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MO 171 494 TITLE INSTITUTION EPONS AGENCY PUB DATE NOTE FORS PRICE DESCRIPTORS IDENTIFIFFS ABSTRACT IDOCO N7 R ME SC 6111 423 Annual Report of the Governor of the Virgin Islands to the secretary of the Interior for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1977. virgin island- Governoros Office, Charlotte Amalie. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. 77 260p. MF01/PC 11 Pl Is Lost ag 7. *Agencies; Agriculture; Etdgeting; Civil Defense; Conservation (Environment); Consumer Protection; Declining Enrollment; Education; Federal Government; Financial Policy; *Financial Support; *Government (Administrative Body) ; *Governmental Structure; *Government Role; Health; Housing; Law Enforcement; Laws; Legislation; Pudic Education; *Tourism; Youth Agencies *Virgin Islands Nineteen cabinet rank departments and 13 governmen agencies administer government affairs in the Virgir Island& in fiscal year 1977 major government revenue sources included 485 contributed by collections from U.S. customs and 291 from taxes. Major expenditures were 48% of all funds going into commercial and industrial development, 13% toward education, and 121 into general executive government expenses. Tourism remained the most important industry; in fiscal year 1977 the total expended by visitors was estimated at c152 million. 'the population of the islands was about 100,000 with some 32,000 students enrolled in public and private schools. A downward trend is developing in public school enrollment, but overcrowding remained a serious problem, with many schools conducting double sessions. The first section of this report gives r geneal i information on the islands, including descriptions of geography, government, finances and taxes, economic development, population. Sections twc and three summarize activities of each of the cabinet rank departments, governmental agencies, and the Coll- of the Virgin Islands. Some of the cabinet departmerts include the Departments of Commerce, Labor, Personnel, and Public Works. Among the 13 agencies are Community Action Agency, National Guard, Public Television System, Port Authority, and Planning Office. Tabular data is given in such areas as education, finance, health, law enforcement, and water and power authority. (DS) Re prod uc ti on s s plied by DRS are the best that can be made from the original document. Ttf 0 U S DEPARTMENT OR HEALTH, EDUCATION &WeLFARE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRO. Out ED EXAC I L Y AS RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGIN- A TING IT POINTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRE- SENT OFFICIAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF F DUcAT ION POSITION OR POLICY 1977 Annual Report OF THE GOVERNOR OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR 41OA THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30 TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL INFORMATION Geography Gov =lent 7. Finances rind Taxes 8. Ec r Development 9. Population CABINET RA DEPARTMENTS 10, Administrative Assistant for St. 12. Department of Agriculture The Ofil Zl. Civil Defense 24. Department of C 29. Department of Conservation and Cultural Affai 37. Consume Services Administration 43. Departs et t of Educatioi c. 8. Department of Finance 96. Department of Health 106. Department of Housing and Co iunity Renewal 114. Department of -Labor T F CONTENT (continued) 128. Department of 135, Office of the Lieutenant Governor 139. The Personnel Office 142, Department of property and Procurement 145. Department of vublic Safety 152. Department f public Works 161, Department of Social Welfare GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES AND THE COLLEGE OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 168. The College of the Virgin Islands 178. Commission on Youth 180. Community Action Agency 184, The Office of Righvray Safety 188. The Law Enforcement Planning Co miss]. 190. National Guard 192. The Office of p robation and Parole 194. Public Television Sys to 197. The Office of the Supervisor of Elections 199. The Territorial Court TALE OF GO TENTS (continued) 20Z. The Virgin Islands Planning Office 205. The Virgin Islands Port Authority 208. The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority GENE AL I FOR TION The Virgin Islands (United ates and British) were discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1493 during his second voyage of exploration. named the chain of some eighty, small elevated islands Las Virgenes, honor of St. Ursula and her 11, 000 martyred virgins. In search of fresh water, a landing party was sent ashore on the southeri most of the islands, which he called Santa Cruz (St. Croix) area now n as Salt River. The party was repulsed by a band of Indians called Caribs and no further attempt pt was made to land others -Ionize the island until 1555 when soldiers of King Charles. V of Spain drove the Caribs from the island. England, France, Holland and Spain, the influential and colonizing nations of Europe, vied for control of the islands (and many others of the Caribbean) during the seventeenth century. Sugar cane cultivation, with its by-products of molasses and rum, was the principal attraction. Denmark played the roost important role in the development of at was to become the United States Virgin Islands by granting a charter to the West India Company to colonize and develop St. Thomas and St. John. The Danes purchased St Croix from France in 1733 and except for a brief period of British occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, the Danish ruled these islands until 19 In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries sugar was king a nfluer 0 IN a.s felt everywhere. Plantations for the cultivation and process- g of cane were laid out on all three islands. Massive conical shaped stone structures for windmills to grind the cane were built on the plantations, as were great houses and related buildings. Many of these stone t still stand as evidence of a once flourishing colonial plantation society. With this ne ealth came the unfortunate consequences of greed and avarice and the islands soon became targets for freebooters who became legends such as Captain Kidd, Blackbeard and Edward Teach, among others. To sustain the ever growing agricultural economy that was based on sugar cane, workers were needed to cut and process it. rig daylong in the cane fields under a hot subtropical sun was far from appealing. Slavery as the answer and the practice was introduced in the 1760's here as elsewhere in the Caribbean with black Africans captured by slavers and brought over in the holds of sailing ships as human cargo. The lot o slaves was misery and privation in a society they did not understand. Escape heir situation and f the island was impossible. Revolts wer attempted and brutally put down. One such attempt took place on St. John and nearly succeeded, with the slaves holding the island for six months until a French force from Mar ivied to help Lhe Danish masters regain their land. Legend claims that the survivors of the revolt co mass suicide by jumping off a cliff rather than being returned to servitude after a severe punishment. Slavery lasted n rly a hundred years but was abolished by an enlightened Denmark in 1848, fifteen years before the U. S. Emancipation Proclamation. The islands then fell into a long period of decline since sugar could not be economically harvested without laves, and sugar beets from other are began to compete with cane. U. S. efforts to purchase he islands began in the 1860's but, for reason or another, did not succeed until 1917 when Denmark agreed to a purchase price of $Z5 million. The the part of the U. S. to make the purchase during World War I was to counter a possible takeover of the islands by Germany for use as a Caribbean sub arine base. Gepgra2 The islands lie some 1, 450 riles southeast of New York and 1,000 south-southeast of Miami. Puerto Rico forty miles to the west, They comprise some fifty islands and says and are part of the Antilles, the chain of islands that curve from Cuba to Trinidad and separate the Caribbean Sea from the Atlantic Ocean. St. Croix is the largest of the U. S, Virgins and covers eighty-four square iles, nearly two - thirds of the tee Cory's entire area. It is mostly flat and much of it is under cultivation- Thomas is twenty- 4. ht square miles and rugged, with several hills exceeding 1,000 feet. St, John is the smallest with an area of --ay square rriiies, mild also rugged. St, Croix has two improved harbors: Christiansted reelerikstcd. The picturesque Christiansted harbor attracts pleasure yachts and n odium- S -cial vessels from n any ne 7rby islands. The deep rater harbor at F ecle iksted can accommodate ocean -going liners. The Alexander Hamilton Airport on St. Croix can handle the largest jet aircraft on non- stop flights fram the continent, St. Thor s, whose agricultural resources ed by its rugged terrain, more than makes up for this deficiency with its excellent harbor. It is the ranking port of call for ruise ships and its airport can handle limited jet flights from the mainland, ever, the Harry S Truman Airport is being enlarged and expanded under a $60 rx illion program supported largely with Federal funds. St. John's main attraction is its unspoiled beauty, which is sure to remain as nearly two-thirds f the island is taken up by the Virgin Islands Na -nal Park. The incomparable beaches, spectacular mountain views and lush vegetatken attract an increasing number of visitors each year, many of whom use the excellent camping facilities the national park. The climate is near perfect. Te atures range between seventy and ninety degrees, with an average of seventy-eight. Flurriidity is comfortably low and rainfall averages forty -five ches a year. There is an abundant va 5. :y of tropical flora, ranging from the well- known hibiscus, oleander, poinsettia and wild orchid to the less co on African tulip tree. Tropical fruits include mango, so -op, lime, sugar apple, cherry, avocado, papaya and genep. Vi -gin Islands waters are recognized s a prime sport fishing area. Many fishing records were set here, including the -id's record for the largest blue marlin. St. Thomas also the home port for the world's largest captained charter boat fleet, ove rn ent The flags of six countries have flown over the islands at various times and St. Croix, for a brief period, was administered by the Knights of Malta. When the islands were transferred from Denmark to the United States in 1917, the transition vas accomplished smoothly by retaining the Danish legal code as the basic law. The Navy administered the islands until 19 31 when a White House executive order transferred jurisdiction to the Depart- ment of the Interior and the first civilian Governor was appointed by the President. A major change in the governing structure took place in 1954 with the passage of the Revised Organic A tt by which Congress authorized distinct executive, legislative and judicial branches and provided for a substantial degree of self-government. Recent changes in the act provide for an even greater degree of home rule and a constitutional convention is being. planned. Before November 1970, the Governor was appointed by the President, subject to U. S. Senate confirmation, and was under the supervision of the Secretary of the Interior, However, on August 26, 1968 President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Elected Governor Bill for the Virgin Islands, This law provided for the Governor and the Lieutenant Governor to be elected by popular vote of the people of the Virgin Islands, which they exercised for the first time on November 7, 1970. The Governor is responsible for enforcing all local laws, administration of the activities of the executive branch and the appointment of department heads and certain other employees. He reports annually to the Legislature on the state of the territory and prepares an annual budget, which is also submitted to the Legislature. He recommends new legislation carry out the various programs of the government. The Lieutenant Governor serves as Acting Governor during the Absence of the Governor. He also has administrative responsibilities for banking and insurance laws and real property assessments. The fifteen members of the unicameral Legislature are elected for two- year terms. There are seven members from St. Croix, seven from St. Thomas and one from St. John. Each bill that is passed must be signed by the Governor before it becomes law_ A two-thirds vote of the Legislature is necessary to override a Governor's v The ,judges 0f the Dis 7. c Court and the U, S. Attorney are appointed by the President. The District Court has jurisdiction over felony violations of the local criminal code as well as crimes covered by Federal laws. Territorial Court judges are appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Legislature. This court has jurisdiction over misdemeanors and traffic violations of the local law. Civil cases in which damages sought are less than $50, 000 are handled by the Te ial Court, formerly the Municipal Court. There is no limit on damages in cases ed before the District Court. The District Court exercises appellate jurisdiction over the Territorial Court. The U. S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Philadelphia, and the Supreme Court have appellate ,jurisdiction over the District Court, nances and Taxes There are three principal sources of revenue for capital and operating use. The largest and growing source is local income taxes, which is the Federal income tax applied as a local tax. Another money source is the Federal excise tax collected in the U. S. on Virgin Islands imports and returned to the Virgin Islands Cove nment. To receive these funds, the islands rriust raise through local taxes sums which match the rebated excise taxes. Also, extensive Federal funds are appropriated to the islands for many activities in employment service, public assistance, health services, law enforcement, conservation, school programs and libraries. In all, there are than 100 such financial assistance programs. Economic Development Tourism continues as the most important industry. During the year, 56.5, 845 visitors arrived by air for short and long stays and 503,415 cruise ship passengers spent a day on the islands. The two figures together reflect an increase of about 70, 000 from the previous year. The total expenditures of visitors during the year were estimated at $152 rn il.li.on. The large Hess oil refinery and petro chemical complex and the Martin Marietta bau mte reduction plant, both on St. Croix, are the tw largest manufacturing operations in ter- s of employment and dollar volume of sales. Distilling of rurn, most of which is exported to the LT ed States, is also a major industry. There is, however, a continuing effort to broaden the industrial base and encourage small manufacturing operations by offering incentives that include tax exemptions and subsidy benefits. Such incentives are also available for p vate investments in hotels, housing, recreational and agricultural projects. Virgin island manufacturers of goods that contain not more than fifty per cent of foreign mate ials (watches c-__ contain up to seventy-five per cent) 13 can export their products to the U. S. duty free. This arrangement is permitted under section 301 of the 13. S. Tariff Act. To ciard against abuses, production quotas have been established v rith high taxes as a penalty for excesses. Population Estimates at the end of the year put the population at about 100, 000; St. Thomas 48, 000, St. Croix 50,000 and St. John 2,000. Approximately 32,000 are enrolled in public and private schools. The labor force is estimated at 45,000, English is the dominant language, There are many Spanish-speaking people of Puerto Rican descent on St, Croix and St Thomas has a small colony of French-speaking people who are descendants of Huguenot families that migrated many years ago from several al French Caribbean islands. ADMADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT FOR ST. Personnel: 12 Operating Appropriation: $ 8, 31 10. A boat specifically designed as a water ambulance was put into service for transporting ill or injured persons between St. John and St. Thomas care is available. Named "Star of Life", the boat was also available for other el rgencies as determined by the Administrator's Office and the Department of Health. Plans for renovation of an old plantation house known as Enighed Ruins continued with the Department of Conservation and Cultural Affairs and a decision was reached to restore the building for use as a public library and museum. Conservation also supervised construction of tennis courts at Cruz Bay and a recreation complex at Coral Bay, which were built as in- house projects of the Department of Public Works and Conservation a:--d Cultural Affairs. Work began on the East End road and nearly twenty per cent of planned road repairs and construction were completed. Two water tanks were constructed to store water from several wells that were drilled in various sections of the island. Negotiations continued with a resident to purchase five acres of his land in the Susannaberg area for the construction of a clinic. Negotiations with 15 Nati rnal Park Service officials for a parcel of land to relocate the St. John branch of the Department of Agriculture were not successful. An alternate site is being sought for this facility. 12. Fers on: DEPARTENT OF AGRICULTURE 132 Operating Appropr m $1, 739,125 A drought that began late in 1976 and persisted to the point of severity that the President in June declared the islands an emergency drought disaster area, posed many problems for the success of the various agriculture and stock raising programs of the Department. In spite of the sit however, many significant advances were made in providing improved services to big and small farrx ers alike and to livestock developerS. The people's community garden program that was started in St. Croix in 1975 with 400 one-quarter acre plots in two locations, was reorganized to concentrate growing in one area. During the year 321 plots were under cultivation and the demand for additional plots continued even though vandalism and pilferage discouraged some of the participants. TheDepa.rtrrient provides land preparation service for this effort and regular meetings were held with the plot holders to provide information on production and pest control. To encourage participation by younger people, a five -a.c plot as made available to one of the St. Croix high schools and some 130 students gained first hand experience in agriculture by farming it. To further assist these stuic °nts, the College of the Virgin Islands extension service planted a clernonst ation section to show various methods of planting, cultivation and plant protection. The livestock industry and beef production are important agricultural enterprises. The I7epartrnt has assisted beef growers through subsidies to farmers to encourage them to produce more nutr u animal feed rghurn. Some 460 acres were under cultivation by eight growers oho received a total of $18, 500 subsidies during the year. In addition, efforts wore intensified to further develop h Senapol breed of beef cattle through research program and the organization of the Senapol breeders s sociation, which now has twenty rnerrnb The College of the Virgin Islands' experiment station initiated work to identify characteristics of the Senapol, which was developed on St. Croix in 1918. Work involved the collection of semen which is being studied at the I. S. Department of Agriculture station, B ookvile, Florida to determine the breeding value of Senapol with other types. In relation to thi program, quaran e facilities that met local and Federal standards for the export of animals were completed on Si. Croix. As a result, n cooperation h the College and Senapol breeders, twenty twb heads were shipped to Kentucky and Georgia. This wa.s the first uch export to the mainland. IS 14. Other accomplishments included: a lition of veterinarian to the staff; delivery 1 , 674 pounds of dressed r neat and by-products to butchers, farmers and individuals; construction of five new darns and ren n or enlargement of twelve others; seeding of 7, 370 pots with medium lea f h gany; distrihutioei of 3, 500 mahogany seedlings; distribution. of more than 3 llion pounds cif feed to livestock farmers under local and Federal disaster and drought relief programs. The Department, not by design, became involved in the movie business nd p erformed a service beyond its ncr ia.l scope. Producers of "The Island of Doctor Moreau" had selected St. Croix Croi as the site for filming because- of its ideal weather and tropical foliage, The story had Doctor Moreau turn hu periiments and innvolved tl e use of which had b_ ee mported from Calif°. When the movie wa,s completed, the seventeen animals wire scheduled to be returned, but had to meet certain health requirements. The Department was asked for assistance and provided an isolated area where the animals were qua tined and kept tick free for a week before tieing caged and returned. animals through his bizarre gers, wolves and bears, Perscr nel: 25 OFFICE OF -THE BUDGET Operating Appropriation: $444, 761 15. The major thrust the Office of the Budget was directed toward further development of the performance budgeting process initiated in 1976 by refining procedures and making theme. intrinsic parts f the method, Much effor and funds were expended in the determination and writing of objectives, the core of performance budgeting, which resulted in several accomplishments including a revised and more useful budget manual, a. more clearly defined structure of fiscal responsibility and accountability within various agencies, and a reinforcement of the concept of the use of objectives as management tools. These developments provided a greater depth of analysis of agency programs and funding requests by their personnel before subiission as w4.-.41 as by examiners afterward and resulted in a 1978 budget document that was a more accurate presentation of the needs of departments and agencies, The Major components of the snore sophisticated in-house process were 1) Segregation of discretio y from non-discretion- funding requests; 2) Int ocuction of an assessment report to the budget direr by senior analysts on the program and operational strength and weaknesses of each department, and 3) Preparation of a management letter by senior analysts that gave department heads consideration and assumptions that influenced funding decisions. The section of the Office responsible for the budgetary process assumed, as an extension of its management and oversight functions, additional activities that included review of Federal grant applications routed through the A-95 clearing house, and preparation of dr responses to the finding of the audits conducted by the U. S. Comptroller. The purpose of the reviews was to focus on the management and financial in plications of programs for which Federal funds are requested, particular attention to their impact on the General Fund and their consistency with local priorities. Although several reviews were forwarded to the clearing house, this responsibility was not fully carried Out, arily because many applications were received much toc late for To insure the continued professional approach in these areas, all budget analysts took an intensive one week course on the MBO process, with emphasis on the writing of objectives. In addition, staff personnel attended seminars the rnainlaAd conducted by consulting firms as w as by the University of Michigan Graduate School of Business. The importance of p he expenditure control function of the Office was erriph.asized during the year because of the fiscal uncertainty which ciaracterized the period. The development of in -house computer capability afforded more timely and exhaustive study of expenditure needs. Monthly reports of expenditures and encumbrances, for example, provided early indications of the pattern and Trion enturn of all Government obligations, which allowed for timely and consequently less drastic adjustments in order to insure consistency with collections. Careful review of these anad other reports improved the detailed analysis of agency expenditures and requests and contributed significantly to the Government's ability to keep operating expenditures within the limits of available revenues for the year. Revenue planning was given considerable time, particularly to revenue and identifying alternate sources to support spending _reauirernents. Individual income taxes continued to be used as the primary indicator of annual yield id and qua terly repo ts re sent to the Covernor and Legislature. This monitoring allowed for measures to be taken before year end to keep the budget in balance. Significant attention was also devoted to projects which improved overall income estimating capabilities. The record of income receipts reviewed to identify and segregate extraordinary sources. This clean-up of the data base should provide greater accuracy in future fore- casting. Also, the investigation into individual income tax collections 18. that began during the previous year was completed and analyzed. The findings of these efforts served to justify the recommendation an income tax surcharge as one of several measure help balance the 1978 budget. Modification of other revenue sources to close the widening g'p between income a.nd spending were also proposed. Continued uncertainty in the level of General Fund revenues during the year forced the Office to restrain the release of full fourth quarter funding by dividing allotments into two phases. This approach encouraged all agencies to apply for only absolute requirements. It was partly because of this technique that the expenditure trend remained within the p3rameters of $123.7 trillion in revenues. Internal Revenue Matching Fund monies returned to the Virgin Islands b the Federal Government from excise to on Virgin Islands ruts sold on the mainland, are used to finance capital im improvements and for debt service. A total of $17.9 million was appropriated from fund, $3. 2 million of which was contributed to the General Fund and $l2. 5 million was obligoted for debt service, land acquisitions, contributions to the olasses fund and for capital improve ents. The Conservation Fund, created 967, consists royalty payments made by the. Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corporation, and used for air and woter pollution control, sewage treatment and disposal systems, parks and recreation, preservation of historical heritages, beautification projects and other public purposes. Royalty payments for the year totalled $2.7 million for a sum total of $26. 2 million since 1967. A total of $26. 5 million has be 19. 1 appropriated through the end of the year and expenditures and obligations of $22.1 million were usef for various projects in all ar of the Fund designated uses. The Road Fund is made up of revenue from gasoline taxes, traffic fines de from this Fund and $2, 5 million was allotted. The bulk of the monies $2.2 mill on -- was spent for road construction, improvements and maintenance, and as local contributions to the Federal highway im provernent program. General obligation bonds totalling $22 million were floated and and the highway users tax. Appropr tions f $3. 4 million derivative are to be utilized for land acquLsii ot, nstruction of four new schools and renovations and repair of hospital .ngs. These bonds are guaranteed by the Federal Government. Efforts were initiated to obtain the services of new advisors to represent the Government in all financial endeavors. The Virgin Islands Energy Program, a responsibility of the Budget Office, completed a conservation plan which resulted in the approval for fiscal year 1978 of $160,000 in grant - inlaid assistance. The goal of the plan is a five per cent reduction of energy consumption by 1980. 0. In the area of Federal progra: 9, the Office completed a file of active progra re or all Ex.sc,itive agencies except for the Department of Education, ety grant applications and recommended procedure for a regular review system. In addition, a final cost allocation plan for 1976 and a fixed cost allocation plan for 1977 were prepared for use in computing indirect cost returns fr Federal grant-in-aid progra on more effective analysis of he use of Federal assist@ the incomplete reporting of gr 14 applied for and received, and inconsistent accounting for continuing; g a ssista ce programs, re e of the A-95 clearing house should i _prove information about progra and applications. However, there are no significant efforts under to way ring coordinate Federal grant accounting processe other funds, Pe rsonnel 15 CIVIL DEFENSE Operating opriation: $211, 793 Zl. A major step in emergency preparedness took place at the beginning of the year when the Office of Civil Defense and Emergency Services held first exercise involving representatives of various Government depart- ments that form the Disaster Control Gom ittee, which was established by the Governor upon the recommendation of Civil Defense. The exercise gave department heads a clear understanding of their roles when they are called to respond to a di A co-__ or emergency. unications officer was added to the staff replace a technician, and during the first several months of activity, rewrote-com umca plans and developed training programs for the staff and volunteers. The v,"=1 p1 A one (-twin ring the emergency warning system were accepted by the regional office of Civil Defense. Repairs were co eted on the forty sirens comprising the system which was tested every Monday on. While primarily designed to warn of a nuclear attack, the system also serves as a hurricane alert and for other emergencies, such as flooding conditions. Four hurricanes developed near the islands late in the summer. Fortunately all passed harmlessly to the north but Civil Defense monitored 22. their courses on a twenty-four hour basis until they moved out e area. During the hurricane season, which runs from July to October, snore than 20,000 pamphlets on storm protection and procedures and thousands of tracking maps were distributed to residents. More than forty volunteers were trained as emergency medical technicians and an equal number in traffic and crowd control. Emergency rescue tea received basic training. Large numbers of volunteers we also taking home study courses in radiologicki monitoring and other ning progrars. A Radio Emergency Associated Citizens Teas- s established on St. Croix and planned to expand to St. Thomas where the Citizens Band Association had volunteered their services in emergenci es. Unexpected storms following the hurricane season caused extensive flooding throughout the Territory. Over a two-day period, hundreds of volunteer man hours were given by Civil Defense volunteers and citizens band radio operators to protect life and property. This action reduced the need for the Government to call upon other resources to cope with the situation. Although the.islands experienced flooding conditions during October, an extended period of dry weather followed which caused a severe drought by spring. Considerable staff time was expended in preparation of information) to support the Governor's request to have the Secretary of Agriculture and 2 23. the President declare an e- ergency situation. This was the first time such a declaration was requested under the new policies and procedures of the Federal Disaster As tance Administration, which was approved and made St. Croix farmers eligible for relief funds. As the result of the many training ivities and responses to emergencies, the Civil Defense Staff was enlarged by the addition of field operations officers for St. Croix and St. John, And a radiological defense oper ations officer for the Virgin Islands who also serves as operations officer for St. John. These new members provided the necessary leadership to coordinate and train volunteers in assisting other agencies of the local and Federal governments. In the fall of the year the entire staff took part in an increased readiness information services exercise conducted by the regional office in Maynard, Massachusetts. The exercise took place over a two -month period to test the capabilities to conduct communications during a nuclear war. This was the first such exercise in which civil Defense participated and was considered a significant learning experience. 24. personnel : 1 08 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Operating Appropr. tion: $4, 51 7, 0 The year was very active, productive and gene ally successful for the Department of Commerce as its various components, especially in the Division of Tourism, ere brought closer together fallow the reorganization that began in 1976. Despite continuing budget limitations, most of h planned programs were carried out and the result was a substantial favorable turn - around of the economic situation, particularly in our basic economy of tourism. Hotels enjoyed levels of occupancy not experienced for the past g five or six years. Air arrivals bliml-- cl at a steady pace, and cruise ship passenger arrivals reached a new high for any year, at 503,415. Air arrivals of 565,84 5, a seven per cent increase over the year before, coupled with other arrivals from local inter-island operations, calls by U, S. Navy vessels and visitors from the British Virgin Islands, pushed the total to the highest level since 1973, and the third highest ever, at 1,184, 392. The exit rvey of visitors, which was begun in 1976, continued and a first year report was published and is being used as a valuable tool in planning marketing programs to encourage more visitors and rnprove the tourist product. 25. Several key staff positions in the Division of Tourism were redefined to provide greater management depth and improve the sales effort. An assistant director of sales was added but filled fro- "thin, as was the new position of coordinator of advertising and collateral material. The responsibilities of manager of sports promotion was expanded to cover all sports activities and a coordinator of tourist information was added. The Industrial Development Commission operated throughout the year without a director as the result of Legislative action but the Commissioner filled the role to keep ongoing programs from being upted. To encourage industrial expansion, advertisements were placed in various mainland business publications. They drew _ore than 1,200 responses from potential investors. A total of nine public hearings and ten executive sessions were held, with fifteen applications for tax p.ion and subsidies being approved by the Commission. Eight of these ere new Virgin Island companies. The number of persons employed in tax-exempted businesses rose by 1,095 to 5,267 at year end. The S- 11 Business Development Agency worked closely with local banks as well as with its Federal counterpart in develop g financial aid to small businesses. The problem of collecting delinquent loans was substantially lessened with an improved accounting system that produced collections of more than $ 60,000. The Office of Policy Planning and Research, which operates under a grant from the Economic Development Administration of the U.S . Departof Co rce, completed its first year 2 . toward the goal of a comprehen ive socio- cono ic development plan for the Territory. An initial step was the completion of a study of the islands' infrastructure. The director and staff of this group also provided support o the Governor' s Economic Policy Council, which is chaired 'by the Commissioner Comiim.is,sioner in his role as the Governor' s economic advisor. Position papers were prepared for the council on such diverse issues as: the thirty per cent 'thholding tax under the ''rnir system of taxation"; mass transit, Virgin Islands Refinery Corp. negotiat ons; Hess Oil negotiations, and Federal customs duty legislation that affects the Terr t_ y. Policy Planning and Research submitted an application to the Small Business Administration to have Frederiksted de g ated as a commercial revitalization area, which made it eligible to receive up to $683, 000 in long - terra interest loans. An application wa.s also submitted to the Farmer' s llorre Loan Administration for a $23, 000 grant, also for the Frederiksted effort. A Quarterly Economic Rev ew as develope to improve the 27. flow of statistics and other important information between Govern- ment, the private sector and the public. Two issues were published during the year. The Office of Administration and Management continued to serve as the business office of the Department. The office improved many of the accounting procedures through internal booking systems, the upgrading of several key positions and employment of more professionally trained personnel. The Office of Film Pro otion had an extremely productive year, which was highlighted by their success in having the major motion pictii re, "The Island of Dr. Moreau", filmed in its entirety on St. Croix. This production is estimated to have left about $2. 5 million in the local economy and employed approximately sixty-five island residents. Total revenues produced through this office were estimated at $3. 5 million. Considerable staff support was given to the Virgin Islands International Film Festival which, in spite of reduced financial support, was held for the second consecutive year. The festival and the several well known film names who participated generated extensive publicity for the islands in the U.S. and European movie trade press. 28, The Office of Rum Promotion developed cooperative advertising programs ith the distributors of Virgin Islands rums in the U.S. and assisted the major distiller in obtaining tax exemption and -subsidy benefits. The Office of Public Relations continued to publicize tht?, activities of the various functions of the Departenc-,nt. It also worked closely with the mainland public relations agency, particularly in the coordination of visits of writers and photographers from a variety of media, which resulted in feature stories in major newspapers and magazines. 29. EPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS Personnel: 409 Operating Appropriation: $2, 694, 389 The year was characterized by steady growth and increased activities in all of the multi-faceted responsibilities of the Department of Conservation and Cultural Affairs. New progr added which expanded it' s mandate and the Department now works closely with many other local Government agencies and participated in 12 Federal grant-in-aid programs. In addition, the Department receives appro- priations from the general fund, V. I. Conservation Fund and grants from private foundations. Federal funds from several different agencies totaled nearly $3 rr illion and were used primarily for the open space land program, construction of sewage system fish and wildlife studies and activities of the arts council. Additionally, allotments of $4 million from the V.I. Conservation Fund were authorized for land acquisition; development, improvement and maintenance of recreational areas and facilities; beautification; grants and contribution; summer employment programs; sewage systems; and water pollution and pesticides control programs The Commissioner served on the Caribbean Fisheries Management Council in accordance with the Fisheries Conservation and Management Act of 1976, was elected chairman in February. He also spearheaded 30. a resolution which led to negotiations between the United States and the United Kingdo to insure that the close association and relationship between the U. S. Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands is continued as it relates to fishing. The Office of Planning and Development, the coordinating arm of the Department, submitted an application for a contingency grant from the Land and Water Conservation Fund to c inue development of three recreational projects rmarked monies had been exhausted. The application, for $282,000 was approved, and marked the first e the Virgin Islands received a grant from the Secretary of the Interior's con- tingency fund The Office also submitted development project alternatives for inclus in the Con Triunity Development Block Grant programs sponsored by H. U. D. Over the past three years, twenty-six projects have been selected and funded under the program on all three islands. Implementation of the V. I. Conservation Fund continued with sixteen recreational projects under various stages of development. Two were completed. In addition, further studies were conducted on the proposed Territorial park system h identification of potential sites for acquisition, and development options for location already under Government control. In other areas, the Planning Division worked with the Bureau of Shoreline and Land Manager -rent of the Department of Conservation and Cultural 31 .Affairs and the Virgin Islands Planning Office on establishment en of a coastal zone management prograi The Divi5, _n of Parks and Recreation expanded its efforts to improve and maintain the many parks and recreational facilities of the island, but vandalism continues as a major problem and has forced the closing of one of the large portable swimming pools. In spite of the problem, izatibn of facilities was at a new high and more sports programs were conducted than in previous years. A drag strip was opened on St. Thomas, providing a safe, off-street area for this popular sport. Recreational activities were not all youth-oriented, They included organized activities for senior citizens such as beach picnics, talent shows, receptions sponsored by local resort hotels, choir singing and concerts by the senior citizen's band, games, and programs teaching children how to knit and crochet, A highlight of the year was a gala birthday party for a lady senior citizen who turned 103. The celebration was attended by more than 300 guests. The Bureau of Libraries, Museums and Archaeological Service began to see results of innovations made under a new director last year that included participant management by employees, reorganization of record kelping and management procedures, and new programs and services tc the public. Circulation statistics for the library system fleeted a six and one-half per cent increase over last year to a total of 90,732 items., 32. New patrons numbered 4 811 and 6, 759 new volumes or items were added to the collection. The museum on St. Thomas and St. John counted 10,200 visitors during the year, an increase of thirty per cent, and the new museum in newly restored Fort Frederik on St. Croix, which opened at the close of the year, attracted 10, 339 vis itors. The ei eological group had Z66 sites egistered at year-end. Many have yet to be properly sampled, but materials collected from thirty-five reveal that about one-third on St. Croix and nearly all on St. Thomas are aboriginal. An estimated 400, 000 specimens were collected this year, bringing the 0 al to more than one million since the effort began in 1974. A large number of these sites have been accepted by the National Park Service for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. The Division of Natural Resources Management let three contracts during the year for the remainder of Charlotte Amalie sewage system which, when completed in 1978, will _remove all domestic sewage from harbor waters. Other segments8 of the system -ere completed during the past several years, which eliminated the discharge of Z. 5 million gallons of raw sewage per day and changed the appearance of Charlo Amalie harbor dramatically. The water is blue again, fish are being caught along the bulkhead, children are swimming in the bay areas, arid depth v barber waters has four titers The remainder of the-basic sewage syste vo1)..ved St. Croix, which ci pumping stations , was completed at the end of the ye . St. C now ha 27; 4 miles and--the St. co 1.ct for the cons 1 et du r al cost -for ed and pl construction of the sewage collection and disposal syS island throu gh 1983, is $79. 5 million. T Bureau of Shoreline and Land Management made a n mbe- refinements to documents:that authorize the alteration and Use_o public ubrrierged lands. Among these were the inclusion of a termination dame_ e permit; the'prov lion for fee incremer odifiCation of ass 1,g anent, time limits beginning_ of construction, and provisions. 7 find disposition of structures once- the permit- is terminated.: A in de s ucture-waa established, and all per-mWsites photographed- for future reference. A legiMative ac amending an earl statuAer authorized the Department to gzant leases instead of per for filled submerged land-in order to facilitate bank financing of projects. 31. mong mayor ac vit. s nvolvin submt rgL d lands ,_ was the removal ghteen-s-unken -- .-=-._ around St. Thomas that rt a gation !laza- ds. This is a. continuing proje the areas round all three islands. The planned expansion of Harry S. Truman Airport equired a pe ie include tFe ded cubit-v rds ci sea-- bottoz`,ti construction f more than-100 ac res of filled land., pr arily -ion of the single ay, perrriit was also granted for construction 01 Coral Worla, -an un bs r yarn fold Point on-St. Tharhas. .it= Is now a rr a r tourist a ract n__ On St. Croix, a oer to An carriers to pipe nt icy =bares - t was issuc buoy to allow urge. in chi e s Oil `or -a directly to the Although oil spills are not a -serious problem in the Virgil; islan_ at thi=s tine a nu spill and evention_proara f activities were carried out und_ though funds were not available for -th_e_y_ear. seminar can -il pollution was__Ioin,_ -sponsored onmenta.1 Protection Agency that included participants- i r the government and private concerns from the Virgin Islands_ and Puerto Rico. An op-to-clate listing -of persons and concerns that nave eq.iipmi i could be used to clean up oil spills, prepared and distributed 35. appropriate agencies and individuals. Much remains to be done, however, develop an effective response capability. Specialized equipment is required, personnel el _ust be trained and a contingency plan developed that can deploy equipment and manpower effectively. The open shoreline effort resulted in the removal by three resort hotels of fences or barriers that :-estricted shore access to their beaches. The illegal removal of sand from beaches, particularly on St. Croi-., has been greatly reduced through the efforts of the enforcement branch; which resulted in several arrests. Removal is a continuing problem; beaches are destroyed and the nesting places of sea turtles are disturbed. The Bureau of Fish and Wildlife is attempting to meet the mandates set forth by the Department but only one area, law enforcers ent, has ever been almost totally funded by local appropriations. Essentially the bureau is being funded through Federal grants and as such, is limited -by provisions of laws of the Federal Aid Cooperative Agreements between the local Government and Federal agencies. Under the agreement, the bureau was successful in making special arrangements with the Fish and Wildlife Service to include certain of its technical services to the Ter ory. In its program of fish and wildlife studies, the bureau analyzed -_- ore than 1, 000 fish specimens from natural and artificial reefs, which indicate that certain species increased ten. fold since the sinking of aterials to 36. build reefs. Other statistics and information obtained are being shared with the Caribbean Fisheries Management Council to aid it in preparation of fishery management plans. The Council on the Arts conducted 117 individual projects during the year in its program to make the arts more widely availabi to all Virgin Islanders and to preserve and enrich the cultural heritage. Among these activities were the granting of scholarships for student artists to travel off-island for full-year and summer study programs, and an extensive touring program that brought professional ballet, modern dance and off - Broadway theatre to the islands for the firs Personnel: 41 CONSUMER SERVICES ADMINISTRATION__ Operating Appropriation: $474, 420 37. The high costs of consumer goads, particularly food items, led to meetings between Consumer Services Administration officials and the U. S. Department of Agriculture to discuss possible assistance to the Territory in studying food marketing practices. Assurance was given for technical assisLa and training. Contact was also made with representatives of the Food and Drug Administration concerning Federal/state relations, and labeling, freezing and adulteration of milk as well as sanitation standards for retail food establishments. The response for assistance in these areas was favorable and created a rapport for future cooperative action between the local agency arld_FDA. In one of the strongest moves taken by a consumer protection agency anywhere, the CSA revoked the license of a prominent gift shop that catered to tourists for failing to deliver _merchandise on which deposits were paid and to return deposits when requested to do so. More than 300 complaints were filed against the store. five year period. The GSA petitioned the District Court to order the owners to set up a special $75, 000 account for reimbursements to aggrieved customers, which was granted, However, the store owners subseqdently filed for bankruptcy and since there were a 4 number of secured creditors , restitution is unlikely. The Division of C 38. Protection Services, which resulted from the merger of the Division of Consumer Education and information, and Complaints and Investigation, processed 509 for l or written corn- plaints. Of that number, 334 were resolved, with the remainder being resolved through the Small Clair Court or labeled as unjustified, unresolved due to insufficient evidence or closed due to lack of response from both the complainant and defendant. Approximately ten administrative hearings were held to resolve disputes, with about three per cent referred to other litigation processes. An es ated 4.8© additional walk -in or ergency complaints were successfully handled by telephone or personal contacts. The dollar value of restitutions for the last eight months of the year totalled $52, 077, compared to $52, 858 for the same eight months of the previous year. (The first four months of the year were excluded as figures for these months of 1976 were not available for comparative purposes. ) The five pr y consumer complaints by category remained about the same as last year and were automobiles, business practices, appliances, mail order and housing. There was a marked increased in all community outreach activities, including speaking engagements to corm manity and church groups, In addition, numerous sessions 39. h individual community groups were held on topics that included recognizing and exercising consumer rights and budgeting for the family. Investigation and efo cement personnel of the Division of Weights and Measures issued 166 citations for violations of e ghts and measures statutes, which resulted in assessments of $4, 200 in fines. An interesting note is that only thirty per cent were issued during the last half of the reporting period, whiCh suggests that the activities of the Division had a sobering effect on certain members_ of the business community. The number of sh7 t eight commodities were reduced by thirty - three per cent and thirty-four per cent fewer defective scales and gasoline pumps were reported compared to the previous year. Inspectors checked 65, 821 prepackaged co-- modities and approved 63, 375. Of 724 scales inspected, 662 were approved and 578 of the 610 gasoline pumps inspected were approved. The staff metrologist for the first time was able to check a nd recalibrate various weights and measuring test instruments locally. Previously this work had to be done outside of the Territory. The Division of Licensing issued 7, 84 business licenses, 1,898 of which were new, and collected $568, 949 in fees and $31, 296 in administrative penalties. In addition to the licensing of businesses, the Division continued 44 40, to provide administrative assistance to various agencies and boards, including the Real Estate Commission and the boards for licensing barbers, beauticians and manicurists. In an effort to reduce the time between application and issuance of a license, which is often inordinate, the Division held meetings with the various agencies that must approve an application. However, it is becoming more evident that the entire process must be restructured as there is no provision for the issuance of temporary business licenses or permits. TABLE 2 41. CODE TOP 10 CONSUMER CO LINTS NUMBER RECEIVED (ALL THREE ISLANDS) CATEGORY Business Pra. _ice- 113 05 .Automobile 86 47 Mail Order 61 04 Appliances 41 80 Travel 17 41 Housing 15 06 Auto Insurance 12 75 Telephone/Radio 33 Furniture 8 *Danish House 272 TOTAL 634 *Complaints received during litigation proceedings against the retail owners who have defrauded Virgin Islands consumers and tourists alike by accepting their money and not delivering the goods. 46 TABLE 13 42. STATEMEWr OF LICENSES APPLIED FOR P ISSUID DURING FISCAL YEAR 1977 a. Number of new licenses, excluding those in pending status Number of renewals c. Previous pending li- censes issued dur-Lng this period d. In process for issuance* Total number of licenses issued by district GRAND TOTAL ST.TH ST. MIX ST. JCEN TOTAL 1,009 835 54 1,898 3,452 3,309 258 7,019 47 76 7 130 3,280 4,028 276 7,584 3,327 4,104 283 7,714 CITE: This represents licenses that were approved and forwarded to the Machine Section for issmsnce, but were not issued early enough to be included in items "a" or 11)". Also Statements of Licenses applied for and Issued during Fiscal Year 1977. 47 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Personnel: 1, 793 43. Operating Appropriation) -$34, 022 734 Pupil enrollment in the public schools operated by the Department of Education reached a new high during the year but the downward trend in the growth rate, which began the year before, remained at about the same level. The decline in the rate is substantial compared to the early yearn of the decade. In fact, in two grade groups, kindergarten and special education and ungraded, enrollment was down by small numbers. The total school population was 25,164 at year-end compared to the 1976 number of 24,369. One new school, an elementary, was opened and construction began on one elementary and two junior high schools, Overcrowding remains a serious problem. Double sessions continue at too many school even though tapering off of enrollment and the addition of one new school enabled several to return to single sessions. The opening of three new schools in the near future should relieve but not completely eliminate the situation as the large number of students in the intermediate grades begin to reach the high school level within two years. Fiscal problems are a fundamental concern for the Department. Budget restraints have prohibited overdue raises for teachers and other members of the Department, which has affected teacher morale and tea che r rely ons ps. Vandalism, a growing problem here as elsewhere, also had its effect on teachers and pupils alike in fulfilling the goal of providing quality education n pleasant facilities. Efforts to im'plementpu'pil'procotion policies, established in 1976 in cooperation with the Board of Education, resulted in several problems i ler'nentary and secondary schools. The eler entary policy provided for certain criteria for promotion and testing all students with standardized, teacher developed tests. This was not completed. On the secondary level several situations arose due to the apparent consistencies in the language of the policy covering the passing of a course or the passing of a grade with a D average. The problems were rectified at the end of the year, but both policies increased the numbe tamed students at all grade levels, which will create serious space problems for the secondary grades next school term. in the curriculum and instruction area, the emphasis continues ues to be piaced on the improvement of basic skills in language, arts and mathematics. There were several principal accomplishments in the field of English during the year, which included: a school-wide composition examination for the second consecutive year in the four secondary schools. It is expected that ye rri.y testing 45. followed by detailed reporting of scores will give teachers a better idea of the effectiveness of their writing program; sponsorship by the College of the Virgin Islands in cooperation with the Department of a series of in-service training sessions for secondary English and reading teachers, and appointment of an English supervisor to serve as the coordinator of the right to read state leadership training project. With Federal funding, the Department contracted with the University of Hartford to provide training for sixty school administrators and super- visors responsible for organization and supervision of school reading 0 programs. The supervisor also _veci as the regional coordinator of an area-wide spelling bee to dete e the champion speller who would represent the Virgin Islands at the national contest in Washington. The School Assistance for Federally Affected Areas tutorial mathema- tics program enrolled more than 2,000 students in this after-school effort when it was initiated during the year. Although about ZOO dropped out, many non-participants indicated a desire to join the program. Perhaps the most effective tool in influencing students to enroll and participate was the system 80 audio- visual learning device. The Bureau of Library Services and Instructional Materials became deeply involved during the year in the planning, operation and implementation b 0 of the new Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which supports school libra es and their resource materials. This federal program replaced ESEA II and National Defense Education Act The Office of Federal Programs completed its first full year of operation and noted progress in several areas. There was a significant improvement in relations between the U. S. Office of Education and the Virgin Islands Department of Education, and - greater communications between the Office and project directors improved intro- and inter- departmental links. Also, control and accountability of Federal funds and reporting on an accurate basis have increased the Department's chances of receiving additional funds. Grants were negotiated and awarded to provide projects for physically and mentally handicapped students; library resources and instructional materials, development of materials and textbooks on matters indigenous to the Virgin Islands; remedial reading and mathematics; planning, evaluation, research and testing; teacher training; school lunch; vocational and technical education; adult education and bilingual and bicultural education. Applications for discretionary grants were submitted for following programs: --E- ergency School Aid --Right to Read --Career Education --Coonthi --Bilingua National Project Intr material to Islands, has b the past two y a funds Of necess continued to p meaning of loca is commerno on of Technical Assistance - Bilingual eritage and Ethnic Heritage-Act usion Net work ectio the s- e- agency for the development of curriculum oves_the--teaching of-history and culture of the Virgin en operating with Emergency School Aid Act funds foe . In spite _3(11s _proved a_nd= effective ins_tructional progra- _'y ea any of th& activities were curtailed but the project duce new instructional materiali= mostly to explain the_ iday-much -cif sr_becausethe hi _y_ s df t_he'Nfrigii_ ands, edy special days. Project CLEAR -(Corn unity and as-instituted during the year Language Exper nces Approach to Reading) in an effor The progra of the Division of Adu and Continuing Education vance students' reading level Division attract in adult basic _cluc 7 - _ dents during the yer, 897 of who enrolled An adult educa P- on St. Croix at the beginning ted at the correcti facil y year and enrolled forty inmates. Problems developed early in the effort because of the transient status of many inmates, but the program was revamped to anticipate this situation and a new contract with-the -Law Enfoxcement Planning Co Plans wer narly _conioleted to offer "a = _ St, Thomas. ilitk The four Services we irnil on was arranged. gg ram _to inrna ct - services performed by the Division 48 Pupil Person duced to three with the elimination, due to budget cutback, of the program of social work , The-div_ision; however; continued to rriale available to all students services in guidanc_c school health and-attendance, -g budget rest ict onsrnade it ippo.s-Sible tc) -irriprovernent-s- in se ,qce.- _Neve any significant eless through 'cooperation wit: p_regrarns; par cularly EnA.111 and-IV, gflidance and- cc_unseliiig rnaterla The -TeTrit ogram, adrninistered by- the Division, processed 441 applications which were- submitted to Education for action. A-total of 351 scholarship were used fu and were valued at $413, 112. The _Division of _g_rec F'duc on St- i _ al eallzaanclicapped and a junior high sche An a.laiologist joined the teacher eval alive staff and p vided services on all islands by reviewing 179 referrals and providing 1 488 screenings. The speech and hearing unit conducted more than 1, 000 screenings and 49. conducted biweekly individualized therapy for more than 00 students. Clinical psychologists have been added to the programs to evaluate students as well as train diagnostic and related staff. The work study grog rat now in its third year on St. Croix, was -d on St. Thomas during the year. Funded by the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act, the year -round work program subsidizes the salaries of special education students. This effort and a related one funded by the Law Enforcement Planning rriv-nry-11 sort" -two students in jobs during the year. Enroll._ nt in the Divisi F i of Vocational-Technical Education reached a new high, with 2,477 students participating in eighteen areas of instruction. The most popular program as home economics, which had nearly half of the students. Business and office education continued to be popular as was automotive trades, electricity and air conditioning and refrigeration. There -as a significant decline in interest in agriculture and horticUlture and to ser degree in building trades. P14-0141c Non-Public Tote School Enrollment Public Son-Public 1-6 Grades 7-12 Special Educetion 1972-73 1973 74 1974775 75 -76 1976-77 24 26 22 24 24 20,790 5,926 21,995 6,156 23,669 6,101 24,369 6,565 25,164 6,601 t 1,401 11,085 6,635 1,434 11,745 7,055 2,764 12,122 7,813 1,988 12,863 8,520 1,922 13,040 9,222 1-669 761 1 970' 9 980 164 Non- Public Totals High School Graduate Data 1972-73 201 770 197 811 1974 -75 225 866 1975-76 670 20 878 76-77 1,025 Breakdown Ereakdown on Graduates Male 1977) Female Total College Bound Number Graduating: Central 126 202 328 Charlotte Amalie 173 190 363 41.0 Eudora Kean 22 78 100 29.0 Totals 321 470 791 r Known be College Bound: CABS Kean Total Central 1. College of the Virgin Islands 61 l 71 2. Puerto Rico 1 1 3. U. S. Mainland 87 18 105 Totals J49 29 178 c. Number of Non-Citizens Graduating: 1. Central 2. Charlotte Amalie 3. Eudora Kean 145 119 25 Totals 289 * Report Incomplete Public Schools Place of Birth Report As of October, 1976 St. Thomas/ St. John Number Enrollment St. Croix % of Number Enrollment Total Number % of Enrollmen Place of Birth St. Thomas 7,908 64.2 238 1.9 8,146 32.3 St. Croix 136 1.1 6,937 55,5 7,073 28.5 U. S. Mainland 876 7.1 728 5.8 1,604 6.5 St. Kitts 882 7.2 653 5.2 1,535 6.2 Antigua 454 3.7 871 7.0 1,325 5.3 Trinidad/Tobago 193 1.6 840 6.7 1;033 4.2 Puerto Rico 251 2.0 557 4.5 808 3.3 Dominica 298 2.4 349 2.8 647 2.6 St. Lucia 106 0.86 530 4.2 536 2.6 British Virgin Islands 499 4.1 20 0.16 519 2.1 Nevis 131 1.1 153 1.2 284 1.1 Grenada 64 0.52 66 0.53 130 0.52 Montserrat 67 0.54 55 0.44 122 0.49 Santo Domingo 32 0.26 81 0.65 113 0,46 St. Vincent 12 0.10 91 0.73 103 0.42 Anguilla 91 0.74 7 0.06 98 0.39 St. Martin 61 0.50 32 0.26 93 0.37 Barbados 31 0.25 54 0.43 85 0.34 St. John 71 0.58 2 0.02 73 0.29 Aruba 3 0.02 67 0.54 70 0.28 Curacao 23 0.19 42 0.34 65 0.26 Europe 29 0.24 29 0.23 58 0.23 England 26 0.21 23 0.18 49 0.20 Jamaica 12 0.10 34 0.27 46 0.19 South America 3 0.02 14 0.11 17 0.07 Other 54 0.44 25 0.20 79 0.32 Totals 12,313 100 12,498 100 24,811 100 St. Thomas /St. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Special Education n raded Totals St Croix 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1.2 Special Education LAISEitd-----...--- Totals Virgin Islands Public Schools R Ition Report 8Y Grades As of June, 1977 Male Female Total 40 37 77 63 34 97 54 29 83 53 24 77 85 35 120 53 35 88 51 26 77 400 246 646 186 179 365 223 200 423 158 160 318 29 16 45 47 31 78 14 12 26 107 60 167 Enrollment _Percent 879 8.8 995 10.3 841 9,9 889 1,003 12.0 1.075 8.2 993 7.8 1,184 54.6 991 36 8 936 45.2 671 47.4 593 7.6 533 IA g At.Q 185 14.1 319 52.4 ,565 1 106 9 22.1 51 27 78 837 9.3 197 149 346 1,306 26.5 63 62 125 1,095 11.4 76 60 136 999 13.6 72 30 102 936 10.9 67 27 1,039 9.1 29 14 43 847 5.1 291 242 533 1,014 52.6 155 142 297 805 36.5 267 205 472 847 55.7 167 176 343 671 51.1 74 64 138 544 25.4 59 58 117 431 27.2 31 21 52 200 26.0 11 13 24 112 21.4 1,610 1,290 2,900 11,683 24.8 FEDERAL GRANTS rat YEAR COMPARISON 1974 FROG AM 1973 ESEA Title 1- Educationally Deprived $647,470 $608,857 Administration 25,000 25,000 Children in Institutions for Delinquents 13,758 15,907 ESEA Title II-Library Resources 43,693 56,339 ESEA Title III-General State grog s s 147,056 136,363 Administration 50,000 50,000 Early Childho d Preventive Curriculum -0- .0:0 Guidance, Counseling & Testing -0- -0- Project Success Environment .0. 25,951 SWRL Kindergarten PrograM St. Thomas 18,740 SWRL Kindergarten Pr -m St. Croix 5,235 0- ESEA Title IV-Planning and Evaluation 18,535 8,796 Part 2-Library & Learning Resources 114,340 249,110 1975 1976 1977 $647,470 $647,470 $647,470 25,000 25,000 25,000 15,907 15,907 158,609 76,519 142,635 80,633 50 ,000 50,000 25,171 11,454 1 7 -0- Part C-Educational Innova- tion & Support 143,945 334,377 FEDERAL GRANTS-FIVE YEAR COMPARISON (continued) PROGRAM 1973 )L 1975 1976 1977 ESEA Title V-Strengthening State Administration $ 77,019 $ 77,445 $ 81,872 $ 46,552 ESEA Title VI-Education of the Handicapped/Part B 80,000 115,000 150,000 112,500 319,268 Part D-Training Profes- sional Personnel in Education of Handicapped 0 47,333 50,000 Part C-Education of the Handicapped (RRC) 25,000 Part F-Education of the Handicapped (ALRC) Deaf Blind Project 3,082 45,467 -0- 39,993 44,593 ESEA Title VII-Bilingual Bicultural Education-St. Croix 100,000 115,000 114,300 Freden0erg Bilingual Heritage Education Program -0- -0- 90,000 V. I. Bilingual Heritage Education Program ..0- *235,250 217,561 Bright Beginnings .0. -0- 34,346 Coordination of Technical Assistance or Bilingual Education Program -0- -0- -0- 4,299 Bilingual Folklore Project -0- .0. -0- 8,100 -0- Right to Read Project 12,600 40,000 28,636 -0 30,000 63 0 FEDERAL GRANTS -FIVE YEAR COMPARISON(continued) PRGGRA NDEA Title III-Administration Acquisition & Remodeling Adult Basic Education Adult Indochinese Refugee E uca- tion Program 1973 4,000 50,000 59,067 -0- LAIJ Erfc emcnt-CED/AEL ection .0- Adult Education-CETA -0. Research & Development In Career Education 6,786 Career Staff Development 20,019 Drug Education & Training Program 23,200 Help Communities Help Themselves- St. Thomas/St. Croix Drug Abuse Prevention & Early Intervention -0- Special Federal Grants to Education 106,846 SAFA/LCH Tutorial Mathematics -0 National School Lunch Program 889,345 Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) EPDA V. I. Personnel Development 35,000 DE/State Student Incentive Grant 0- 1974 1975 1976 1977 4,000 $ 4,000 $ 3,377 $ 25,000 25,000 25,000 42,629 79,863 79,863 123,695 223 17,000 25,000 25,00 .0- 10,000 30,000 - 0 - 0- - 0 - 1 , 2 6 2 -0- .0. -0- 25,640 10,611 3,308 162,442 104,546 126,877 0- -0- -0- 466,635 1,07 /785 1,710,016 1,856,222 1,58 /630 776,047 645,413 2,006,141 626,310 16,770 -0- 35,000 3,822 -0- 3,618 -O- 7,681 hJ 66 FEDERAL GRANTS-FIVE YEAR COMPARISON (continued) ROGR AM V. I. Dissemination Design & Development Program Major Disaster Assistance PA State Director and Super- 1973 .0- 552 vision 90, Projetta 56,770 Vocational Education-Basic Grants Part4 153,528 Research-Part C 3,186 Innovation-Part D 3,982 Consumer & Homemaking & Teacher Education-Part F 13,565 Cooperative Education- Part G 9,706 work Study-Part H 2,918 Special Needs Section- Part H 10,593 V. X. Exemplary Vocational Career Education Center Cooperative Assistance for State Assistance-EPOA Adult Vocational and Techni- cal Education (CETA) Hiring Driver Education Teachers Driver Education (304) Total Federal Grants, -0- -0- -0- $2,814,041 1974 1976 1977 -0- _1975 .0- $ .0. 5,000 -0- 152,132 -0- 60,315 -0- ^. .^- ulizu -0- A 140,509 140,528 138,730 3,066 2,954 2,954 5,972 3,982 3,982 10,556 11,813 13,453 9,706 9,706 9,706 2,115 2,529 2,529 10,000 10,000 10,000 -0- 7,964 28,000 -0- 12,794 137,727 2,712 1,992 12,384 7,280 1,867 7,500 3,982 28,000 117,341 -0- -0- 59,000 -0- 10,482 ____.... $4,624,534 $4,718,461 $4,677,974 $5,560,061 67 68 Pe DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE sonnel: 296 58. Operating Appropriation; 4, 019, OW The Virgin Islands Government during the year developed program budgeting for the first s_ _e. The significance is that accountability for functions moved from the divisions of various Government depart rents and agencies to activity centers as appropriations and allotrr ents centered on these organizational subdivisions. The shift from a line-item e hod to an activity center format required the creation of a host of new accounts in order for obligations to be recorded in the proper appropriation accounts. The burden of establishing these accounts within established time became he responsibility of the Accounting and Data Processing Divisions of the Department of Finance. The changes were lade smoothly and effectively. The most significant changes that affected tax administration were those resulting from s age by Congress of the Tax Reform Act of 1976. Among the ;hanges were disclosure rulings, jeopardy ass essrnen tern-k:nation assess ents, exemptions from levy and :;u1i- for books and rt_corda. These, as well as a recent ruling of the 8,pr on pla.cerner. of levies on private property, had strong influences upon. the manner in which the division med. 59, A measure of what the Tax Division dealt with during the year can be seen f orrr the number, of returns filed by taxpayers. The total was 93, 186, two-thirds of which were returns for gross receipts and individual income. Delinquencies continued to be a problem, and efforts to collect from these accounts resulted in $4. 6 million. The average collection per hour_per revenue officer based on a 40-hour week was $147, or an average annual production per officer $306, 393. In addition to its work in implementing the activity center fore -.at of budgeting, the Accounting Division realized the early closing of the subsidiary ledgers of appropriations and funds which, for many years, was an elusive target- This was made possible through the assistance of the Data Processing Division and the cooperation of the Budget Office in submitting allotment vouchers within the deadlines established by the Department. At the beginning of the year the division began logging the number of documents returnedto various departments and agencies to determine why many were rejected before entering the processing system. and what could be done to correct the situation. It was found that lack of signatures and insufficient funds were the dominant reasons for rejections. Through informational programs, rejections for the year dropped to 3Z0 from the 677 of the previous year. Problems associated with the centralized accounts receivable system, which is managed by the Treasury Division, persisted throughout the year. These included late submission of schedules by billing agencies o _g bill issued and recalled, and late sub- mission of schedules by collectors showing bil.I k paid. The collection of delinquent receivables irate renal 6o. revenue taxes occupied much attention of the ion. Although current statistics were not available for the it is estimated that the collection results equalled the $1. 7 million colic ::ted last ycar. The Division also managed the investment of idle Clovern ent cash. Interest earnings for time certificates and savings account $5, 480, 942, nn increase 2.5 per cent over the previous year The Employees Retirement System had a portfolio that consisted of $2 5. 1 millico in corporate bonds and $10. 3 million in U.S. Treasury Bonds. Certificates of deposit purchased locally by the sys _ yielded 1,063,811 compared to $1,081, 305 thc year before Persona o -tgage loans to members of the system ounted to $1 6. 7 million at the end of the year and loans to governmental agencies still outstanding totaled $10 mill The Data Processing Division, relying on recommendations and suggestions of other departs e.nt and agencies, maintained, modified, created and updated systems to provide regular periodic reports, re and other data for payrolls, accounts receivable, general ledgers, sub- sidiary ledgers, licensing of more than 6,000 businesses, appraisals and taxation of real property and other special activities h go ver nment. At the same e it prodUced the payroll for the V.I. Port Authori issued U.S. Savings bonds on a biweekly basis and plan( payrolls monthly. The Payroll Division consolidated the weekly and biweekly pay per iods into one biweekly payroll, eliminating the extra week of proces ing. £t the sa a It-operating routines were overhauled, revised or- refined in the preparation of approximately 0,116 payroll checks ever- two weeks. Among the many payroll deductions were those for 6,315 U.S. avir gs Bonds with a maturity value of $257,800. The Alcohol Control Board inspected and approved for export to the U.S. 1,921,096 proof gallons f alcohol, all but a. few gallons =of which was rum. Sources of Revenues -.All Funds, excluding certain Enterprise and Revolving, and Agency, Trust and Deposit Funds, and including taxes held in escrow for subsidy payments. Collections Earmarked Tor :subsidy payments 47% U.S. Customs Collections Taxes 480 29% Figure 1. Relatirnsi ip Between General Fund Cash esources and Applicati=ons Cash Reserves and Carried Over Surplus, 6-30-76 Reserves for encumbrances & payables Adjustment Total Cast' (Adjusted) 7-01-76 Contributions From Other Funds ( xhibit ") All Other (Exhibit ' Tax evenues & Receipts n) ibit " ") Total ions - Dept, of Health "J" & "K" less deleted brances) Obligations - Dept. of Education ( Exhibits " " & "K" less deleted encumbrances) Obligations pt, Of Public Works (Exhibit "K" less deleted encumbrances Other De ai tme (Exhibits "J" & encumbrances) Figure 3. Obligations " less deleted 63. $ ,270,736 12,906,820 387866: $ 17,791,692 10,579 614 19,045,695 84,886,86 132125141N $ 19,x+83,354 35,014,182 18364 22,138 ad Surplus, 77 5_1159-.832 Total 1131011_8W 64. Types of Expenditla s - All Funds, excluding certain Enterprise and Revolving, and certa.f. gency, Trust and Deposit Funds, and including subsidY PaYm2nts. W- O-Met 7 ommercial and Industrial tdustrial Development evelorment Subsidies 48% 47% Sara a _on Waste Remov Figure 2 Goverment of the Virgin WW1 All Funds 000IRET tun Si r At June 30, 1977 ARMS AND 0Tii ER HUTS General Fund Matching Paid Special Funds Enterprise & Revolving Funds Agency, Trust and Deposit Funds Payroll Fund General Bonded null & other Assets Debt Cash $13,361,081 $ 8,067,519 $21,062,224 $130496,60 ($ 2717411252) $1,755,81 Change & Petty Cash Advances 110,577 400 25 - - Travel Advanced 22,235 15,954 1,243 . Special Ceeh Advances 169,797 24,105 . . Guarantee Deposits 19,020 - 20,000 Investments 3,000,000 21,330,155 25,000 122,811,222 Payroll Deductions Receivable . 81,325 218331169 Accounts Receivable (et) 251741)705 299,984 111811)141 58M68 =cm Dutiei Receivable 390,000 = 4,3460 Fans Receivable (Net) 30724,445 18,123,560 5 - Ale From Other Funds 493,332 135,197 71,883 10,497,973 Due From Hess Oil Corporation Due From V,I, Part Authority . 2,594,010 li357P,0 1,3011443 - . Due Froa the Federal Government 15)544,847 Due From 11,1, Lottery , 79,338 Due From V,1, Government . 223,225 1,346,526 Dike From the College of the V,I. . 64,000 Accrued Interest Receivable . Inveitmenta . 1,967,431 559 525,620 Accrued Interest Receivable . Other , 54,400 1,325 Frepaid Sense 8,000 3,960 . Inventory of Potable Water 155,979 , - Inventory of Stores for Resale - 1,633,715 - Inventory of Supplies 535,125 99,835 91,291 5,875 - WA to be Provided for Payment of Serial Bonds - - $ 57,618)000 Amount to be Provided for 1>eYment of Loans and Interest 3,881,143 4,210,000 ASSETS AND O'i DEBITS Aunt to be Provided for PayMent to General Service AdXdnistration (Estate Golden Grove) Amount to be Provided for Payment to General Service Administration (Cuba Libre) Amount to be Provided for Payment to General Service Administration (Estate Adventure) Well Field) Amount to be Provided for payment to General Service Administration (Estate Peter's Rest) Amount to be Provided for Payment to General Service Administration (Estate BOW Flerance and Estate Slob, St Croix) Amount to be Provided for payment to General Service Administration Ozer Bethlehem, Frodensborg and Slob, St, Croix) Amount to be Provided for Payment to the Govern- ment insurance Fund for WC Amount to be Provided for Payment to the 1.,10yeen lIetireMent Fund for Loans Amount to be Provided for Payment of Interest an Bonds and Other Debt Hight/AA Land Buildings Equi pment (Net) Work in Progrese Other Structures Total Assets and Other Debi n Exhibit "A ;Cult CL _ Government of the Virgin Islands All Nods COMM BALANCE 3E7 At June 30,1977 Enterprise Agency, `trust General Bonded General Matching Special & Revolving end Depost. Fn red Fie & Other Pond Fund Fonda Funds FiLnas ;01nd Assets At ..__.- 097 13,687 1,141,923 oo4 12.77 3 4 6 6 7 77,687 4,950 21,26 51,300 6 8,76a 1,256,405 869,000 2,000,V 51 762,507 $ 27,02o,224 30,307,049 71,696,465 27,762,416 4,571,348 45 387942 74 447 ,114 4 87I LIABILITTES, RESERVES, APPROPRIATIONS, TVRFLUS AND BALANCES Liabilities: to Payable liatgoa Pesble Accounts Payable Due to Other Funds Serial Bonds Payable Amount Due to General Services Akministration (Estate Adventure, Well Field, Estate Golden Grove to Estate Cuba Libre, Estate Bonne ESperance and Estate Slob, Upper Bethlehem, FredensborE, St, Omit) Amount Due to Gemmed Insurance Fund Amount Dle to iloyees Retirement Fund Amount Due to the V.I, Port Authority x,990 Interest Payable in Future Years on Serial Brady Government of the Virgin Islands All Nnds COMM BALANCE SHMT At Just 30, 1777 Enterprise Agency, Itnit General Matching Special & Revolving and Deposit Fund Fund Flinch Plej Funds . , $ 197,333 10,180,000 - 4,571340 623,498 $ 6,288 80,747 246146o 733 3,736,436 4,210,000 226,129 910,326 347,124 Total Liabilities vest Poe Encumbrances For Receivables Unrealized For Cash Adracee For Estjmeted Disability & Death C Payments For Contingencies For Inventory of Supplies For Leggies notion Dined &ad rind & Other Anti Debt 57,618,000 . . 2,266,929 . 946,526 . 2)168,219 = - 51 220 1 4 438 IIELL_.Lj11,LiAA 88 306,676 tilo65,731 290244j066 3024609 $1,388,912 = . $11,217,071 4 715 43,459 $ 6,61414 . 1,268 836 $ 147,444 71786,049 440,000 691,1p4 91,291 LIABILITIES, TiESERM, APPRoPRIATIONE, SURPLUS AND LAIA:RS Reserves: For Internal Revenue Tax Refunds For Employers' Contribution to Retirement System For Membevhip Annuities For Members' Contribution to Retirement System Total Reserves Appropriations Carried Poniard Surplus: Investment in Fixed Assets Operating Surplus Total Surplus Contribution from Local Government Contribution from Federal Goverrment Fund Balance/Retained Earning Total Liabilities, Reserves, AppropriationS, Barphal Contributions and Alances Cwernment of the Virgin Islands All Funds COMM BALANCE SIFT At June 30, 1977 General Fund $ 1)517,8'16 Matching Special Fund Fads Enterprise Agency, Trust & Revolving and Deposit Payroll Funds Funds Fund $ 24,344 92 34,698,600 643 681 General Fixed Assets Bonded & Other Debt 41g2 8jail_iiLikla_pj 46 1.23. 334,365 _s 2,516,o46 t 2,77°,279. = - 2 285 772 4,2 _1273 1-711 $ 2 885,772 $ 4,29627LE.211211_1__ $ 3,951,750 450,964 V11 521 14L2175, 5 006,745,447 02C16,745,447 6 ea 6 32,067,0 4 .447 4 21 8 ITnament u' the VirgIn General Fund, MatcKng Fund and 1976-197Y la,rgen COMPATIVE SIAMENT C APPROPPIMTI4 Fiscal Year (YTY 197 f General Fund and 1976 =1977 Emergency Loan Fund Operating Expenses Capital Projects Other Budgetary Items: Contribution to the College of the Virgin Islands Contribution to the Virgin Islands Port Authority All Other Budgetary Items FY-1977 Note) 104,4053120 25,000 ft FY-1976 1041956)394 1713811 3,931,598 4,224 19,582,689 19,212)5 FY-1975 102,03, ,193,170 :03000 7 FY=1q74 r2 F1=1 n 333 $ 88,604,104 80,700 204,000 4,009,246 4,313,855 360,000 '4,65136_7 Total General Fund and 1976= 1977 Emugenoy Loan Fund 517,944,407 51285655 32,851609 $116,J 6, 617 Matching Fund: Capital & Other Projects Other Budgetary Items: Contribution to the General Fund Debt Service Requirements r!ontribution to the College if '!e Virgin Islands In-. -est and Insurance on Acgaisitior, ormer Vicorp and Sub F i'roperties (gency Purchase of Wat Contribution to Emergency Molasses F. Contribution to Virgin Islands Port Authority Payment of Interfund Loans Total Matching Fund Grand Total $ 4,184,942 33200,000 4,049,674 731,646 154,794 1,000,000 2,850,000 1,817=097 5,263,83' 23,7213200 2,524,694 762,200 202,950 973,974 524, 5,883 428 $ 11,11?,597 6,841 7 7 2,550,15 7,900,000 5.-, 561_809 6 42 249,88 500000 1, C -1 '1'7,569 646 $, 10,502,834 8,000 00(J 602,692 4o1191 350,272 f149, 6 271222 322,129,116 145, 3 /230 16229. L11 4 Note: Act No. 3849 created the 1916-1977 Emergency Loan Fund to meet the egenes EXecutive Offices of the Govtrnor. Such expenses are normally ad Ner !'n.tr funded in the General Fund Government of the Virgin Islands General Fund and Matching Fund CONPARTIVE f7TATNENT OF REETES AND RECEIPTS Fiscal Years 1973 1977 Source =General Fund Other Items (Gross) (Cont'd) Oil Import Fees Special Federal Grant Other Total Other Item Less: Refunds Total Other Items (Net) Refunds, Over and Undue Collections Total before Contributions from other Funds ,Contrioution from Other Funds: Matching Fund Special Funds Interest Revenue Fund Road Fund Health Revolving Fund FY-1977 FY-1976 FY-1975 3,299,674 8,500,000 463 637 506 855 $ 15 923,973 $ 8,748,030 5 227 844__ 1 801 883 9,201,4 2 192 FY-1974 188, 504 991r 9 9123 5 445 01 417 873 493 561 103:882 564 S 06 190 323_ 77)447 95,700,202 3,200,000 23,721,200 6,847,787 $ 8,000,000 1,979,614 3,346,145 177,780 5,400,000 5,400,000 6,000,000 3,700,000 500,000 1,700,000 Matching Fund Total Contributions Total Revenues & Receipts - General Fund Internal Rovenue Matching ontebutions Other Receipts Total Revenues and Receipts - Matching Fund 18,597 381 46 18 597 727 10.579-614 j14,462 2 200 000 2 344 579 34 667 345 15 370 146 FY-1973 414):119 8,895,244 8,89 1633_ al 688 84 034 864 $ 7,900,000 3,700 000 18201000 1.15.1.PC9 13 900 000 32,732,853 16P3,608 $ 16,585,211 7,293 20 034 2,408,916 32 740 146 _16.623 642 IthiL,__85 211 !s22400 Government of the Virgin Islands General Fund and Matching Fund RATIVE STATEMENT OF REVENIO AND RECEIPTS Fiscal Years 1973 - 1977 .ce ral Fund FY-1977 FY-1976 FY-1975 FY-1974 FY-1973 -)s: Property $ 7,485,825 $ 4,840,176 $ 6,239,869 S 4,428,177 $ 4,694,950 vidual Income 47,803,745 53,576,227 52,588,754 43,736,096 43,485,189 orate Income 19,839,549 10,J.25, 517 14,744,393 27,432,461 14,758,738 s Receipts 12,747,812 13,029,811 11,458,269 0,272,910 9,572,751 ,e and Excise 4,910,372 4,479,500 4,412,928 3,997,691 4,184,883 ritance/Gift -_54,727 772,862 408,16E 372,693 276,129 435,304 406,169 463,531 685,055 496,994 action 2,782 2,556 4,170 251,325 16,129 crate Franchise 141 760 109 000 104 592 96 835 97 171 Total Taxes (Gros $ 93,721,876 $87,341,818 $90,424,666 $91,273,243 $77,582,934 Less: Refunds 8 885-007 42998 267 943 511 Total Taxes (Net) t C-cerating Income rage Service Charges 84 836 869 $74, 892,193 $85 426 399 $73,056,608 17,105 23,439 $ 23,945 35,992 $ 24,334 r Supply Service Charges 1,892,152 1,600,875 1,593,447 1,077,720 446 911 194 543 aot931 339 746 292 330 Total Operating Income rocs $ 2,537,301 $ 2,110,134 1,835,751 $ $ 1,394,384 Less: Ilefut 1 586 1 880 1,509 Total Operating incor.. no Gross). noes, Fees and Permits (Net 2,535,715 2 110 134 $ 1,567,925 113921875 2,207,528 $ 2,204,433 $ 2,333,823 $ 2,298,352 $ 1,626,099 s, Forfeits and Penalties 60,131 108,514 120,851 64,553 98,,13 s and Concessions !;,.5,410 127,548 100,776 133,0ch 141,657 Custom Duties 4,617,267 496,006 4,844,163 7,226,282 6,657,996 Government of the Virgin Islands General Fund and Matching Fund COMPARATIVE q7AT of AMIAL PERCENTAGE INCREASES (DECREASES) - REVENUES AND RECEIPTS Fiscal Years 1973 - 1977 )urce Fund Cross: !al Property avidua) Income Tporate income ass Receipts ade and Excise heritance amp oduction rporate Franchise Tot Refunds Total wares ent Operating Income (Gross): Overage Service Charges ter Supply Charges her Total Refunds Total Operating Income (Net) ens oss censes, Fees and permits nes, Forfeits and Penalties rats and Concessions B. Custom Duties I_ Import Fees !cial Federal Grant FY -1977 54.66% ( 10.78) FY-1976 FY-1975 FY-1974 FY-1973 ( 22.43)% 1.87 40.91% 20.24 ( 5.68)% 0.58 7.82% 7.14 95.94 ( 31.33) 46.25) 85.97 25.89 ( 2.16) 13.71 11.54 7.31 14.44 9.62 1.51 10.39 ( 4.47) ( 2.50) ( 54.10) 89.35 9.52 34.97 ( 5.34) 7.17 ( 12.38) ( 32.34) 37.84 16.23 8.84 ( 38.71) ( 98.34) 1,458.22 ( 73.79) 30.06 4.21 8.01 ' 0.35) ( 3.,1) 7.30 ( 3.41) ( .93) 17.65 ( 1.03) ( 28.63) 149.07 ( 37.08) 75.50 16.36 13.28 ( 12.34) 2.25 14.06 ( 1.94) ( 27.02) ( 2.11) ( 32.72) 46.26 ( 16.36) 9.57 18.19 .45 47.85 6.86 129.72 ( 7.77) ( 37.91) 16.22 10.37 20.24 14.95 ( 6.76) 41.19 7.06 (100.00) 118.60 ( 43.01) 20.17 15.06 6.81) 41.28 6.94 .14 ( 5.55) 1.54 41.34 3.46 ( 44.59) ( 10.21) 87.20 10.59 ( 2.20) ( 56.56) 26.57 ( 24.23) ( 6.11) ( 8.14) 84.99 ( 48.47) ( 32.96) 8.53 11.47 (100.00) Government of the Virgin Islands General Fund and Matching Fund COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF ANNUAL PERCENTAGE INCREASES (DECREASES) - REVENUES AND RECEIPTS Fiscal Years 1973 - 1977 tirce FY-1977 Fy.1976 FY -1975 1 Fund Items (Gross) (Cont'd): ther ( 4.58) 71.87)q 855.88 ( 54.48)% Total 82.13 ( 4.98) ( 7.16) 11.38 10.55 Refunds 519,31 ( 61.50) 28.11 ( 62.40) Total Other Revenue: 82.09 ( 4.96) ( 7.16) 11.42 Over and Undue Collections 32.62 6.69 ( 15.33) ( 28.64) 267.16 Total Before Contributions from C; :her Funds 20.53 11.04) 1.09 .04) mitions from Other Funds: Itching ( 86.51) 246.40 ( 14.40) 1.27 145.72 ecial Funds ( 40.84) 1,782.18 5 - (100,00) iterest Revenue Fund - 10,00) 62.16 . ( 43.08) ?alth Revolving Fund (100.00) 6.17) 37.92 ( 6.85 473.22 Total Contributions ( 69.48) 125.54 10.58 3.54 32.79 Total General Fund ( 5.29) , 7.67 2.41 2.46 2.51 ig Fund Iternal Revenue Matching Contribution ( 43.18) 97.14 .11 ( L'5.' 15.42 :her Receipts ( 95.26) 63.60) . .. (100.00 mtributions from Other Funds (100.00) Total Revenues and ReceV.s - Matching Fund ( 43.20) 96.94 25.99) 14.13 Government of the Virgin Islands General Fund, Matching Fund and 1976-1977 Emergency Loan Fund (Note) COMMATIVE STATEMENT OF OBLIGATIONS Fiscal Years 1973 to 1977 Matching Fund ELM 11=1226 FY=1975 F y-1974 Public Projects: Public Works 254,838 238,912 2,251,559 $ 2,594,124 $ 5,785,961 Education 100,000 74,135 197,140 Social Welfare 167,291 350 Housing & Community Renewal 564,999 300,000 300,144 1,128,000 Health 201,297 Legislature 3,888 14,936 21,898 Office of the Governor 62,661 36,100 Agriculture and Recreation )5,000 Finance 2,738,503 2,075,354 1,580,908 2,232,528 2,165,766 Conservation & Cultural Affairs 2,340 6a,116 Public Safety 269,086 41,246 20,000 49,709 121,125 Judicial (Territorial Courts) 1 840 Total Public Projects L.3737 243 $ 39009,582 A 4,412,618 5_1212 605 9,878 -706 Contributions and Transfers, To Debt Service Fund $ 4,,49,674 $ 2,524,694 2,550,135 $ 2,452,249 $ 2,602,692 To College of the Virgin Islands b12,200 612,200 561,809 648,842 401,926 To General Fund :,200,000 23,721,200 6,847,787 7,500,000 7,900,000 To Molasses Subsidy Fund ;,D00,000 973,97 1,100,000 - To Virgin islands Port Authority :,376 000 Total Contributions and Transfers 737g4 c68 1 10,904,620 Total Standard Governmental Oblige- tive - Matching Fund 14 475 L17 308415 472,149 $_16,213,69 $_20 783026 Total Stanaard Governmental Obliga- tions, General FUnd, Matching Fund and 1976-1977 Emergecy Loan Fund l'17-6C°6/°13111ift.t2° Note: Act No. 3849 established the "1976-77 Emergency Loan land" as a temporary fund to defer -- the expennes of the Executive Offices cf the Governor. Such expenses were prt,..qaaly recorded in the General Fund. Gmvernment of the Virgin Iolanda General Fumd, matching fund and 1976=1977 Emergency Laez, Find (Note) COt$ARATIVg STAMM OF OBLIGATIONS Fieeal Years 1973 to 1977 TT719.71 Standard Governmental Obligations General Fund 197651977 emergency T7=1776 Elam f..1!IL. Elkim Legislative $ 2,286,263 $ 2,145,386 $ 1,694041 $ 1,532,622 $ 1,691,071 Judicial (Territorial Court) 1 517 118 1 259_48 1 249,921_ 1,037,525 Total Legislative Judicial 3:503 r8 3,404,789 2,839,_962 2,570 147 2,577,652 Executive: Administrative nepartzenta and encies $ 21,050,458 $ 18,629,324 $ 21,661,047 $ 20,983,834 $ 20,461,352 Service Derartnents: Public Woke 17,160,153 18,572,125 16,359,691 13,054,781 12,158,760 Health 17,372,780 19,011,280 19,158,014 17,603,080 16,367,721 Education 31,691,822 29,927,793 28,784,605 27,048,552 23,014,261 Social Welfare 6,131, 10 6,153,102 6,926,990 6,217,701 5,515,570 Safety 11,102,277 11,226,107 11,333,936 10,420,465 7,625,906 Commerce 4,125,390 3,950,859 3,922,055 3,178,49 3,193,752 Rousing and Community Renewal 519,091 805,752 953,961 576,451 786,859 Agriculture and Recreation 1,326,470 1,307,285 1,459,320 1,379,360 1,418,909 labor 577,156 587,500 592,351 612,399 5144,480 Conservation and Cultual Affairs 2,04556 : 2 391,.,LL261.__i.__,.14 2 81443 08 2,552_778 Total Executive 114 .9!16 $114,007 364 03.3 220 .3 640 242 Other Governmental Obligations 0 228 185 5,280,365 S 8,470,520 4877 -200 Total Standard Governmental Obligations - General Fund and 19761977 X28,973,596 $126,680,635 #122,127 691 $114 963,887 $101- 5,004 Energeney Loan Fund 9 6 COr_ A TIVE STAT T OF FEDERAL GIANTS-IN-AID AND OTHER 0NTRIBUT10 Fiscal Years 1973 - 1977 nesLP2.... Inds the Governor: iic Development Planning Grant Economic Opportunity Office ;e Civil Protection Agency on of Personnel ity Renewal & Development ;ncy &pigment Comprehensive ployment wining Act !slipover Planning System Secretariat Services Agency fouth Commission of Community Services !ommunity Action Agency 'ublic Television System (Note 1) of Highway Safety 'fanning Office hemy Office rational Guard aw Enforcement Commission (Note 2) the Lieutenant Governor: Revolution Bicentennial it of Health it of Education t of Social Welfare it of Conservation & Cultural Affairs: y Services & Construction bonen on the Arts ig Safety Program T Recreation Program Aes & Wildlife Projects Conservation Corps Program Water Pollution Control & Sewerage truction Ate 3) t of Public Safety it of Public Works: Waste Planning FY-1977 85,000 FY-1976 Py-1975 FY-1974 FY-1973 - - 64,395 106,557 114,425 1,088,581 96,572 45,041 89,252 29,879 47,118 44,264 66,000 70,000 13,672 40,000 67,310 1,637,515 385,693 215,785 329,886 217,033 4,739,7146 2,818,500 2,865,544 455,678 431,372 9,987 26,484 41,100 5,447 44,553 _ . 1,070,467 1,191,877 826,396 1,452,805 599,010 953,618 858,605 672,871 553,332 1,378,505 168,750 590,000 290,531 117,658 25,000 411,096 89,627 ;3,500 16,618 82,165 17,573 88,322 . . 540,000 405,000 280000 1,172,000 453,894 218,627 84,100 62,500 30,000 30,000 4,852,176 2,554,342 2,928,396 5,954,972 6,657,602 4,865,696 5,897,997 3,956,466 3,172,729 3,044,774 3,699,443 3,043,565 2,357,266 1,911,064 1,163,753 92,494 61,468 93,372 87,271 228,341 221,500 227,000 167,667 152,170 11,458 42,893 . 524,868 43,528 112,756 196,500 186,307 200,298 236,677 94,256 35,000 117,500 25,000 2,643,083 3,4590555 868,390 70,794 15,000 478,308 5,000 7,500 70,630 30,225 rn 93. Government of the Virgin islands All Funds (Note 1) GOMPARATIIT STATEMENT OF CAPITAL CURETTES (NOTE 2) Fiscal Years 1973 to 1977 Desstpli.on Hospitals and. Clinics Seboo le Emergency nou6ag and Slum Clearances Harbor and Figs Seil and Water conservation Roads, Streets and Highways Potable Water; Set Water and Sewerage Facilities Parks, Reaches and Other Recreational Areas Heavy EquipMet V,1, Public Television System Construction Renovation of Government Buildings Consulting, Engineering and Contingencies Acquisition 0? t,and and Buildings for the V. 1. Governt Libraries Total, Source of Ei nditares: General Fund Matching Special and Other Funds P7197.7 TY-1976 N72 r490.. in $ 650,655 $ 10,200 $ 76,933 582,439 2,456,246 4,472,368 2,05,898 31935)867 395,752 3,382,353 61)450 27,9115 139)651 226,976 337,168 4,669 4j300 . VW - 2,265 79,305 205)794 616,919 2,918)559 1,993)232 5,6921224 5,144,417 3,3314,7 2,632 104 5,908,910 2,278,966 3,037,965 5,377,171 1,600)207 732)263 614,969 951,836 53,623 266,546 537,750 96,822 164)797 746,368 - . 59,194 6)700 384)877 634,790 1,392,351 660,117 1)7481375 3,377,377 66,699 32)379 2,363,892 1,563,061 2)795)922 1)503,148 1,592)250 11,11.6 100 000 54 A 145 257 _112 15864 338 56L----33 456 -_ 22 427 40 $ 108,609 $ 195,705 $ 232,555 $ 161,398 2)259)869 2,576,220 4,020;737 6,142,221 $ 660,593 10,810,943 13,AIUMLJAMEVIL__.1_.0 955 604 Toth Expenditures S158616871.2811H.B46_n4273450 Note 1: Certain Enterprise, lievolvins; Agency, Trust and Deposit Funds are excluded. Note 2: hest capital expenditures are exclusive of office furniture and equipment, automobiles and othet items used in the day-to-day operation of the Government. 100 Governees of the Virgin Ielagle All hits (Rote) COMPARATIVE mar OF glimum Goma MENTOS A1P lOANS ?local Year® 197o =1977 Desert ion Fiaa Fm6 7Y-1 ri-1974 Reims (let): Heil Property Taxes $ 7,479,564 4,165,047 $ 6,185,791 .41367,253 Imo Tiles 58,1661069 51,329,036 62,399,655 631281-368 Inheritance /Gift %gee 31±,174 772, 408,160 372,693 S -= Tee 434,589 404,984 463,531 683,463 bade to toile Tares 01,956 4,475,5C0 4,412,928 3,997,691 Corporate Frozotisc Tam 141,507 108,397 93,8 83,029 Gros fleoeipts Toes 12,147,812 13,029,811 110458,269 100212)910 Tama Sad in Escrow 8,767,199 16,019, 17,461,418 62,497,155 0610110 Taxes 1,103,09 1,6531259 1,8831650 1)804,459 * Veer Taxes 8751M 875,852 994,244 1,109,840 Production Texe0 2.,782 2,556 4)170 251,325 U.S. Coke rialto 162,106,446 29)T81550 130)3961259 550789,197 Oil Ant Fees 3,299,674 Licenses, Fees & Perlits 2,406,297 2,402,471 2)412,270 2,320, Fines, Porfeite & Pegalties 190,516 244,CC 110,583 Not, NU) Fees & Warp 181,486 50,26 52,600 54,188 Hospital Service Charges 5,200,732 215i4,307 3,4680084 , 3)410,548 Severage Service Chop 17,105 23,439 23,945 35;592 Water 544 Service Obaxge 1,893,455 1,790,649 44690149 10,803 Revenue from wee of Money en. Melt 61482,669 7,403,663 8;355,129 6,553,832 so of Property & taipviat 31,965 14,438 11,984 14,082 Inter* Sevens Petrie 2,997,381 32,732,853 16)603, 16)585)211 Feieral Ingo-in-Ala 32,865,811 26,335,387 19,754,995 4)03,668 Proceeds from PAWN 2,1451000 2,137,500 2)737,5M 4,237;500 Other Iltsvzse 1,117,516 1,'1',931 2246,459 2,0aP3 Bpeeig Federl Grant 800 000 Iota 5-Ake Goverment Pavel/um o4 261 4 Lau rris 4,644,022 $ 40335,100 53,776,419 276,129 492,olo 56)629)102 291,709 427,613 4,184,883 4)291,997 54,265 100,912 9,572,751 8;364,771 12,805,527 3.90811,- 1,159,339 4129)879 943,074 872048o 16,129 60,600 261997,790 26,4610898 1,641,567 1)588)180 150,706 140,058 36,562 24,500 2,537,063 1,446,881 24,334 29,095 1,C176,2n 4000,463 4,029,830 3,952,505 36,838 391,493 22,408,916 19)415,523 17,14,200 12,638,584 2,7 5,000 2,737,500 935,152 832,177 4 Lus 31324)747 47,671)242 ttau $ 2,602111:6 404413 203,665 85,650 481;286 853,989 4,084,815 4,021,315 740326 57,278 7,326010 70130,6 28,1431308 984,976 14)15914E19 -8-26)&316 31,937 51,31 13038112a 10,4381521 1,3660021 1,452,787 153,704 1.71, 26,134 23,18 2,015,729 11355,401 21,802 985,624 86,0 3,703,696 2,469,303 20,857 )36j3C6 13,208,853 prouv28 7,930)266 4,961413 2,737,500 2,73T,5 970577 1,922,421 0g1 00MTARATIVE STATEMENT Lo getCies /Funds Department of Public Works (Cont'd Major Disaster Assistance Construction of Roads & Highways Department of Commerce Department of labor Department of Agriculture: V.I. Agriculture Census Emergency Drought Belief Marketing service Forestry Program Meat Inspection Program Zgg Production Inspection Virgin Islands Employment Service: asployment Service Administration Unemployment Compensation Insurance Disaster Unemployment Assistance Manpower Development Training Program. Total Matching Fund = Internal Revenue Returns Total Government of the Virgin Islands F FEDERAL GRANTS -IN -AID AND OTHER CONTRIBUTION RX5rVED Fiscal Years 1973 - 1977 FY.1977 46,376 2,267,533 6,535 163,515 12,060 6,490 3,600 1,213,342 1,320,365 19 343 FY.1976 FY-1975 FY. 1974 762,186 521,389 267,233 12000 8,223 2,200 1,142,110 1,528,105 FY-1973 1,015,577 502,594 750,000 604,791 1,775,004 41,000 33,750 125,449 133,174 34,327 199,816 13,000 11,000 11,970 7,597 11,470 9,420 10,852 1,800 1,200 1,700 932,354 812,421 599,000 123,000 56,000 197 527 121 11E $32,865,811 $26,335,387 519,754,995 1,m381 22151051162612698 $20,443,668 16,585 24 1 2 35 24(L. s3 38 603 Note 1: Contributions in Fiscal Years 1974, 1975, 1976 and 1977 were made directly to the Note 2: In Fiscal Year 1976 the Office of the V.I. Law Enforcement Commission was transferred from the Department of Law to the Office of the Governor. Note 3 : Prior to Fiscal Year 1975 the Department of Health administered these progra 337 28 7 925,064 137,500 248 094 $17,294,200 22-408 22,408,916 j_19:a11. 105 tint F Agent rzest or the 111.rgin 1010 All Purls (Hots COWARAT11 STAMM OF STAMAND COLIMMT MARTO AND CAPITAL Fiscal Years 1970 to 1977 F2 J77 1 I irj. 11 1 111 I a 911. x.1972 11 .271 ELM Virgin Wands Legieleture $ 2,449,192 2)1421717 Electoral Dards 183,453 85,010 Supervisor of Elections 116,051 84,000 Territorial Court of the V.1. 1,490,805 1,2161538 Executive Offices of the Governor 13,401,019 12)599,260 aline of the Lieutenant Governor 1,176,892 593)355 Department of 1,410 1,577,832 1,536062 Department of Pinata (Note 2) 167,317,236 155)121,527 Department of Property & Procurement 2,0141347 11654)601 Department of Heelth 24,763,528 22,960)312 Department of Education 40,836,693 3644,167 Department of Social Welfare , 61904,010 9,47086 Department of Public Heresy 10,959,823 11,176,492 Department of Public Works 24,355,519 24,562,517 Department of Housing & Commit Roma 1415)1911 2,019,263 Department of Comm (Note 3) Department of Lae ©r 3,742,712 631,372 3,712,49 06,470 Department of Agricalture 1,334$210 1,141,796 V.1, Airport & Industrial Relolve$ Agency . , V.1, ;..i °pent Security Agency 9)635,463 10,000,667 V,Ii Bowl of Public Accountancy 4,1158 457 College of the Virgin Raman . wee Contributions 3,931.598 31'739,028 $ 1,795)237 159,598 103,855 1,170,042 12,09,236 909,552 21025,541 A2,377)590 1M6,232 23,5804 37,71)016 91490024 11,799)995 26P6,318 2,OE1,371 liP59)325 R1 Fttl 41,., 1,00420 . 5,641,917 626 31570,000 1,530)355 $ 1,761,994 1,549)353 1,208,594 $ 1,197,362 71,980 92,582 95)091 107,1s7 14,8p 68,512 125,001 65,559 44,445 34,414 1,103)127 938,453 910,348 519,671 393,773 9,255)488 9,187,544 7,231,630 513561335 1,012,718 747,089 666)764 0)1e2 371,670 2,123,757 1, }1,764 1,733,931 1,411,670 114)/37,949 67,5020813 42,4941243 27,8420071 19,312,166 1,449;753 1)619;173 2$705,868 3,7951922 2,401,204 22)530)435 28,0600171 26,256,726 18,373318 14,494,228 29)3990723 31,1140120 27,05,802 19,524,136 15)729)131 7,784,332 7, )434 6)5730983 M94,950 4)483)379 19J757,928 9,918,99 6,6621772 5002,48 4,477,705 24,0900685 22,259,383 20,082,926 190451,406 140827,942 11579,181 216360177 ],416,]33 tir78o623 2013,168 3,4051347 at 687,752 3,636,264 686,069 3,77835501 2,41:129117 10645517:550686 1,113,204 1,665,618 1,928,038 1,3631782 1,342,423 - - 436,136 30657,30 3,630,153 3,722,336 1,069,257 753,162 571 180 21i 66 3,372,554 3,961,928 3,220,339 3,157,203 2,083,710 Government of tbe Virgin 'nimbi All has (Note) C ARAT1TE STEMPT OF STAND/1E0002MM REVENUE AND LOANS Fiscal Years 2770 4977 Descrligq Proceeds from Ian trot Federal Comma !T.1977 $ 5,180,000 d9Vf EtiE Frgi Flj.E $ 5,000,000 Bond Anticipation Notes $ 125,000 $ 43000D0 $ 150,000 Froge,ds from Bonds 22 ON 004 6 000 Total J716 0-04)0 000-W ..12.090 00 s (Yk. 0 OW 000 Grand Total 16 261 2 207 30 14 o21 14 o V3 QUi Fund gonna: General Nnd $103413,026 $ 85,643,010 $ 9,1874,486 951040,992 $ 83)349057 $ 83)853,097 $ 690769,814 $ 6864,181 Matching Fund 18,591,381 32,732,853 16,603,608 160585,211 22,400,916 19,415,523 13,2451849 141376,156 Essential Projects Fund . . 72 Special & Other Funds 217,430,672 185,729,771 181,064,422 150,L1310o4 62,150,244 63,726,401 5%034,855 35,268,354 Bond Anticipation Notes 125,000 430,000 150,000 - ProCceds tom Bonds 22,0°0,000 12,000,0,00 - , 610ool000 6,200,000 Proceeds from i044 from Federal Government 180 Totals g 1 6 4 4 6 261 7 4 18 Note: Excluding certain Enterprise and Revolving Fa:45g and certain Agency, Trust amd Deposit Funds. 10 L Coverzent of the Virgth RHED s OF OSERAI OBLIATION ISSU1S AND DEE MIME At Juze 30, 1977 MOTS TO MATURITI Year of iiitiote Alma of issue Total Aft, Pedemd Sauce CvntsteadAsi Total Interest tOtt.,=2,_jit Interest paid to Rae Interest 3t-iil to be _paid 1965 11/1/85 $ 5)2001000 $ 2 3901C00 $ 2)8101000 $ 2,151,765 $ 1,688,945 $ 462,820 2967 12/1/92 6)915,000 1)670,000 5,245,00) 5,142265i0 218741760 2,267,930 12/1/93 7)930000 1 ig15 PO 6,310)000 6,029065 3i017A 3,012)421 1971. 2/1/56 6)20,000 785,000 %415;000 510364 1,67,440 3,168,758 1971 12/a/90 60wol000 1,250l017(1 3,39i,62 1,547M 1,8441562 10 /1/89 iwoomo 1)600,000 101460,00o 716151200 2,256,0) 5,359, (Rote) 7/1/2001 705,000 52,000 653)010 583)1150 1021000 481149 1977 1/2/2007 22 000 000. 22 r -73.4 4`7 2 6 88 4 Note: These bona sere soh' to the U.S. Depart eat of Aisrieulturs) Parsers Hare Adedolststion to ad in the rtante of sever wattles for the low. -ore projects at Crotreillet St, Crott trad lhossrtille, St; Thom. ttxintattim Goverment a the Virgin Islands All rob (Note 1) CONIATIVE STATE' T OF SMARO =MIT °MATING AND CAPITAL EgENDITTES Fiscal yea 1970 to 1977 ri-1977 Fy.is§ LTA 7E1 ry:A23 taz r-mo Derpartant of Committee and Cultural Afbirs 6114.1.1 heirless Dodo-pot Arm local Contributions 91488,632 NO NO $11,294,375 400 000 6,810,517 335 000 4,205,049 41035/747 500 $ 3,277,749 $ 3,3]2,&3 2,368,781 Total _29,829,5011 312 930 4 6296 180 7 X44 631 580 01, 205 t s .162 413 123 124 88.1161710 Warm of trpenrittme; Grote Fund $107,095,070 109,629,583 $109,785,331 $ 95,877,372 $ 93,640,643 $ 80,772,093 $ 67,311,753 $ 59,801435 hatching rand 6,04,502 4,40,735 5,627)057 7)822,275 12,584,726 13,400405 11,472,426 Medial Projects l'und ,769 9,658 Spectal and Other Yids 21.530232 i8 ,6 978) 7 68,238, 2 10.2222,L5 Total l 5461 4 887 /tote 1! Certain bl,terprlse and Revolving and certain Agency, Trost and Iie oeit Funds are aeloded. !tote 2: Industrial develament sobsicly Doento are included here, The uncut for FY.77 is $19,672,063. }k'pentlitures for the Depart of Pima differ fro F 1tdt "F" because the Corit?1biltioD to the College of the Virgin Inland" Jo shoo separately here, Note 3 Expenditures five for the Deputnent of Centeroe differ fro% ,ti "F" beeuu a the contribution N the Small Boolneso Doll:pent Agency is shown separately here. 113 Goverment of the Virgin 1011041 ASSESSED AND PSTIMATID ACME VALUE OF MAE NON-TUABLE FEMMES (M13 1) Ffse&I Years 1969 -1977 Fiscal Yser Total Re f_ Jr -eV rt of AOsessed Non - Taxable Reel Property or Total ha Rqe1 at Assessed textste Red Past2a1..._01 Assessed Estimated 'Value Actuel Value Assessed 791ue EstiAlted Actuel ALIce Assesee4 Estimated Vela Actus.1 Value 1969 t 24,914,452 $ 43,190,753 ( Nate 2) .47,9144 $ 14190,733 1970 269,232,8i1 W8,7211385 F69)23241 448,721,385 3.971 42,1378,679 70806140 423)3781675 708,964,458 1972 1,567,499, 2412,499,_ $1406,134,920 4,846;891,533 71% 4,913641* 765,608,267 Pg 1973 1,10,826 2,8341710,800 1,211,00,160 2,0191333,6x 489)2261320 E15,377120 1974 1,747,072,9 2,9ii 266 420,227,250 21113 071203 73% 41,845,68o 798,076,133 1975 1,19,235430 2,882458090 4255$ 289,610 2,092o1.91350 73% 473045,320 789,909,200 1976 ,610,099,120 4,350,158,933 4906,214,240 3 AM023 , 53 73% 703 580 1,173,134,8c0 1977 2,794,1991040 416%19981400 2,101,935,280 3,503,225,464 75% 692,263,760 1,153,772,936 Note 1: Assessed vtgOte for taxable and geo4exable properties are token free the toss.1 reports a the OfrIzt of the Listitemst Governor and represent 6o of estioated actual values in accordance with law, Note 2: no asAeaeed value of non-taxable reel property 18 not available for Fieekl yard 1 through 1971; 115 114 Goverment of the Virgin islands PROPERTY TAX IIVIES AN1) COLLECTIONS (NOTE) Fiscal Years 1969 to 1977 Fiscal Year 'Mal Tax Current Tax Collections Per Cent Delinquent of Levy Tax Total Tax Collected Collections Collections Total Collections as Per Cent of Current Oatstulding Delinquent Taxes Outstanding Delisqtent Taxes as Fer Cent of amCntl 1969 $2,998,931 $2,097,086 69,0 $ 553;039 $2,650,125 88.36 $ 280,466 9.3% 1970 3,365,410 2,967,512 68,18 393,638 3,361,150 9987 724,354 21.52 1971 4,633,325 4,133,896 69,22 220,617 42354,515 93.98 593,755 12.81 1972 5,742,072 41066;664 70,82 628,286 14,69i,9 82.76 593,755 10.34 1973 6,115,329 3,923,190 64,15 504,986 4,428,17G 7241 574,606 9.40 1974 5,985,571 5,482,377 91.59 757,492 6,2391869 104.25 683,372 11.42 1975 5,924,319 3,910,405 66.00 929,771 4,840,176 82.70 731,481 12.35 1976 8,798,511 6,622,032 75.26 863,793 7,485,625 85.08 658,200 7.48 1977 8,653,297 4 A 1,222,786 14,13 Note_: The levies were made in the fiscal years previous to the collections. For example, the levy shown for Fiscal Year 1969 was actually collected in Fiscal 'ear 1970 or later. 11 117 86. Government of the Virgin Islands Government Insurance Fund ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN RETAINED EARNINGS Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1977 Balance o Retai ned Earn.Lugs, July 1, 1976 Add 782,512.52 Allowance for Uncolleotibles, July 1, 1976 53,633.03 Adjustment to Lmventory of Equipment 6,444.81 Adjustment to Daventory of Materials & Supp _1400946 TL al Additlene Total Balance and Additic Deduct: Net Loos fo the Fiscal Year 1977 263,684.93 Reserve for Acqulaitian of Fixed Assets (Note) 11,263.50 Contribution from Federal Government 136,831.00 Prior Year's Debit Memo 8,600.91 Increase in Reserve for Estimated Total Disability Payments 1,496,793.24 Increase in Prior Years' Encumbrances 41,474.18 Total Deductions Balance of Retained Earnings, June 30, 1977 n0-8t= OntvInhl-ana, five C. r9ii4. mAttv t.:.1.. haamo f 84 479,52 1,958,647.76 (11Al12a68.24) Government of the Virgin Islands Government Insurance Fund BALANCE SHEET As of June 30, 1977 ASSETS Current Assets: Cash in Bank and with Cashiers Insurance Premiums Receivables Less: Allowance for Uncollecti.ble Insurance Premiums Dile from Other Funds Due from the Government of the Virgin Islands Accrued Interest on Investments Materials and Supplies Total Current Assets Fixed Assets: Equipment Less: Allowance for Depreciation Long-Term Investments (Series "K" Bond) Total Assets LIABILITIES, RESERVES, CO Liabilities: Account Payable Reserves: For Outstanding Encumbrances For Estimated Total, Permanent Disabil 438,114.37 87, $1,507,291.69 43,811.43 394,302.94 71,116.00 1,346,526.00 558.75 5,874.78 48,839.52 20 737,25 IONS, & RETAINED EARNINGS $3,325,670.16 28,102.27 25,000.00 378,772,43 2,669.47 72,471.60 3.964.836.00 4,037,307.60 Contributions: From the Federal Government 450 963.60 Retained Earnings (_1,11.2,.168.24)= Total Liabilities, Reserves, Contributions, & Retained Earnings 53 378,772.43 Cov rnment of the Virgin Islands Government Insurance Fund STATEMENT OF CASH RECEIPTS AND DISBURSE N July 1, 1976 to June 30, 1977 Opening Cash Balance, July 1, 1976 Less: Adjustment to Cash (Prior Year's Debit Memo) Adjusted Cash Balance, July 1, 1976 Receipts: Insurance Premiums Collection of Loans Interest on Bank Balances 6 Investments Interest on Loans Federal Contributions Other Receipts Total Receipts Total Balance and Receipts Disbursements: Payment of Claims Administrative Expenditures Loan Advances Total Disbursements Cash Balance, June 30, 1977 $1,268,464.40 571,650.00 49,741.49 89,429.17 136,831.00 35_:211c.28 4,294,674.50 499,545.60 500 000 00- $1,658,785.56 8,0_9.91 $1,650,184.65 _241114aLli $3,801,511.99 2-294-220 30 . 88. Government of the Virgin Islands Government Insurance Fund COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS Fiscal Years Ended June 30, 1976 & 1977 total Billings to Employers [as: Bills Recalled Net Billings Reimbursements from Uninsured Employers Total Net Billings and Reimbursements FY 1977 $1,333,430,14 290,680,62 FY 1976 $1,333,722.85 70 090,04 $1-042,749,52 $1,263,632,81 193,516.68 $1,042,749,52 $1,461,149.49 Less: Operating Costs Before Depreciation and Allowance for Uncollectibles: Compensation Payments $1,233,751,94 $1,182,224.48 Miscellaneous Disbursements 1,202.44 49,016.52 Personal Services 295,793.71 354 836.00 Services Other Than Personal 46,644.11 39,916.27 F,I.C,A, & Retirement 48,506.31 54,507.37 Materials, Supplies and Parts 19,659.52 14,878.67 Utilities 4,627.81 12,190.55 Advertising and Promotion 89,77 1,750.00 Office Space Rental 13,918,58 8,341.60 Transportation 500.00 400040 ______------. Total Operating Costs Before Depreciation and Allowance for Uncollectibles 1661.EJA21 1 718,661,46 Operating Income (Loss) Before Depreciation and Allowance for Uncollectibles ($ 621,944,73) ($ 257,551.97) Less: Dereciation $ 9,431.12 All iwance for Uncollectibles 43-.84,43 Total Depreciation and Allowance Net Operating Income (Loss) 5,242,55 ($ 675,187,28) $ 11,306.13 g 3 633.03 64 939,16 ($ 322,451.13) Government of the Virgin Islands Government Insurance Fund CO ARATIVE STATEMENT OF TOTAL REVENUES AND RECEIPTS Fiscal Years 1973 to 1977 sscription ance Premiums - St. Thomas St. John ance Premiums St. Croix FY 1977 $ 618,330.27 650,134.13 FY 1976 FY 1975 618,618.72 1,227,453.72 FY 1974 fl_1973 $ 641,243.39 689,422.16_ 694,873.95 524,531.76 $ 558,969.61 570,776.49 Total Insurance Premiums $1,268,464.40 $1,330,665.55 $1,846,072.44 $1,219,405.71 $1,129,746.10 ast Earned on Government Assets 139,170.66 160,993.53 111,312.43 210,831.79 98,858.40 llaneous (Note) 23,489.28 292,952.75 190,818.79 39,728.74 43,853.00 ton of Loans 571,650.00 136,000.00 36,000.00 584,123.97 543,976.73 al Contributions yetis Increment Fund tributions 136,831.00 11 722.00 130,522.50 104,590.00 79 020.10 Totals 151,327.34 LLD = $2,288,793.66 $_2,133,110.31 $1,816,434.23 The Fiscal Year 1976 figure includes reimbursements from uninsured employers in the amount of $197.516.68. 124 Government of the Virgin islands Government Insurance Fund COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS Fiscal Years Ended June 30, 1976 - 1977 Add: Mon- operating Income: Interest Earned on Investments & Savings FY 1977 FY 1976 $ 65,250.53 $ 49 741,49 Interest Earned on Loans 85,708.90 85,890.55 Federal Contributions 136,831.00 130,522.50 Penalties & Other Miscellane us Income 11,72.00 56,535.76 Total Non - operating Income 284 003,39 338,199.34 Net Income (Loss) 391,183.89) $ 15,748,21 Adjustments to Accounts Receivable 127498,96_ 2,13,14 Net Inc (Loss) after Adjustments ($ 263 684,93) 11 961,3 i2 123 92. Government of the Virgin Islands Government Insurance Fund STATEMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES (Note 1) Fiscal Year 1977 Appropriations Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1977 Object Classification OFFICE OP THE CUSTODIAN Personal Services FICA & Retirement All Other Operating Expenses Utilities Rental of Office Space Equipment Contribution to Health Insurance Fund Total COMPENSATION OFFICE Personal Services FICA & Retirement All Other Operating Expenses Advertising and Promotion Rental of Office Space Equipment Transportation Contribution to Health Insurance Fund Occupational Services Occupational Services Safety and Health Local (Note 2) Safety and Health - Federal (Note 2) Total Grand Total Amount $ 64,477.01 10,152.65 9,941.57 2,523.25 6,000.00 658.00 739.00 $_ 94,491.48 $116,628.70 19,723.84 20,499.39 89.77 6,000.00 5,900.00 500.00 1,668.00 111,000.72 65 897.57 $3474907,99 k424399.47_ Note (1) Expenses include expenditures plus outstanding encumbrances. Note (2) Expenses for the office of Occupational Safety and Health are: Personal Services, .$114,688.00; FICA & Retirement, $18,629.82; All Other Operating Expenses, $33,455.67; Utilities, $2,104.62; Equipment, $6,101.60 and Rental of Office Space, $1,918.58. 1 Government of the Virgin Islands Government Insurance Fund COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES Fiscal Years 1973 to 1977 FY 1977 FY 1976 ensation Payments: Injury 776,200.77 753,571.51 Death Benefits 31,108.33 54 760.00 Medical and Hospital Services 244,296.05 149,542.23 Professional Services 142,047.37 145,348.15 Transportation 17,194,54 16,097-31 Reimbursements to Employers 21404.8 60,191,18 Funeral Expenses 1,500.09 4714.10 Total Compensatioi Payments $1,233,751.94 $1,182,224.48- Administrative Expenditures 499,545.80 489,760.93 Loan Advances 500,000,00 MN, Other Payments Total Expenditures 128 $1,742,112.19 FY 1975 FY 1974 FY 1973 $ 775 555.04 $ 660,142.01 601,471.51 50 983.34 25,106.66 38,485.00 154,847.54 208,126.03 178,724-70 135,244.83 20,989.43 21,514.52 129;902,01 84,294 27 2,000,40 1,000.00 $1 313,002,06 $1 135,428.32 473 267.02 389-054.61 125,000.00 875 000.00 /..11221/.L5 23 369.11 M&151 2,L,a2 204,465.38 126,572.23 16,700.78 30 612.58 2470, $1,020,777.48 263 697.15 1 .121681 Government of the Virgin Islands Government Insurance Fund COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRANSACTIONS PROCESSED Fiecal Years1973 to 1977 Description FY 1977 FY 1976 FY 1975 FY 1974 FY 1973 St. Thomas: Number of imioyere Reports Filed 664 1,006 1,244 1,295 922 Number of Claims Awarded 3 844 2,810 2 239 2 863 2,922 Number of Dills Rendered 753 1 019 884 986 1,126 St. Cron: Nmiher of loyers' Reports Filed 1,467 1,653 1,086 1,129 1,269 Number of Claims Awarded 1,928 2,047 2,571 2,052 1,199 Number of Bills Rendered 1 005 950 802 88 1,134_ Totais 9061- lam WI 111 IE. Gov rament of the Virgin Islands Government Insurance Fund STATUS OF APPROPRIATIONS Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1977 Uoenc 4 e d 01ty ApropriatOos Allotments Expenses Balances Moe of the Castodian Corammtimi Office low Cbmtribotioh Frog Federal Government grand Total $132 929 00 $111,081.00 361,1&T $494,112.00 _351665.00 $470 746.00 136,831.00 nigt3 630 13a $ 94,491.48 $ 16,589.52 282 010.42 7 11_0508 $376,501.90 $ 94,244.10 121421LLaL 1 212242 _442 IEL7 Milig 1 3 Personnel: 1,462 96. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Operating Appropriation:$ 24,157 235 Efforts to revitalize the health planning operation of the Depart of Health since passage several years ago of the National Health Planning and Resources Development Act were accelerated with the appointment of a director. His first task was the preparation of an application for Federal funds, which was granted, and the office was conditionally designated as a combined Health System Agency/State Health Planning and Development Agency. With this new designation the function became known as the Bureau of Health Planning and Resources Development. Since funding was received late in the year, little was accomplished except in preparations for staffing and establishing coor- dination agreements ith various agencies. Another new development was the establishment of the Division of Program Analysis upon the recommendation of outside counsel.. A director was also hired. This component brings within the Commis sio ' s office added capabilities and support to long range planning and objective assessment of programs. The Division of Management, which embraces all aspects of Depart ent' s operations, completed the "provider -based physicians report", which resulted in the recapture of reimbursable costs from L 4 97. Medicare for fiscal years 1972 through 1976. A new hospital tape system and bill processing method were implemented which helped the recovery of nearly $2 million in medical assistance program funds. There was also a concerted effort to bring all hospital billing up to date. At the close of the year, the St. Croix hospital was billing patients within five .,working days of services provided, while the St. Thomas facility was billing within 10 days. The manual collection and distribution of billing slips, however, remain obstacles to development of an efficient system. A Federal vital statistic system was incorporated to provide the Bureau of Vital Statistics with all necessary two-and three-dimensional tables for marriages, births, deaths and divorces. Reorganization of the various components of the mental health operation began with the appointment of a director. Shortly afterwards the mental health unit was designated a separate component and the alcoholism and drug dependency services were combined into one substance abuse unit. These now connpris.e the unified Division of Mental Health Services. Of the 30 vacant positions in the Division, 18 were filled by the end of the year, which helped significantly in the upgrading and 98. expansion of services. Among the positions filled were those of mental health coca -dinator, drug abuse coordinator and social worker liason for the aged. Also added was a new chief psychiatrist in charge of inpatient service. The Community Health Divs ion, which operates all public health programs, established a "homemaker for the infirm' program in St. Thomas, which helped to reduce the disproportionately high bed occupancy of chronically ill hospital pAtipntm, Fifteen poTRrtnq t fined and then assigned to provide custodial care for these persons in their homes. The program will be duplicated in St. Croix. The division greatly expanded its cancer detection program by establishing additional clinics and screening for cancer of the bowels as well as breast and uterine. The East End Health Center on St. Thomas, formally a small hotel, was renovated and began to deliver integrated primary care services to entire families. fn- service training in food and sanitation for inspectors was stressed during the year by the Division of Environmental Health. A three-d workshop was conducted with the assistance of the Food and Drug y Administration on food service and vending sanitation. A similar program was conducted on milk sanitation. A- ng the many food inspections conducted were 1,143 of bars, 359 of groceries and schools, and 484 of 36 99, k samples. The Division of Maternal and Child Health and Crippled Children, in its work. to ensure that all children are wanted -end born of healthy mothers, established priorities that included extending prenatal, postnatal and family planning services through health facilities located in concentrations of low income families. A high risk maternity clinic was also est-,blished in St. Thomas. Popular clinics on both islands were those operated for teenage They serve as a source of information and services for conditions related to their gro th period. The fact that both male and female doctors were available at these facilities contributed to the continuing success of the program. The release of funds for capital improvement peri Bitted the administration to begin the overdue physical upgrading of the two hospitals. These improvements will bring the facilities into compliance with fire and safety codes and provich more acceptable working conditions. The position of medical director of hospitals and director of hospital services of the Knud-Hansen Memorial Hospital on St. Thomas was divided and a new position of Territorial Director of Hospitals and Medical Services was established within the Commissioner's Office. This change will provide new impetus to the planning, organization and administration of the Territory's hospitals. 100. Overall, the emphasis on upgrading was placed on improved patient care. Each of the hospital's departments planned a variety of programs to meet this broad goal. Educational programs carried out by the Bureau of Health Education covered such areas as swine flu, child abuse and parental skills, dental health, problems of the handicapped, hypertension, school health and cancer. The objective of the Bureau of Nutritional Service of providing nutrition consultation and su---rt to co--...munity F los es ef ss !..-An sA met V.41 . r. advisory conferences, meetings or programs with other agencies and Dietary counseling was provided on an individual basis upon referra fro _. clinics and private physicians. Pregnant women, en, others and guardians ofinfants and young children and overweight persons were given priority. Such service was provided on an individual basis to 3,980 persons. SUMMARY OP VITAL STATISTICS VIRGIN ISLANDS AND EACH ISLAND 1977 VIRGIN ISLANDS ST. CROIX ST. JO ST. TROD Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate Number Live Births 2552 25.9 1371 -27.5 29 12.8 . 1152 Deaths 420 4.3 195 3.9 5 2.2 220 Infant Deaths 68 26.6 36 26,3 0 0 31 Neonatal Deaths 48 18.8 25 18.2 0 0 23 Maternal Deaths 1 0.4 0 0 0 0 1 Fetal Deaths 46 18.0 32 23.3 0 0 14 Marriages 875 8.9 426 8.5 0 0 449 Divorces 453 4.6 236 4.7 0 0 217 Population 98390 49880 2260 46250 Note: Live birth, death, marriage and divorce rates per 1,000 population. Infant and neonatal death rates per 1,000 live births. Fetal and maternal death rates per 1,000 births. TEN LEADING CAUSES or DEATH 1977 RANK CAUSE NUMBER 1 Circulatory Disease 169 172.8 2 Cancer 58 59.0 Perinatal Conditions 44 45.8 4 Accidents 26 26.4 Cirrhosis of the liver 19 1983 Diabetes Mellitus 14 15.3 Respiratory Disease er Diseases the 12 12.1 Digestive System 12 12.1 omicide 11 11.1 Congenital anomalies 10 1001 10 Genitourinary system disease 8 8.1 Rate per 100,000 population. 10 TABLE I Individuals Recertiied Under the Medical Assistance Program Dunn Fiscal Years 1973-1977 b- Cate-ries Category Fiscal Year 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 Categorically Needy 1,195 3,546 3,608 5,350 5,857 Medically Needy 9,195 11,363 16,087 16,948 15,811 Non-_ _tchlng 040 3 5J1 6,773 Grand Total 12,430 18,440 25,390 28,771 28,441 ====.-MM =======M= ======MM= TABLE II Individuals Certified Under the Medical Assistance Program n Fiscal Years 1973-1977 b- Cate cries Category Fiscal Year 1978 1974 1975 1976 1977 Categorically Needy 790 649 452 584 684 Medically Needy 7,544 3,984 2,900 2,514 3,387 Non-Matching 4.135 1,122_ 2.096 1.550 Grand Total 12,469 _2_0039 6,672 4,452 5,194 5,621 ====== ====== ======== 104. TOLE III Total Persons Enrolled in the Medical Assistance P = Year 1977 Category_ Number Categorically Needy 6 541 Medically Needy 19,198 Non-Matching (Non-Federal Participation 8 323 _ Total 34,062 =========M During this Fiscal Year, the total medicaid eligible increased by only 97 recipients over Fiscal Year 1976, but an increase of 4,220 over Fiscal Year 1975, where the program felt the Un-. pact of the unemployment problem of the Virgin Islands. Number of Reel. ien 105. TABLE IV and Amount-of Medical Ven4TPayMeate by Services A total of 20,867 estimated recipients (unduplicated count) received Medical services and care during fiscal year 1977. The breakdown follows Public Assistance 2,922 or 14% Medically Needy 13,803 or 667. Non-Matching 4,142 or 20% The total expenditures for services provided to Medical Assistance reci- pients during fiscal year 1977 amount to 2,413.307. The breakdown of the data follows: Inpatient Services 807,555 or 33.46% Outpatient Services 948,305 or 39.30% Prescribed Drugs 332,013 or 13.76% Physician.Services 66,602 or 2.767° Other Services (such as appliances and optometry) 164,615 or 6.827$ EPSDT Services 68,480 or 2.8479 Radiology and Laboratory 259 or 0.01% Dental Services 14,584 or 0.6074 Home Health 10,894 or 0.45% The estimated breakdown of Federal and Local participation follows: Total Money Value 82,413,307 Federal Participation 908,162 State Participation for Matching Categories 908,162 State Participation for NonmMatching Categories 596,983 At the end of fiscal year 1977, over 61% of all eligibles under the program requested and received medical care and services. 143 JJEPAR.TlvIENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITYRENEWAL Personnel: 96 Operating Appropriation: $5, 611, 537 The sale of a number of single dwelling units and the depo of the 106, proceeds in the emergency housing account put the Department of Housing and Community Renewal in a position to improve and maintain its rental units in a satisfactory condition. A program of repainting all housing began and the condition of lawns and grounds improved markedly with the addition of groundskeepers made available through a CETA funding program. Rental collections began to show improver ents and the increase in the number of delinquent cases brought before the courts by the Department ccounts. The Emergency Housing Program managed 283 units on St. Thomas, 264 of which were occupied at the end of the year. Occupancy turnover permitted the department to house fifteen qualified families in various projects. There were 308 units on St. Croix but only Z23 occupied. The 124- unit Paradise Mill Estate, built as a condominium, continued to be a problem. Only seven units h been sold and fifty were rented at the end of the year. The remainder have been empty for several years. The department submitted a pre-application to the Farmers Home A drni of Law indicated a stepped up effort to collect Govern tion for a $3 million loan to pay off the note end yage on this develop- 107. men<t. If the loan is granted, the units will be refurbished and rented to qualified applicants. Suggested changes in the Housing A ssistance Clan were sent to the Caribbean area office of Housing and Urban Development and to the Virgin Islands Planning Office and, if approved, would include 100 new units at Estate Nazareth on St. Thomas under provisions of Section 8. The department was notified that it could expect $350, 000 Section 8 funds in 1978. Various tracts of idle Government land were put into the homesteading program. At Estate Bordeaux, on the tern end of St; Thomas, a plan to develop eighty acres was initiated. Preliminary plans were submitted to the Virgin Islands Planning Office for approval to sub-divide the land into twenty quarter acre lots in each of eight cluste On St Croix plans were made to sub-divide Estates Work and Rest, Piessen and Mt. Pleasant and Government land at Estate Concordia. During the year twenty six horx esteaders completed payment on land and were issued deeds. Six leases were executed and four contracts were signed. Fourteen new applications were filed, bringing the total number at the end of the year to 732. The home loan program was seriously affected by the transfer of monies from the Homestead and Home Loan Fund to the General Fund. Several 145 108, loans which were being processed were stopped and pending - pplications could not be acted upon. During the year ten applicatihns for loans were received, two were processed, two mortgages were satisfied and two were subordinated. There were fifteen applications pending at the close of the year and ninety-six outstanding accounts with balances that totalled $654, 313. Moderate income housing operations centered around the Sion Farm development on St. Croix. The Development co ri ed316homeswhen built several years ago and all were sold. However, a large number of mortgages are in default and many are pending foreclosure action. The Sion Farm properties that have been abandoned are being extensively. vandalized. No new tenants were housed at Warren E. Brown III apartments during the year and the departure of one family left only eight of the sixty-four units occupied. Toward the close of the year the Legislature passed -1 measure that authorized the sale of this section to the Virgin Islands Housing Authority for $1, 796,456, which was paid to the Government National Mortgage Association to retire the indebtedness. At the time plans were also drawn to sell Warren E. Brown II, an eighty-unit apartment that was more than ninety per cent rented. The rent control gency was involved in seventy-two cases, fifty =five 109, hick *Forel non -payrdent 1.61 rent. The Virgin Islands Urban Renewal Board administered four con- ventional urban renewal projects, two low to moderate income apartments on St: Croix and two Community Development Block Grant Projects on St. Thomas. The disposition plan for the Taarneberg-Ross Estate on St. Thomas included the selling ofall available land to the Virgin Islands Housing Authority for the construction of fifty single family units to low income groups. However, an 'additional three acres had to be provided for a planned public highway Most acquisition has been completed and documents are being prepared to accomplish the transfer of properties for sale. Site improvement:' plans for the Water Gut renewal on St. Croix hive been turned over to the Department of Public Works for review. Upon approval, bids will be invited for construction of the improvements, include drainage and a storm sewer system throughout the area. The Hill Street renewal is located in Frederiksted, St. Croix, which was designated a historic area during the year. All activities regarding acquisition, demolition or rehabilitation must now be coordinated with the planning director, who also is the state historic preservation officer. Initial steps of a comprehensive evaluation of all of the project area was undertaken to identify properties of historical significance so measures can 11Q1 be taken to have there preserved. The t vo rental operations, Water Gut homes with 114 two -and, three'-bedroom units plus 6000 feet of commercial space, and the Lagoon Street homes of twenty-four two-and thirty-six three-bedroom units and 10,173 square feet of commercial space, both operated at substantial losses due to vacancies. The Sayan and Dernarara projects on St. Thomas are being funded by the Community Development Block Grant Frograrrr. Sayan involves considerable demolition of deteriorated property and extensive rehabilitation of retained structures. The area will provide for much needed recreation space, community center and expansion elementary school. De ara includes, sub-divisions for standard housing which wttlbe sold on a first priority basis to residents of the area. VIRGIN ISLANDS URBAN RENEWAL BOARD FITERAL PROJECT FANS MINED STATRIENI OF ACCUMULATED PROJECT COST FOR YEAR EMS JUNE 301 1977 ITEM TOTALS WATER GUT Su:my and Planning Expenditures $ 234,969 $ 87,117 Prtikli4ecution,Watures. Administration. 21297)656 913)949 Legal Service 39J985 141707 Survey and Planning 56,619 30)894 Real Estate Acquisition crass 48,794 20,210 Operation of Acquired Property 16; 411 21,011 Project rovements 23,362 23,362 Disposal, Lease, Retention Cost 23,642 15,162 Iaterast 1)829,411 1)3551752 Other None (.) 758,312 (.)5691224 Real Estate Purchases 2,808,251 1)4081847 Project Inspection 129-L185 64,851 ....... TOTAIS 61549)969 3)3661636 Less: Value of Land Sold _j__158443 158,443 TOTAL NEC PROJECT OAST 4451. $31228195 t1 MOM HILL SAVA,N AND ROSS STREET DENO .. 89)194 $ 581658 $ 9911120 392443 444 20J642 41636 16,798 () 51353 8, 4731659 (.) 131,875 11148;165 fi4j334 __ 216771164 25,725 9,782 753 ( -) 571213 51,239 4591996 26,169 26'121a $ 459,998 $ 26,169 ASSETS ciaah.Operatint cash Advance for joint Cost Invest:cents F414 CPIs Project Daft Accounts Receivable Taints Accounts Receivable Other Relocation Pnyinent0 TOTAL SSETS LIABILITIa ACCOUgS Payable . Joint Activities Amato Payabh Other laterest Payable Notes ayable MAL LLABITLITIES CAPITAL Ag MT BALANCE Local Cash Gran t$ ;11 Aid Local en Cash Grants in kid Federal Capital Grants Federal Relocation Grants N14 N.lance Total Capital and Fond Balance TOTAL LIABILITIES, CAPITAL EC kin BALANCE VIRGIN ISLANDS URBAN RENEWAL BOARD FEDERAL PR0JEL'T ACCOUNTS MED BALANCE SHEET FOR YEAR WEB ME 30, 1977 TOTALS BARRACKS WATER YARD COT_ $ 748,107 $ 87,269 55,000 1,2303000 6,641,336 163012 5,191 4500 4515) $9)5271984 $ 40,735 1,177 24,680 lin$12 4 055 404 TAMNEDIA0 RILL LAWN SAYAN tf BOSS STREET sTaggl OENARARA 240,405 $ 197,640 15,000 20,00o 8)3,000 isvoo 312871831 2,732,725 1,523 3,688 23 AI 84 _P.1)1,_026 SkaL5J 151 $ 12,578 183 13,766 1621E Iola 912 2, ,458 527 $ 15,838 537 1,0,914 197 000 1 414 289 231241993 68, 32 542)771 115,167 581606 55,561 2)2 54,186 11170,274 1,083,912 845,880 43,824 8023026 ...11142! 71-;62 5 471 580 7z_1132J___ 19,221 $248,081 .$41418155 $3228_419_ $ 1813,678 $ 33,615 $ 530 20;000 253;000 459;998 $ 91t.671 $ 12;319 457 Rink j5)00 N)0 500 ,~=,, 500 500 152 EL3lanee July 1, 1976 Recti_Ra Sale of Project Notes Federal Relocation Grant Feder-1 04;it:J. Grant Rental. Collection Interest on Investments Other Total Receipts _II, 717 mon 1SLANIIS MAN REM DOARD FEDERAL PROJECT ACCOUNTS RECEIPTS ANA DIDUR.342En3 JULY 11 1976 to JULY 33, 1977 TOTALS BARRACKS MD WATS GII $ ,092,544 $ 81,688 A3,9 376,000 316,000 15,259 132,722 3,347 2,7!0 83,761 2,831 39,304 639 12 TOTAL CASH NIUE 1.704 27 5S1 87,-269 DisbursementA Administrative Oasts 258,706 Legal Nei-vices 3,624 Real estate AegliSition pees 2,724 Disposal, Lease, Retention Cysts 8,480 Operation Of Acquirod Property 5, 775 Survey and Planning 13,460 Interest 119,204 Real Estate Ptirehavn 104,368 Project Imiproveaents Relocation Portents j,/, 739 Pap sent on Project Notes 137,000 Other 63 TOTAL OI.SBITS ,671 l63 CASH BALANCE PE 30, 1977 2 033 108 ;,rj2_62, 355 16 1 219 285 58,180 ti 4,994 70,70G TAXEBERG ROSS fEELL STREEL LAGOON STEM $ 32,505 SAYAN & AMARA $ 550 $ 535,310 60,000 15,259 $ 578,472 118,5 8 1i MA 597 11,843 20,773 4,010 169 457 214,656 _ 21 230 1_1 010 934 o- 4e.00- 7 996 51,9 702 1! , 4 0 4_ 111,531 881 801 444 3,153 474 1,914 810 8,480 781 13,460 48,498 53,130 51,238 17,759 137,000 137,000 63 1 tag,405 ogoo-40,0,0 .ro0oLftfolooe ,392 356 L_41 023 934_13 sme 36710 58 679 3 615 154 Personnel! 194 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Operating Appropriation: 1, 013,133 The implementation of performance standards for each job level, workshops conducted in supervision and work procedures, and a review ICS Were t. unary rcacone f the rtrra-nt of Labor being 114. able to meet its objectives for h- year. The optimism and morale of most ic s of the Depart- ent improved considerably with placement, of emphasis on the need for quality of work and the upgrading of unreasonably low gr?de levels. The Division of Labor conducted 1,592 payroll audits collected $32, 843 in fines for Improper job classifications, ments, underpayment of correct overtime pay- ages and excessive deductions. Wage claims totalled 220, of which 132 were completed. Forty -two wer=e dis- missed, forty-six were pending at the end of the year and $39,870 was collected for claimants involved in these cases. One of the major difficulties of aintaining planned schedules of inspections is the fact any businesses are licensed under a corporate but operate through one or more trade names, requiring considerable e to discover and make proper adjustments in records. Officers of the Division of Occupational Safety and He2lth conducted 231 inspections during the year, 198 of which were in the private sector and 115. forty -three in Government agencies, The largest number, sixty - three, sere in the construction field, 'followed by forty-one in retailing and thirty-three in manufacturing, There were 834 alleged violations in the private sector hi h drew $31, 570 in penalties. Alleged violations in the public sector nurnbered 352. Staff embers NIOSH and in-h ivied 1, 078 n hours.c f training from OSHA, r_ s in a variety of areas. A brochure describing the divisions on-site consultative services to employers was designed and distributed and six seminars were held for union representatives, Govern- ment agencies, employers and the public. The Division of Workmen's Compensation received 1, 431 reports of injuries and illnesses, including six fatalities. Two of the latter were the ult of assault, two were traffic accidents, one was struck by an object while working and one fell from an elevation. Five of these case not settled by the end of the year, and two others that happened in previous years were also continued into 1978. A total of 3, 077 claims including those from previous years were processed at a cost of $1, 180, 415. Adjust included orders issued to the Government Insurance Fund for the payment of benefits. Formal hearings were held only in major cases and informal hearings and inter- views were held in cases involving claims for temporary and permanent partial disabilities. A proposal of the Division of 116 tistical Services to absorb the personnel and function cif the research and analysis section of the Division of Employ- went Security to form new Bureau of Labor Statistics was approved. This step consolidates the gathering of labor market information in one unit. Full integration of the functions will be accomplished in planned phases over the next several years. The Division computerized for the the supplementary system to improve workmen's compensation statistics on causes of injuries and illnesses. Under this program, all first reports were coded according to Federal/state specifications, key-punched and verified in-house and awaited conversion to tape at the close of the year. Publication of the third annual report on hours and earnings in the whilesale and retail trade for 1975 vvas released ahead of schedule as was the fourth annual report on hours and earnings in manufacturing. The report on on. wholsale and retail trade showed that average hourly earnings of employees in these areas rose to $3.09 in 1975 from $3.04 in 1974. The manufacturing study reflected the oo ntinuing weakness of the economy- between the first quarter of 1975 and the same quarter of 1976. Although average hourly earnings rose to $4. 78 from $4.43 during the year, average weekly earnings dropped to $179 from $182, indicating a decline in average 117. weekly hours worked. Congress passed legislation perxmnit affiliation of he Virgin Islands Unemployment Insurance System, administered by the Division of Employment Security, with that of the Federal Government. Revisions of the Virgin Tslands law. which are necessary for affiliation, were pre- pared in draft form and submitted to the U. S. Department of Labor for review. The draft was returned with recommendations and work began on final version for snkrnimaion to n The division concluded cooperative agreements agency that administers the Co- prehen Employ ent r g Act, and was cx powered by legislation to borrow an additional $5 which raised the total borrowing authorization to $15 million. Misinterpretation of the unemployment insurance law, which led to overpayment of benefits under the Supplemental Unemployment Assistance Act, forced a detailed search of records t determine the extent of over- payment and to identify beneficiaries who might be eligible for the increased benefits from 1972 through 1977. Claimants were paid $7, 386, 139 under programs during the year. The major objective of the Division of Veterans' Affairs, to have the Veterans' Administration provide f t care, was accomplished with passage by the Legislature of the Virgin Islands A bulatory Health Care Program. Veterans used this arr -anernent to the fullest extent. The estimated cost for the year was $410,207. Although the number of veterans increased during the year from , 000 to 7,000, only 290 were unemployed. This represents 4.14 per cent of the veterans and .7 per cent of the work force and is a sharp decrease fro last year. The Division of Apprenticeship and Training received 256 apprentice applications. Of this eighty fi rst year placements were made and forty- cer ficates were awarded for completion of terms that began during the past two years. Forty-eight high school students who were enrolled vocational-technical education programs egistered as part -time trainees or apprentices. This program provided opportunities to bridge the gap between the classroom and the world of work and for full-time enrollment upon graduation. Placements for the year represented a substantial increase over last r and reflect a measure of change in the attitude of the business ye community as well as the effectiveness of the "selling job" by staff personnel, business and education leaders. DIVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH PRIVATE SECTOR CONTESTED ALLEGED VIOLATIONS PENALTY ASSESSED CASES_ N* S** F*** R**** N* s** F*** IAC 4.4 PUBLIC SECTOR ALLEGED VIOLATIONS N* s** F* ** R**** on 1-la 119 . PENALTIES COLLECTED non 4o0n 4 in lgc e.w * N Non Serious S - Serious F o Failure to Abate R - Repeated CONSULTATION INSPECTIONS CONDUCTED Industries SIC Private Pte.-_ Oil 01-09 Construction 15-17 Manufacturing 19-39 Transportation Wholesale Durable Retail Trade Financing, Real Estate Services 40-49 50 52-59 60-67 70-88 Government Agency 94 96 0 0 9 0 0 0 6 0 1 2 3 0 3. 1 DIVISION OF OCCUPATI SAFETY D UE TH Pub Industries INSPECTIONS CONDUCTED SIC Private Oil 01-09 0 Construction 16-17 63 6 Manufacturing 19-39 33 Transpo -ation 40-49 13 Wholesale Durable 50 11 0 Wholesale Nondurable 51 0 2 Retail Trade 52-59 41 0 Financing, Real estate 60-67 13 Services 70-88 23 22 Government Agency 92 94 96 TYPES OF INSPECTIONS ENFORCEMENT Private GASP 0 0 CCNSULT TIVE Private GASP Initial 138 26 21 Fol low -up G3_ 9 0 0 Accident 2 0 0 Complaint 4 7 0 0 1 6 120, 121. DIVISION VETER? Virgin Islands Ambulatory Health Care Program (VIAHC) Hospitalization, Cost, and_ITEELmpconov (VIAHC) In a brief capsule form, an attempt will be made to give a financial picture on the cost of this program to the VA and represents monies spent in the Virgin island! Estimated Cost VIAHC Program Estimated Hospitalization Cost in V.I. Estimated Cost Air Fare 4 Taxi for CM-patient service Total Estimated Cost Medical Program F. $ 77,875.64 207,331.10 125,000.00. V410,-206.94 These figures r° resent nt the minimum amount that could be spent by the VA, and do not include hospitalization charges for veterans hospitalized at the VA. Hospitalization Charles Harwood Memorial Ho Amount Collected - In- Patient ills Amount Collected - Out-Patient Bills Amount Outstanding - Out-Patient Bills Amount Outstanding - In-Patient Sills Knud Hansen Memorial H Amount Collected - In 8 Cut - Patient Service Amount Outstanding Total Total VA Data on Medical Services Rendered at VA Hospitals, San Juan, Puerto Rico 44,068.91 2,653.17 1,458.75 48 260 00 96,440.83 21,890.47 89,000.00 $ 110,890.47 St. Thomas St. Croix No Veterans Admitted to VAH from 86 94 No. Out-Patient Visits to VAH 1436 1160 No. V.I. Veterans Admitted to Contract 3 2 Hospitals in Puerto Rico VIA= PROGRAM - St. Croix DIVISION OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Doctor's Office Visit Number Cost Per Visit No. Visits a Initial Office Visit 9001 $16.00 684 $10,944.00 Follow-up Officki Visit 9003 9.60 272 2,611.20 Routine Office Visit 9004= 9.00 352 3,168.00 Specialist Office Visit 9085 25.00 66 1,650.00 Follow-up Office Visit 9083 15.00 76 1,140.00 Prescriptions Filled 1,090 10,021.14* X-rays 320 0 $20.00 6,400.00* Laboratory Work 291 0 10.00 2,910.00* Therapby 381 0 12.50 4,762.50 Other 258 0 15.00 3,870.00* Total St. Croix $47,476.64 VIAHC PROGRAM - St. Doctor's Office Visit Number Cost per Visit No. Visits Total Cost Initial Office Visit 9001 $16.00 365 $5,840.00 Follow-up Office Visit 9003 9.60 290 2,784.00 Routine Office Visit 9004 9.00 195 1,755.00 Specialist Office Visit 9085 25.00 270 6,750.00 Follow-up Office Visit 9083 15.00 180 2,700.00 Prescriptions Filled 620 875.00* X-rays 129 0 $20.00 2,580.00* Laboratory Work 305 0 10.00 3,050.00* TheraPhY 18 0 12.50 2,250.00* Other 121 0 15.00 1,815.00* Total St. Thomas $30,399.00 TOTAL ESTrMATED CC6T $77,875.64 * Fatima 123. DIVISION OF ESP 1 Y NT _ECURIT SUMMARY OF MYMENI18 - AIL PROGRAMS FY 1977 FY 1976 Local VIUI $ 6,011,587.00 $ 7,038,141.00 Federal UCFE/UCR 187,798.00 260,363.00 Federal - WIN 44,621.00 19,267.50 Federal - CETA 26,091.00 13,804.00 Federal - SUA 1,116,042.00 20,077.00 Total Payments - All Programs $ 7,386,139.00 $ 9,151,653.00 Total Checks Written 94,386 159,929 Total Active Employer File 1,957 1,900 C. Budget and Personnel The Fiscal Section of the Virgin Islands Employment Security Agency oversees the fiscal and personnel matters of both divisions of the Age ncy. Budget and Personnel - FY 1977 a. Total Agency Budget - $1,891,204.00 b. Total Agency Personnel - 113 Employment Service 72 Unemployment Ins. 41 Foot Note: This does not include personnel hired for special projects, emergency or increased workload purposes during the fiscal year. 1134 124, DIVISI COMPARISON OF unsanonamtr /1151JRAR1 CUMIN FISCAL ULU - 1977 1977 1076 los 5735 7 26 Female 1981 1905, Weeks Claimed 918 2527 Sklisuotlena 1807 1270 laltisl Claims 23 14 Weeks Claimed 298 241 UCK_ 38 41 reltisl Claims Weeks Claimed 840 689 125. DIVISION OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY TABULAR COMPARISON OP U.I. COLLECTIONS FISCAL YEAR 1977 MONTH /Y - 197 F Y - 1976 July 304,382.04 $ 406,057.79 August 348,053.19 306,794.11 September 16,766.44 42,183.87 October 122,613.91 219,095.23 November 290,697.65 225,32' December 15,898,56 43,044.99 January 117,083,03 96,249.26 February 188,755.42 243,004.39 March 51,718.84 58,724.50 April 174,634.20 354,628.16 May 744,845.27 567,197.36 June 501315Z Oa 26 345 24 -----L---I--- Totals $2425,764.59 $2,588648.65 T©tal Active Employer File 1957 1900 DIVISION EMPLOYMENTSECUR -SU Y OF BENEFIT PAYMENTS - FISCAL YEAR 1977 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE SERVICE MONTH FTY F/Y - 1976 July 574,290.00 $ 570,122.00 August 628,750.00 603,768.00 September 727,481.00 476,545.00 October 538,495.00 543,573.00 November 524,137.00 450,929.00 December 600,10?-00 661,747.00 January 402,168.00 564 272.00 February 369,819.00 595,813.00 March 503,793.00 786,289.00 April 362,409.00 573,646.00 May 358,516.00 535,084.00 June 421,621.00_ 556,433.00 Totals 6,017, 57.00 18,221.00 Total Checks Witter 94,386 104,316 126. 127. VISION OF EMPLOYMENT C ITY LO VS FROM THE UNITED STATES TREASURY UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE SERVICE FISCAL YEAR 1977 MONTH 1977 F/Y - 1976 July $ 550,000.00 $ 550,000.00 August 575,000.00 450,000.00 September 525,000.00 620,000.00 October 450,000.00 450,000.00 November 480,000.00 375,000.00 December 525,000.00 204,313.00 January 525,000.00 515,000.00 Fel-ruary 375,000.00 475,000.00 March 375,000.00 525,000.00 April 275,000.00 200,000.00 May 175,000.00 300,000.00 June 350,000.00 505,000.00 Totals $ 180 000.00 313.00 169 Personnel: 87 DEPA R TMENT OF LAW 128, Operating Appropr tion: 1, X04. 488 The Governor subrnitted ninety-six bills to the Legislature, of which eighty -one were drafted by the Legislative Section of the Department Law. The other fifteen -e e budget bills. The section also analyzed 204 bills passed b egislature and prepared statements that explained the Cove or to the forty-eight bills he vetoed. Among the more significant bills that originated with the Executive branch were those to confer legislative approval of a contract with Hess Oil and the Virgin Islands Port Authority concerning a container port for St._ Croix, and an amend the "Anti-C o the criminal code that became known as Act". The container port has been in proposal form for many years and it hoped that this approval will result in the beginning of construction by early next year. In the past, when aGovernor's bill ea__ e to the floor of the Legislature, the Assistant Attor y General appeared to explain and answer questions. The Twelfth 1_, 'slat however, eliinated the function of the Legisla- tive Section by an amen amendment to its rules. The Civil and Administrative Law Division was handling sornc 300 court cases at the end of the year in local and Federal courts 11 as the Supreme Court. This total does not include litigation har dled by staff 16 9 129. attorneys assigned various Governrrnent departments and agencies. I4owever, all future litigation will be reflected in case figures as all Law Department attorneys are now required to obtain a civil division number for each file. The collection ask force created last year continued its efforts with increased emphasis. The attorney in charged worked with various depart- ments and agencies in setting up procedures to recover a greater portion of monies owed'to Government than had been recovered in the past. Cases that involved large amounts f money or complex issues were handled by the head the task force. particular progress was made the areas of Small Business Development Agency loans, housing rnort- gages, hospital bills, scholarship loans and drinking water bills. There also was a substantial increase in the collection of enemployrrient insurance premiums from ployers. Two t ajor contracts o which the division devoted considerable hours of legal work were those for the Virgin Islands Refining Co. for con- truction and operation of the second oil refinery in St. Croix, and for the south shore (St. Croix) electric generating plant of the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority. Work on developing uniform contracts neared completion. This ject is expected to result in better protection for Government interests 130, through better quality contracts and a substantial reduction of required to process them. Among the several cases brought before the Government Employees Service Corr one which could have far-reaching effe The case concerns n action brought by an H-2 alien who sought to over- turn a statute that permits esident to replace a non-resident alien on a job, The District Court ssed the action and it was appealed to the Third Circuit Court where argun nt was heard in April. An airacus curiae brief was submitted by the U. S. Attorney General who argued that the statute does interfere with Federal laws. The Court had not handed down a decision at year's end. The thirty per cent hholding tax rule was put in jeopardy by the Third Circuit in a case in which the Court for the first time concluded ts. that the "mirror in the or" theory is in effe a "two-way rnir In essence, the decision said that payments by Virgin Islands subsidiaries of mainland parent companies were not subject to the thirty per cent withholding by the Virgin Islands Government. The Department of Fina stated that this decision could force the Government to return e $20 million collected over the past several years and eliminate the source of me $4. 5 million tae money per year. The Department filed a sugge ce for rehearing by the Third Circuit Court and was considering an ppe-1 to the Supreme Court. A related case appeared to be developing that would test the dis- allowance by the Government of mainland dependents of island residents. Such dependents are disallowed because nder the " irr it theory" they are considered non-resident aliens. The division worked on ore than seventy-three other tax cases, seventeen of which were settled for nearly $2. 75 million. The number of criminal and traffic cases filed for processing by the Criminal and Family Law Division declined significantly compared to 1976. Criminal cases totalled 777, down from 840 and traffic dropped to 8, 876 from 11, 925. Tire number of criminal cases that were disposed of totalled 791 compared to 882 for 1976, and the number of traffic cases was one less than the 1976 figure of 6, 056. The Narcotics and Investigation Division reported that eighty-six arests were made for violation of laws on controlled substances. There were seventeen convictions. While nnarijuana was still easy to obtain, trafficking in cocaine and heroin was up sixty-five per cent. Marijuana turnover did not change but some new drugs such as amyl nitrate, liquid methadone and liquid cocaine appeared. The Office of the Marshal received 21, 636 su noes of various types, served 19, 675 and collected $199, 687. X11 figures represent declines from the previous year. 172 Marshals continued to be used as security guards at several public schools and were also assigned to night guard duty at a building housing five Government operations, including Territorial Court and the public television station. The number of cases subn-itted to the Office of the Medicalrr finer and C Laboratory decreased during tii year but the number of tests increased, especially those related to narcotics. 'Thy e re 1 297 samples submitted for analysis, and 106 autopsies were performed, a decrease from the. 173 of last year. 133. 1975-'76 ST. CROIX 1976-'77 ST. CROIX DIFFERENCE iminal Cases Filed: 605 575 30- Tried: 194 252 62+ Disposed: 495 5C1 69+ Traffic Cases Filed: 5,281 4,147 1,134- Tried: 1,236 3,427 2,191+ Disposed: 4,033 3,713 320- Pre ration Hours: Court Hours urt Days: 684.5 965.5 319.5 293 839.15 275.5 391.15+ 126.15+ 44.0+ Litter Cases Filed: -0- 1 1+ Tried: 16 1 15- Disposed: 16 1 .,_ 15- FIVAILY Juvenile s Filed: 110 130 20+ Tried: 28 72 44+ Disposed: 69 53 16- Support Cases Piled; 289 203 86- Tried: 719 406 313- Disposed: 82 52 30- Preparation Hours: 153 118.45 34.15- Court Hours: 202 447.15 245.15+ Court Days: 128 102 26- Support Mbney Received: $498,006.23 $505,778.21 $ 7,771.98+ Disbursed: 461,546.98 515,326.47 53,779.49+ TV-D Program Received): -0- 44,361.94 Visitor's: 2,266 2,059 207- Interviews: 2,266 1,57 689+ Misdemeanors to District -0- 38 38 134, STATISTICAL DATA 1975-'76 THOMAS 1976-'77 ST. T DIFFE Criminal Case Filed: 235 202 33- Tried: 167 117 50- Disposed: 387 227 160- Traffic Cases Filed: 6,644 4,729 1,915- Tried: 412 482 70+ Disposed: 2,023 2,342 319+ Lawyer: Preparation Hours: 1,652.45 1,369.55 282.50- Court Hours: 806.25 1,024.31 218.06+ Court Days: 315 319 4+ Litter led: 28 7 21- ied: 8 1 7- posed: 6 3 3- FAMILY Juvenile Cases Filed: 86 91 5+ Tried: 70 45 25- Disposed: 135 108 27- ses lad: 225 312 87+ _ied: 515 304 221- sposed: 801 422 379- La Preparation Hours: 511.5 395.0 116.5- Hours: 315.40 180.15 135.25 Days: 182 133 49- Money Received: $419,203.60 $398,657.99 $20,545.61- Disbursed: 413,895.88 414,427.37 531.49+ IVED Progi Received): -0- 45,652.06 Visitors: 4,008 3,542 466- Interview 3,311.9 3,062.12 248.57- Misdemeanors District 16 7 9- District Court Days: 10 38 28+ -L I d Personnelt 67 OFFICE OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Operating Appropriation: $1, 002, 000 The annual statictical sure aries of the various functions of the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, p-rticularly those relating to deeds and other records concerning real property, banking and insurance activities and registration of business names, serve as a fairly accurate barometer of the economic conditions of the Territory. In general, the barometer indicated improvements. The number of deeds and r legal instruments recorded totalled 18,597, an increase of 3, 3Z9 from the previous year. St. Croix alone recorded 10,612 of this nurnbe r and its increase was 3,143. Banks and other lending institutions, including local and Federal Government agencies, issued 758 mortgages totalling $26,3 million, an increase of just over $5 million from the year before. There were 266 ne rnprovernents and additions toprovements appraised and added to the tax rolls by the Tax Assessor's Office, In addition, about 200 new subdivisions were recorded to the tax reaps and made part of the tax rolls, Taxes collected totalled $8. 65 million compared to $8 79 million for 1976. Assessments were also down slightly, but 30,217 tax bills were issued, an increase from 29,397. The drop in ax collections was due to 136, the increases in the number of exemptions granted to veterans and for homesteads and farm land. During the laf,t half of the year more than 2, 000 appeals were processed for the Board of Tax 1.eview. About fifty per cent were withdrawn after explanations were given foi ncreased assessments. However, con- siderable time was spent in preparing documents and other materials for presentation to the Board. The number f appeals will probably be greatly reduced in the future as the implementation of the 1975 reassessment will more closely reflect the actual value of real property multiplied by the ratio of sixty per cent to the assessment factor. The Insurance Division reviewed and approved 3, 158 policy forms, and certificates to do businePs in the Territory were issued to nine new insurance companies, including the first domestic insurer to be registered by the office. One company ew from solicitation and licenses were issued to 487 insurance company representatives. The volume of business reported by all insurance companies totalled $22.5 million, which was an increase of 16.4 per cent over 1976. The increase was due primarily to compliance with the compulsory automobile insurance law, which became effective in 1976. The compulsory requirement continues to he controversial. Opponents favor repeal, claiming that the law not being properly administered and of those insured contend that revisions should be addressed t restrictions on company action in setting rates and quotas lir of classes and risks. At the :lose of the year there were four national banks, one savings and loan association and one small loan associat thirty-three branches throughout the Territory. The loan as began operations during the year aad is the first in the Virgi: Federal Deposit Insurance Cork p.-ation, which in 1975 took 0. local bank when it could not meet its obligations, closed its c could not find take-over interests after the two year statutor. operations. Time and savings deposits of individuals, partnerships a] decreased to $252.3 million from $544.4 million of 1976] Dc] increased from. $55.3 million to $60. 7 million and assets dec $664.3 million from $826 million. The Corporate and Trade Nai es Division registered 783 names during the year, a decrease from the 866 registration before. Certificates of -;..,corporation were issued to thi ty-r 269 domestic companies in 1976. The number of companies i Personnel: 52 PERSONNEL OFFICE Operating Appropriation: $90 139. The Personnel Office, with a Federal grant, began a o-year project to rriodernize the Government's empinyee merit syster i by i iplernen several recommendations wade earli r by the Intergovern ntal Personn.el Programs Division of the U. S. Civil Service Corcimissir A psychu.- trietrician, assigned by the Co mission, coordinated the initial efforts, which resulted in the following accomplishments: Revision of personnel rules and regulations, which now include the promotional plan; development of an affirmative action plan for all grant in id agencies; completion of several chapters of a personnel nual ; stall training in job analysis and d'veloprnent of classification principles, and partial computerization of retirement records and establishrm n! 01 a tele processing system. A master file of 8,700 _members of the Ai rcrnent system was built. The classification and compensation section processed and issued 142 notices of position reallocation and conducted 238 desk audits, a significant increase over the seventy-four audits conducted during the previous year. Other activities included job analysis and class-ification audit of CETA positions; construction of six proposed pay schedules using the Federal mini nui 2 30 as base pay; completion of a classification study f Department of Agriculture, and addition of a step to pay schedules to accommodate employees who -ere at the top of their range for a period of one year or more. The recruitment and exa '.on section conducted. 2,455 evaluations, 1, 230 examinations and made 1,016 appoi nt- ents to positions. The group health insurance program had 7,373 participating employees and 304 retirement employees. Premiums paid totalled $1.3 million and benefit claims were $668, 380. The total amount of insurance in force was 89 million for non-con :ibutory life; $19.3 million for contributory life, and $108.4 million for accidental death and dismember -_ent. The new health plan with Prudential Life Insurance Go.- became effective on December ist and during the first six months there was a greater aware- nels of the availability of benefits and cooperation improved in the submission of enrollment records and docu-- --;riv and the submission :end settlement of claims. Under the new piz -am, benefit payments are made directly from the Personnel Office, The retirement system j counted $69.8 million in assets at the end cif t,ij.e year compared to $58. 2 at the end of the previous year. The number of former Government employees tree retirement rolls grew to 789 from 673 in 1976. The combined retirement and pension disburse disbursements totalled jus under $3 on. There were 3, 869 personalko.Ls to Iten-thers of the r tirernent system 141. t carne to $7. 2 million, and 117 new ortgages were approved a7-noun Ig more than million, which brought the r tgage portfolio to $10. 4 million. Refunds to those who left the system before retirement amounted to $600,412. New investment of retirement system funds totalled $11 -million, million of hich went for the purchase of bonds, $3. 5 million in leans to the Government, and $2. 5 for the purchase of certificates of deposit. 182 DEPARTMENT GF PROPERTY AND PROCUREMENT Personnel: 117 Operating Appropriation: $1, 371, 230 142_. The purchasing power of Government was strengthened significantly during the year by moving the buying responsibility of the Department of Education to the Division of Procurement and Supply of the Department of Property and Procurement. The consolidation involved the transfer of six employees. However, certain purchasing procedures must be modified before the operation can be considered fully integrated. A survey initiated by ht: Department of the number and location of copying machines in various Government offices indicated that a consolida- tion could result in reduced expenses. A proposal, submitted by the major supplier of copie, was put into effect with an anticipated annual savings of $80, 000. The scope of work of the Divi nourement and Supply can be n the fact that it processed 3, 234 p=rchase orders during the year fora dollar value of $6.8 million, i comp tired to 2,630 orders in the unt of $5. 2 million for the previous; year. Eleven construction contracts were awarded totalling $3 6 million. Of particular interest was the Federa lly funded contract for $500, 000 to build the Government motor pool. A project that began serer ' years ago, to establish a file that slio- 143. the dollar value of a commodity and methods of buying for other Govern- ment agencies, was completed. This file should provide ready information on which to base future purchases for optimum results. Acquisition of real property, a function of the Division of Property, increased rr arkedly as the result of a road construction program sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration. T: which acts as the acquisition agent for the Departrnent of Public Works, must approve pLrchasc s where Federal participation is involved in road construct n. In addition, property valued at Sl. 6 was purchased for other public uses, The Division, in its responsibility for the review and app; ral of all space requiremcr, s of Government departn ents and agencies, processed 178 contracts for twenty- r agencies. It also mar. commercial prop owned by the Government t: '.1usiness and leased to pr users, which involved 104 contracts that were either permit agreements or long term leases. The eychango of employees between the letterpress and offset sections of the Division of Printing began during the year in an effort to have pressmen become knowledgeable in the opc:rai:ion of both types of printing techniques. The letterpress section, which was able to reduce the time for any n job from two weeks to one, produced 3,786,854 impressions during 144. the-year, an increase of more over !o Ta offset section printed 3,691,901pieces for twen_. -eig erteiuF inc.; of nearly one million from frond the previous year. A new social service program that provides transportation fog the elderly was placed in the Division of Transportation. This $100,000 Federal effort provides transportation for service workers to the homes of the elderly and handicapped who are unable to travel., and for 500 older persons to facility areas. There are twenty -one vehicles in this senior izens "mini motor pool". There were 2, 080 appeals to the Tax Review Board,. a 475 per cent increase over the number fc 1976. The v increasing number of appeals are due primarily to legislation relating to the assessment and review of real property and has placed a tremendous burden upon the board. 145. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY Per: onnel: 721 Operating Appro tion: $10, 908, 476 One of the encouraging developments concerning the Department of Public Safety was the seven per cent drop in the number of known juvenile crimes from the year before and a thirteen per cent decrease in the number of young people involved. In the major e area there was a heartening decrease in the number of horn icides, btu the number of cases of rape and felonious assault in- creased. Burglary and robbery incidents also increased but auto thefts were down by large numbers. The number of grand larceny reports were up less than one per cent. Overall, the number of o increased by only six per cent for both islands, compared to a n per cent increase for St. Thomas/St. 'ohn and a thirty ne _ cent ncrease for St. Croix during the previous year. One of the more visahL. -op!1.-ation e Depar Section of the Police Division. This Sccti n `,cceircd and investigated the Patrol 15, 614 complaints, filed 615 court cases, issued 7,246 traffic tickets and made 654 arrests, compared respectively to 19,669, 3,553, 1, and 729 for fiscal year 1976. Twenty-four hour pa' :rots and plainclothes teams were asi i ed to g high crime areas in both St. Thomas and St. Croix, with a noticeable decline in crimes and an increase in the number of arrests in these sections. In an effort to reduce daytime burglaries in several rurz,11 areas, officers were re- deployed and juvenile officers were as to impound improperly licensed bicycles, as it appeared that they were used in co rg these crimes, The effectiveness of this Section greatly improved with the implementation of an anti - crime squad on a pe anent basis and sector patrols to shorten response time to calls for aid. The Criminal Investigation Section reorganized the operation in St. Croix by naming a new Acting Chief Investigator and by combining the Identification Unit, which was part of the Investigation Unit, h the 146. records function lo form the Records, Identificeion and Cornrnunicatic ns Section. As part .f the reorganiza n, a new reporting and record keeping system was created which included a thorough and complete recording of the Unit's daily. rating form for investigators was also initiated. Relations hly and annual results. A new nthly S. Attorney's Office improved with he implementation o "case feedback" form, hi h enabled the Section and the Federal office to keep abreast of all cases sent for prosecution. The form also indicated errors that might have been made th the 147. investigation by the investigation officer of t4 c p ro ecu ttnrney. Members of the Investigation Section attended fiVo s inars or training courses that totalled 188 hours of class vfork. Du- the Section handled 4,970 cases and rnadt-'293 arrests. The Traffic Section registered 31, 974 vehicle, zn increase from 447 registrations during the previous year. Inspection fees totalled $1,247,475 compared to $1, 141, 206. The Section also issued 8,156 permanent and 35,495 tern temporary drivers licenses. The high propo r- tion of temporary perrnits as in past years, were issued to visitors who used rental ears. During the reporting period there were 4,185 auto accidents that resulted in 991 injuries and fifteen fatalities. These figures comp ared respectively to 3, 776, 786 and nineteen for 1976. Traffic tickets tot,s-lled 6,177 compared to 8,525 fcor 1976. A Highway Safety Reporting and Coordina Unit was initiated responsibility for all highway safety functions of the Depa rtrnent. '1 le rk of this Unit as r'espunsible for the Department receiving $490,000 in Federal funds for continuation 6.-,d expansion of this t:Cfort. A folio he development of a c records system to assist the Department personnel with their val a ion and management of traffic safety programs. The Selective Traffic Enfc.r T- rograrn, which 1 1118, was put into effect by the end of last year to irorove programti reduce highway injuries and fatalities, was continued with added emphasis. the School Crossing Guard Program, which is part of the Traffic 3L7ztion was refined into a cost effective operation that provided protec- tion only during times when children were on their way to or from school The reduction of actual working hours proNided greater coverage at the many crossings. A Task Force was created by the Motor Vehicle Inspection Uni study and make recommendations for legislation on nrohis.s is relating to vehicle safety. Among the :.ncommendation were ye and inspection of vehicles, semi-annual inspection of +uses buses and e cy vehicles, mandatory visual tests for the initial and renewal and a uirement to take a river's licenses, n examl on for renewal. venile Section handled 1,168 comnl ints :!volving 1,675 juveni. and 253 court -uses. Counselling was provided to 1,185 who were later 232 ref erred to the Department of Social Welfare and eightee, -04e e placed in cu Cody. As noted ea-li -7 the ber of juvenile crimes and those involved, both declined in numbers from 1976. The declin=1 in anti-social behavior of juveniles can be attributed directly to increased foot and mctor patrols in high-incidence areas, hInrd Fly to the marry community programs that were conducted by Section officers and members oi the Police Athletic League. Among these activities e speaking engagc:rnents before ivic organizations and schools, arts and crafts prograrrls, formation of a steel band, sports activities and a kite flying contest., Instruction on juvenile delinquency was r de a per lanent part of th Police Academy ain rig program and a lace antral for police ic- dealing with delinquents was prey a- be used as a training manual for all new officers. A Special Operations Section vas established during the year through the reorganization of the St. Thon-as Patrol Bureau that place mot -e emphasis on patrol activities. This Section as responsibla for all aspek t.s rf the jail and inmate activity as well the operation .? f Ae Home Guard, School Crossing Guards, Court Liaison Officer, the Mounted and Cycle Patrols. It is interesting to note that areas covered by Mounted Patrols . e Fire Division took delivery of a number of Hatch needed vehicles, inclading a quick attack pumper, an a.. rial ladder pumper truck and a _d the Division and included pcirrniss to de.nclish and raa. ;tioas reported in trac Legislatic s introduced and .pasaed that structures and updating 'ire Prey '-, n Code. Firefighters andled 1, 887 fires during the vcar, almost double the numbe 976, and responded to 130 false al 150, twenty-five snore than the year before. Estim ated fire losses totalled $847, 079 in St. Croix and $1,386,900 for St. Thomas /St John, Fire prevention efforts included 866 inspections, 903 special and re- inspections, issuance of 401 violations (331 of vvhi4 were corrected) and cyders for 83 demolitions. Various training programs attended by Di n personnel covered all aspects of firefighting, first aid, arson detection, explosive and incendiary devices, and it is expected that courses will soon be taught at the College of the Virgin Islands that lead to a fire cie c degree. The Correction Division instituted a rehabilitation program by forty inmates for placement in various _e els of an adult education program. From initial enrollment of twenty-five in three levels, five took and passed the general education development test and will be awarded high school equivalency diplomas. A vocational training program funded by a grant from the Law Enforcement Planning Cornrnissi on, also got underway and offered instruction in agriculture, automotive mechanics and body repair and building maintenance. The program had thirty-seven i.nn ate enrollees or thirty - fouir per cent of the prisoners in the.St. Croix facility. To improve working relationships between inmates and staff, classes were conducted in interpersonal relationships, group dynamics, and sensitivity 151. training for forty-seven correctional officers. The 492 hours n li tion was given by a te=am cf psychologists, penologists and lawyers Puerto Rico. At the close of the year there were 128 inmates at Lhe Correctional Facility in St. Croix and thirty-six in the Fort Christian jail in S t. `homas , Halfway through. the year, Prosecutor's Investigation th_ which was created by grant fro _ the Law nforcen,ent Planning Corn nission, was put under the adrnin st of the Commissioner 's office, T he name was changed to Special Investigation Unit and the responsibilities realigned to meet the demands for an effective intelligence and info rrnatior gathering group within the Depart ent. During the fourth quarter, fifty -ore new police recruits were hired, the first additions to be ice Division since 197:5. 1 2 Fe rsonnels 1, 253 DEPARTMENT CF FUBL1IC WORI(S Operating App $1_, 388, 190 Activity accelerated during the year in nearly all areas of the Depart- ment of Public Works, at' ulated primarily by several programs funded by the Federal Highway Administration, the Urban Ma ss Transportation _Administration, Department of Housing and Urban Development and by grants from the Economic Development Ad inistration. Additional road routes were accepted into the Federal system and the total mileage now eligible for Federally aided improvements is 179. 5, an increase of 147. 7 over the original 314 8 miles. A total Of 3. 1 i.iles of private roads were accepted y the Government into the public cyst 27 road construction plans were completed and 15. 7 miles of new r were constructed. Applications were submitted for a Community Development Block Gran and to h Virgin Islands Public Works Acceleration Authority for funds to acquire land and for relocaticin expenses for a right -of -way near he St. Thomas airport. The cost is estimated at IP1. million, seventy per cent of which would be reimbursed by the Federal 1-figirway Administration The block grant application was still pending at the end of the yea the acceleration authority application was approved and the necessary loan agreement drafted. The Federal Highway Administr tion approved an ki application of $852, 000 for right-of-way project of t. Croix, The Bureau. of Roads, in addition to its building a.. n s urfacing activity, striped 346. 3 miles of roads on three islands and installed 1,637 traffic signs. The work was done with the aid of the highway agency under a separate in-house program. Grants amounting to $608, 008 from the Virgin Islands Of figh- v-y Safety were used to apTly engineering principles to control traffic conditions and the installation of route markers and kilometer posts to aid in the prompt location of accidents. As the result of a study of mass transportation eomp1eterl last year, a preapplication for 5 million for the first phase of a three -year $5.6 million grant program was submitted to the Urban Mass Tra sgorta- tion Administrat to improve such facilities. If approved, the first phase funds will be made available to the islands' two bus companies to Purchase twenty -two 36- passenger buses and fou 24-gassenger buses, all equipped to accommodate the elderly a.ild handicapped. The local share of the first phases is a cash contribution of $700 000 to be paid by the bus companies. A I.TMTA grant of $115, 000 was received for the purchase of twelve specially equipped vehicles to serve the elderly- and han4 ca-oped. The local share will be $'S 500. Application was made to the Economic Development Administration for 1 4 illion grant to con5t.ruct a section of the crimina house he Depart] ns became necessary because the total estimated cost of $9 million J 154. ice building to public Safety. Construction of the co nplex by exceeded the arnc unt the Eat\ could pp e. The facility will also house the Department of Law and the Territorial Court. Other EDA grants that have been received included $585, 937 for a motor pool; $394, 083 for a juvenile detention center on St. Croix, and $3.1 million for an elementary school on St. Croix. The number,of building permits issu ed during the year reflected a significant increase in building activity, There were 523 permits issued in St. Thomas and St. John for an estimated construction value of $16. 5 million, an increase of 17. 5 per cent over i°76. In St. Croix, a total of 357 were d with etirnated construction costs of $$17. 9 million, an increase of 55. 5 per cent over the previous year. The Division of Project Design a -td li ngineering provided architectural and engineering design services for twenty-eight p cts, mostly for renovations of various Government br ildlings, construction of sewer ines and for an elementary school. The ion of Construction. repaired or :wined thirty-five Government facilities and was involved in thirteen construction prc including an elementary school on St. Croix well as sidewalks, walls and a cemetery and chapel. 19 The Division of Utilities and Sanitation laid approximately 15, 534 feet of potable water lines, 13, 074 of which were in St. Croix. Potable water distributed in St. Thomas totalled 677. 5 million gallons, 588 million gallons of which were pumped to consumers and public standpipes. Approxi lately eighty-four million gallons were delivered by' tank trucks to public housing and private purchasers. St. 784. 4 mIlion gallons. The salt water system, used primarily for fighting fires, was improved with the laying of 1,500 feet of pipe on both islands, the rebuilding of two pumping stations on St. Thomas which increased the output capacity by several hundred gallons per minute, the replacement of thirty -five hydrants, relocation of nine and the installation of six new ones. The waste water section on St. Thomas opt'rated one primary treatment plant, two ai lift stations, six package lift stations, seven package ibution totalled eatment plants and five pneumatic stations. The primary plant, rated at 3. 4 million gallons per day, treated an average daily load of 2 million gallons. Operations in St. Croix included one primary and two secondary treatment plants and fourteen lift stations. Total waste water handled was approximately 1. 45 million gallons. The sanitation section in St Thomas collected and disposed 3,666 tons of solid waste. In addition to its regular routes, it handled collections 156. eas previously cant eted to private haulers, The St. Crsoix total ors s 0, 761. Private haulers collected 5, 277 tons of this on-lolant. PUBLIC SERVICES ISSION The Public Services Commission has gulatory jurisdiction over seven companies that operate the telephone system, bus transportation, ferryboats between St. Thomas and St. John, a private water supply utility, which also produces water through various desalting processes. In addition, a- ehouse service and the authority that ope rat s the public it has information gathering 3u i 'on ov- the doe 157. operations of the West Indian Company, Ltd. During the year the Commission conducted ten regular and five special rnee tings, five public and two formal hearings and de two court appearances. It also met with the Legislature's Committees on Govern- ment Operations and Public Safety and with the Water and Power Authority governing board. A total. of twenty-five formal orders were which affected all of the companies under the Co sign's jurisiction. The telephone company was assessed $5,000 for investigations 1 tive to their applica- tion to the Industrial Incentive Comission for continued tax exemption. Rate increases were permitted for one bus company and the private water utility, while a rate decrease was pew itted for the other bus company. Rates were also established for the two ferryboat companies. Project Federal Highway Administration: SRS 0005(001) - Striping and Marking of Public Roads in the Virgin Islands (392. 07 miles) SRS 0005 (002) - Highway Traffic Signing Program VI-HPR-0001 (006) -7_ Highway Planning & Research Program 000S (001) - Redesign of Eleven High Hazard Intersections on St. Thomas TER 0001 (003) - Design of 4-lane Highway from Crown Mt. Inter- section to Harry S. Truman Airport Access Road and College of the V. I. St. Thomas (1.5 miles) TER 0001 (004) - Design of 4-lane Highway, Windward Passage Hotel to Raphune Will, St. Thomas (2.5 miles) TER 0001 (006) - Right-of-Way Acquisition, Crown Mt. Intersec- tion to Harry S. Truman Airport Access Road, St. Thomas (.6 mile) 199 ALLY-AID D PROJECTS Status Es tirnated Project. Cost Completed Nov. , 1977 273, 487.36 Continuation Program 278,129.72 Continua Lion Program 62, 739 00 Design in Progress 33, 715.00 65% Complete 180, 000.00 47J4 Complete 279, 783. 00 Acquisition in Progress 693, 231.00 FEDERALLY -AIDED PROJECTS P o et Lederiministration: SRS 0005(001) . Striping and Marking of Public Roads in the Virgin Islands (392.07 miles) SRS 0005 (002) - Highway Traffic Signing Program VI-HPR-0001 (006) .! Highway Planning & Research Program 0005 (001) - Redesign of Eleven High Hazard Intersections on St. Thomas TER 0001 (003) - Design of 4-lane Highway from Crown Mt. Inter. section to Harry S. Trunan Airport Access Road and College of the V, I, St. Thomas (1, 5 miles) TER 0001 (004) - Design of 4-lane Highway, Windward Passage Hotel to Raphune Hill, St. Thomas (2.5 miles) TER 0001 (006) Right-of-Way Acquisition, Crown Mt. Intersec- tion to Harry S. Truman Airport Access Road, St. Thomas (. 6 mile) 199 Status fl;,..,mo4 Estimated Fundlig project Coat Local Federal Completed Nov. , 1977 $ 273 487.36 Services Continuation Program 278 129. 72 $ 52, 855, 00 Continuation Program 62 739, 00 18, 822, 00 Design in Progress 33, 715.00 3, 371 50 65% Complete 180, 000.00 54, 000. 00 47% Complete 279, 783, 00 83, 936.00 Acquisition in Progress 693 231,00 207,970.00 273,487 6 225, 274, 72 43, 917 .00 30,343,50 126 000.00 195, 848. 00 485 261 0 in Status PR OS EC TS Estimated Funding Ei2jps11:2ilt Local Federal TER 1001 (005) . Design of 4lane Highway from Sion Farm to Chris. tlinsted, St, Croix (2.9 miles) 95% Complete $ 126, 255.00 $ 37, 867, 50 $ BS, 357, 50 * TER 1001 (006) - Construction of Cross Island Highway, Diamond 80% Complete to Bethlehem, St. Croix (2.853 rni, TER 1002 (001) . Design of 41arie Highway from Slob & Centerline road to Cross Island Highway_ , St, Design in Croix (, &3 mile) Progreso TER 1002 (002) Design of Christiansted B y. Pas s 2.1a,ne Highway from East End Road to Orange grove and Herman Hill St. Croix (Z. 2 miles) 95% Complete Urban Mass l'rarninistration VI 03.0001 . Transportation for 12 Vehicles the Elderly and the Handicapped Bid Invitation Advertised 7, 080; 00 612, 435, 00 3,194, 545, 00 60. 00 17, 418 00 40, 642, 00 300.00 78,00 182r 00 . 0 143, 150, 00 28, 750 00 115, 000, 00 This project 100% funded by Federal Highway Administration due to unavailability of 30% local share; the local share is being repaid to FHWA in annual installments over a three year period, 201 Project FEDERALLY-AIDED PROJECTS Status Economic Develo rrient Administration: 01-51-06025 - Construction of Motor Pool Complex, St. Thomas 01 -51- 0602,6' Construction of Evelyn Williams El ementary School, St. Croix 01-51-06027 - Construction of Juvenile Correctioz1 Facility, St. Croix Environmental Protection Agency L0-02123010 = Solid Waste Manage- ment Planning Program for the Virgin Islands 203 Estimated Funding Project Cost Local Federal Started 5/77 Started 5177 Started 6/77 Completed FY/77 $ 585, 2, 714 394, 40, 937, 00 000.00 083, 36 335. 00 .0- $ 585, 937 2, 714, 000. 0- 394, 083, 20 335.00 20, 000. 00 00 6 00 2u4 Personnel: 481 DEFA TMEr T F' c IA WELFA ©peratiing App repriati A major objective of the Department of Social Welfare, to eliminate the discriminatory provisions of the Social Security Act, which re stricts al funding for Territorial welfare programs, gained sortie headway zing the year,. These provisions require the Virgin Islands Govdrnment to pay nearly seventy per cent of the cost of welfare while states pay as little as thirty per cent, and forces t, a Department to maintain an in- adequate public assistance benefit level d limits the expansion of social service programs. Midway in the year, the Virgin Islands delegate to Congress in oducet legislation to amend the Social Security Act to eliminate the unfavorable provisions. Subsequently, a subcommittee of the Hot Se Way and Means o ttee, in developing legislation to amend various fare programs, included three important provision for th 'Virgin Islands: I) elimination of the Federal ceiling on pa rne.n public as a c 3 the Supplemental Security Income Program to the territories, of tablish- merit of an entitlement of $500, 000 under ' 'itle XX. This was the first tirrie since public assistance was extended to the rgin Islands twenty -five years ago that legislation has been. proposed to te the payees t limit. 20, 162. The Governor, Commissioner rf the Department and head of systems, methods and prograns the Department, testified in support of the legislation before the ubcdxrumittee. Although the Title XX provision vas substantially weakened, the the provisions were sent to the full. corrnxnittee, then to the House where they were passed. The legislation was still pending at the end of the year in the Senate Finance Committee where there appeared to be some support. Plans for a juvenile facility on St. Croix were initiated and folio by the appointment of an inter -al advisory board for the development of a juvenile justice program, with the Co sioner as its chairperson- IS comprehensive plan for a correctional rehabilitation center was developed and legislation was drafted for a Youth Services Administration which would b 1.1 re spuilb 110 cno, ortA rA Hon detention facilities, half-way houses and rehabilitation and probation services. ices. The total value of food stamps issued during the year as $15.6 n, an increase of slightly ore than $1 million. Value of bonus coupono totalled $11. million, also an increase of just over $1 million. The average number of individuals who benefited from frorr this program was 5, 036, an increase of approximately 1, 000 over last year. There co tir ed, how- ever, td be a gap between the number of households certified to participate and those who actually purchased stamps. 20 163, The nutrition program for the elderly, which was supported by a ninety r cent Federz-,1 grant under the Older Americans Act, exceed d projected goal of serving 700 meals per day. The proA a provides meal a day at congregation sites as well as "meal-on-wheels,' to the bound. This year the program was e ar ded with an additional $198, 349 in Federal funds, which brought the tota.I grant to $507, 724. A second income maintenance unit was set up in the St. Thomas /5t. John district to determine the eligibility for persons seeking assistance under Federal and local welfare programs. This resulted in a better distribution f the approximately 1, 000 cases in the district, with the worker case ratio being reduced to ighty-five compared to the high of 180 to 208 a year ago. 7 17../a d the end of the year, a concentrated effort tlic 220 rave rdtle cases- come maintenance error rate. pictted, which helped to reduce the The Division of Paternity and Child Support, hich began at the beginning of the fourth quarter of last year, was able to collect $145, 000 from an average of 156 cases. This wad a twenty -five per /-s_ent increase in the number of absent parents who made monthly Tayments to minor dependents, but did not reflect se the and amount of collections. Failure to increase collections, iri spite derall pressure, was due in part to the fact that only twenty-five per cent of tl the 2 u 164, 1,600 absent parent cases -- the majority of which are included in the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program -- have current court orders and only a third of these made monthly payments. The Division of Social Services administered a comprehensive program of services through six different programs. The I3u.reau of Day Care operated eight day care centers, had con- tractural agreements with six private centers and maintained two pilot projects for deaf and blind children. Services were provided to 235 children, Foster care and group home services were provided 300 youngsters. A group home policy was developed to provide guidelines for further development of the program. A major achievement in the area was the app- vat of new board rates, which were increased from $120 to $150 for foster family care and from $210 to $240 for group care. The work incentive unit had 263 registered clients. The projected goal for job placements was not et due to he limited job market and participants' lack of marketable skills. Late in the year an agreement was finally reached with CETA to provide jobs. PretectiVe services were provided to fifteen child abuse and neglect cases rid there were fifty-five in-home adoptions and ten agency place- ments were processed. 208 165. There was a four-fold increase, from 103 to 423, in active cases handled by adult services. This increase highlighted a gap in services, especially for persons under sity including drug addicts, alcoholics, the mentally retarded and emotionally disturbed. The juvenile intake and probation units, funded by the Law Enforce- ment Planning C ission, handled 282 cases, a significant case load growth, particularly in St. Thorax. The staff was successful in utilizing programs as Sisters United, Big Brothers, mouth Commission and CET i25 inproviding services to juvenile cases. the res es of such corn ,The vocational rehabilitation program operated four sheltered workshops for the handicapped, two in St. Thomas and tvvo in St. Croix, as well as a home bound activity in St. John. These facilities provided evaluation, personal adjustment and some vocational training to up to fifty clients. The workshops also served at a place of employment for those too sever handicapped to compete in the labor mark The program also operated a retail store in the largest resort hotel in St. Thomas that sold products of the workshops such as dolls. baskets and jewelry. The products sold well and provided a source of income. Plans were developed for the ope ration of a vending stand in the new Federal building in St. Thomas and a blind person was trained for the operation by the Jewish Guild for the Blind. A major accomplishment of the Commission on Aging was t ron 166, tion of six gerontology courses at the College of h gin Islands that uded health, sociology, psychology, legal ethics, psychiatric mental health. needs and a Bern ar on aging. The eau es vuere partially covered by Federal funds. A home repair project, designed to aid elderly citizens in repairing and improving their homes, received national attention following a visit by the Co loner of the Federal Adn a.tion on Aging and a report of the project appeared in the Ad nist 's newsletter. Although innovative and worthwhile, the cOmiission had difficulty in meeting all goals for this effort due to unavailability of CETA funds to provide sufficient manpower to carry out the repairs. PUBLIC ASSI ti Old Age Assistance Aid to Families with Dependent Children pDC-Emergancy Assistance Aid to the Blind Aid to the Disabled SUB-TOTAL Adminstration for Assistance Total Federal Categories Other A5sistance Work Incentive Program-Child Care General Assistance Emergency Assistance Emergency Welfare Assistance Total Maintenance Assistance Services and TrOAI Social Services-Including Day Care Protective Care and Foster Care Social Services-Work Incentive Supportive Services-WIN Training Total Public Assistance 211 PANCE EPENDITURES OF TI RN FEDERAL FUNDS BY FUNCTION Total Federal Share V.I. Share Federal Fn a4 Received $ 166,901 83,450 $ 83,450 $ 80,000 1,735,695 867,848 867,848 702,000 6,702 3#351 3.351 -0- 4,186 2,093 2,093 2,000 104,775 52,388 2._,387 16/000 $2,018,259 $1,009,131 $1,009,128 $ 800,000 315,883 157,942 157,941 -0, --_-_--- $1,167,073 $1,167,069 $ 800,000 $2,334,142 $ 8,418 7,576 $ 842 4,725 197,708 -0- 197,708 ,.0, 20,622 -0- 20,622 -0.. -0- -0, _21,496 $2,582,386 $1,174,649 _21,496 $1,407,737 804,725 $1,247,383 $ 768,154 $ 479,229 $ 500,000 39,729 35,756 3,973 21,000 85,07i 76,564 6,507 39,'05 31,143 20,426 10,717 ' -0, $2,075,549 $1,910,163 $3,885,712 $1,365,000 Excess V.1, Share Over Fed. Plus 21111 Excess $ 3,451 $ 86,901 165,848 1,033,695 3,351 6,702 93 2,186 36,388 88,775 $209,131 $1,218,259 157,942 315,883 $367,073 $1,534,142 $ 2,851 $ 3,693 .0. 197,708 .0_ 20,622 -0- 21,496 ----- $369,924 $1,777,661 $268,154 $ 747,383 4,756 8,729 37/269 45,795 201426 31,143 $700/549 $2/610/712 Personnel: 168. E or THE VIR IS DS ating Appropriation: $4, 040 060 The oll.ege of the Virgin Islands in s fifteenth year had a record d enrollment 2, 1- and part- tirxie students, an increase of forty -three over 1976. There were 578 full -time undergraduate students, 481 on the St. Tho nas campus and ninety -three on St. Croix. There were four students who spent their junior year at the University of Connecticut in a cooperative education program, and forty -two were enrolled lled in the graduate teacher education program. Of the undergraduate body, seven Fe ent were from the U. S. Virgin Islands, while the rem.ai.nder w from other Carbbean areas and the mainland. The College conferred 113 degrees at the thirteenth annual annuaeal com ence- which featured Secretary of the Army Clifford L. Alexander, Jr. as the principal speaker at the St. Thomas campus exercises. Among the egrees .Laar 1 . accounting, the first a y the C Additio.naily, one graduate of the cooperative coupe ratire engineering program awarded a degree, also first. A new baccalaureate rnajo accounting was approved, equired y three additional courses to provide the proper background to sit the certified public acct untant's examination. g continued toward the establishment of ter's programs in public and business administra 169. which may-be offered for the spring term providing a Federal grant is received. The Melvin H, Evp.ns Center for Learning on St. Croix was dedicated in December with a two-day convocation on higher education and was attended by many educators, co unity leaders and national figures such as Terence A. Todman, Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-Americ Affairs and a native of St. Thomas, and Bayard Dustin, civil rights leader, as speakers. The speakers participated in panel discussi ons on subjects that included the role of the College in sustaining cultural and community life while providing foundations improvement and bringing about change, and the future development of th continuing education program. More than ZOO participated in this forum. re to raise funds that represent 1a.ble public funding and the amount the College requires to serve the community, was launched under the theme "Margin for Excellence". The campaign sought to generate $50,000 on St. Croix and $100, 000 on St. Thomas. St. Croix exceeded its goal with $51, 000 and the St. Thomas drive, which started later, reached slightly more than $50,000 by the end of the year. St. Croix funds were used to furnish the Evans Center for Learning and St. Thomas collections were earmarked for strengthening academic offerings, expanding both the programs and sections of existing 'courses in the continuing education progra nd for expanding community services. 170.. Work on the Reichhold Center for the Arts as slowed due to the delay in arrival of structural steel, but the project should be completed in the fall of 1977 if work continues on schedule. Mr. Henry Reichhold, chair- man of Reichhold Chemicals, Inc., donated as a personal gift 25, 000 shares of the the al company. stock valued at about $475, 000, which brought his total contribution to the center over the years to snore than $2.5 million. Regular career counseling through the student affairs office was augmented with seminars sponsored by Opportunities Industrialization Centers and the General Electric Co. on business environment nd how students can fit into it and another on knowledge and techniques required for positions and how to seek them. A number of executives from major mainland firms visited classroom under the auspices of the National Urban League's Black Executive Exchange lProgram to r otivate and encourage black students toward business and professional careers. Two of the participating executives were CVI graduates. Several well -known scholars visited the College during the pz ng semester, two f w.horr were sponsored by the Distinguished Visiting Professor program. The effort enabled the visitor to spend one week I 171. conducting a seminar for students and faculty of the academic division which invited him, presentation for students in general and one lecture for the entire College. Areas covered included economics and accounting, race relations, chemical °ucture of antibiotics, graph theory and the origin of the West Indian Creole language. Plans were initiated to hold a major conference on Creole languages at the College next year. The Division of Science and Mathematics continued its research of biomedical compounds among flora and fauna. The research team com- prised ten students and faculty and involved isolating bacteria, mainly in sponges, and determining if the bacteria demonstrate antibacterial properties. The project has been beneficial as the students are paid, learn research methods, and have opportunities to put theory into practice. One etude ember of the team ho graduated was awarded a four-year fellowship to M.I. T. to enable her to earn a Ph. D. in bioche try. A biomedical research unit vas established on the St. Thomas campus under fish poi on of a local internist, hich initiated studies on ciguatera ping. The first phase of the research was directed at finding a pie, inexpensive test for the detection of poisoned fish, to be followed by the exploration of irnn unological and enzymatic aspects of the problem The unit is seeking financial support from Federal and private sources. Volume three of the Journal of the College of the Virgin Islands event 216 172.. o press and is expected to be distributed shortly after the end of the year. t contains four articles by faculty members and one by a former member. A study of nursing needs and resources conducted by the College :-esulted in the appointment of a commission to implement the study's :hirty-six recommendations to improve nursing care by expanding the scope ind role 6f nurses and providing better utilization of nursing p el. rhe study also called for greater opportunities for nurses to qualify for Daccalaureate and advanced degrees. The College, however, as forced to postpone its planned baccalaureate program n nursing for lack of local funds to match available Federal money. It should be noted that local funding allocated to the College was almost $400, 000 less than it was five years ago, despite inflation and rising enrollments. To help defray operating costs, fees and tuition for all students were raised as were costs for room and board. The summer session began with 678 students on St. Thomas and 337 on St. Croix. HoWever, budget restrictions resulted in fewer courses and lower enrollment: The Upward Bound summer session had thirty-two students from St. Thomas and twenty-two from. St. Croix. Upward Bound is a program. of academic enrichment for high school students who meet Federal guidelines. The aim is to help students complete high school and encourage them to go on to college. The program has been in existence 173. since 1966 and has enrolled more than 600 in the past eleven. years. More than 450 Government employees participated in eighteen career development programs offered by the College's Bureau of Public Administration. Officials represented twenty-three departments, agencies and divisions and included cor issioners, department heads, supervisors, senators and legislative employees. Most courses were intensive and conducted over two- to five-day periods. The Caribbean Research Institute, a twelve year old arm of the College, expanded its operations to three research activity centers with the addition of an ecological research function. The newest center produced "Virgin Growth", a three-part television series on air, land and water as a contribution to ecological education in the islands. The unit also prepared an energy conservation plan and restored books and documents that were flood damaged. The water resources center, funded largely by the Department of the Interior, continued efforts.i.n five water-related areas. The social research unit, staffed mainly by faculty members on a part-time basis, served under contract as consultants to various Government departments in such areas as revenue and financial affairs, economic -del con- struction and education planning. Various studies were completed and published in the fields of economics, 218 174, political science and education, including a historical profile of the Virgin Islands (British and United Stat A new periodical, Microatate Studi Wa. s published for the Institute by the Center for Latin A rican Studies and the University of Florida Press and contained articles by professors from the College and the University of Puerto Rico. The Virgin Islands Cooperative Extension Service, a land grant related function of the College, provided inform -al educational programs in agriculture and natural resources, home economics, 4-H youth and unity resource development. AMong the .highlights of the year eras participation in the Seventh Annual Agriculture and Food Fair on St. Croix, a cooperative venture with the Department of Agriculture, with exhibits that explained common plant diseases, plant protection, methods for growing healthy crops as well as advice on money management and budget stretching. Education efforts in agriculture included training sessions on identifi- cation of coconut palm diseases and methods of eradication, which were at tended by eighty-two plant growers. Community garden plot holders were provided information on fertilizing, planting and use of insecticides, and meetings were held for persons interested in the hydroponic method ,= of growing. Two demonstration areas in 'St. Croix were used for teaching modern technological production practices for growing a large variety of 21,9 vegetables and feed grains to determine variety adaptabil Y 175. In the home economics program, some 284 homemakers participated in the expanded food and nutrition education program. Similar activities conducted for senior citizens and nutrition workers with the Department of Social Welfare. Classes in money management and wise use of credit were offered economically depressed families, Classes were also held for groups in cloth recycling and home se i g con- surner rights and responsibilities, child development and family relations and preventive health care The 4-H prograi- had about 500 members in fourteen clubs and more than forty volunteer leaders. The summer camp program involved 213 boys and girls in project learning experiences. Pour members attended the National 4-H Conference in Washington where they were involved for six days in decision making regarding future programs. A proposal for funding has been submitted to a private foundation to provide the major support for a 4-H co_ unity development program called PRIDE, which is based on teaching young people to deal with their community structure and to accomplish worthwhile goals. This project would expand 4-H activities to reach nearly 4,000 young people. The Virgin Islands Agricultural Experiment Station is another land grant activity. Du g- the year research was conducted on agronomic, 220 176, horticultural, aquaculti al, animal science and forestry projec Agronomic experinnts indicated that a substantial number of new sorghum hybrids were superior to those presently used. Several green varieties yielded 6,000 pounds of grain per acre, providing more than enough energy to produce a ton of chickens, 1,500 pounds of pork and nearly a ton of grain -on- grass fed beef. Almost 30 m illion pounds of livestock and livestock products have been imported in recent yeas. If produced locally, this could boost the economy by $50 to $100 million a year and might lead to export capacity. Work has been stepped up to solve the St. Croix papaya decline disease, expe ri ents were conducted on ten tomato varieties to dete_r-mine effect of deficiencies on yield and fruit quality, and a study indicated that grape growing is a feasible commercial enterprise. In other efforts to increase locally produced foods, studies of the Tilapia, a freshwater, deep-bodied fish, revealed that it can thrive on plankton and algae in a pond, with supplements of inexpensive feeds. Studies conducted in waste water with fresh water clams indicated that these bivalve mollusks may be good candidates for waste water aquaculture. A breed of beef cattle called Senapol was developed on St. Croix sixty years ago but did not attain commercial importance due to lack of data on their characteristics. Research on the breed was begun in 1976 and 177. subsequent exposure generated much interest with rnainiFind cattle nen- two of whom arranged for the purch?se of twenty-two registered head. Collection of research data on the Senapol is nearing completion. The forestry group published a report that made recommendations various projects for testing varieties of trees for use along roads d for cabinet wood, determining what trees would be best ed as habitat for game birds and animals, and determining the feasibility of commercial growing of the Norfolk pine, used in some areas as a yule tree. 222 Personnel: 54 C MMISSION ON YOUTH Ope rating Appropriation: $347, 561 178 The job development training program, which was crda.ted to provide employment for unemployed youths, had forty -two participants during the year who performed various services in Government agencies, in- chiding those of clerk typists aides, social service aides and maintenance aides. In addition to providing jobs, program has as sisted partici- pants to improve skills that were acquired during earlier training as well as to help them develop a working knowledge of Government operations and procedures. The program also provides services to those agencies with limited staffs. The summer youth employment program received 4, 387 applications, with 2,188 applicants having been hired for the eight-week, 35-hour jobs that were made available to youths between the ages of 14 and 21 who were permanent residents. :,alt year there were 2,900 applicants, .1, 342 of whom were hired. Comprehensive Employment Training Act funds for the summer program totalled $654, 000 and were used for the placement of disadvantaged youths. The local fund of $120, 000 was used for the placement of college students, and the Youth Conservation Corps, in conjunction with the Department of 223 Conservation and Cultural Affairs, placed 2 179. students. There were no income restrictions associated with this phase of summer employment efforts. A popular program that was continued and expanded under the inter- neighborhood activities program was a basketball league. Games played between teams representing various housing groups and on courts that are part of these housing units. The rationale for having the games played on housing courts was to help the participants develop a greater sense of pride concern and understanding for thei. corn. 180.. COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY Personnel: 313 Operating Appropriation: $534, 903 The Community Action Agency conducted various projects under sixteen anti-poverty programs that ganged from assistance o senior citizens to educational experiences for pre - school children. Of the sixteen programs, five were E, ifically oriented to senior citizens and provided such services as part time employment in various community service agenci-6s; help for elderly'to maintain themselves in their own homes; referrals to available assistance agencies; a volunteer program to place those who would like to be active in community affairs, and opportunities to become foster grandparents to needy children. In addition to the local appropriation, these programs were supported by $2. 7 million of Federal funds and $120, 000 from other sources. Under these programs, ninety-one persons were placed in part tier e employment and 100 elderly received personal care in their homes. More than 1, 000 persons w e interviewed and provided information on services available to those who qualified, and 150 participants in the Retired Senior Volunteer Program gave th e to thirty-four Government and private co unity projects. There were forty-seven foster grandparents who devoted considerable time to bringing love to emotionally and mentally disturbed as well as handicapped children. 2 181. The "hotline" effort which started in 1972 to provide a confidential emergency telephone service for youth and to assist them with such problems as drug abuse, education, employment and family matters, grew by necessity to perform similar services for the entire community. During its years of operation, "hotline" handled and processed 4, 860 calls. Forty volunteers were recruited during the year and twenty were trained in telephone use and tutorial subjects. The Health Outreach Program is operated by the Department of Health for the Agency - d provided medics nursing, hea education and counselling services to residents of outlying and low socio-economic areas. An estimated 5, 440 residents availed then selves of the services of the program and another 3,115 were referred to public health specialty clinics. The Co unity Food and Nutrition Education Frograrn was also operated by the Department of Health. The Family Education Program operated under contract by the Christian Community Conscious Center, which provided assistance to families in various housing projects that developed environ t problems and conducted educational programs elated to the use of energy. An arts and crafts summer program was conducted for 100 children between ages seven and fifteen at several housing pr_-ojects. Each participant successfully completed one project. 182, The many aliens in the Virgin Islands are highly dependent upon the variety of projects conducted by the Alien Emphasis Program. One of the major concerns and efforts is the adjustment of status of permanent resident aliens. There was a significant change in the number of non-resident workers who were eligible for recertification. Increasing unemployment and job scarcity forced many certified workers out of the work force, which required them tso leave the Territory or file for suspension of deportation with the U. S. migration Service. The transfer of the Bureau of Alien Affairs to the Alien Emphasis Program increased the work load as the number of visa requirements for dependents rose from 200 to 600. The Spanish Multi-Service .Center continued to train Spanish speaking personnel to operate the Center that provided bilingual and bicultural services for the large low-income Puerto Rican community of St. Croix. An estimated 5,000 persons took advantage of the Center's cultural,. social and recreational projects. The Virgi 'Islands Youth Development program added a new project called Volunteers in Court, which had a goal of placing twenty-four pro- bationers or juvenile offenders der the immediate guidance and supervision of twenty -four volunteers who would maintain a "big brother" relationship for at least two hours a week. Other efforts included physical fitness lasses and sports activities, counselling, arts and crafts, photography classes and 22? 183. vegetable growing. Project Head Start conducted thirty-seven classes in twenty -eight centers for 850 children of pre-school age. The program provided a variety of experiences for the children that related to improved health, the world about them, family relationships, emotional and social develop$ rnent and other experiences to help prepare children for the immediate years ahead. Personnel: 10 CITY E OF HIGHWAY SAFETY Operating Appropriation: $1, 512, 667 184. A major'developrnent of the Office of Highway Safety was the planning, evaluation and reporting system to facilitate inter-agency participation fn t:Le process of devisi g implementing and periodically updating highway safety services of the Office. The seven -part program management process, developed with a research consultant, focused attention on providing adequate and timely highway safety services, which included; assessment of current situations, highway safety characteristics, projection and project control procedures; planning, evaluation and reporting procedures; data base requirements and use of automated data processing. A task force of representatives of the health profession and community groups was organised under the emergency medical services program nd net quarterly to consider issues and problems related to extrication duties, need for cardiac defibrillators, corn nications planning, upgrading of non-ambulance duty and desirability of it implementing a "911" access com- munication systern. preliminary investigations began on a possible paramedic program and subjugation of civil defense ergency medical services to the respective hospital administrators. 229 185. The emergency medical technician program trained 140 persons, with 120 successfully completing the National Registry requirements for registered medical technician designation. During the year five standard ambulances and one forty-two foot boat ambulance were put into operation, all manned by locally trained registered technicians. Other new equipment included defibrillators, oxygen flow meters, demand valves, sc stretchers and stair chairs for ambulances. The cornrnunications project purchased emergency radio transmitters and receivers for all ambulances and opened St. John to the health corn- munications network which his ties to civil defense and a channel reserved for emergency dispatch. A reporting and coordinating unit of the Department of Public Safety was established to be responsible for coordination, administration and monitoring highway safety projects qed planning. This operation was necessary for the gathering of statistical data from the selective traffic enforcement program. A full -time police traffic services unit was' also established, augmented by the hiring and.training of twenty-eight recruits. Back-up material of emergency and extrication equipment, traffic control and corrnunicatan devices and fully equipped police vehicles were funded under this project. The driver education teaching staff was increased to nine, and the six 186. hour behind-the-wheel instruction period for certification was increased to eight The 528 high school students who completed the driver eduCation program during ..the year represented a 122 per cent increase over the previous year. The school crossing guard program was continued with a major change that imp oved efficiency. Scheduled work hours that did not coincide with ere eliminated and replaced with a four hour shift that also permitted more guards. The project involving the comparison of the local motor vehicle code with the. Uniform Vehicle Code in an effort to modernize traffic laws and bring them into closer conformity with the uniform regulations, was completed. A comprehensive draft of a revised Virgin Islands Motor Vehicle Code was in preparation. The Territorial Court involvement in various highway safety projects included the upgrading and extending of the driver improvement school and reassessment and evaluation of traffic court adjudication procedures. Defensive .clriiVing manuals, workbooks and rnater_ is for the schools were purchased. . The driver improvement school on St. Thomas has been extended and an additional instructor was hired to conduct lectures and demonstrations for habitual traffic violators, all of whore are assigned to this instruction. A grant application for route signs and kilometer arkers as submitted 1 187. and approved in the amount of $155, 502 as was a proposal for traffic engineering services to cost $442, 550. The engineering services project covers -application of sound principles to traffic conditions and provides for additional personnel and equipment in highway planning. A traffic and pedestrian education system for pre-literate children between the ages of four and six was implemented through the Head Start _tors which serve about 1, 000 children. The program is based upon the skills and knowledge that this age group normally possess and seeks'to instill basic knowledge regarding safe and unsafe traffic and pedestrian behavior. 232 188. LAW .ENFORC NT PLANNING OMISSION Operating Appropriation: 240,[00 As the result of studies by the courts task force, one of several task groups established by the Law Enforcement Planning Commission to recommend actions for the prevention and control of crime and delinenency, the need to revise both the juvenile and criminal codes of the Virgin Islands was identified as the number one priority of the courts task force. A juvenile code revision project began during January and the first draft is scheduled for completionabout three months after the end of the fiscal year. Other task forces completed working drafts of goals and standards for police, and final documents for community crime prevention And correc- tions were approved by the Commission's Supervisory Board and the Governor. The Commission also developed several position papers on the need for a unified and centralized juvenile justice authority. To aid in the creation of such an agency the Governor appointed an interim advisory committee and a small staff was hired through a grant from the Commission. A comprehe ive plan of projects for 1977, developed in 1976, was approved the Board and the Federal Law Enforcement Assistance 233 189. Administration, which approved an. overall grant of $409, 000 to support the recommended projects. The largest single allocation of the grant was made to the Police Division of the Department of Public Safety for aerial surveillance, improved..nformation services and a special legal unit. The Department of Law was designated to receive $100, 000 for the design and implerrientation of the unified juvenile authority, and the Department of Social Welfare was granted $78, 000 to continue the juvenile intake and probation units. The Corrections Division of the Department of Public Safety was allocated $82, 000, divided equally between a basic education program and approved social work services with inmates and their families. The Territorial Court was granted $24, 000 to continue a court employment _program as a diversionary project for those involved in misdemeanors. In'addition to the Federal funds for planned projects, the Commission prepared an application to the Economic Development Administration to rebuild a boys facility on St, Croix for a juvenile correctional rehabilitation center. The application was approved for $394,000, without the require- ment for matching funds. NATIONAL GUARD The composition of the Virgin Islands National Guard, which was military police heavy when it was formed in 1973, was changed in the fall of the year to a combat support mode featuring priority units with war-time mi ons. This change enabled the Guard to play a larger 190. role in developing young Virgin Islanders for the local -jab market. Formerly, they.had the choice of going only to military police school. Today the choice includes more than sixty military. occupation specialty advanced individual training courses based on enlistment test scores. The civilian education level of the officers is the highest in the country, with only o _e officer not having a baccalaureate degree. Half of the officers have masters degrees. However, while many of the enlisted troops do not have a high school diploma atthe time of enlist - ment, the rate of completion of work for a general equivalency-diploma after enlistment has been extremely high. Since the fall, the Guard has led the country in percentage -of- strength increases each month. On August 1, 1976, the strength as 215 and at the end of the year it was 584. The authorized strength has gene fro 244 to 570. Retention has also been excellent; when an enlistment is up almost without exception the member re-enlists for at ltsast one year and many time for three. Also, the complement includes the highest percentage of fe _ales 191.. of any state National Guard. . Since publishing a new manual during the year, the Guard has completely changed its mode of training. Except for February when a maintenance program was conducted, every monthly weekend training period was spent in a field environment. These training sites included Camp Santiago in Puerto Rico and local Virgin Islands training areas. This type of hands-on- training and the rapid growth of the program have combined to provide more excitement and effectiveness. Most of the new equipment that became available with the change in mission to a combat support mode,. has arrived and was equally distributed between the units in St. Thonas Thomas and St. Croix. The equipment inventory totalled ninety-three pieces, including trucks, trailers, ambulances, generators, laundry units and a bus, among others, and was valued at $2.15 million. 236 191. OFFICE OF PROBATION AND PAROLE Personnel: 10 Operating Appropriation: $166, 600 The Office of Probation and Parole wrote 230 pre -sentence reports during the year, eighty-five of which were written for the Territorial Court and 145 for the District Court. The preparation of these reports Involved interviews with 920 persons, or an average of four per report. The Office also prepared fifty-five reports for the Interstate Compact Administration on individuals who had requested transfe the Virgin Islands because they had once lived in the islands or had relatives here. States involved were New York, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Connecticut, Virginia, Mississippi, Illinois, New Jersey and the Co on- wealth of Puerto Rico. A total of twenty-two reports ere sent to areas outside of the United States requesting information on persons before local courts, and eighteen requests e sent to various states for the same reasons, The Office also pr Pa -d eight inveetig _ summaries for the Department of Social Welfare in response to rey-pests for information on families of persons who ught financial assistance for dependent children. Under supervision of the Office were 155 persons who were granted bail under the Bail Reform Act. Of this number ninety-five and fifty -five in St. Thomas, e -e n St. Croix 193. During November forty-three pre-release reports and applications were prepared and processed for the December meeting of the Parole Board. There were two parole revocations prepared by the Probation Office that were heard by the Board. During the year 1,425 persons visited the Probation Office. Of that number 1, 350 were probationers and parolees and seventy-five were either relatives, friends or employers who visited the Office upon request or on their own to file a complaint, provide information or in some way to assist the probation officer in the handling of a particular case. There were 265 active cases in the Virgin Islands at the beginning of the year. During the year ninety-seven new cases were received from the courts and twenty-eight were supervised under the Interstate Compact Agreement. The number of cases closed during the year totalled 242 and 148 remained active. Personnel: 24 PUBLIC TELEVISION SYSTEM Operating Appropriation: $337,973 194. Channel 12, the Virgin Islands Public Television System, completed final design plans for g translator system on St. Croix to improve reception there and initiated final site surveys for a satellite ground station and the translator system. The translator system includes two stations on St. Croix to receive transmissions from Channel 12 oiv St. Thomas and re- transmit programs to three major areas of the island. It is expected that all facilities will be installed early in fiscal year 1978, with broadcasting beginning at about the same tune. Plans are also being developed to install a translator on St. John to permit reception in the Coral Bay area and the east end of the island. The ground station for the satellite project of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting will cost an estimated $325, 000, about three times that of a typical ground station on the mainland. The $25, 000 required to join the project as a member in good standing was, obtained from non-local funding sources. Federal grants by the Corporation totalled $168,193 for the year. The advantages of the satellite method of distributing TV programs are several, and include a greater volume of pr-ograrnning by being able to receive up to four programs simultaneously; a wider variety of programs, including special events; reduced costs by eliminating telephone lines, 239 195. microwave facilities and off - island videotape service, and improved technical quality. Prograrnrning was more diversified during the year and was highlighted by the Channel 12 world premiere of the seven episode Danish production/ " "Massa. Peter", the story of a. young boy living in the Virgin Islands in 1848 when Peter von Scholten, who freed the slaves, was Governor of the Virgin Islands. Another well- received program was "Virgin Growth", which was produced by the Caribbean Research Institute of the College of the Virgin Islands. The three-part series covered the natural resources of air, land and water and related their importance to life. The popular on-going "Midweek" program a press conference on the air format which features people in the news or important visitors to the island -- was aired forty -seven times. Many other programs dealt with political and economic issues related to the Virgin Islands. Also, firm plans to initiate a rnininoum of one to two hours per week of in- school /instructional progra Department of education. were approved by the The final phase of the on-the-job engineering training progra developed around twenty-four half-hour videotape units on digital technology with accompanying text and work books, was initiated. The production and crew training program was improved and conducted on a weekly basis. Volunteer trainees attended two hour evening sessions in video, studio 24 196. era operation and related subjects. About twenty-fve participated in the program and included high school graduates, college students, house- wives and retired engineers. 241 197. Personnel: OFFICE OF Tl SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS Operating Appropriation: $402, 593 Primary and general elections were held during the year, and there was a recount of the prig a y votes of the Democratic Party in the St. Thomas/ St. John District and a recount of the general election votes in St. Croix. For several years there has been consideration given to the need for voting machines and several models have been demonstrated before Government officials and the public. While funds for these devices were appropriated by the Legislature and approved by the Governor several- years ago, amendment of the election laws is ecessary before purchases can be made. The present hand-tally system is archaic, and the problems it causes will only become worse as more residents become eligible to vote. The format of the ballots ust be improved if voting machines are not in use for the 1978 elections because of the problems in printing vast quantities that are getting bigger each election year as more persons run for public office. While some changes have been made in the Election Code, further amendments are necessary in order to register new voters on a daily basi The inability to do this has caused problems for both the Office and prc pective voters. 242 198. For the general election of 1976, there were 25, 055 persons eligible to vote, an increase of 140 over the 1974 totol. While not in itself a large increase, the figure is significant when compared to the number of voters who remained on the rolls after some 2, 000 were dropped during 1975 for not voting in two consecutive general elections. Special inspectors of registration were hired during the year to check the registers of voters as e- ired by the election laws. However, the appropriation granted for this purpose was insufficient to complete the work, but it is expected that the effort can continue into the following year. There has been no changi in the number or structure of the political parties of the Territory: The Democratic Party has 14, 727 voters; the Independent Citizens Nove ent has 4, 099 and the Progressive Republican Party has 2,195. For the general election of 1976 there 25, 055 eligible voters. this number 18,313 or 73.1 per cent cast ballots. personnel: 199. TE.RRITORIAL COURT Operating Appropriation: 1., 363,13© The Municipal Con. rt bec'me the Territorial Court on January 1, 1977 by an act of the Legislature which also expanded the scope of the Court. The two districts of the Territorial Court of the Virgin Islands disposed of 16, 720 cases during the fiscal yeat, a decrease of 0.17 per cent. c el of in ph o Thr,r,,L /Rt. John di amounted to 7 358, a decrease of two per cent, as follows: Criminal Division, excluding Traffic and Preliminary Hearings ... .................. Preliminary Hearings .......... . ......... 309 4 Traffic Cases ............................ .. .... 5 2 17 Civil Division .. Small Claims Division . 0 .0 ... 0 . *004144000034. Juvenile and Domestic Relations Division ) Juvenile ...0 .#0 00 .0 R4 0 .... 618 602 110 (b) Domestic Relations Matters 78 (c) Divorce, Annulment, Separation and Contempt Hearings 209 (d) Conciliation Division........... 211 Court fines, fees and costs, forfeitures and other charges collec 244 d 200. during fiscal year 1977 amounted to 01 862. 50, an increase of approximately 0.19 per cent. Cash bonds, executions and judgments deposited with the Court amounted $170_ 2q5. 90, a decrease of a pproxi -ii te1.y eighteen per rent, Collections for disbursement in domestic and reciprocal support cases amounted to $387,845.84, an increase of approximately twenty-two per cent over fiscal year 1976. There were 507 applications marriage licenses, but only 470 marriages were reported. The number, of cases disposed of in the St. Croix district amounted to 9,362, a decrease of 1, 5 per cent, as follows: Criminal Division, excluding Traffic and Preliminary Hearings ....... 511 Preliminary Hearings. . . ....... 25 Traffic Cases 4, 521 Civil Division . . . . ........... 2,466 Small Claims Division 8 8 a 1, 068 Juvenile and Domestic Relations Division (a) Juvenile .. ....... 84 (b) Domestic Relations Matters (c) Divorce, Annulment, Separation 413 and Contempt Hearings Conciliation Division . 8.18888., 24 12 148 201, Court fines, fees and cysts, fcrieitures and other charges collected during fiscal year 1977 amounted to $87, 944, a decrease of approximately 17, 9 per cent. Cash bonds, executions and judgments deposited with the Court amounted to $326, 676. 62, a decrease of approximately eight per cent. Collections for disbursement in doniesti.c and reciprocal support cases amounted to $185, 207. 39, a decrease of three cent. There were 487 applications for marriage licenses, but only 433 a iage we re repo rted. 246 Personnel: 18 202, VIRGIN ISLANDS PLANNING OFFICE Operating Appropriation: $320, 345 Among the many efforts of the Planning Office 3. h its work in the areas of development programming and long -range comprehensive planning was the completion of a Coastal Zone Management Plan and Act for submission to the Virgin Islands Legislature, The plan, which was developed with funds from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, established coastal zone boundaries, goals and policies for development within the zone and identified areas of particular concern and access to the shoreline. The proposed legislation also suggested provisions for implementation and regulation. Under the responsibilities of administering Housing and Urban Development's Co unity Development Block Grant, the Office completed fourteen projects totalling $583, 838 and construction began on an additional twelve . In a joint effort with the Department of Natural Resources of Puerto Rico, the Office prepared the Caribbean Region's section of the 1975 National Assessment of Water for he U.S. Water Resources Council. The assessment consisted of identification of water issues and problem areas, a statement of present policies socio - economic characteristics resources and development future. It also included specific problem analysts and 24 2,03. discussed institutional needs and planning strategies for water resources problems. The Office, in response to the National Historic Preservation Act, is nov..7 a.ctively gating program 1inder a Federal funding level f $220, 874. In this second year, ninety sites were added to the inventory, of hich twenty-three were noriina.ted to the National Register of Historic Places. Two inquisitions were made in the -Hassel Island ' district; the Garrison was acquired for $125, 000 while Fort Willoughby was donated. In addition to survey, inventory a.nd nominations, twelve Section 106 con- sultations were conducted. The Virgin Islands Planning Board, in dealing with the Territorial Preservation Act, reviewed fifty-five applications for r irk in the historic district of Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, and Christiansted, St. Croix. Of these, thirty-eight were approved a.nd the remainder ere either denied or withdrawn. Activities luting to e fourteen applications for oning laws and subdivisions were elatively light; g changes were reviewed, twenty-two sub- divisions received preliminary approval while twenty were graded final approval. The Office utilized a corrinnati.on of Federal funds from HUD's Com- p ehensive PlanningAs.sistance 701 program and territorial funds to °mph h several programs. Among them ere a land use element 204, of the. Cornpreheusiv Plan, a housing condition survey and the housing element of the Co ehensive Plan. T o public conferences on housing were conducted Inter- Agency Planning Cox it i.ttee was organized. T ALTTH ITY nel: 17a 205. The Aviation Division of the Virgin Islands Port Authority recorded the arrival. of 565, 568 air passengers the year, up 37,370 from the previous year, and the Marine Division counted 502,999 cruise hip passenger arrival.%, up 31. 889 from 1976 and an all -time record. were,.55, 545 aircraft andings, an increase from 52, 065, and the rituyiber rise ship calls increased frc 740 to 761. -bound air cargo totalled 25 illion p u ds, an increase of nearly- nine million pounds, while in-bound ship cargo amounted to 186, 067 tons, a drop of nearly fifty p Sever _p ov 5t. Croix and a five- year, and Dep pp the 1976 figure of 363,211 tons. rc de to the Ale.% d Hamilton Airport -point plan for other developments were roved by 1 Go re ring Board, and the long-planned project to expand the harry S Truman Airport on St. Thomas moved ahead ih 1 area The final environmental. pact statement vas transmitted to the of Transportation and signed in September. The pre- ation for Federal funding was submitted to the Federal Aviation Administ ration and subsequent appl ications were made to the Virgin Islands Department of Conservation and Cultural Affairs for a submerged 206. land permit and the Secretary he Army a Rivers and Harbors Act permit. Both are prerequisites he dredging and filling far the runway extension. A contract design and engineering phase vas signed wiith a major west coast firm, w ich subsequently subcontracted various aspects of the project to local and mainland specialists. At the close of the year, completed and the final report o t a few of the off -shore taoxa.r s were s tin e the gee - technical investigati way. The oceanographic work had progressed to the point where forecasts of wave overtopping and crest elevations could be forecast, and revetment sections for the offshore portion of the runway were designed and a test model was constructed. Concurrent with the initial work, the Authority established Airport Project Office which prepared and submitted to the FAA the required plan for land acquisition and relocation. On approval of the proposal and acceptance of the grant application, the FAA made a grant of $1.34 million. The Governing Board accepted the grant and the agreement authorized the release of the Federal Government's ni.t ety per cent con- tribution to the $52 million Truman project. In the marine area, the Authority developed a plan for a. marine facility on St. Thomas which would . utilize $1 miflion in grant monies that had been 207. earmarked since 1971 for the development. A pre - application was sub- mitted to the Economic Development Admiriistra.tion for the funding of four projects on a 50-50 matching basis. The application was accepted and the Legislature passed a bill for he reapportionment of the monies that had been reserved, New urine and aviation tariff rates were developed and made effective in October. A n incremnent, long disputed by the airlines, was settled at forty -seven per 1, 000 pounds, maximum gross landing weight, retroactive to July 1975 and effective to the end of the 1978 fiscal year. In January the Authority filed suit against the Virgin Islands Govern- ment to resume property management, collection of monies (about $163, 000 annually) and an accounting of the funds for the FAA that speci- fically designated use of the income from the non-aviation properties for aviation purposes only. These properties included housing and land adjacent to the St. Thomas and St. Croix airports and were removed from Port Authority management by legislation. The financial position of the Authority was slightly improved over that of the previous year. Liquidity and cash flow was not the problem it was during earlier years. The Authority did incur an operating loss of $665, 962 and an overall loss for the year of $732,158. The operating loss was $564, 532 less than last year and the overall loss was $464, 532 less. 2 52 208. VIRGIN ISLAND WATER AND POWER AUTHORITY Personnel: Generating units of the Virgin Islands Water and power Authority produced 413 Million kilowatt hours during the year a four per cent increase over the previous year. There were 33,023 customers at the end of the year, an increase of 660 from the same time a year earlier. The Authority carned $23. 9 million from the electric system and $5. 6 million from water production for total gross earnings of $29. 5. Expenses for the electri tern were $19.6 million and $5. 3 million for the water system. The net results were losses of $381, 697 for electric and $200,401 for ter. Expenditures included $4. 8 rx illion f electric system bond indebtedness and $400, 000 for water system bonds. The balance of revenues available for debt service after current expenses amounted to $7. 7 million, which is 1. 35 times the axi u debt service requirement of $5. 7 million. The bond resolution. equir that this coverage shall not be less than 1. 50. Of the 660 new customers, 482 were residential and 173 commercial. There were five new industrial customers. The average annual residential consumption was 4, 686 kilowatt hours. Commercial customers consumed 13, 253 and industry used 203;403. Production of desalted water totalled 1, 340 million gallons, a 1.9 per 209. cent decrease from 1976. All water produced is o the Department of Public Works and distributed by that agency to consumers duct banks have been completed and the power substation transformer was placed on site for the 34. 5 KV sub - transmission station that will relieve the precariously loaded 13 KV feeders that supply Charlotte Amalie, the east end of St. Thomas and all of St. John. This new system should be operational by the end of next year. Capacity of the electric system was increased by 11, 941 KVA with the installation of 353 new tr sfor ers. Also, eight miles of primary and four miles of secondary distribution lines were installed. These additions brought the total primary distribution lines to 288 miles and the total secondary system to 264 miles. At the close of the year the distribution ystern had a total capacity of 191, 941 KVA. Approval by the Environmental Protection Agency to burn 1. 5 per cent sulphur fuel is expected during the first part of the next year, which should save rate payers about $500, 000 a year. Fuel costs were sixty-seven per cent of electric production cos compared to seventy =six per cent for the previous year. 254 VIRGIN .SLANJD8 WATER AND POWER AUTHORITY ical Informa t. on Fiscal Years Ended June 24, 1976 -1977 ST. THOMAS SUBJECT TO AUDIT Pv 70VA FV 1477 -Gross MKWH Generated 214,807 224,862 Power Plant Use 38,280 -37,282 Net MKWH Generated 176,527 187,580 4feter NKr!! Sales 165,648 167,294 Street Lights 4 3,197 4- 3,124 Total MKWH Sales 168,845 270,418 OKWH Line Loss 4. 7,682 +17,162 TOTAL METERED & LINE LOSS 176,327 187,580 Average Gross Income Per KWH Sold 6.790 Average Total Cost Per KWH Sold 5.700 Fuel Consumption (Gallons): Diesel 836,262 Bunker C 71,064 Diese Bunker C Average Cost Per Gallon: Diesel Bunker C Maximum Demand Customers Served: Residential Commercial Industrial Street Ligh in Total MKWH Used Cost of P Pr_duction 1,C0© gallons Number of Employees 199,546 6,-375,367 7.420 7.650 3,391,794 21,562,380 3,273 5,885,585 23.860 2.9.990 27.510 27.300 33,220 35,900 Used MKWH Used 69,527 89,961 28,600 29,005 67,521 68,328 3,197 3,124 168,845 170,418 =====m $3.77 168 $4.73 177 VIRGIN J.-51,ANDS\NATEM AND POWER AUTHORITY Statisticalrnforr.,ation. Pisoa1 FE7Z:7Eil;7ec" June 46- 10 77 ST. CP ZX SUBJECT FY 1976 FY 1977 Gruss 1,fKWH Goner 152,622 168,564 Powe.T. Plant Use -19,002 -17,279 Net MKRR Gene ated 1,3,620 171,255 H Sales 143,107 146,627 yl is 4- 4,137 3,695 747,244 lg0,322 mxril E, .2o Loss 16,376 20,963_ TOTAL BR RED 0 LI IE LOSS 163 620 171,285 Average Gross Ineome Per Average Total Cost Per KW Fu 1 Con ption (Gallons): Diesel Bunker C Cost of Fuel Diesel 5unher c AvGrage Cost Pe Diesel Bunker C Maximum Demand Gallon Customers Served Residential Commercial Industrial Street Lig. Ling Total a5lKWH Used Cost of Water Production 1,000 gallons Numbe of EmploNee olcl d 7.210 7.250 3,722,838 17,462,046 $1,076,350 5,234 163 2 6 7.520 8.010 2,494,338 19,251,330 $ 71 5,70 ,117 , 956 28.910 28.630 29.970 29.610 32,000 MKWE Us 32,000 RICWJ1 Used 63,503 63,774 20,974 22,020 58,630 -60,633 4,137 3095 147,244 250,322 $3,06 $4.29 174 146 148. was put into effect by the end of last year to improve programs to reduce highway injuries and fatalities, was continued with added emphasis. The School Crossing Guard Program, which is part of the Traffic Section, was refined into a cost effective operation that provided protec- tion only during times when children were on their way to or from -hool. The re ,ction of actual working hours provided greater coverage at the many crossings. A Task Force was created by the Motor Vehicle Inspection Unit to study and snake recommendatioais for legislation on problems relating to vehicle safety. ing the recommendations were year- round inspection of vehicles, semi - annual inspection of b=xses and emergency vehicles, mandatory visual tests for the initial and renewal of driver licenses, and a requirement t take a written examination ne wa The Riven Section handled 1,1.68 c4 mplaints invohi g 1.6 5 juveni filed 253 court cases. Ct_nmselling was aced, 219 were 185 who were cd to the Department of dal Welfare and eighteen ere placed in cust dy, As noted earlier, the number of juvenile crimes and those involved, both declined in numbers from 1976. The decline it anti-social beha of juver 5 caa be attributed directly to increased foot and motor patrols in high- incidence areas, and indirectly to the many co unity programs that were condi 257 ted by Section 147. investigation by the investigation officer of the prosecuting attorney. Members of the Investigation Section attended five seminars or training courses that totalled 188 hours of class work. During the year the Section handled 4,970 cases and rna made 298 arrests. The Traffic Section registered 31, 974 vehicles, an ncr a e from 31, 447 registrations during the previous year. Inspection fees totalled $1, 247, 475 compared to $1, 141, 206. The Section alst' issued 8,156 permanent and 35, 495 temporary drive licenses. The high propor- tion of temporary permits, as ire past years, were issued to visitors who used rental cars. During the reporting period there were 4,185 auto accidents that resulted in 991 injuries and fifteen fatalities. These figures corrp ared respectively to 3,776, 786 and nineteen for 1976. Traffic tickets totalled 6,177 compared to 8, 525 for 1976. A Highway Safety Reporting and Coordination Unit was initiated with responsibility for all highway safety functions of the Department. The works of this Unit was responsible for the Depart 'ving $490, 000 in Federal funds for continuation and expansion of this effort. A follow- up was the development of a traffic records yste to assist the Department personnel with their evaluation and 'management of traffic safety programs. The Selective Traffic Enforcement Program, which 188, LAW ENFORCEMENT CANNING COMMISSION Personnel: 1Z Operating Appropriation: $240, 000 As the result of studies by the courts task force, one cf sever task groups established by the Law Enforcement Planning Commission to recommend actions for the prevention and control of crime and delinquency, the need to revise both the juvenile and criminal codes of the Virgin Islands was identified as the number one priority of the courts task force. A juvenile code revision. project began during I ua y and the first draft is scheduled for completion about three months after the end of the fiscal year Other task forces completed working drafts of goals and standards for police, and final documents for corn unity crime prevention and correc- tions were approved by the C Governor. 's Supervisory Board and the The Commission also developed several. position papers on the need for a unified 1 central: d juvenile ,justice aut zority. To aid in the creation of suds an agency the Governor appointed an in co_ ittee :And small staff as hired through a gra r f ro Co in A comprehensive plan of projects 1977 developed in 176, was Y approved by the Board and the redera:;. Law Enforcemen. Assistance 187. and approved in the amount of $155, 502 as was a proposal for traffic engineering services to cost $442, 550. The engineering services project covers application of sound principles to traffic conditions and provides for additional personnel and equipment in highway planning. A traffic and pedestrian education system for pre-literate children between the ages of four and six was implemented through the Head Start centers which +serve about 1, 000 children. The program is based upon the skills and knowledge that this age group normally possess and seeks to instill basic knowledge regarding safe and unsafe traffic and pedestrian behavior.