CITY Councillor Ivelaw Henry on Monday called on Town Clerk Julian Orgista to pen a letter of warning to city vendors, especially those in the Bourda Market, following complaints of loud and vulgar music being played late at night.

Henry, who reportedly witnessed the situation first-hand, said in recent weeks he has observed a number of vendors loitering around the market after closing hours and playing music, which is a nuisance to other citizens.

The councillor raised the issue during a statutory meeting at City Hall where he said, “I need the clarification of the market clerk whether a fish stall is given permission to have music played during the night…During the night they have business going on and it is a noise nuisance in Bourda.”

He stressed, “These market stalls or these fish stalls on Bourda and Regent Street they have their business in the night, and the stall was given [permission] to do business in the day.”

The councillor described the situation as a “cultural shock” as many persons, especially older citizens, are forced to listen to the vulgar music.

“It is traumatic. I call it a cultural shock because people have to listen to that noise,” he said.

As such, he called on the market clerk and town clerk to intervene and remedy the situation as quickly as possible.

“So Mr. Mayor, I want the market clerk to handle this and, two, I want the town clerk to write these people and tell them they must desist [from such action],” he added.