City officers on leave for probe to be paid

-withholding of salaries was wrong, says Deputy Mayor

The City Council on Monday passed a motion for the six senior city officials who were sent on leave to facilitate the police investigation of the city’s operations to be paid in full, although some have still to hand over to their replacements as they were required to do.

Sent on leave pending the outcome of the investigation were: Town Clerk Yonette Pluck-Cort, City Treasurer Andrew Meredith, City Engineer Gregory Erskine, Deputy Town Clerk Sharon Harry-Munroe, the Director of Solid Waste Management Hubert Urlin and Personnel Officer Paulette Braithwaite.

Deputy Mayor Patricia Chase-Green on Monday said that although the council had taken a decision to withhold salaries from the officers until a