THE Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has taken a decision to review the municipality’s relationship with all delinquent contractors conducting work on behalf of the City, following complaints that they have not paid their workers.Town Clerk Royston King made the announcement recently, while expressing Council’s concern that persons who would have assisted in the City’s massive cleanup programme are still to be paid.

According to King, the Council has received numerous complaints from persons demanding their intervention.
Contractors would have won contracts valued at $1.5 million to clean and clear specific communities. They were responsible for hiring their workers, while the Council assisted with tools and other resources.
Although the projects would have commenced mid last year, some persons say they have received no payment.

“Apart from these complaints, some workers have picketed the municipality, demanding that they be paid. The municipality sees this as an unfortunate situation, since the contractors would have already collected their (various sums of money) for the areas they were designated to clean,” King noted.

The Town Clerk described the issue as unacceptable, and insists that such callous actions reflect negatively on the Council and its intention, while depriving persons of their due. After ascertaining who those delinquent contractors are, the Council intends to make a note of these persons and the relevant action would be taken to ensure that future contractors working on behalf of the Council conduct themselves in the desired manner.