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Office of Disaster Recovery requests $12.22M for FY2026, seeks $4M general‑fund seed money to cover drawdown delays
Summary
ODR told the budget committee it has obligated about $23.9 billion for recovery projects, has major design and construction contracts under way, and is seeking $4 million in general fund support for payroll and short‑term cash flow while federal reimbursements are delayed.
Adrienne L. Williams Octalin, director of the Virgin Islands Office of Disaster Recovery (ODR), told the Budget Committee on June 10 that ODR’s FY2026 operating request is $12,218,820 and that about $8.22 million of that is expected to be funded by federal reimbursements while the remaining $4 million is a requested general‑fund appropriation to support seed and float needs.
Williams Octalin said ODR has 104 budgeted positions across core ODR, the Super PMO and the CDBG‑DR programs and listed 41 vacancies. She told senators the office budget assumes vacancies at 50 percent while staff are onboarded.…
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