If one looked at the items on the agenda of the October meeting, one would have no idea that something as important as a $254,000 per year expenditure for one staff member is tucked away in a mayoral minute.
Subscribe now for unlimited access.
$0/
(min cost $0)
or signup to continue reading
13.1
MAYORAL MINUTE
SUMMARY Reporting the outcome of the General Manager’s Annual Performance Review undertaken on 22 August 2017 RESOLVED that:
1.The findings of the General Manager’s Performance Review Committee Annual Performance Review as “Better than Meets Expectations” be adopted.
2.The General Manager be offered a contract renewal from 1 November 2017 to 8 February 2019 at a salary of $254,000, noting that the salary is slightly less than the 2015/16 salaries of similar sized rural NSW councils. (McManus/Furry)
FOR:
Councillors R Abbey, C Burgess, G Frost, N Furry, A Harker, M McManus, M Reid and K Turner
AGAINST: Nil
Transparency is important and I have the opinion that this item is deserving of being out in the open.