Acting Town Clerk Sherry Jerrick has told the City Council that the post of Town Clerk was not properly handed over to her.
While discussions were ongoing on documents and leases during a statutory council meeting on Monday, Jerrick took the floor to state for the record that the position was not handed over to her.
“Just to clarify and I wish to again reiterate and repeat to the council that no document of ownership for any property that is owned by the council was handed over to me by Miss Harry-Munroe,” Jerrick said, before adding that she would have stated so on numerous occasions and wished to have it put on record once again.
Then acting Town Clerk, Sharon Harry-Munroe, is currently on administrative leave after she allegedly failed to carry out instructions given to her by the Local Government Commission (LGC) in relation to an audit of the council.
After Jerrick’s announcement, one councillor asked what can be done as it relates to persons not properly handing over offices. The councillor suggested that they write the LGC to find out what can be done. While it was suggested that Harry-Munroe might not have been able to hand over the office after being sent on leave as she assumed the position of Town Clerk and it was not handed over to her properly. It was then further suggested that the LGC be written to in order to have the handing over done so as to facilitate the smooth running of the council.
