The usual article about rates needing to go up, however there are 15 comments, most very sensible below the piece.
Playgrounds, toilets, CCTV and car parks at risk as council looks to plug £12.5m shortfall
The financial burden of maintaining amenities could be passed on to town and community councils and mean larger tax bills for locals.https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/playgrounds-toilets-cctv-car-parks-17563936Three of the comments....
"Prime example small chip in Quay wall Conwy maybe a cup full of cement to repair it
Ccbc paid jennings £1200 to repair when confronted was told its just standard practice to let jennings do the jobs as there vetted by the council"
One of three comments from "Pedro"
"Someone has commented under the PCC article that it's gone up by 42% in the past ten years. Certainly this and the previous two stand at 5, 10 and 7%, set against inflation at circa 2-2.5%. So their efficiency looks very much like its plummeting. Have they restructured using the Harvard Uni "span of control" and maximum number of management layers analyses and conclusions? It looks like Sainsbury's and Morrison's are applying these hard rules with the vigour that managers performing at an equivalent level of effectiveness to their industry peers have to.... fine to argue when you build a case for higher salaries and bonuses but difficult to live up to if you're actually less competent of a fiefdom builder. What analysis and action has been taken to reduce the number of impromptu or scheduled meetings of three or more staff. Wha is the charter, decision making autonomy and efficiency of any and all such meetings. Pare then down to workable numbers of empowered and accountable strategic and tactical implementation meetings. Remember always that managers/supervisors crest work for the workforce and seldom detract from it."
"The council should be forced to summarise accounts for all to see. From road signs to consultancy charges paid.
It would be interesting to understand how their procurement policies work, for example do they allow tendering for all or tendering for a selected providers who may not offer the best price..
They have a nice shiny building in Colwyn Bay for example that is under utilised - I wonder how the costs for that building impacted the 12.5 million shortfall.."