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St. Ann Municipal Corporation Office of the Contractor General November 2017
If you have a piece of road that is one mile and in
draining and bush cleaning you may have about six or
seven people who get sub contract to do work.
Correct?
A:
Yes.
CHAIRMAN:
That six or seven people may hire another ten people to
do the work so that's why sometimes for some
programmes you see almost a hundred people or more
working, but interestingly you will sign on a contract or
you have signed on a contract where one person is
getting $400,000, one person, but you know for a fact
that for the Christmas work is a lot of people work but
is only one person is collecting the money.
Let me ask you the question again. Are you aware of
any circumstance under which contractors are grouped
and a cheque is then made payable to one individual for
and on behalf of other contractors, Madam
Superintendent?
A:
Mr Harrison, I am going to be Frank and I am going
to be honest with you. I am not aware, even though I
might drive past and see a million people working, I
am not a aware of giving out one million contracts. I
engage one person; I don't know what that person
does. Obviously that person subcontracts why you
would have so many people.
…
CHAIRMAN:
I am going to show you a document that was copied for
your attention. It is dated December 10, 2014.
(Document shown to witness)
A:
I have this document.
CHAIRMAN:
So I can just speak to it, you will know?
A:
Yes.