicles, an ncr a e from
31, 447 registrations during the previous year.
Inspection fees totalled
$1, 247, 475 compared to $1, 141, 206.
The Section alst' issued 8,156
permanent and 35, 495 temporary drive
licenses.
The high propor-
tion of temporary permits, as ire past years, were issued to visitors who
used rental cars.
During the reporting period there were 4,185 auto accidents that
resulted in 991 injuries and fifteen fatalities.
These figures corrp ared
respectively to 3,776, 786 and nineteen for 1976.
Traffic tickets totalled
6,177 compared to 8, 525 for 1976.
A Highway Safety Reporting and Coordination Unit was initiated with
responsibility for all highway safety functions of the Department. The
works of this Unit was responsible for the Depart
'ving $490, 000
in Federal funds for continuation and expansion of this effort. A follow-
up was the development of a traffic records
yste
to assist the
Department personnel with their evaluation and 'management of traffic
safety programs. The Selective Traffic Enforcement Program, which
188,
LAW ENFORCEMENT CANNING COMMISSION
Personnel:
1Z
Operating Appropriation: $240, 000
As the result of studies by the courts task force, one cf sever
task groups established by the Law Enforcement Planning Commission
to recommend actions for the prevention and control of crime and
delinquency, the need to revise both the juvenile and criminal codes of
the Virgin Islands was identified as the number one priority of the courts
task force. A juvenile code revision. project began during I
ua y and the
first draft is scheduled for completion about three months after the end
of the fiscal year
Other task forces completed working drafts of goals and standards for
police, and final documents for corn
unity crime prevention and correc-
tions were approved by the C
Governor.
's Supervisory Board and the
The Commission also developed several. position papers on the need
for a unified
1 central:
d juvenile ,justice aut zority.
To aid in the
creation of suds an agency the Governor appointed an in
co_
ittee :And
small staff
as hired through a gra r f ro
Co in
A comprehensive plan of projects
1977 developed in 176, was
Y
approved by the Board and the redera:;. Law Enforcemen. Assistance
187.
and approved in the amount of $155, 502 as was a proposal for traffic
engineering services to cost $442, 550.
The engineering services project
covers application of sound principles to traffic conditions and provides
for additional personnel and equipment in highway planning.
A traffic and pedestrian education system for pre-literate children
between the ages of four and six was implemented through the Head Start
centers which +serve about 1, 000 children.
The program is based upon the
skills and knowledge that this age group normally possess and seeks to
instill basic knowledge regarding safe and unsafe traffic and pedestrian
behavior.