The Mayor and City Council of Georgetown is currently reviewing its contractual arrangement with garbage disposal contractors in wake of a decision made by the contractors to withdraw their service from the city entity.Public Relations Officer, Royston King, said yesterday that the municipality may even be considering the possibility of undertaking the garbage removal process through its relevant department – the Solid Waste Management Department.King on Monday revealed that the municipality owed contractors – Cevons Waste Management Incorporated and Puran Brothers Disposal Service – about $75 M, which has accumulated over a three-month period. This development has since prompted both contractors to halt their waste disposal service to the municipality as of Tuesday.However, areas such as the markets continue to be cleaned by the private contractors as they also have garbage removal arrangements with some vendors.According to King, the municipality will not be able to make any payments to the contractors earlier than tomorrow to have them resume their operation. He disclosed that the municipality is so cash-strapped that staffers have not even been paid their last month salaries. It is expected that they will be paid today, said King.In a release issued yesterday, it was emphasised that “the Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown wishes to advise residents and the business community that refuse collection for their areas has ceased until further notice.”Based on the release issued,Wholesale Soccer Jerseys, the customary Wednesday refuse collection by Puran Brothers in areas including: Newtown Kitty,Cheap Soccer Jerseys, A-D Campbellville, East Ruimveldt, La Penitence, Lacytown, Robbstown,Carlton Fisk Jersey, Newtown, North and South Cummingsburg (Waterfront) and Bourda, did not occur yesterday.Similarly, Cevons Waste Management did not remove garbage yesterday from Sophia, Bel Air Promenade, Bel Air, Blygezight, Thorne’s Drive, Lodge Housing Scheme, Century Palm Gardens, Lodge, South Ruimveldt Park, South Ruimveldt Gardens, Roxanne Burnham Gardens,Cheap Adidas NHL Jerseys, Shirley Field-Ridley Square and Guyhoc Gardens.According to the municipal release, similar trends are likely to continue today up until the city entity is able to fulfil its financial obligation to the contractors.King on Monday had disclosed that the financial state of the municipality has caused it to engage emergency measures to garner requisite sums to honour its obligations to municipal staffers and garbage removal contractors.In a release issued that day, following the city entity’s statutory meeting, it was stated that the council took a decision to pursue the emergency move. At the meeting, suggestions such as advancing new revenue-earning measurers, municipal bonds, making optimum use of council’s assets and pursuing outstanding amount owed by defaulters.In addition, councillors suggested that the administration should pay serious attention to its stewardship in the way it manages municipal resourcesDespite the effort, payment to staffers, King had noted then, would not have been possible until yesterday, an anticipated development that did not materialise.Contractor payments, he had speculated, may not be available until tomorrow,Jeff Green Jersey, a disclosure which is yet to be seen. According to King, the City Treasury Department is working towards paying the contractors at least a percentage of what is owed to them by Friday.In its budget for this year, the council had anticipated that it would have collected $450M in outstanding rates,Wholesale China Jerseys, but to date has only received some $59M, thus the municipality is urging defaulting property owners to pay up. |