M&CC employees & contractors express disgust at non-payment of monies due --Burrowes asks for patience, says measures being implemented PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 07 August 2012 21:49
HEAD of the Commission of Inquiry into the operations of the Mayor and City Council (M&CC), Mr. Keith Burrowes, has appealed to employees and contractors for patience in regard to speedy payment of salaries and monies owed, since the M&CC is arranging for the monies to be paid. At a meeting with employees and contractors of the Solid Waste Management Department of the M&CC, on Monday at the Sleepin International Hotel on Brickdam, Georgetown, some staffers were obviously upset at not being paid, as they had expected, owing to the financial constraints of the M&CC; but Burrowes pleaded with them to express themselves in a more professional manner and refrain from using indecent language at the workplace in relation to payment.
Responding to queries at the meeting, Burrowes told the gathering that the junior staff would of course be paid first, and the senior employees have no choice but to wait until the M&CC is in a financial position to make such payments as they become available.
In a room filled almost to capacity, employees expressed their concern relative to policing the city to prevent businesses and residents from dumping garbage at will all over the city; and Burrowes noted that the M&CC was looking to partner with businesses to utilize the surveillance footage of their cameras which may capture person(s) dumping refuse, in order to prosecute them.
The meeting addressed many issues negatively impacting the operations and/or progress of the M&CC, and examined measures which may help alleviate the situation. Among those measures are maintenance of non-functional vehicles; providing waste disposal services to city hospitals, and identification cards for all employees attached to the Solid Waste Management Department, be it M&CC workers or contractors; payment of a monetary allowance for staffers who come into contact with toxic waste daily, so that they can be covered financially if they fall ill.
Other issues were also discussed.
Burrowes also discussed the possible implementation of a Rapid Squad to tackle illegal dumping of garbage in the city, the issue of erecting “No Dumping” signs around Georgetown, and for the Solid Waste Department to have a more proactive educational awareness programme, to be implemented by the Public Relations Department of the M&CC.
Several issues raised by the employees were also addressed by Burrowes, who reminded the gathering that it would not be the last meeting with them, and assured them that measures are being put in place to review issues discussed.
 
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