#Providenciales, February 15, 2019 – Turks and Caicos – His Excellency the Governor, Dr John Freeman, chaired the 4th meeting of the Cabinet on Thursday, 7 February 2019, at the Hon. Hilly Ewing Building on Providenciales.
All Ministers were present. PS
Finance and the Commissioner of Revenue were present for the HRTT discussion
only. The Chairman of National Recovery Task Force provided a briefing by phone
on imminent plans.
At this meeting Cabinet:
· Approved
the designation of Crown Land Parcel 60514/9 as a quarry mining site and
granted the DECR management responsibility subject to evidence of an
environment impact assessment or exception under TCI Law.
· Approved
a long-term lease of 25 years, with an option to renew, over Crown Land Parcel
60003/246 to Kenzal/Tazana Disposal Services Ltd. for the construction and
operation of a municipal waste recycling facility.
· Approved
a long-term lease of 99 years, instead of 25 years, over Crown Land Parcel
50500/90 to Mr. Navance Handfield for the construction and operation of a villa
hotel and multi-complex centre.
· Approved
the public tender of Crown Land Parcels 60605/73 and 78 to Core Resources Ltd.
and for an easement over a portion of Crown Land Parcel 60605/179 for the
purpose of installing underground fuel lines to facilitate the development of a
fuel farm.
· Approved
a long-term lease of 25 years, with an option to renew, over Crown
Land Parcel 60804/140 to Precision Group Ltd. for the development of a two
storey apartment complex.
· Approved
a long-term lease of 25 years over Crown Land Parcel 60804/142 to Mr Hugh
Marvin Henfield for the development of an entertainment and conference centre.
· Approved
the subdivision of Crown Land Parcel 10403/101 to create two lots for
residential purposes.
· Approved
the subdivision of Crown Land Parcel 10403/111 to create two lots for
residential purposes.
· Approved
the naming of the New Post Office in honour of the late Mr George Brown.
· Rejected
a re-categorization of outstanding network and licence fees/arrears owed to the
government by Cable & Wireless / Flow and an amendment to the Fee Structure
Regulations 2016 to reduce the Full Telecommunications Service Network fee’s
threshold value by half.
· Approved
the reallocation of funds under the Development Fund Project number (PN) 005477
for road development in Blue Hills and Five Cays awarded to Island Drilling Ltd.
· Noted
and discussed proposals for the implementation of the National Recovery Plan by
the National Recovery Task Force.
· Noted
and discussed recently agreed tenders and work by the Public Works Department
before the end of the financial year.
· Agreed
amendments to a previously agreed paper on the Hotel and Restaurant Ordinance
(Amnesty, Validation, Variation (Amendment) Bills 2019) (HRTT) which will now
be forwarded to the House of Assembly.
· Were
updated by the Premier on EU listing, development of the budget and receipt of
a response from the FCO on the FSPS.
· Noted
and discussed ongoing water challenges on Salt Cay.
· Were
updated by the Minister of Health and condemned intentional initiation of fires
at the Providenciales municipal waste site. Praise was given to the Airports
Authority and local fire station for their support.
Further information on these matters will be provided by Ministers in due course.
Release: Governor’s Office