Barbers and cosmetolgists who are practising within the environs of the market areas and open spaces in the city would not be allowed to continue to do so, unless they are registered with the Mayor and City Council, Georgetown’s Mayor Patrica Chase-Green has warned.
The announcement was made during the statutory meeting held on Wednesday, where Chase-Green said that barbers and cosmetolgists would need to start registering in 2017 with the Town Clerk’s office. She added that if the stylists do not comply, they will be put out of operation.
The mayor further stated that she is dissatifed with the condition of Merriman Mall, between Cummings and Light streets, in the way it is being kept by the barbers and cosmetologists who once plied their trade on the pavements of America, Longden, Regent and Croal streets. She noted that if the operators do not upkeep their allocated space, they would have to find their own space to operate.
Meanwhile, Councillor Yvonne Hinds who sits on the Markets and Public Health Committee, proposed to council on behalf of the vendors, that they spend their own money and erect structures to house their operations on the mall.
However, Chase-Green said the suggestion would have to be made at committee level, and the council would have to come up with a design to include santiary facilities. In May 2016, barbers and cosmetologists were granted a three-month stay on the mall after the council had informed them that their operation in the open was a public health hazard. The Town Clerk Royston King had said the moves had been made to aid with the city’s reorganisation and beautification programme.
