Waste Management Board Nominees Ponder Waste-To-Energy

Two men nominated to join the Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority’s Governing Board said they’d seek to modernize services, engage in environmentally sensitive practices, innovate revenue collection, and create a workplace that would attract eager experts. They told a Senate committee Thursday morning that they also had experience in potential of waste-to-energy programs in the territory.

Conn Davis Jr., a St. Thomas-based investment expert and owner of Community Medical Laboratory, and Lindel Williams, a St. Croix construction and engineering expert who was also commissioner of Public Works during the Gov. Roy Lester Schneider administration, both have years of experience in dealing with financing, project management, government bureaucracy, and innovations like waste-to-energy technologies, like a plan recently floated for St. John.

They told the Senate’s Committee on Rules and Judiciary that emphasis on responsibility and innovation was needed.