TABLE OF CONTENTS . Demographics..............................................................9 . Legislature..............................................................13 . Judicial Branch..........................................................24 . Executive Branch.........................................................33 . Performace Based Budgeting...............................................36 . Summary of Appropriation Request by Activities and Funds.................41 . Schedule of Departments by Prime Accounts................................41 . Revenue Overview.........................................................43 . Actual and Estimated General Fund Revenues and Contributions.............45 . Expenditure Report.......................................................46 . Combined Statement Revenue and Expenditures..............................56 . Anti-Litter and Beautification Fund......................................58 . Bureau of Motor Vehicle Fund.............................................60 . Business and Commercial Revolving Fund...................................61 . Caribbean Basin Initiative...............................................62 . Government Insurance Fund................................................63 . Health Revolving Fund....................................................64 . Indirect Cost Fund.......................................................65 . Interest Earned on Debt Service..........................................67 . Interest Revenue Fund....................................................68 . Internal Revenue Matching Fund...........................................69 . Public Employees Relations Board and Labor Management Committee..........71 . Public Service Commission................................................72 . Sewage System Fund.......................................................73 . St John Capital Improvement Fund.........................................74 . Tourism Advertising Fund.................................................74 . Transportation Trust Fund................................................76 . Union Arbitration Award and Government Employees Increment Fund..........78 . University of the Virgin Islands.........................................78 . Virgin Islands Public Television Service.................................82 . Virgin Taxi License Fund.................................................82 . Management Authority.....................................................84 . Executive Appropriation Bill.............................................84 . University of the Virgin Islands.........................................90 . Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority................................96 . Virgin Islands Election System..........................................107 . Board of Education......................................................117 . Office of the Governor..................................................123 . Office of Management and Budget.........................................129 . Division of Personnel...................................................138 . Virgin Islands Fire Service.............................................150 . Bureau of Information Technology........................................156 . Office of the Adjutant General..........................................161 . Office of Veterans’ Affairs.............................................169 . Office of the Lieutenant Governor.......................................175 . Department of Justice...................................................184 . Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs............................198 . Bureau of Internal Revenue..............................................209 . Office of the Virgin Islands Inspector General..........................218 . Department of Finance...................................................224 . Department of Property and Procurement..................................244 . Department of Health....................................................258 . Department of Education.................................................282 . Hospital and Health Facilities Corporation..............................306 . Schneider Regional and Medical Center...................................308 . Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital & Medical Center.........................321 . Department of Human Services............................................331 . Department of Planning and Natural Resources............................354 . Virgin Islands Police Department........................................370 . Bureau of Motor Vehicles................................................382 . Department of Public Works..............................................390 . Department of Housing, Parks and Recreation.............................408 . Department of Agriculture...............................................417 . Department of Tourism...................................................429 . Department of Labor.....................................................440 . Miscellaneous...........................................................452 . Position Budget Summary.................................................477 . Schedule of Principal and Interest......................................478 . Schedule of Principal and Interest on Long Term Debt....................480 . Available Until Expended................................................481 . Molasses Subsidy........................................................482 . St Croix Capital Improvement Fund......................................483 . VI Stabilization Fund...................................................484 . Federal Grants Overview.................................................487 . Federal Grant Acronyms..................................................513 . Listing of Federal Grants...............................................513 . Glossary of Budget Terms................................................524 . Fund Descriptions.......................................................524 THE UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR GOVERNMENT HOUSE Charlotte Amalie, V.I. 00802 340-774-0001 May 30, 2006 Honorable Lorraine L. Berry President 26th Legislature of the Virgin Islands Capitol Building St. Thomas, Virgin Islands 00802 Dear Madam President: I hereby submit the Fiscal Year 2007 Executive Budget, in the amount of $749 million, for review and approval by the 26th Legislature. Although this budget submission will be my final one, it is my hope that the progress made by my Administration will go a long way in “Preserving Confidence in our Future” and will serve as a staging platform for future governors and legislators, to take our United States Virgin Islands to even higher levels of prosperity. As expressed in my final State of the Territory Address, “the State of the Territory is one of ever increasing strength and growing confidence in our future. It is much stronger and healthier than it was in 1999 when I assumed office.” This past year saw solid economic growth, record government revenues, reduced unemployment, increased investment in our public infrastructure, well deserved salary increases for our hard-working government employees, and general improvement throughout, in our quality of life. However, some challenges and deep-seated issues remain that require our constant attention and intensified focus. We need to protect the gains we have made, and re-double our efforts in the areas where success was limited. This budget submission seeks to do just that. While the next governor will have his own agenda, vision and priorities, considerable resources have been invested in developing and implementing solutions to problems plaguing the Territory. The departments and agencies of this Government have developed their long- term strategic goals and their short-term performance measures to address their problem areas. I urge that these solutions be carefully evaluated and apolitically embraced. Efforts are continuing to address challenges in areas such as education, the unfunded liability (Employees’ Retirement System of the Government of the Virgin Islands), public safety, labor relations, housing and homeownership, the environment, the impact of changes to federal laws on our economy, health and human services, and increased accountability and transparency throughout Government. The Performance Based Budgeting (PBB) process that I have started, will take government responsibility and accountability to new heights, to the point where this process can be institutionalized as it has been in the Federal Government. Key factors to note in this budget include funding for the following areas: • $47.4 million – Virgin Islands Police Department including 500 plus uniformed officers • $30.0 million – Contributions toward the unfunded liability Employees’ Retirement System of the Virgin Islands • $28.3 million – Waste Management Authority including the operations of two soon to be completed waste water treatment plants • $20.6 million – Negotiated union contracts and ongoing pending negotiations • $20.1 million – Department of Public Works including funding for new heavy equipment and personnel to provide road maintenance • $14.7 million – Health insurance for 5,500 current retirees and their dependants • $ 9.5 million – Insurance against windstorm, water, fire and earthquake for government buildings • $ 6.0 million – Effluent treatment facility on St. Croix for abatement of the brown plume off St. Croix’s South Shore