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Guam Legislature rejects sending Manila public health building bill to third reading; debate highlights $27.8M rehab estimate and nursing partnership
Summary
The Guam Legislature rejected a motion to place Bill 12-38 COR — which would reserve the former Manila public health building for DPHSS and authorize use by the Guam Community College nursing program — on the third-reading file, with the roll-call recording 4 yeas, 7 nays and 4 excused.
The Guam Legislature failed to place Bill 12-38 COR on the third-reading file after a roll-call vote that recorded 4 yeas, 7 nays and 4 excused. The measure sought to reserve Lot 2417-1-R7 (the former Manila public health building) for immediate use by the Department of Public Health and Social Services (DPHSS) and to authorize part of the site for the Guam Community College (GCC) nursing program.
Sponsor Senator Therese Turlahi (identified on the floor as the bill’s author) described five years of closure since an electrical fire in November 2019 and cited a Phase 1 assessment contract DPW executed for $1,000,000. That assessment, the sponsor said, concluded the building is in poor condition but “recommends implementation to restore the facility to proper function and…
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