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Commerce director: Rota has about $101,000 in commerce filing fees; department requests more FTEs, vehicle
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Resident Director Rodney James requested four FTEs, a pickup and operating funds; OMB reported a Commerce filing‑fee balance of $100,953.88 available for Rota.
Rodney James, Resident Director for the Department of Commerce in Rota, asked the Ways and Means Committee to approve four FTEs and to fund a pickup truck for field and weighing‑and‑measures work.
James told the committee that two commerce employees are nearing retirement and that the department needs an ABTC officer, an administrative aide, a statistics position and a weights‑and‑measures staffer to maintain services. He said the requested pickup would carry testing instruments and support beautification projects and weights‑and‑measures fieldwork.
At the committee’s request, OMB special assistant Vicky Villagomez ran an updated report and said there is a local Commerce filing fee special fund with a balance of $100,953.88 for the First Senatorial District (project code 1959B1959Bravo). Committee members said the municipality’s commerce office could work with the mayor to expend that balance for allowable purposes and suggested the resident director coordinate with the mayor to obligate the account for the pickup or other priority items.
Discussion only: no formal appropriation or transfer was authorized during the hearing; members asked the resident director to coordinate with the mayor and OMB to determine allowable uses and to return with a detailed expenditure plan.
