THE House Committee on Ways and Means will conduct budget hearings starting on May 19 to look into the funding requests of the Tinian Mayor’s Office, the Tinian Municipal Council, the Department of Finance, the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor.
In his memorandum last week, the Ways and Means chair, Rep. Donald Manglona, informed Speaker Edmund S. Villagomez about the schedule of the fiscal year 2023 budget hearings.
The House, through House Concurrent Resolution 22-2, has concurred with the $101.35 million projected local revenue that Gov. Ralph DLG Torres identified for government appropriation in FY 2023 which starts on Oct. 1, 2022.
The budget hearing for the Tinian Mayor’s Office will be held on May 19 at the Kotten Tinian in San Jose, Tinian at 10 a.m., to be followed by a budget hearing for the Tinian Municipal Council at 11 a.m.
The hearing will continue throughout the afternoon for Finance, Commerce and Labor.
On May 20, another budget hearing will be held on Tinian for the Department of Lands and Natural Resources, the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs, the Department of Public Works, the Department of Public Safety and the Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services.
The vice chair of Ways and Means is Rep. Corina Magofna. The members are Reps. Denita Yangetmai, Sheila Babauta, Celina Babauta, Richard Lizama, Vicente Camacho, Leila Staffler, Edwin Propst, Tina Sablan, Patrick San Nicolas and Joel Camacho.
The governor submitted his budget proposal on April 1.
A balanced FY 2023 budget measure must be enacted by Oct. 1, 2022 to avoid a partial government shutdown.
