Councillors to receive original parking meter contract

Patricia Chase-Green

The original contract for the controversial metered parking project undertaken by the City Council will be circulated among councillors, Mayor Patricia Chase-Green said yesterday, at the conclusion of an extraordinary statutory meeting.

“… As I said, we don’t have anything to hide. Let it go, let it go… I have nothing to hide. There is nothing corrupt in this deal so let it go, let them see it,” the mayor said, in a 180-degree turn from her earlier position that the contract could not be given to councillors.

It was APNU+AFC Councillor Oscar Clarke who requested that councillors be furnished with the original contract, since meaningful discussions and comparisons could not be made in the absence of that. Several councillors who spoke before Clarke had made it clear that it was impossible for them to offer any concrete input since they had not seen the original contract to make comparisons with the amendments.