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St. Ann Municipal Corporation Office of the Contractor General November 2017
Q:
Is that irregular?
A:
Generally when I sign cheques, I sign based on the
strength of the Superintendent. The Superintendent
would sign based on the strength of the officers below
him. So I check the Superintendent to say the
Superintendent is satisfied. I wouldn’t generally check
for the other signatures; I would look for the
Superintendent’s. The Superintendent has signed so
the Superintendent is satisfied; based on the
Superintendent’s signature I proceed and sign. So
generally I would not per se look for these end details
as I would look for the Superintendent’s signature.
Q:
But the point I am getting at is that your notation that it
is not signed, you are saying that such a documentation
only has the Superintendent’s signature but there is
nobody who declares that the work was satisfactorily
done.
A:
That is what this document is saying and that is what –
Q:
And as Secretary Manager is it your opinion that then
the Superintendent should not sign? So either the
Superintendent views the work him or herself or if he or
she did not, he or she should not sign. You understand
that?
A:
Clearly, but the Superintendent should not be signing
this until it is signed by the officer below; because the
officer who actually engaged the contractor who
would go – the contractor signs, the officer goes back,
verifies that the work is completed, he signs, passes it
up to the higher level for certification, that time the
Superintendent or Deputy Superintendent would sign.