Local councils are urging a balanced approach to proposed rate increase caps, arguing that current indexing methods and asset ownership models do not reflect their actual costs and operations.
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That'll come as a surprise to our 20,000 subscribers in Waikato. But the irony is, well of course he doesn't like it because it's exposed that the Hamilton City Council has the highest proportion of managers, of top paid managers out of any council in the country as a proportion or relative to the size of its population. But the irony is it was actually Hamilton City Council along with Napier that we worked with 10 years ago in his... It's a predecessor chief executive in coming up with the methodology for these lead tables. But it also demonstrates that that power has shifted. From the democratically elected accountable officials more and more to these growing well-paid executive teams that used to be called town clerks are now chief executives and look I make no apology for publishing this report which actually shines the light on that.
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spiraling executive pay and underperformance
Jordan Williams: Executive Director at Taxpayers Union on report showing resident rates are up $451 on averageurgent need for inflation-aligned limits
Council Payroll Blowout: Big Five Spend $1.3 Billion on StaffSocial-media signal on the same topic, drawn from the social lens. Engagement is likes + 2×shares + 3×replies, the same weighting used across the digest cards. View on /social →
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