And it's that same high cost of living that led six Citco employees to turn to attorney Darrell Bradley over their gratuity payments. Citco had suggested paying them in installments, but their attorney said in a letter dated December 3rd that his clients could not accept that proposal. The mayor is now trying to work out a solution that will not lead to litigation.
Bernard Wagner, Mayor of Belize City
"We work with those people, we understand fully the economic situation of those people and I received the letter from Darrell Bradley and he outlined and he said the folks don't want this to go into litigation, and I don't want that either, we want to ensure when our staff retire, they get all the gratuity, all the pension, all the severance that they deserve and I've spoken to the city administrator on this matter Friday and I really stressed to her to let us get this done with those people so you won't see any litigation on that matter."
