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St. Ann Municipal Corporation
Office of the Contractor General
November 2017
Chairman:
Now, I want you to as simple as you can just outline to us
the process, from a recommendation is made what your
role is and I want to know at what point you are no longer
involved in the process. So let us start with a
recommendation being made?
A:
To the Parish Council or to the CDF?
Chairman: To the CDF office.
A:
The recommendation is made to the CDF Management
Unit, then they take it to Parliament for approval.
Chairman: Sorry, You are the unit?
A:
No, I am not the unit.
Chairman: It’s sent to the Office of the Prime Minister?
A:
Yes, and they peruse the document, send it off to the
Parliamentary Committee for approval if there is no
correction, if and whenever the project is approved, then
it’s my duty to also liaise with them to find out if the project
is approved or not, then they will inform me, yes or no, the
project has been approved and they send it to the respective
implementing agency. I then follow up with the
implementation agency to find out when they receive the
funds and when work will begin, then report to the member
of Parliament.
Chairman:
And once work is completed, payment of contractors, are
you involved in that process?
A:
No, that is the implementing agency
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Transcript of Hearing held on July 15, 2015, involving Ms. Andrea Smith, CDF Consultant, South East St. Ann. Pgs. 6,7,10 and 11.