Independent Experts to Review Corporations
Late last week, Minister Walter Roban announced that the PLP Government has chosen two independent expert consulting firms to analyze Bermuda's municipal government structure and provide recommendations for reform.
The goal of this review is to make your government more efficient and responsive to the people. Minister Roban explains the mandate of the independent experts:
However, it was always Government’s intention to appoint a third party to carry out a detailed review of all aspects of the Municipalities – including:
- Identifying the relevant legislation, ordinances, regulations and other governing rules that may need to be reformed.
- Developing a simultaneous process for drafting any new legislation and/or regulations required to seamlessly absorb the operations currently performed by the Municipalities
- To identify the function and operations that would transfer from the Municipalities to the Government of Bermuda;
- To produce a plan with specific recommendations describing the process, sequence and timelines for the absorption of municipal functions within specific Ministries, Departments and administrative entities of the Government of Bermuda and, finally;
- To oversee and manage the actual implementation of said plan until the transition is complete.
In meetings with stakeholders during the last several months I have advised that the Government will rely on the report from our consultants on how best to approach this reform effort in terms of the franchise, governance, efficiency, accountability and ensuring the tenets of democracy are available to all in the Municipalities and Bermuda.
We look forward to reviewing the independent, expert assessment and moving forward with necessary reforms to ensure that Bermuda's government is as efficient and representative as possible.
