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The mayors of Manatí, José Sánchez González; San Lorenzo, Jaime Alverio Ramos; Coamo, Juan Carlos García Padilla; Ponce, Marlese Sifre Rodríguez; and Río Grande, Ángel “Bori” González, were sworn in Wednesday as new members of the Municipal Revenue Collection Center (CRIM by its acronym in Spanish) governing board.
They joined Orocovis Mayor Jesús Colón Berlingeri, Naranjito Mayor Orlando Ortiz, Bayamón Mayor Ramón Luis Rivera Cruz and Loíza Mayor Julia Nazario Fuentes, who will remain for another term as part of the group of nine mayors who make up the CRIM board.
The swearing-in took place Wednesday morning in a ceremony at the Puerto Rico State Department and was overseen by Secretary of State Verónica Ferraiuoli. The group of mayors was joined by Pedro de Jesús Román, who represented Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority Executive Director Francisco Domenech on behalf of the central government.
The new CRIM board will hold its first meeting on Feb. 27 at the CRIM Central Office, where the work agenda for this year will be outlined.
The mayors who form part of the board are selected by the Mayors Federation and the Mayors Association, which represent mayors from the New Progressive Party and Popular Democratic Party, respectively.
