Rotorua Lakes Council makes 12 redundant seven months after Covid-19 lockdown
9 Apr, 2021 04:50 AM
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12 people made redundant from Rotorua Lakes Council.
Rotorua Lakes Council made 12 people redundant in 2020, and one of those staff members says, in his view, the way it was carried out was laughably unprofessional .
Another person says they believe there is an escalating bullying culture at the council.
The council says the changes have been cost-neutral , are not due to Covid-19 and those made redundant had an opportunity to provide feedback directly to the council.
Payments for 13 redundancies - including one of three in 2019 - totalled nearly $500,000.
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Rotorua mayor demands apology from councillor over social media post
4 Mar, 2021 06:00 AM
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Rotorua mayor Steve Chadwick. Photo / File
Rotorua mayor Steve Chadwick has demanded an apology from a councillor over a social media post.
But the councillor at the centre of the controversy, Reynold Macpherson, says he s just expressing his opinion, and others are expressing theirs.
About four minutes into the Rotorua Lakes Council s operations and monitoring committee meeting on Thursday, deputy mayor Dave Donaldson indicated he had an urgent item of business for the committee to attend to. Yesterday all councillors received an email from Rotorua Lakes Council regarding a break in our wastewater main that had been addressed in the Ngongotahā area.
Rotorua Lakes Council meeting: Councillors lock horns over Te Tatau o Te Arawa annual report
25 Feb, 2021 03:34 AM
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Rotorua deputy mayor Dave Donaldson. Photo / Andrew Warner.
Rotorua s deputy mayor says another councillor erroneously alleged skullduggery in the accounting practices of Te Tatau o Te Arawa, but the councillor says it was a perfectly reasonable and professional question.
The exchange occurred at a full Rotorua Lakes Council meeting on Thursday morning, between deputy mayor Dave Donaldson and councillor Reynold Macpherson, as Te Tatau o Te Arawa presented its 2020 annual report, which shows the $500,000 charity in the black with $459 to spare.