Six municipal engineers and building inspectors have been asked to appear before the city’s Human Resources Committee to answer to charges of “neglect of duties,” resulting in City Engineer Colvern Venture being accused of negligence and abusing his office.
The committee will meet with the officers from the City Engineer’s Department today on the recommendation of City Mayor Patricia Chase-Green, who at last week’s statutory council meeting recommended that disciplinary action be taken against three members of the City Engineers Department over flooding in the city.
Contacted for comment on the accusations yesterday,