Gov’t to help city settle debts to private garbage contractors

City workers during garbage collection

Minister of State Joseph Harmon yesterday assured that garbage contractors Puran Brothers Disposal Inc. and Cevons Waste Management Inc. would be paid the more than $300 million owed to them by Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) for waste disposal services.

Informing that both companies have made proposals for the settlement of the outstanding sums, Harmon told a post-Cabinet press conference that a settlement of the city’s debt is currently engaging the attention of Ministry of Communities and it would then be referred to Cabinet for deliberation. “We believe that once people have done work, they should be paid and so I wanna give that assurance to the service providers that government is not unmindful of the fact that they provided service and that they have not been paid,” he said.

The monies owed to the companies date back to 2015.