LM&TC rates, taxes collection system to be upgraded
Linden Mayor Carwyn Holland has urged members of the community to engage and embrace the Linden Mayor and Town Council, as it embarked on a number of initiatives aimed at development.
Linden Mayor Carwyn Holland
During a recent press conference, Holland said his Council, while being a cash-strapped entity, has been working to ensure that the plans for developing the town into a city were achieved.
He said a number of initiatives have been planned, including an upgrade of the rates and taxes collection system. Already, the Council is pleased with its plans for rates and taxes collection, an issue which the previous Council found hard to overcome.
“We are looking to upgrade our rates and taxes collection system. We’re looking to see how we can make it easier for persons to pay their rates and taxes. Also, we’re encouraging persons to start paying their rates and taxes. Business would not be as usual in Linden anymore. We have to go the legal and lawful way. In fact, persons who are building without permission, please note that building laws are here, which would cause some distress to persons who don’t follow the rules of the law. We want to encourage people to do things the right way and to come in to the Council and engage us when you’re looking at development and we’re ready to work on that,” Holland said.
Additionally, he noted that the toll booth at Kara Kara has been gazetted and would soon be put into operation. The Council has also planned a market front enhancement project in an effort to forge towards making Linden a tourism hub.
“It must not be Christmas time or Town Week only that we entertain tourists…We’ve engaged the local tourism body…and so far we are planning a monthly Linden trail, which will be visits to Linden…we’re doing these things to push and stay on our mandate, which is our campaign plan,” the Mayor said.
Furthermore, the Mayor said the Council was looking at ways to enhance the National Library at Linden. The Council is also seeking to construct a heritage site to enhance the beauty and culture of the community; however, funding was a main issue, but the municipality has engaged the European Union (EU) in that regard. He added that the municipality was also looking at ways of enhancing the town through sports, as he hailed the recent fruitful engagement with cricket broadcaster Joseph “Reds” Perreira. The Mayor said a second engagement was in the pipeline to involve Linden, Bartica and New Amsterdam.
