Savanna-la-Mar Mayor Bertel Moore has warned the councillors at the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation against spending monies from the Parochial Revenue Fund (PRF) should be used only for drain cleaning.
You have to understand, the Parochial Revenue Funds coming to the corporation will be less than in previous years,” added Moore.
Moore, who is also the chairman of the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation, said over the last five months ending May 31, only $57 million was collected in property taxes.
“Last year December to the end of May, we collected $117 million for property tax, and at the same period this year we collect $57-million, that’s less than half of the property tax that we collected the year before,” said Moore.
It’s time, as Jamaicans, that we adopt some of the best practices from our international partners, their way of life, where if you are caught throwing an orange juice box on the street in Canada, for example, you are charged,” added Moore.
