Trapp Refutes Claims of financial Mischief

Recently, the San Ignacio and Santa Elena Town Council shared its profit and loss balance sheet for the month of May 2024. Shortly after, the council came under fire after the full document was leaked to the public, revealing that forty-three thousand dollars was allocated for a monthly consultancy.  Mayor Earl Trapp maintains that the council has always been completely transparent with its finances.

 

Earl Trapp, Mayor, Santa Elena & San Ignacio

“A profit and loss balance sheet as a responsible town council. We have always posted that on our Facebook page, every month we post that. It’s just a mischievous act, I would say. And I’m sure it’s one of my council members that took a snapshot and right after the meeting, he was in the administrator’s office discussing the issue, and I can tell you that the administrator went through this with me. About two weeks ago, and I said to him, sir, the best person to make clarification is the accountant. And why didn’t he take the time and get the accountant to explain to him if he doesn’t understand? What happened there is that, for example, what was not spent in March and April was spent in there. It’s nothing wrong with that. We have a contract with a company that provides the license. I think that’s basically what they are talking about. That’s what we repeated the forty-three thousand for so many months. But there’s nothing to hide. We have been one, like I said, one of the most transparent council and one of the council in the country of Belize that is more financially stable. It’s just false allegations.”