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Jul 12, 2012 News

Though, City Hall has the authority to send three senior officers mired in fraud allegations on vacation leave to allow a thorough investigation, it has not done so.
In fact, a proposal at Monday’s Statutory Meeting to send the officers- Town Clerk Yonette Pluck, Treasurer Andrew Meredith, and City Engineer Gregory Erskine- on vacation leave was turned down by Mayor Hamilton Green.
Green in his explanation to Councillor Ranwell Jordan, who made the proposal, said that he is seeking advice on the matter. The officers stayed away from the meeting claiming they were sick.
At a press briefing prior to the Statutory Meeting, Councillors spoke at length of the disadvantage of having those staff on the job. Emphasis was also placed on the refusal by the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development to send the officers on leave.
Minister within the Ministry of Local Government, Norman Whittaker, had noted that the police will investigate the matter. Though Councillors have welcomed this, they are concerned that the officers will still be executing their duties.
Councillor Oscar Clarke providing a perspective of the implications of having the officers on the job said it seems that mischief is afoot.
Apparently, Councillors have no idea when the investigation will commence or if it is in progress. In addition, they are worried about the duration of the investigation which could mean that officers would remain at City Hall for months.
Clarke said that the Gaskin report, which recommended that the officers be sent home, was accepted by the Ministry but the Minister does not want to execute that aspect, the councillors said.
He reiterated the Councillors’ belief that the officers should be sent on leave to allow investigations and if they are found guilty the relevant penalty should be meted out.
Another concern of Councillors is that vital information for the investigation would disappear. According to a source at City Hall, the Systems Analyst has written to the Town Clerk on network intrusions. In the memorandum, the officer mentioned that it has observed over the past two weeks abnormal activities on the network.
“I have observed the logging onto the server and network by the City Treasurer (ag) recurrently at some anomalous times outside normal working hours and from various computer stations within the past two weeks.”

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