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Although it was said by senior officials at City Hall that restructuring of the municipality would have been placed on the front burner this year,Boston Red Sox Carlton Fisk Jersey, from all indications the process will not be completed before yearend.This notion was affirmed by City Mayor Hamilton Green who revealed yesterday that the process is now dependent on the response of the Minister of Local Government,Los Angeles Dodgers Chase Utley Jersey, Mr Kellawan Lall.According to the Mayor,Cleveland Indians Yan Gomes Jersey, the process has been halted to some extent,Boston Red Sox Rusney Castillo Jersey, adding that he has written to the Minister requesting that a technically competent officer be secured to complete the process.Earlier this year the Mayor had revealed that in order to ensure that the process is professionally pieced together, the services of a consultant with no attachment to the city would have been sought.He had informed that City Hall was seeking outside assistance in order to ensure that the restructuring process becomes a reality.And so, based on the assumption that city officials are unable to successfully undertake the process,Cleveland Indians Francisco Lindor Jersey, Green said that help was needed to facilitate completion of the process before the end of this year.It was anticipated at its commencement earlier this year that the restructuring would have been completed this yearend.The process had commenced with the appointment of a ‘Change Team’ comprising officers of the council who were tasked with studying the current state of affairs at the municipality in order to propose a model of organisational change that would bring to fruition the restructuring plans.But it is the belief of some persons close to the operation of the municipality that the process of restructuring cannot be effectively completed unless the inquiry into the 2007 Auditor General Report is completed.The AG report has over the years suggested that there were financial discrepancies and mismanagement at municipality but it was only this year that the Minister of Local Government insisted that an investigation be carried out into the municipality’s operations.According to Mayor Green,Chicago Cubs Munenori Kawasaki Jersey, yesterday, while the findings of the inquiry are important to improve the overall operation of the municipality,Toronto Blue Jays Roger Clemens Jersey, he does not believe that it would weigh heavily on the restructuring process.During a recent interview, Commissioner of the Inquiry,San Francisco Giants Angel Pagan Jersey, Keith Burrowes had informed that although there was a request for the Commission to also address the restructuring process, such will not be the case. He had pointed out, though, that within the findings of the investigation, which is expected to be completed within a few weeks time,Toronto Blue Jays J.A. Happ Jersey, there will be recommendations which could aid the process along.Burrowes had revealed that the commission detected that the council’s inefficiencies are linked to the lack of capacity in all of its departments; lack of proper systems, and lack of innovativeness in responding to challenges.Burrowes also articulated that one of the key issues that must be addressed is the change of the culture of operation at the municipality, which will in fact be a long term change since even the capabilities of officers in key positions will be thoroughly scrutinised and hopefully revamped. |
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