cen ae, ll eee ae > bite Sy Re « pote eC phe tot POAT Aa Sy Monday; July 29;°2013 VIRGIN ISLANDS THé VirginIstands Daity News C3 VI ies defend bud ) 1. government agencies defend budget requests By AMANDA NORRIS ‘ cal 2013 budget, the bureau elimi-. Public Services Commission enues from fiscal 2013 are $384,630, and to enhance computer data analy- Daily News Staff nated two General Fund positions: according to Joseph’s testimony. sis programs for the Economic TTT ARR an eXecutive assistant and motor Public Services Commission It is anticipated that in fiscal 2014, Development Commission and the ST. THOMAS — Last week, the vehicle inspector, according to Executive Director Keithley Joseph the commission will collect a totalof lending divisions, according to = Senate Finance Committee heard tes- Browpe’s testimony. testified that it is the commission’s $1,620,739 from the V.1. Water and Clouden’s testimony. timony on fiscal year‘2014 budgets The fiscal 2014 operating budget mission’s goal to move from beinga Power Authority; ViITELCO, During fiscal 2013, the authority from the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, contains money for 52 positions, “government organization that isreac- Innovative Cable, Varlack Ventures, received $2 million in grants from the Public Services Commission and and to further meet fiscal obliga- _ tive toa proactive public policy mak- Transportation Services and the V.l. the United States Department of the V.I. Econom Development tions, the bureau intends to leave ing agency with results-based Waste Management Authority, accord- Commerce Economic Development . Authority. unfilled two more General Fund management.” ing to testimony. Administration to assist small and ; positions, according to Browne’s The Public Services Commission is A total of$1,081,113 will go toward mid-size businesses in the territory. Bureau of Motor Vehicles testimony. primarily funded through assessments “personal services and fringes,” The authority also relocated its offic- ; B