With the government’s approval of a $135M subvention for the city, new Local Government Minister Norman Whittaker yesterday said there would be closer collaboration with the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) to ensure that citizens get the services they deserve.
“We want to work closely with the City Council to ensure that all funds that they receive whether from Government or the tax payers are spent for the purpose of delivering services to the people. Paramount right now is the service of garbage collection and disposal,” he was quoted as saying by the Government Information Agency (GINA) during a meeting of stakeholders that included Minister of Transport and Hydraulics Robeson Benn, Deputy Mayor Robert Williams, Town Clerk, Yonette Pluck and Chief Engineer- City Council, Lloyd Alleyne.
“At the end of it all we hope that the citizenry of Georgetown will feel a little better because the environment they must work and live in