Dunedin ratepayers deserve explanation of $980,000 pay-out
Tuesday, 17 October 2017, 2:12 pm
Press Release: New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Dunedin ratepayers deserve explanation of $980,000
pay-out
17 October 2017
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Why the
former Chief Executive of Delta Utility Services, a Dunedin
City Council-owned lines company, was handed a
ratepayer-funded pay-out of $980,000 needs explaining, say
the Taxpayers' Union. Grady Cameron resigned earlier this
year and the Council is refusing to give details of the
pay-out, claiming that it is gagged by a 'confidentiality
agreement'.
Jordan Williams, Executive Director of
the Taxpayers’ Union says, “If we can’t know the
reasons for the pay-out, whoever approved the
confidentiality gag must be identified. They are the ones
who need to defend it.”
“Mr Cameron was given
$420,000 more than his base salary. This is public money,
and Dunedin ratepayers have a right know what they paid
for.”
"The lack of transparency questions the legitimacy
of the pay-out. If the decision was justified, then surely
those who made the decision can be upfront with ratepayers.
How else can there be
accountability?"
ENDS
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