As the Chairman of the Mayor and City Council’s Finance Committee proceeded to present the budget for 2012 yesterday to the public, a note was forwarded from Mayor Hamilton Green, indicating that he was not consulted as to the time of the event and as a result, would be unable to attend.
This message came as councillors and representatives from various organizations gathered and had began preparing for the meeting’s commencement. As a result, Deputy Mayor Patricia Chase-Green chaired the meeting and presented brief remarks.
She indicated that it was known since 1994 that even with full collection of taxes, citizens of Georgetown could not be provided with satisfactory services but that the current budget caters for a notational balance.
However, she pointed out that the five municipal markets, the
