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don't write on it and the rate, in the interest of
time him just sign him name on a blank form?
A:
Well, it is not a normal every day
procedure.”
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Mr. Alwyn Brown, during a hearing which was held on October 22, 2015, also advised the OCG that
the only document utilized by St. Ann Municipal Corporation to record the contract description, the
contract value, the contract commencement and completion dates and all other pertinent details
concerning the contract, inclusive of the contractor’s signature in respect of the works, is not a contract
document, but what is regarded as an “SR Form”. The following was stated during the course of the
referenced hearing:
A:
One of the problems I am
having is the
reference to these documents as contracts. As I
am aware, we refer to these documents as SR
Forms or payment vouchers, right. The persons
who sign these are not necessarily the persons
who actually carry out the work.
…
Since I have been working at the St. Ann Parish
Council, as I said before, these documents are
usually referred to SR Form or payment
vouchers. We have actual contract documents
that are used when we are giving out a contract
to somebody, per se, to carry out certain works.
So the term, using the term contracts now is
causing a little difficulty for me. Because it is
leaving me in a state of confusion,
I don't know
what to answer to, because as far as I know,
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Transcript of Hearing involving Mr. Alwyn Brown, which was dated October 16, 2015. Pages 50-51.