VOTING on the no-confidence motion brought against Town Clerk, Royston King by former Deputy Mayor, Sherod Duncan will be done by secret ballot, a correspondence copied to the mayor, deputy mayor and councillors has revealed.
The motion brought against King will be voted on on Monday.

Duncan, in the motion circulated to the press, had said the Municipal and District Councils Act, which governs the City, places on every councillor a responsibility and duty to ensure that the municipality is managed in a professional and competent manner by a qualified Town Clerk.

“His Excellency President David Granger, when he visited City Hall, told the Council that we are not on the City Council to represent our political parties but to represent the people. Town Clerk Royston King has acted outside the interests of the citizens of Georgetown and has shown a total disregard for the [Act] which adumbrates the role of the Town Clerk and Council and sets the latter as the supreme decision-making body at the municipal level for the City of Georgetown,” the motion said.

One day after the motion was filed by Duncan, King told reporters that the motion will not succeed as it represents a personal attack on him.
“I am unbothered, because if you look at the contents of the motion, you will see that all the things Duncan has filed against me are the things that actually improved the city,” King told reporters.

Duncan’s motion, which was seconded by Deputy Mayor Lionel Jaikarran, cites a number of shortcomings on the part of King and will be tabled at the next statutory meeting on March 12.

However, King believes that he has the support of the majority of city councillors. “I enjoy the confidence of the majority of councillors, and I also enjoy the confidence of the citizens of Georgetown,” he said.