Nearly 2000 Auckland council employees have a six-figure annual income according to figures released by Councillor Cameron Brewer.
Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance, Jo Holmes, says the recent rates hike is to pay for out of control spending on “bloated council salaries”.
“We were promised efficiencies from amalgamation and they don’t seem to have prepared. Instead what we’ve seen is empire building by council staff and demand, and the philosophy of spend, spend, spend.”
Yet again we’re reminded how the Hutt dodged a bullet when the amalgamation threat was abandoned thanks to our lobbying.
The irony is that Hawkes Bay is being enticed into amalgamation by people (“Better Hawkes Bay) who claim it will reduce the council salary bill!
