Tauranga City Council - 'Look after the dollars and the millions will look after themselves”. Its an old saying but so true.
I raise the issue of money because the council has just advised me of the amount they pay for concrete curbing.
To organise and lay the new concrete curbing at the corner of 12th Ave and Cameron Rd costs you and I about $50,400.
This, to me, is an outrageous amount of money for this little job and we did not need it anyway.
Plus, they have blocked up a perfectly good roadway for no good reason that I can see. And it is happening all over our city at $50,000. a time. They call it Road Safety Improvements.
The Minister for Local Government advises that for him to appoint a Crown Manager to replace the council, he must believe that a significant problem exists. I believe our runaway debt is that significant problem.

Ken Evans, Tauranga City.