By year-end, private garbage contractors Cevons and Puran Brothers are expected to be paid some $300 million owed to them by City Hall for work dating back to 2015, according to the Mayor and City Council (M&CC), which also announced that special fees would be introduced for the collection of commercial and industrial waste from next month.
“All monies owed to our partners will be paid before the end of this year, 2017,” Town Clerk Royston King said in an M&CC statement on Wednesday.
The statement also cited several reasons for the M&CC’s inability to honour its obligations to the companies, including the fact that the council has not conducted any valuation of properties in over 20 years.