In less than one week the Belize City Council will implement one of its commitments to improve the livelihood for Sanitation Workers/Manual Workers of the Council, Belize Waste Control Limited and Belize Maintenance Limited. On Friday, March 27, 2009, Mayor Zenaida Moya, Councilors Phillip Willoughby and Wayne Usher met with Mr. Juan Carlos Dussan owner of Public’s Supermarket and Pharmacy on behalf of the Council. The purpose of this meeting was twofold: to attain a special discount card for these workers and to tow-away all derelict vehicles that are on the streets of Belize City.
Public’s Supermarket is located at #49 Church Street, Belize City and is classified as one of the best discount outlets within the city. With this additional discount card, workers of the above mentioned organizations will be allowed to shop for household and grocery items at a more reasonable price. The Council believes that this is one way of assisting the lower income earners as well as single parents who work tirelessly and long hours to provide for their homes and families in a more economical way.
Mr. Dussan welcomed the initiative of the Council and pledged his full commitment and cooperation to ensure that this humanitarian effort of the Council becomes a great success. At this present time, a total of 301 manual workers will benefit from the Council’s initiative which should be in effect by Monday, April 6, 2009. The Council thanked Mr. Dussan for his generous contribution which will have a lasting and positive impact on the workers’ standard of living.
To further assist the Council, starting Monday, March 30, 2009, Mr. Dussan will remove all derelict vehicles from off the city streets, which is a positive cost cutting measure for the Council. The process is as follows: Once a vehicle is deemed as derelict it will receive a sticker from either the Council’s Traffic or Sanitation Departments and after two days of this warning the vehicle will be towed away. The Council has enforced this measure because there are too many derelict vehicles that have not only become a nuisance to the city’s neighbourhoods but are also being used for conducting violent activities.
The Council takes this opportunity to inform all owners of derelict vehicles, that once your vehicle has been removed the Council will not be held responsible for whatever occurs thereafter.
