Lemanu Palepoi Sialega Mauga and Talauega Eleasalo Ale were elected in November.
Their Fiscal Year 2021 budget mirrors the one that former Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga sent to the Fono last year.
It totals nearly $US466 million of which over $110 million is local revenue, nearly $135 million are federal grants, almost $211 million are Enterprise Funds and over $10 million are Capital Improvement Funds.
The newly elected governor and lieutenant governor of American Samoa Lemanu Palepoi Sialega Mauga (Right) and Talauega Eleasalo Ale. 4 November 2020
Photo: supplied
For the part of the budget that s funded with local revenues:
65.9 percent is for personnel costs; 19.9 percent for contractual services; 2.4 percent for materials and supplies; 1.1 percent for travel; 0.7 percent for equipment and 10 percent for other.