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Jul 26, 2012 News
– Royston King overlooked again for Town Clerk position
Local Government Minister, Ganga Persaud, has appointed five officers from within City Hall to execute duties of the senior officials who were sent on leave owing to fraud allegations. Ranks of the Guyana Police Force are currently investigating the allegations.
Initially, the fraud allegations surrounded three senior officials- Town Clerk Yonette Pluck; City Treasurer Andrew Meredith; and City Engineer Gregory Erskine. However, following advice from the Central Government and the police who had begun investigations while the officers were on duty, three other officials were sent on leave. They are Solid Waste Manager-Hubert Urling, Deputy Town Clerk Sharon Harry Munroe, and Personnel Officer Paulette Braithwaite.
City Hall’s former Legal Officer Carol Ryan Sooba will be executing duties of the Town Clerk. This comes as a blow to Councillors, who at the last Statutory Meeting, suggested Royston King for the position. King, who purported himself as the Town Clerk, yesterday, invited the media to a staff meeting at City Hall.
Sooba’s name was also suggested to fill the post by PPP/C’s Councillor Kamla Ross at the same meeting. However, Councillors refused that proposal and an upset Ross walked out.
Lloyd Alleyne will be acting as the City Engineer; Ron McCalmon was appointed acting City Treasurer; and Michelle Smith will perform the duties of Personnel Officer. Parbhudin Bissoondial will act as the Solid Waste Manager.
However, no one was appointed by the Minister to fill the position of Deputy Town Clerk.
PNCR Councillor Oscar Clarke noted that the council found it “strange” that six persons were sent on leave when the council had initially recommended that three person be sent off to assist in the investigation.
While the Ministry has received police advice on the persons to be sent on leave to aid the investigations, Clarke said that the council is not privy to the police investigation and henceforth does not know the reason for additional staff to be temporarily exempted from their posts.
He stated that while the Ministry requested that six persons be sent on leave to aid the inquiry the council is unaware of the basis of the call for additional persons to be sent on leave. However, the council granted the Ministry’s request.
In an effort to streamline City Hall to prevent further frauds, a six-member sub-committee was also proposed to aid the Implementation Committee with further investigations in the fraud. The sub-committee will include Councilors Ranwell Jordan, Elme Ishmael, Gladstone George, Oscar Clarke, Junior Garrett and Deputy Mayor Patricia Chase-Greene.
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