$4.5M later equals a leaking roof & cistern at Govt. House
Appearing before the Standing Finance Committee (SFC) of the House of Assembly to examine the draft estimate for 2013, was Mrs. Natalie Fahie-Smith, Private Secretary in the Governor’s Office, who told the SFC that both the leaking roof and cistern had been address by the Public Works Department (PWD), but the challenge had not been “rectified to date”.
Mrs. Fahie-Smith reported to the selected committee that some of the challenges at the Governor’s office are insufficient financial resources and clerical staff, lack of adequate space, constant repairs to the roof of the new Government house building and a leaking cistern.
After $4.5 million spent on "new" government house, a Minister disappointed!
The Minister for Health and Social Development Honourable Ronnie W. Skelton voiced his disappointment with the “new” Government House.
Minister Skelton explained that four point five million dollars ($4.5 million) had been spent on this project of which approximately nine hundred thousand dollars had been utilized for professional fees.
He added that the construction resulted in “both a leaking roof and cistern and he wondered how this could have happened.” The Minister question who was paying for the current repairs.
The Private Secretary Fahie-Smith, in her testimony before the SFC recently, responded that the PWD was assisting with the repairs and that some were being funded in-house. She express that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office had also provided finances for some of the repairs and had paid for a particular problem that had arisen with an unlevel floor and broken pipes.
She also stated that she still had some concerns and questions every time a new problem arose or a bill was submitted.
The Minister for Communications and Works Honourable Mark H. Vanterpool noted that this was the first time he was being apprised of this situation that the Private Secretary to the Governor had relayed.
Mrs. Fahie-Smith listed as one of the accomplishments by the Governor’s office was providing culinary arts training for the staff.
The Government House resident is the home of the United Kingdom appointed Governor and his family.
After two days this week, December 17 and 18, 2012 the Appropriation (2013) Act, 2012 was passed by the Parliament with amendments.
In his budget address, the Premier Dr. the Honourable D. Orlando Smith announced that projected revenue for 2013 is expected to be $298,729,000, while net operating expenditure is projected at $252,397,600.
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23 Responses to “$4.5M later equals a leaking roof & cistern at Govt. House”
and use the money to buy the hospital boat for v. g. government house could wait. keep all the whisky parties on the lawn or at prospect reef
etf wtf wtf whoever paid out this money aint no way in hell or heaven this cost 4.5 million this is clear robbery and no ones does nothing about out the damn house aint even prestige bolos house look better than that $h!t1