Last night the headline was about the almost one million dollars in backed-up payments that the Belize City Council owes its garbage contractor, Belize Waste Control. Well, today Waste Control picked up the Northside garbage - even if it did so a little later than usual. And maybe that's because - after our story last night - we are told the City came through with a partial payment - and a plan to pay off the arrears.
But today when we spoke to the Mayor Darrell Bradley, he was mostly unfazed - he said it's a chronic problem:..
Darrell Bradley, Mayor - Belize City
"For every year that I've been mayor, that has happened and for every year that the former, has been mayor, that has happened. It wouldn't surprise me in relation to us being in arrears. A substantial period. I think if I am not mistaken, the most we've been in arrears is 16 weeks. Again, because its $50,000 per week. That represent about $800,000 in terms of the numbers. It would not surprise that we are in arrears, but that's not an alarming situation. I don't know that there is a situation or there is any animosity between them and us. I don't know if there is any situation with any slowage or stoppage of garbage. That's actually something that's made up. I do know that we have a regular recurrent annual problem with them which is a result of the contract itself."
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