More managers means more consultants.
So where we have too many managers (seagulls), we also seem to have too many consultants (ducks), all looking for food (rates).
In 2022-23 Tauranga City Council spent nearly $56million on consultants (LGOIMA request /2024/q4/150524).
| Airport | 326,538 |
| Animal Services | 16,233 |
| Arts & Culture | 2,030,759 |
| Asset Divestment and Leveraging | 104,424 |
| Asset Services | 380,131 |
| Bay Venues Limited & CCO’s | 71,308 |
| Baycourt Community & Arts Centre | 7,593 |
| Building Services | 47,950 |
| Capital Project Assurance Division (CPAD) | 36,576 |
| CCO Te Manawataki o Te Papa – Land | 1,080,343 |
| Cemeteries | 76,852 |
| City & Infrastructure Planning | 2,260,844 |
| City Events | 93,141 |
| City Waters (Support Services) | 338,797 |
| Civic Complex | 1,782,420 |
| Community Partnerships | 17,390 |
| Customer Services | 3,998 |
| Democracy Services | 16,510 |
| Digital Services | 3,620,677 |
| Elder Housing – | 563,222 |
| Environmental Planning | 457,557 |
| Executive Officer | 271,728 |
| Finance | 138,076 |
| Head Office – TCC | 44 |
| Historic Village | 403,370 |
| Human Resources | 52,499 |
| Legal, Risk & Procurement | 17,344 |
| Libraries | 2,970,689 |
| Marine Facilities | 297,191 |
| Marine Precinct | 53,625 |
| Parking Management | 534,234 |
| Property Management | 157,543 |
| Spaces & Places | 7,235,662 |
| Storm water | 4,243,145 |
| Strategy & Corporate Planning (Incl. Strategic Business Manager) | 443,005 |
| Sustainability & Waste | 1,667,041 |
| Te Pou Takawaenga Maori Unit | 56,160 |
| Transportation | 13,776,411 |
| Wastewater | 5,287,014 |
| Water Supply | 6,035,900 |
| Grand Total | 55,847,501 |
More wasteful spending and higher rates. The Tauranga City Council organisation needs to be restructured. It is bloated and ineffective. Tauranga council has the lowest approval rating of any council in New Zealand ( see Scoop and The Post).
Comments
2 responses to “Too Many Consultants”
dan hi
thanks for your comment. part of the problem is that the managers are mostly generalists who know management jargon, but dont understand what the council does. they shouldnt be there. there is an incredible amount of waste because of their lack of competence and their bad management of contracts – I see jobs that are costing 2 – 3 – 4 times more than they should – as yyou say massive use of consultants to do the work that the managers should be dong but which they are not competent to do – we pay for that – and yes the chief executive is ultimately responsible – but previous mayors and councillors have all closed their eyes to what is going on.
Well Tim, that is a huge amount of money. Obviously our hundred odd Managers are unable to work out how to do their jobs. They are paid extraordinary salaries for ticking off jobs that they should be doing themselves. The CEO should be on top of this and should have drawn the Commission’s attention to it long ago. The senior engineer should be getting some work out of these numpties but apparently hasn’t noticed. Now we all know the meaning of “a bloated bureaucracy”.
Dan.