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Auditor General: St Catherine Municipal Corporation

SCMC unaware of full extent of network, condition of roads under its purview, lacked transparent process of determining works under Roads in the Parish, Divisional Allocation and Lengthman programmes'

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Auditor General: "The weaknesses in SCMC’s control system hindered our determination of whether full value for money was received for expenditure on road and maintenance works"

Audit period: 2014-2015 to 2018-2019

"SCMC breached the Law by its failure to ensure that the public was given the opportunity to participate in the strategic direction of the corporation and
prioritization of limited resources" #StCatherineMCReport

sample of 11 senior officers of the Corporation showed that performance evaluations were outstanding for periods ranging from 15 months to 11 years, in
breach of the Municipal and Parish Services Commission Circular

#StCatherineReport

SCMC did not have a transparent process of determining works #StCatherineReport

SCMC failed to document the deliberations that informed
decisions to approve road projects.

SCMC spent $417 million over 2014-15 to
2018-19 on ‘emergency works but SCMC could not
demonstrate whether use of the emergency classification conformed with its prescribed designation

SCMC did not have in place an effective inspection and monitoring mechanism to verify that the $93 million expended from April 2014 to March 2019 under the Lengthman Programme represented full value for money. #StCatherineReport

11 instances in relation to contracts with an aggregate value totalling $15.4 million, for which SCMC permitted the commencement of works before agreements were signed #StCatherineReport

Auditor General Recommendations: St Catherine Municipal Corporation: Audit looked at management system for maintenance of parochial roads. #StCatherineReport