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City Hall is trying to strike a balance between honouring the council’s financial obligations to its workers and contractors, and providing critical and vital municipal services. These sentiments were expressed by Town Clerk,Wholesale Basketball Jerseys, Royston King, even as staff of the municipality picketed City Hall.King said the council’s expenses are out stripping its revenue. He added that this was the reason for new revenue earning measures. These measures,Cheap Jerseys From China Outlet, King added, will allow the council to provide for its workers and contractors as well as provide vital municipal service throughout the City of Georgetown.The official noted that in the past,Cheap Jerseys Online, the focus was on paying salaries and not providing efficient and effective services to communities in the Capital City.The Town Clerk said the council needs to be more efficient with its tax collection,Cheap NFL Jerseys, noting that $22 B is currently outstanding in rates and taxes. This is money owed by both the Private Sector and ordinary citizens.“This is unacceptable,Jerseys From China, we need to be efficient and we need to collect those monies. That is why we are having difficulties with payments.” King said.Royston KingThe Town Clerk added that it is not a case of the council just sitting on hands doing nothing. The council has to provide the services citizens are paying for. One of the spin-offs, King noted, is that salary payments are sometimes delayed.Another issue impeding the revenue flow of the council, King added, was the valuation of properties. The Town Clerk said that valuation has not been done for decades.“We have had people changing their properties from residential to commercial; however they continue to pay the residential rate. We have had GPL taking over from GEC and we have not had any of those monies owed by GEC paid to the council. We have had GWI taking over from GSWC and the council has not been compensated for its assets.” King pointed out.National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) owes the Council substantial sums going back as far as 2008,China Jerseys Cheap, including $182 million for property in Kingston and additional hundreds of millions of dollars for properties in Industrial Site, and Charlestown. Also, businesses like Georgetown Fisherman Cooperative Society owe the Council in excess of $164 million.Queensway owes $55 Million and other big businesses are indebted to this Council.King said that the Council has already activated legal proceedings against some businesses and a number of others that have failed consistently to pay their taxes to the city.King also thanked workers for their patience, understanding and support in the effort to restore Georgetown to its pristine state. He added that the opportunity cost in cleaning and restoring the city,Cheap Jerseys From China, after years of neglect, is delayed payments of wages and salaries for workers. |
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