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St. Ann Municipal Corporation Office of the Contractor General November 2017
Q:
…
I think by now you may be aware that it is being
said that moneys were expended, not just work was
done but moneys were expended for work to be done.
I think it would be fair to say that you don’t know
about that part, in terms of that money part, in terms
of money being sent through the office of the Member
of Parliament, whether it is above or outside of your
pay grade, that is not something that is to your
knowledge.
A:
I don’t know anything about that
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During the course of a hearing which was convened by the OCG on September 28, 2015 involving Mr.
Neville Hall, Vice Chairman, Prickly Pole Primary and Infant School, the OCG probed the contents of the
referenced letter which was authored by him and which had challenged the commencement of the paving
of the school yard. The following,
inter alia,
was stated:
”Q: … Now Mr Hall, I have a copy of a letter here that
you wrote (letter shown to Mr Hall), a letter you
wrote to Miss Lydia Richards, Councillor of the
Bensonton Division, dated 8
th
June, 2015:
“This is to inform you that no work has been done at
the Prickley Pole Primary School for the past ten
years and more except for a play area built by some
people from Canada for the Infant Department. The
school yard need to pave, we asked the local
authority but nothing is being done. (Sgd.) Neville
Hall, Vice Chairman …”
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Transcript of hearing held on September 28, 2015 involving Mrs. Judith White-Brown. Pages 36-39.