But even while the way ahead with the City Administrator is unclear - her role in the council had already been trimmed down. First she was removed as a signatory on all council checks - which is unusual because she is the accounting officer for the council. We asked the mayor what controls are now in place for signing checks:..
Jules Vasquez- Reporter
"You removed her as a signatory for the council's checks. Now, she is the accounting officer. How does that work? Because then who is the accounting officer? Do you become the accounting officer? I don't even understand the logistics of that. How can the accounting officer be removed from the payment chain?"
Bernard Wagner- Belize City Mayor
"It's all a group of people. We do have our chief financial officer still manning the books, still ensuring due process, still ensuring that any payments that we make are legitimate payments. I won't be signing forever; I will get out of my chair and begin to realize my manifesto that I made to the people. But in the interim, so as to aid the transition, this will last for a while and as soon as we are able to work things out we'll be able to move along."
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