Hamilton's Council spent $249M in three years on consultants - on top of significant staff costs - raising concerns about sustainability, transparency, and internal capability. Should the focus shift to empowering staff, reducing external reliance, and planning long-term to ensure ratepayer money builds a resilient, well-supported city workforce and future?
How much respect do our councillors have for ratepayers? Some of them don't seem to take us seriously at all.
Council-Controlled Organisations (CCOs) are publicly owned but operate independently, often without direct democratic oversight. Watercare in Auckland is a key example - council-owned yet self-funded, costly, and largely unaccountable. Hamilton’s plan to adopt a similar model for water services raises serious concerns about costs, transparency, and loss of local control.
Deliberately misleading headline. My apologies. Cycle lanes are underused, unsafe, and imposed despite public opposition. Instead, why not connect the city’s many parks and paths for safer, cheaper, and more enjoyable cycling routes.
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