Tauranga City Council asks for feedback on the Council's deliberations.
The Mobile Library is being sacrificed. It is essential in helping educate kids and services to schools for a miniscule $250,000 per annum.
At the Matua Hall in 2010 at a meeting to hear budding Councillors Mayor Crosby said 'trust them for competency.”
The Council purchased Bay Park Stadium in September 2007 and paid $12,000,000 with no deposit. Over the years since September 2007 up to March 31 2012 at an average interest on this non performing white elephant is 6% amounts to $3,600,000. The loss of operating costs $5,000,000 at an average interest again of 6% up to $300,000 making a total loss of $3,000,000.
The Art Gallery cost $800,000 this last year alone, shows a grand total of $4,700,000. I am unaware of the total contract for this 'gift”.
How many other wasted money projects have not been disclosed?
How many struggling ratepayers have an all expenses trip to China as our Councillors did? What benefits have ratepayers gained? Was the all costs paid for the tour of China just for Councillors or was it for them to learn to use chopsticks?
Tauranga City Council is the second highest rated in New Zealand. Who makes the decisions, the CEO on $398,000 salary or City Hall staff? If this elected TCC performed in Mexico or some other overseas country they would be taken out into the desert and giving lynch law.
Obviously the TCC is long overdue for replacement by a business minded representatives and not domiciled by just pen pusher or paper shufflers and puffed up by Councillors. Highly overpaid staff in City Hall should be reduced by half to 240. It is not necessary or economic to have 480 warming seats.
I am just another blind ratepayer sucker.

H McKay, Tauranga.