THE Mayor and City Council (M&CC) will collaborate with organizers of Guyana’s upcoming Independence Carnival in May to facilitate the sale of vending spots and after-event clean-up activities.

At Monday’s statutory meeting, Mayor Patricia Chase-Green said that a previous meeting between the Social Development committee and the carnival planning committee led to the decision that a sub-committee should be formed.

Deputy Mayor Akeem Peter, along with another council member, has been elected to represent the council on this committee for further planning.
The carnival organizers have made requests for the sale of vending spots on Friday, 25th May on Main Street Avenue and on the day of the carnival, 26th May, along the parade route.

Taking pattern from the recent Mashramani celebration, Mayor Chase-Green requested a schedule of all the event’s upcoming activities in Georgetown so that cleaning can commence immediately after each event.

The Mayor intends to utilize the services of those who worked on the Mashramani committee who were tasked with organizing the sale of vending spots and cleaning in a timely manner.

However, she informed the council that these individuals have not yet been paid.
After all other expenses were paid for the Mashramani event, including the payment of the mayors, councillors and staff, an excess of 2M was made in profit.

“Town Clerk, I ask that this council agree that those persons be paid because we have to utilize those persons for the next Carnival event and if we’re talking about forming that committee as early as this week, the men have to go out and prepare those areas, so I’m asking that those persons be paid,” she said.
There were no objections by the council to this call.