Georgetown: The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has taken a decision to review the Municipality’s relationship with all delinquent contractors conducting work on behalf of the city. The announcement was made recently by Town Clerk Royston King who expressed Council’s concern that persons who would have assisted in the city’s massive cleanup programme are still to be paid.
According to King, the Council has received numerous complaints from persons demanding their intervention.
Contractors would have won contracts valued at $1.5m to clean and clear their specific communities. They were responsible for hiring their workers, while the Council assisted with tools and other resources. Even though the projects would have commenced mid last year some persons say they have received no payment.
“Apart from these complaints, some workers have picketed the Municipality demanding that they be paid. The Municipality sees this as an unfortunate situation since the contractors would have already collected their monies for the areas they were designated to clean,” King noted.
The Town Clerk described the issue as unacceptable, and insists that such callous actions reflect negatively on the Council and its intention, while depriving persons of their dues. After ascertaining who these delinquent contractors are, the Council intends to make a note of these persons and the relevant action would be taken to ensure that future contractors working on behalf of the Council conduct themselves in the desired manner.
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