The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has decided to decentralise its services by stationing key officers at the northern and southern edges of Georgetown.
A press release from City Hall yesterday said that newly appointed Town Clerk Royston King in his administrative capacity has decided to make Council officials available to citizens at least twice a week, and has placed them in strategic points to make them more accessible.
The release said that Georgetown has been separated into northern and southern sections. “Two assistant Town Clerks; Sharon Harry-Munroe and Sherry Gerrick will be available with a team of senior officers.”
These officers, King said will come from all departments of the Council such as the City Constabulary and the Public Health divisions. Harry- Munroe will be placed in the northern end at the Cummings Lodge Community Centre, while Gerrick will be stationed at the Agricola Community Centre on the southern end.
The Town Clerk said that, “the city has to be reorganised into manageable areas to provide more efficient and effective services to citizens.”
The officers are expected to hold consultations and meetings with citizens seeking assistance or clarity on any issue consistent with the responsibilities of the City Council. This may include information on rates and taxes, property issues, environmental and public health issues among others.
King said the officers will be open to suggestions from the public and information will be taken back to the Council.
The officers will be available from Thursday 24, July and will be at the centres every Tuesday and Thursday from the following week during regular working hours.
“We are now going to going to the citizens rather than waiting on them to come to us.
We are providing core municipal services and we see our citizens as valuable and important that’s why we are moving into their local communities.”
King said the initiative is also to benefit especially, “our valued and respected senior citizens,” who might not be able to get all the way to Council in the heart of the city.
“We want to build strong and durable relations between the Council and stakeholders,” King said.
This idea, he said, is just one of the ways the M&CC plans to reconnect with the citizens of Georgetown, to build strong partnerships.
