City Mayor Hamilton GreenIn a bid to recover much-needed revenue to maintain the City of Georgetown, the Mayor and City Council might soon be moving to sell the properties of defaulting tax payers.This disclosure was made by City Mayor Hamilton Green yesterday when he said that the municipality continues to operate in a cash-strapped state and therefore must find innovative ways to force tax payers to pay up what they owe to the City.Mayor Green, however,NFL Jerseys Cheap, pointed out that even if all rates and taxes are paid up,China NBA Jerseys, there still would not be enough funds to alleviate the problems faced by the municipality.Currently,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, the municipality has engaged an intensified rates collection process, which according to Mayor Green mandates residents to pay up their taxes within 14 days or face the courts. About ten such defaulters were taken before the court yesterday, Mayor Green added.But, according to Mayor Green, while the most drastic action that could be taken against residents is to confiscate and sell their properties,Wholesale Stitched NFL Jerseys, the process is in fact a very slow one.It was for this very reason, the mayor related, that he had for more than 10 years been requesting that a court be set up exclusively for municipal issues. According to Green, with a municipal court, matters that concern the municipality could be addressed with much haste, even allowing for the timely payment of rates and taxes and to facilitate any necessary court action against defaulters.Mayor Green pointed out that, instead of addressing the need for the municipal court, discussions were instead engaged for a Traffic court.Without the introduction of an exclusive municipal court, Green said, it would be a near impossible effort to seize and sell the properties of the major defaulters.In the meantime, the mayor noted, there is no choice but to endure the slothfulness of the court in an attempt to garner the much-needed finances to manage the City.However, Mayor Green is of the belief that the municipality will continue to be short-changed if the new evaluation of the City does not come into play.According to Green,Jerseys NFL Cheap, the new evaluation, which comes under the purview of the Ministry of Finance, is the key to boosting the City’s revenue base to some extent.In addition to properties being undervalued, Green said, there are many properties in the City that have been transformed from residential to commercial purposes; thus some residents, while they are paying their taxes, are paying far less than should be paid.The City Council has been saddled with an enormous debt situation, which it seems unable to reverse.The mayor had on numerous occasions cited the need for the City to expand its revenue base, a factor which was highlighted by the Interim Management Committee which had some years ago controlled the maintenance of the City.But, according to the mayor,Cheap NFL Jerseys, Government continues to suppress the operation of the municipality, a practice which he noted is inconsistent with modern-day governance.