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On his first day as then Minister of Public Utilities, Colm Imbert reportedly requested renovations be carried out on his office, and several other offices and areas on the floor which the Ministry currently occupies. Among the items said to be on the project order - a twelve-thousand-dollar, custom coffee station, and art installation to the tune of thirty-five thousand dollars. Rynessa Cutting has more.
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00:00today i am being asked where will the money come from but the member only telling us half
00:10the story by giving us advice to say don't engage any reckless wild crazy expenditure
00:17but committed this government to 1.3 million dollars for his frivolity
00:24on march 17th then finance minister karl mimbert was reassigned as minister of public utilities
00:32by the following day he had requested that the entire sixth floor of the ministry be refurbished
00:37and upgraded current public utilities minister barry padaroth laid the order request to bear in
00:43the parliament on monday for the minister's office the painting they have costed the country
00:50i just want to make sure i'm getting it correct mr speaker yes here it goes mr speaker the painting
01:01mr speaker costed the country thirty thousand dollars thirty thousand dollars
01:07mr speaker then they wanted a custom joinery a coffee station which costed the country twelve thousand
01:15dollars and if it wasn't if it wasn't bad enough that the painting cost fifty thousand they paid
01:22thirty five thousand to install the painting mr speaker this is this is it this is the legacy of
01:29the member for david martin ortiz so when the member wants to tell us about reckless and wild spending the
01:36member knows why the member knows why he went in there like an emperor without clothes pegging boasting i have
01:45the minister of public utilities and now the country has to pay 1.3 million dollars and you did not last
01:53one day minister padaroth further notes that the building is not owned by the government however it
01:59is owned by a former government member now pnm senator not knowing mr speaker that all of this was new
02:07but the unc incoming government have to pay for it and this is not a government facility mr speaker
02:14this is a rental building of one forest alrawi claim at one alexandria place so therefore mr speaker
02:23when we talk about the recusals they were hoping that they were setting up that place so good
02:28that they were staying there to fill the pockets of the former member for san fernando west
02:33however via post on x the short-lived minister of public utilities sought to clarify that the 1.3 million
02:40dollars was not for renovations to his office only but the entire sixth floor noting that the budget
02:47for his office was 160 thousand dollars via second exposed timber details that when he left the ministry
02:55one month later only new carpeting new window blinds and new lighting were installed in the minister's
03:02office and the walls painted at a total cost of seventy thousand dollars renessa cutting tv6 news
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