City Hall amassed a whopping $1.29 billion in revenue for the first six months of the year but continues to operate at a deficit and some city councillors are frustrated at their inability to access detailed information on the city’s expenditure.
In the absence of Mayor Patricia Chase-Green and Town Clerk Royston King, who are in Chile at the Latin America and the Caribbean Mayors’ Pre-Forum, councillors yesterday voiced their frustration at being unable to readily access information about the decisions and actions being undertaken by the city administration.
Team Legacy Councillor Malcolm Ferreira, during the examination of the monthly report of the Solid Waste Department yesterday, noted that a request had previously been made for a report on the operations of the mechanised city sweeper, yet the council was still to be provided with same.
In response, acting Town Clerk Sharon Harry-Monroe explained that a request or recommendation from a single councillor does not represent a decision of the council and, therefore, the councillor should not expect officers to respond as if it were.