Page6B- The Abaconian August 1, 2007 More News of the Cays Cays From Page 5 Chief Councillor Jeremy Sweeting was disappointed that the Hope Town Council received only a 2.4 percent increase to its budget whereas many other towns received an increase of more than 20 percent. Green Turtle Cay received an increase of $85,000 whereas Hope Town Council only got an increase of $8,076. A sheet was handed out showing that garbage and waste handling consumed 4 ' * about half of the Council’s budget alloca- tion for the three towns. Mr. Sweeting was proud that the Council had squeezed its last year’s allocation and ended the year with a surplus which they used for various area maintenance jobs. However, he was questioned whether this strategy backfired by showing central government that they were able to do with less funding and the austerity measures were counter-productive. This may have resulted in the meager increase for this year. The poor condition of the road on top of the dune at White sound was mentioned many times. Mr. Sweeting responded that an engineer from Nassau is scheduled to visit the site on August 3 and make recom- mendations. It was mentioned without response that a pump-out station is needed in Hope Town to reduce harbour pollution. The largest issue bringing the greatest response from the audience was related to trash handling and dump management. It garbage placement. Complaints were made about the truck coming from Marsh Harbour which moves the containers from the dump site to the transfer dock in White Sound. It is uncov- ered and constantly spewing debris along the roadway as it speeds to the freight landing with the full, uncovered contain- ers. Various strategies were discussed to limit the truck’s speeding and to impose penalties for littering. It was believed that a $5,000 fine can be imposed for littering the roadways. Twice a week four 40-foot containers full of trash are taken from Elbow Cay to Marsh Harbour where they are trucked to the dump. Requests were made to the Councillors for a detailed report on where the money is spent. Above the normal budget amounts, $15,000 was given to each town in the spring for small capital projects. Admin- istrator Cooper responded by promising to have expense sheets available at the next Three generations of Mrs. Ti rudy Albury *s descendants proudly help present the Citizen- ship Award given in her menory This year the award went to Noah, Sheena, Netanya and Dornelle as teacher Justin Higgs stands with the group. was universally felt that an attendant was needed at the dump site to enforce proper Please see Cays Page 8 Multiple Listing System What is MLS? A Multiple Listing System (MLS) allows participating real estate agents to place their sellers’ homes on a database providing information to other licensed real estate agents about these listings. 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