Mayor of Montego Bay, Jamaica, Charles Sinclair, revealed during a recent Rotary Club of Montego Bay East's meeting, that only 45 per cent of landowners in St James are compliant with their property tax payments. Singleing out several residential communities, Sinclair said Porto Bello has a compliance rate of 14 per cent, noting that only 106 lots out of the 750 are being paid for. He listed the percentage compliance rates for Westgate Hills at 32; Ironshore, 28; Coral Gardens, 42; Spring Farm Estate, 43; and Torado Heights, 34.
The mayor urged landowners to commit themselves, as property taxes are used by the parish council to go towards the maintenance of the city's streetlights; collection of residential waste, and road repairs.