I was most impressed with the work done by the TCC arborists who did the trimming of pohutukawa trees in Turret Rd, they worked hard and did a great job.
The work was done because the trees were growing over the road, when a neighbour asked if they were going to cut a limb that was overhanging the grass verge, that was only 120cm from the ground and was a hazard, he was told he could not cut it because it was not on his plan, the arborist told my neighbour he would be in trouble if he did and was advised to ring the council, which he did.
Environment BOP, would be out to have a look, which they did, and Bob was told they will have to go back to planning to get the OK to cut it down.
When you have arborists on the job experts in their field, why do they have to go back to bureaucrats in planning to get the OK to cut a limb, which commonsense tells them needs to come out.
Is this how they keep all the staff employed, and does our Mayor and our elected members know this sort of thing goes on every day?
E.K.Mills, Tauranga.
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Night Watchman
Posted on 19-12-2012 14:50 | By The Tomahawk Kid
Good letter Mr Mills: I think this sums the situation up: Once upon a time the council had a vast scrap yard in the middle of a desert. Councillors said, "Someone may steal from it at night. " So they created a night watchman position and hired a person for the job. Then council said, "How does the watchman do his job without instruction? " So they created a planning department and hired two people, one person to write the instructions, and one person to do time studies. Then council said, "How will we know the night watchman is doing the tasks correctly? " So they created a Quality Control department and hired two people. One was to do the studies and one was to write the reports. Then council said, "How are these people going to get paid? " So they created two positions: a time keeper and a payroll officer then hired two people. Then council said, "Who will be accountable for all of these people? " So they created an administrative section and hired three people, an Administrative Officer, Assistant Administrative Officer, and a Legal Secretary. Then council said, "We have had this command in operation for one year and we are $918,000 over budget, we must cut back. " So they laid-off the night watchman.
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