In bid to pay municipal staff their October salaries, acting Mayor Lionel Jaikarran and acting Town Clerk Sharon Harry-Munroe of the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) yesterday accepted a cheque for over $7 million from a delinquent ratepayer, after waiving $19 million in interest.
Before the conclusion of yesterday’s statutory council meeting, Jaikarran announced that he had received a cheque for $7,511,130, from the lawyer of an unidentified business.
According to Jaikarran he was able to “solicit the funds for the M&CC” after speaking to the acting town Clerk and receiving her approval to facilitate the waiver.
The announcement came after city workers protested for their October wages during a picket earlier in the day.
