OCHO RIOS, St. Ann:

Effective today, there will be major changes in the leadership of the Roads and Works Department of the St Ann, St James and St Elizabeth parish councils, based on the recommendations of the Parish Councils Services Commission.

Kenneth Mullings, who up to last week was superintendent of road and works in the St Ann Parish Council, will take up a similar post in St Elizabeth today.

He will be replaced in St Ann by his former deputy, Alexander Mann, who has been elevated to the post of acting superintendent.

This directive from the commission, which was sent to the St Ann Parish Council, follows the withdrawal of an earlier recommendation it made last month for Mann to be transferred to the Portland Parish Council, in the position of acting superintendent.

Following the recommended transfers from St Ann last month, the embattled superintendent of road and works in St James, Tubal Brown, was directed by the commission to fill the vacancy that will be left by Mullings.

Implicated in building breaches

However, since being implicated in building breaches at the Riu Hotel in Montego Bay, Brown's transfer has been put on hold.

The services commission had also recommended that superintendent at the St Elizabeth Parish Council, Kenroy Stewart, be reassigned to St James, effective today.

He will be filling the vacancy left by Brown and making way for Mullings to take charge in St Elizabeth.