Throw in the towel on hot pools costs

Mount Hot Pools: I have been trying to get the income and expenditure for the hot pools but have been advised that it is commercially sensitive. This is ratepayers and public money?
Apart from the millions spent last financial, I asked how do the appointment of CEO and managers get appointed? I would think that ideally jobs would be advertised and get the appropriate and suitably qualified people, not unqualified as of now.
The pools are still having problems.
It appears that your Council seems to create CEO's and managers at every whim. This seems to attract great pay packages surely the local Tauranga City Council has the infrastructure to take care of. Now board members, chairman etc have been appointed to TCAL at a cost.
The pool is a marvelous facility strangled by overheads of which we ratepayers eventually have to pay.
I have been approached by several people professional who should know, to stand for your council. So watch this space. No more borrowing and no more rates increases.

Frank Snow, Mt Maunganui.

4 comments

How can this be commercially sensitive?

Posted on 19-04-2013 16:27 | By Accountable1

There are no competing hotpools anywhere near the Mount ones, so citing commercial sensitivity is unbelievable. Would revealing the figures show us the truth of the way TCC runs businesses? Yet more unbelievable stuff from TCC is to hire CEOs who then hire consultants to restructure, and then payout to the family of a former CEO????


Accountable

Posted on 19-04-2013 21:03 | By TERMITE

This is far from the first time that story has been pulled out of the hat, a remember the same issue a few years ago, was it about the pools also? Anyway it is public money and there is no excuse not to show all, they "ONLY" reason not to show all is that there is a lot to hide. The cross reference to the former CEO payment is of the same nature.


Commercial

Posted on 20-04-2013 18:12 | By TERMITE

Typical answer ex TCC when they do not want you to have the information because it "WILL" show them up for how bad it is and why.


Why Council Phails

Posted on 25-04-2013 17:24 | By PLONKER

In Dairy farming (most successful exported product) Cows get to see the bull once a year and get milked twice a day and that makes money for all very well. Meanwhile at TCC ratepayers get to see the bull twice a day and get milked anyway 24/7/365 ... TCC are clearly going the wrong way in the world why?


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