💧 Water and Power · St. John, VI
WAPA board approved funding for air-quality testing, security services and liability insurance coverage
The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority board approved a $250,000 contract on May 23, 2019, with Arcadis US Inc. for stack testing at the Randolph Harley Power Plant to meet Environmental Protection Agency testing requirements tied to existing consent decrees and operating permits. WAPA said air-quality performance testing would be conducted on Units 15, 23, 26 and 27 using both diesel and liquefied petroleum gas.
The board also approved a one-year, $539,388 extension with CDR Maguire for engineering and design services for the Cruz Bay Underground Hazard Mitigation Project.
In other action, the board approved a one-year extension of general liability coverage at a cost not to exceed $1.95 million; extended contracts with Intelligent Security and Comprehensive Security through Aug. 31, 2019, while new security-services proposals were solicited and approved additional funding for guard services at expanded materials staging areas; and authorized WAPA's executive director to enter a 10-year lease for warehouse space in Altona & Welgunst at a monthly cost of $17,233 for storage of materials for permanent electrical-system repairs.
According to WAPA, board members present were Chairwoman Elizabeth Armstrong, Vice Chairman Hubert Turnbull, Secretary Juanita Young, Commissioner Anthony Thomas, and directors Joel Lee, Kyle Fleming, Noel Loftus, Gerald T. Groner and Cheryl Boynes Jackson.