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contractor/facilitator/collector. The contractor, in this sense, is regarded to be a ‘collector’ or a facilitator
who may or may not have performed any or all of the works outlined in the contract.
27.
Further, the contractor is regarded by the Office of the Member of Parliament to be a collector or a
facilitator, whose responsibility it is to collect the cheque in relation to the contract awarded by the
Corporation. No documentation has been provided to the OCG which specifically indicates the manner
in which the grouped contracts and/or payments are apportioned. In addition, the person (s) who act as
“facilitator” or “collector”, collects grouped payments in the form of cheques from the St. Ann
Municipal Corporation, on the invitation of the Office of the Member of Parliament, the cheque is
thereafter encashed and the money handed over to persons within the Office of the Member of
Parliament and/or Councillors within the St. Ann Municipal Corporation.
28.
Of the 53 contracts which were awarded by the St. Ann Municipal Corporation , the particulars of which
are noted in Appendix 2 of this Report, a total of 34 were identified as being ‘Group Payments’ and/or
‘Group Contracts’. The 34 such identified contracts are listed hereunder:
Rec.
Name of
Contractor
Contract Date Source of
Funds
Quantity
and Rate
Cheque Value
$
Amount
reflected on
Contract
$
Name of Officer
Who endorsed work
as satisfactorily
Completed
1
Blyden Brown
December 6,
2013
CDF S/E
Special
Employment
2013
950m@
$300
285,000.00
285,000.00
Not signed
2
Donnette
Hamilton
December
3,2012
CDF
Infrastructure &
Repair
250m
@$200
500,000.00
500,000.00
Alwyn Brown
3
Roderick Riley
December
8,2014
CDF
1540m@$2
50
385,000.00
385,000.00
Alwyn Brown
4
Roderick Riley
December
6,2013
CDF S/E
Special
Employment
2013
1083.33m@
$300
324,999.00
324,999.00
Janet Henry