City council moves for judge’s ruling on Bel Air playground to be set aside

Royston King

The Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has filed an application to set aside the recent ruling by Justice Gino Persaud that the Bel Air Park Community Playground be used specifically for community purposes and no other.

The M&CC is contending that its lawyer was unaware of the hearing of the action brought against it, and so was the Town Clerk.

The ruling had capped a two-year fight by residents of Bel Air Park against the M&CC’s move in 2016 to convert the recreational space into residential house lots for the Mayor, Town Clerk, City Engineer and Medical Officer of Health.