Tuesday, December 13, 2016 VIRGIN ISLANDS The Virgin Islands Daily News 3 By JONATHAN AUSTIN roll off services in the territory. He 66 obligations owed by Waste Manage- Daily News Staff said his company empties “all the ment has been highlighted for the ~~ _rear load bins on St. John,” and does <n i . . last two years in Senate testimony A Waste Management Authority emergency Waste Management Au- The solution is, you pay your bills on time. during the budget process. For Fiscal contractor had planned a work stop- _ thority work on St. Thomas. — Peter Caproni, owner of Your Environmental Services Inc. Year 2016, the agency noted it owed page this week because the Virgin Is- Contacted by The Daily News, vendor Gem’s Construction $200,000 lands Waste Management Authority | Waste Management Authority execu- from fiscal year 2012 to pay for gar- owes vendors a lot of money and they __ tives were unaware Caproni and pos- for anybody to get upset. I’m in told the Senate Finance Committee in _ bage collection services on the island can’t keep working for nothing. sibly two other haulers were walking agreement with him.” July that the contractors needed to be of St. Thomas. However, discussions with adminis- _ off the job. Charles said his firm empties bins paid. The Waste Management Authority trators at Waste Management led Peter Roger Merritt Jr., the newly hired on St. Thomas and hauls trash from “Tt is clear that the contractors noted that it was “unable to identify a Caproni, owner of Your Environmental —_ executive director of the agency, said | Waste Management Authority collec- are bearing the brunt while trying to revenue source” to pay Gem’s for the Services Inc., to say he’s holding offon Monday evening he wants to meet tion sites in a number of government _ provide critical services in hopes of years-old debt. urging garbage collection vendors to with all the contracted haulers to see housing communities. payment by the authority as soon as During testimony on