City Inquiry Report is a "professionally well-done" document - Mayor Green

City Inquiry Report is a “professionally well-done” document – Mayor Green

Aug 30, 2009 News

The need for the urgent setting up of a Local Government Commission is among the several recommendations that have been highlighted in the recently completed Commission of Inquiry Report into the affairs of the Georgetown Municipality.

And though Officials of City Hall are still being prohibited from sharing the content of the report, City Mayor, Hamilton Green, has expressed some concern that measures are not yet being put in place to improve the operation of the municipality.

He acknowledged during an interview with this newspaper that he had initial apprehension about the outcome of the report but noted that it was after thoroughly perusing it he was able to deduce that it is a document of merit.

“I must express that my cynicism earlier is not justified and it was a professionally, well-done three-part report.”

Though anxious to get on with the business of purging the municipality of undesirables highlighted in the Inquiry Report and the Auditor General Report before that, Green said that there is nothing that he could do to speed up the process as instructions have passed advising municipal officers to be patient.

Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Kellawan Lall, had instructed the city officers, including the Mayor, not to discuss any part of the report. “I have written to him pointing out that days have passed and we have still not heard from him and people are asking questions and I want to know what is going on. The Minister asked me not to say anything and I respect his dictum but time is going and I want to know what they are doing.”

He said it was just two Fridays ago that the Minister sent copies of the document to the Acting Town Clerk, Yonette Pluck-Cort, who subsequently dispatched them to the Mayor’s office.

However, Public Relations Officer, Royston King, has underscored that although the content of the report has not yet become public knowledge, steps are already being taken by the municipality to improve its efficiency and effectiveness.

Almost three weeks ago, Commissioner of Inquiry, Mr Keith Burrowes, had submitted the report to the Minister at a forum held at the Hotel Tower.

During the inquiry, the Commission incorporated a mixed approach to achieve its objectives which provided a synergistic value to the inquiry.

This move saw the hosting of several public and private meetings that were duly recorded by the Commission and where it was seen as necessary, appropriate documents, including building plans were submitted by members who had various issues with the council.

Several meetings, which took on the form of interviews and group discussions, were held among senior management of the municipality.

There was also a review of documents and records, including financial statements of minutes of committee and statutory meetings, the municipal development plan, the Greater Georgetown Development Plan, personnel and other organisations reports.

The sessions, it was disclosed, facilitated a formal arrangement of sharing information among departments and also assisted heads to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the departments.

In essence, the approach permitted officers to set clear benchmarks for the various operations within their departments.

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