Floyd Roland

I would, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. The process that Public Works is involved in is when there are other departments that are going to be building facilities or expanding facilities in the communities, we would work with the departments to see what type of materials they would need in the granular area. Based on that, we would then look at getting some work done and having that supplied in the community. So we initially start off working with departments to see in fact how many pads they would need and those types of things, and based on that we would go through the other side and see if a tender needs...

Thank you, Madam Chair. Public Works and Services' role in the drinking water side of the equation is one for the facility itself, in the operation and maintenance of it and the training of individuals who would be in it. Over the years a lot of the maintenance functions have been transferred to communities. One of our roles along with the others is to ensure that the actual facility itself is up to standards, and that maintenance of those facilities are up to standards in that as we replace those types of facilities we are putting in the most current and up-to-date features and controls in...

Thank you, Madam Chair. This includes all of the different sections of the budget that we went through, so this is a total roll up of those numbers. Travel and transportation, $472,000; materials and supplies, $1.191 million; purchased services, $648,000; utilities, $2.697 million; contract services, $17.65 million; fees and payments, $97,000; other expenses, $1.52 million; tangible assets, $36,000; computer hardware/software, $66,000; total, $23,909 million. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. For a number of reasons. Similar to what I responded to with the director position, there are more resources available within Yellowknife and trying to provide that level of training, along with trying to staff that position was difficult. So an agreement was reached to train the individual here in the capital and move that position back out. That was the arrangement that was made; being more effective and being able to provide the level of training needed, as well as the experience. Thank you.

Yes, we will provide that.

Thank you, Madam Chair. The training that's going on right now is with one position, and it's that one position that will be returned. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. It actually breaks down from that into the different regions. For example, headquarters is $2,000, Fort Smith is $70,000, Fort Simpson is $31,000, Hay River is $20,000, and Inuvik is $60,000. So it breaks down to those regions as well within systems and communications. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. As we stated to committee Members, the training that's happening now is just for that reason, working and getting a good understanding of the process. That position will be moved back to Fort Simpson when the training period is over. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Systems and communications, other expenses, $258,000; travel and transportation, $9,000; materials and supplies, $2,000; purchased services, $183,000; contract services, $63,000; fees and payments, $1,000; for a total of $258,000. Thank you.