Georgetown: Solid waste in the city is expected to increase by some 60% during the Christmas season and as such the Mayor and City Council is advising that the general public take precautionary measures to avoid a health pandemic in the city.
“As the Christmas season approaches there will be an increase of garbage circulating in the city… We have asked people to purchase containers to dispose rubbish, to sprinkle disinfectant on their rubbish and to ensure that they secure the garbage containers so that it will not be exposed to vermin, dogs or what we refer to as human scavengers,” Georgetown Mayor, Hamilton Green noted.
Several weeks ago, Town Clerk (Ag) Carol Ryan- Sooba terminated the contracts of Cevon’s Waste Management and Dartmouth Skips, two waste disposal entities which were employed by the Council to assist in the collection of garbage around the city. This move by the Town Clerk (Ag) resulted in a buildup of garbage in several parts of the city.
Describing that action by the Town Clerk as “penny wise and pound foolish” the Mayor proposed to the Council that “the most sensible thing to do is to mobilize all the capacity available in the city,” to deal with the growing garbage situation.
“The actions of Town Clerk were premature but what is also worrisome to us as is expected, is that certain agencies within the Central Government have come to the aid of the Town Clerk. However, we know that the aggregate cost of that operation is more than what would have been paid to Cevons and Dartmouth contractors.”
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