It is barely 12 months since the last Tauranga City Council ‘organisational review' in June 2013.

Now we have another CEO-created 'massive restructure, unveiled” this month.
What does all of this mean?

The aim of the council CEO-led review in 2013 was to reduce staff, costs and improve the ratepayers' lot.

The end result was savings of $1.4 million and costs of $2m, a reported 38.3 less staff, with 33.7 plus 10.3 staff added and seven transferred to elsewhere - destination unknown - but still paid by TCC anyway.

When the dust settled, there's more staff and more of ratepayers' money spent, at the thick-end of $2m.

So what was achieved?

One year on and surprise, surprise: it's another CEO-led ‘restructure' unveiled for 2014.

At least this one starts out a little more realistic because the plan is to increase staff numbers - that much is honest - but by how much and at what cost?

How many more redundancies, at millions paid, then rehired to replenish the depleted ranks?

It's said that 'What gets resourced, gets done”.

That implies not all is to be done, unless resourced?

Perhaps its implying a whole new wave of staff appointments/consultants will be drafted in.

It's time a truly independent staff and systems audit occurred and was made publicly available immediately.

I Stevenson, Tauranga City.