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Jarion Richrdson, JP, MP

Jarion Richrdson, JP, MP

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2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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And from a $318,000 revised in 2025/ 26, Rentals remain substantial for Planning. What facilities are being funded here, and do those facilities support the increased admin costs and anticipated activities of the department in 2026/ 27? Further, this question does go back to the original one, which is where the line item is. Given the critical nature of the …
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am moving on to Head 18, Libraries and Archives.
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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What? [Inaudible interjection]
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Well, I would like to start as a former community beat officer by congratulating the librarians and library staff for reducing the antisocial behaviour the Honourable Minister had mentioned.
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Outside the library, we have to make the place a social spot. If we are going to make our community a community of readers, and we would only have every success from that, then we have to make it a warm and welcoming place. So, there's two things. First, I acknowledge the renaming of the library. I think that was …
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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—for this team.
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Yes. There is a question, actually . . . I heard in the Minister's Statement, there is a project, I believe within archives, which is in H ead 18, where they are digitising The Royal Gazette microfilm.
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Yes, I would just ask the Honourable Minister . . . I remember working at The Royal Gazette, and that librarian over in the corner, and that machine that looked very weird. And it was very hard to access it, but it was a good resource to have. So, I'm just curious, are we paying for that? Is that a …
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Further, I'll start my questions on [page] B— [Inaudible interjection]
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Yes, exactly. What is the cost if we acquired it? Is it donated to us, or are we spending money to purchase it? Starting on [page] B-53, Mr. Chair man.
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Yes, we are seeing an increase of $168,000 for this budget year. And I would like the M inister to speak to the measurable service improvements the public will see for this 5 per cent increase.
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Staying on [page] B-53, business unit 28000, C ollection Management, where we are seeing $224,000 estimated spending in 2026/ 27 versus $435,000 revised from 2025/ 26. A decrease of some $11,000. Given the department's objective to transform Bermuda materials from paper to digital format, my question to the Honourable Minister is , What digitisation capacity is being reduced or deferred …
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Staying on page B -53, business unit 28110, Y outh Services, where we are seeing an increase of some $78,000, that being from $556,000 estimated spending in 2026[/27], up from $480,000 in the revised 2025/ 26. Is this increased staffing? Is this expansion of programming or a specific youth literacy or learning initiative? And what measurable outputs will that change? …
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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We are seeing an increase of some 19 per cent , that is, in 2026 /27, a requested amount of $273,000 versus $237,000 from 2025/ 26 revised. Would the Honourable Minister be able to please specify what is being purchased? Is it books, digital subscriptions, archival preservation materials, or facilities-related items? Moving on to page . . . or staying …
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Perfect, thank you.
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Ever so eloquently, thank you. Thank you, Whip.
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Moving on, Mr. Chairman, to [page] B -54, subjective analysis on the Equipment. I see that zero dollars are budgeted in 2026/27. And that does raise a concern relating to objective number one, which is on [page] B -53, and objective number three, where we are shifting from paper to digital transformation and —
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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—use of technology. We don't seem to be doing that with any sort of minor capital allocation. So, my question to the M inister is, How are we doing that without increasing our equipment or purchasing any equipment? Thank you. Staying on [page] B-54, Revenue Summary. I see a total revenue of some $8,000 in 2026/ 27. Would the Honourable …
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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If the Honourable Minister would be able to explain the impact or the service- related impacts from these shifting FTE numbers . As we mentioned before we are seeing Archival Services increasing from three to four ; Youth Services increasing from four to five; Record Management decreasing by one, and Administration decreasing by two. Next question, Mr. Chair man, is …
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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And to the Honourable Minister, can you explain why the target for 20 26/27 declines to four years of microfilm digitisation when the prior years was [four and a half] and the actual target was eight? And that is especially related to the ful l-time equivalent number because we do see an increase in Archival Services. So what capacity constraint …