For City Counselling this week Simon spoke with Manukau City Councillor Lotu Fuli. Lotu discussed the looming job losses at the council as well as Deputy Mayor Desley Simpson’s comments around trimming the fat and losing some ‘nice to haves’. Simon began by asking Lotu how the budget hole has deepened.
For this week’s City Counselling, Beth caught up with Counsellor for Waitakere Shane Henderson about Auckland Council’s desire to increase police presence in the city centre and the Council’s decision to purchase a 12 million dollar property bordering the Auckland Botanic Gardens.
For City Counselling this week Simon spoke with Waitākere City Councillor Shane Henderson about the recent report into Auckland City Council's response to the Jan 27th floods, as well as repairing infrastructure after the events. Shane also spoke about how some communities are struggling since the events. He also shared views on Auckland Transport's parking strategy. Simon started by asking Shane what he thought about the flood report from last week.
The numbers are in and they point to a lot of disagreement with the Auckland City Council's proposed budget. For city counselling this week Simon spoke with Manukau Councillor Lotu Fuli. Councillor Fuli spoke in detail about the Auckland City Council's Budget and the process of budget submissions from the public. She also mentioned the problems with selling the council's shares in the airport. Simon started by asking Councillor Fuli what the numbers from the public's submissions mean with only 26% supporting full cuts and 54% supporting some of the cuts.
For City Counselling this week Simon spoke with Waitākere City Councillor Shane Henderson. Shane spoke in detail about the issues around selling the council’s shares in the airport, as well as the proposed 400 jobs set to be cut by the Auckland City Council. Simon began by asking Shane about how the extended budget shortfall is affecting the budget consultation process.
Simon speaks to Councillor Shane Henderson about the damage to the communities on the west coast as well as why he described the upcoming Auckland City Budget as the most important in 10 years.
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