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Rev. Dr. Emily Gail Dill

Rev. Dr. Emily Gail Dill

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21 Mar 2024 Senate
Official Hansard Report - Senate
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Repair Servicing. Madam Chairman, the department employs a team of professionals in repair servicing to maintain the fleet of public buses, support vehicles and equipment. The current expenditure for repair servicing, cost centre 45090, is estimated to be $4,625,000 for 2024/25. This is an increase of $64,000, or 1 per cent change, over the prior year’s budget due to an …
21 Mar 2024 Senate
Official Hansard Report - Senate
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Madam Chairman, parts for vehicles and equipment are procured, stored, controlled and issued by the Storage Section which falls under Inventory Management. The current ex-penditure for Inventory Management, cost centre 45115, is estimated to be $1,463,000 f or 2024/25. This is an increase of $69,000 or an approximate 5 per cent more than the prior year’s budget, largely due to …
21 Mar 2024 Senate
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Madam Chairman, the Administration Section is primarily responsible for developing department strategy, policy and procedures, ensuring that the people, processes and resources are available to deliver a quality public bus service. The expenditure for the Administration, cost centre 45120, which accounts for salaries, utilities and shared services is estimated to be $4,347,000 for 2024/25. This is an increase of $364,000, …
21 Mar 2024 Senate
Official Hansard Report - Senate
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The Management Support team is responsible for selling and processing bus and ferry fares and providing administrative services for accounts, procurement, and human re-sources. The expenditure for Management Support is estimated to be $968,000 for 2024/25. This is an increase of $170,000 or 21 per cent more than the prior year’s budget. This increase moves support staff compensation. Adjustments to …
21 Mar 2024 Senate
Official Hansard Report - Senate
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Madam Chairman, it is anticipated that in 2024/25, the DPT will generate ap-proximately $4,200,000 in revenue. This will be generated from an anticipated surge in bus and ferry fares after the introduction of the state- of-the-art digital fare media system t hat I will elaborate on shortly. Capital Expenditure
21 Mar 2024 Senate
Official Hansard Report - Senate
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Madam Chairman, the capital acquisition estimate for the department, as seen on page C -14 of the Budget Book, totals $951,000. Of this amount, $384,000 is primarily for the introduction of the new digital fare media system. The remaining amount is budgeted for replacing support vehicles, updating computer equipment, and other necessary up-grades to the facility’s tools, and equipment. Manpower
21 Mar 2024 Senate
Official Hansard Report - Senate
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Madam Chairman, the total compliment of full -time equivalents in the new 2024/25 fiscal year is 243 as recorded on page B -16 of the Budget Book. This is an increase of 15 FTEs from the 2023/24 budget. Madam Chairman, it should be noted that approximately 7 5 per cent, or $17,948,000, of DPT's total budget of $23,840,000 is allocated …
21 Mar 2024 Senate
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Madam Chairman, it was Monday, June 2, 2024 [sic], when the Department of Public Transportation returned to self -sufficiency. After seven years of relying on the assistance of Bermuda Senate minibuses, DPT reinstated an exclusive public school bus transportation service. With continued investment over the next few years, the DPT fleet of buses will be completely electric and assuredly suitable …
21 Mar 2024 Senate
Official Hansard Report - Senate
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Madam Chairman, the Department of Public Transportation has realised advances in technology in recent years and plans to main-tain positive momentum and tangible enhancements to the public bus service. The Department of Public Transportation aspires to be the mode of transportation choice of Bermuda residents and visitors. This year’s introduction to digital fare media will create an easy and efficient …
21 Mar 2024 Senate
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Madam Chairman, a keen emphasis will be placed on data collection in the next fiscal year. Information on where and when pas-sengers ride the bus is vital to effectively implement route changes to meet demand. Succession Plan
21 Mar 2024 Senate
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Investing in the talent within the department will be a continued focus. Training and experience will be afforded chiefly to those who desire and have the capacity for advancement. The team has once again exhibited the benefits of internal development by daily observation and the continuing nominations for the Public Service Excellence Awards. Madam Chairman, as I conclude the brief …
21 Mar 2024 Senate
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Thank you, Madam President. I can begin answering questions that you have. Okay. I believe the first question was with regard to the Halifax flight timeframe. It is hopeful to be soon . However, it is within BermudAir’s remit to finalise, and we will advise accordingly. There was a question regarding the increase in Training in budget from $1,000 to …
21 Mar 2024 Senate
Official Hansard Report - Senate
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Yes. And the question is, Have we had an increase in volume ? Okay. With regard to the Transport Planning Team, the question was, Is the budget sufficient for the expected increase in passengers and activity ? And yes, this section within the Ministry of Transport is about . . . that is what they do. It is about planning …
21 Mar 2024 Senate
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Okay. Senator Wight, can you tell us which— Sen. John Wight: Sure. On page B -206, the Energy cost over the last two years has gone from $2.1 million to $2.9 million, so almost an $800,000 increase. And if this is Marine and Ports and the boats use diesel, then over that period diesel prices have actually gone down, so …
21 Mar 2024 Senate
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I can take some more questions.
21 Mar 2024 Senate
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I was asking if I could give a few answers.
21 Mar 2024 Senate
Official Hansard Report - Senate
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Okay. With regard to Head 30, Marine and Ports, there were a few questions that were raised. The first one was with regard to the navigational aids budget increase and this increase is linked to maintenance and wages. With regard to the tug service budget increase, this increase is linked to diesel fuel and wages. There was a question regarding …
21 Mar 2024 Senate
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Okay. With regard to Examination, [business unit] 44000, you asked about the increase. And that is because the number of vehi-cles on the road have increased. The Registration Section, 44040. That represents salaries for new personnel being hired. You asked a question regarding Road Safety and the count as well as the Road Safety Council. They work hand in hand …
21 Mar 2024 Senate
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With the — [Audio skip]
21 Mar 2024 Senate
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—had retirements last year. So they are— [Audio skip]