Six months after the city of Georgetown began implementing its 2016 Budget, the council has failed to formally present the budget for approval or to make it available for inspection by the general public.
This failure is in direct contravention of the stipulations of the Municipal and District Council’s Act and raises questions about the legality of the city’s expenditure this year.
According to Section 155 of the Act, copies of the estimates [budget] approved by council shall be