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Hamilton City Council waste more money ( no..really?)

  • Operation Tipping Point NZ By Operation Tipping Point NZ
  • Oct 12, 2024

Hamilton councillors have spent $42,000 of ratepayer money upskilling themselves, including $3000 on a two-day course in Canada and $790 on a Koru Club membership. 

Professional development budgets are allocated to each elected member to spend on training and attending conferences and meetings relevant to their roles and portfolios. 

This year, under pressure to cut costs in the face of a 16 percent rate rise, Hamilton City Council slashed the PD budgets in half, from $6000 each per year to $3000.

Angela O'Leary, a long-time city councillor who became deputy mayor this term, said the Koru Club membership was for the year she was appointed to a Local Government New Zealand working group in Wellington. O'Leary said she was expected to do a lot of travel during that period and "it was thought appropriate for the deputy, as with the mayor". "I'm no longer required to travel so it won't be renewed." ... ...

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