If you live on the southside of Belize City - your garbage may not have been picked up today. And here's why: City Hall owes Waste Control about a half a million dollars in arrears - which means they are 9 weeks behind on payments to the sanitation company. So - as it has done before - Waste Control is on go slow - and only picked up some of the garbage on the southside.
It's a real headache for residents - who now have to bring back in their garbage so the stray dogs don't get to it, and find a way to store all that accumulating garbage. But it's nothing that new for city hall, where huge arrears to Waste Control has been a chronic problem for at least a decade.
But, it is the first time mayor Bernard Wagner's council has been in this predicament - and the problem is made worse by the fact that Waste Control is on go-slow - that has only happened a few times before. We understand that the City had promised to pay first thing this morning, and when that didn't happen Waste Control slowed its roll. No word yet from City Hall on when the city will be able to pay.
There are also reports that the council is behind on meeting its payroll commitments. Workers had expected their end - of - month salary would be in by yesterday - as it customarily is, but we understand there has been some delay. Technically the council has until the end of month to disburse salaries, but the payments usually go out before the end of the month. We'll keep watching it.
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