Philipsburg: --- The executive council has taken a decision in their weekly meeting on Tuesday to suspend the director of sector ROB Joseph Dollison and head of maintenance Claudius Buncamper pending reassignment. SMN News has been reliably informed that commissioner of Public Works Theo Heyliger voted against the decision.
According to information, reaching SMN News is that Heyliger believes the council should disregard the SOAB report, which was issued in November 2009. Reliable information reaching SMN News states that the council took the decision some three weeks ago but they placed it on hold so that the commissioner in charge of ROB Theo Heyliger would discuss the decision taken by the council with the two civil servants.
It is understood that Heyliger told the council last week that he was working on a solution, which would have been ready, by Tuesday this week. The source said Heyliger showed up at the meeting on Tuesday with an email that was sent to him by Joseph Dollison outlining the position he wants at sector ROB. SMN News further learnt that at that point the council decided to suspend both Dollison and Buncamper pending reassignment.
The source said the intention of the executive council is find an interim management who would then take over from the current sector heads. "When the interim management is found then both Dollison and Buncamper would have to stay home with pay until a suitable position is found for them," the source said.
Some of the concerns of the council SMN News learnt is the amount of time it takes to process building and other permits, while the several large investors such as Duck International, Olzina NV, Ama Jewelers have decided to take government to court for negligence committed by ROB under the management of Dollison and Buncamper.
