With the Anna Regina Town Council on course to receive less than half of the $86 million in rates and taxes it projected to collect this year, Town Clerk Diane Critchlow believes that the setting up of a municipal court is among the solutions to get defaulters to pay.
Critchlow told Stabroek News on Wednesday that the collection projected rates and taxes has been a persistent issue for the municipality, which depends on these funds to fulfill its major responsibilities. Outside of the rates and taxes collected, the town has received $9 million in subventions from central government for works to roads, drains and culverts.
The Town Council’s annual budget, Critchlow explained, is constructed based on
