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Stallholders face fines to recover seized items
– Meet council to discuss storage issues
Mayor of Georgetown Hamilton Green yesterday met with vendors who
Some of the items in City Hall compound which were seized on Wednesday night.
ply their trade in and around the Stabroek Market area to discuss the issue of storage for their goods when not in business.
The meeting came hours after several carts packed with goods including clothing, confectionery and other items were seized by officials of the Mayor and City Council.
Some of the vendors told the Mayor that the area where their carts were removed from is the location that they have been storing their goods for the past five years. In the nights, several carts and pallets are stored behind the Vendors’ Arcade on Water Street, and are removed early in the morning.
According to the vendors, they were told by City Hall that for their goods to be returned, they would have to pay a fine of $7,500 – an amount which they said is too much for them.
During their discussions with Mayor Green, the vendors pleaded with him to be lenient with them as they explained that when the carts were towed away they were not in operation; they were merely parked for storage during the night. The vendors also asked the chief citizen for a smaller fine, as many of them cannot afford the penalty, as they were not able to sell any goods.
After lengthy talks, Green accommodated the vendors to some extent, announcing that their carts and possessions will be returned to them sometime later today for a smaller fine.
The Mayor urged the vendors to be more responsible with their surroundings, as the garbage situation in and around the Stabroek area has become unbearable. Green said he has tried his best to be lenient with vendors in the past since he knows many ply their trade for a living, but noted that they also need to help his office.
The Mayor reminded the stall holders that during his last meeting with them they promised to assist in keeping the environs clean, but they have not been holding up their end of the bargain. Green also asked the vendors to come up with an alternative place to store their stocks at night, since the present storage area is encumbering the pavements. He went as far as suggesting that they take their goods home. However, to that suggestion, the vendors explained that it would not be economical since many of them live out of Georgetown – some as far as the lower West Coast of Demerara and the East Coast of Demerara. That matter will come up for discussion at a later date.
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