City Engineer say Mayor, `few of his councilors’ targeting him

current Town Clerk, Candace Nelson informing her that by allowing the motion to be debated, she and the Council will be held in contempt of court. He said that the motion collides with the May 13, 2021, order by Chief Justice Roxane George in the case of Venture v Town Clerk.

“And it is ordered that an order of Prohibition is hereby issued directed to the Town Clerk of the City of Georgetown and the Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown restraining, prohibiting and preventing them personally or acting through their servants or agents, from exercising any disciplinary functions or imposing any disciplinary sanction against the Applicant Colvern Venture, City Engineer of the City of Georgetown, or from terminating or purporting to terminate the employment of the said Applicant Colvern

Venture, City Engineer without the approval or permission of the Local Government Commission,” the Chief Justice had ordered.

He pointed to the fact that no approval was sought from the Local Government Commission for the motion and “purporting to terminate Mr Venture, as the motion reads in plain words, will be contempt of court.”

Burch-Smith informed the Town Clerk that if the motion is considered or passed, every member of the Council and especially the Town Clerk and the Mayor who was a party to the proceedings and the Deputy Mayor who attended Court risk being subject to contempt.

Earlier in the year, the Council had taken a decision to suspend Venture for one month without pay which resulted in him taking them to court. He was accused of abusing his sick leave after he purportedly wrote a letter, while on sick leave, complaining about the Council.