With regard to Council problems of water, rising rates, excessive spending etc, what people need to realise is this.
The bigger the outfit, the less control that is achieved and you end up with employees looking for ideas to keep justifying their existence.
It's not their money they are spending and as long as they get paid, who cares?
In addition to the above, the top man gets paid and included is the size of his workforce under him.
And the bigger it, the bigger his responsibility and the bigger the package.
What we need to do is; pay on the least people necessary to do the job. The more efficient he is, the less people, working properly, the more he gets paid.

R McGuinness, Tauranga.