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A friend of mine earlier on this year went to a meeting at hyndburn borough council re their grants for the year ... hyndburn council was telling them that they had no extra money and the grants would be cut ... also at the same meeting was someone who had worked in manchester and went to similar meetings with manchester council .. and a buffet lunch was rolled out, spud pie, cheese and onion pie, variety of sandwiches and salads, desserts .. and the manchester girl was shocked .. she said that when she'd been to meetings at manchester it was accepted that they either brought their own or went to the shops for their dinner rather than catering in ... she asked the caterer how much it cost and they said they were told to cater for 40 people and at £9 per head. If that is a sample of how much it costs how many meetings do they have a catered lunch for ... now think where that money could be used elsewhere in the borough ... plus the money that could have gone in the local shops .. as people going round to the butty shop might have called in elsewhere .. |
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I'm supposing, but maybe I 'm wrong , that most of these HBC employees scoffing the free lunchs during daytime meetings are 'professionals' doing it during an unpaid working lunch (in their own time) , would have thought most of these folks are on a salary and are not paid overtime like hourly workers. Maybe its cheaper to spend the odd £9 per head than pay overtime at time and a half for someone on £50K + a year .
£50 K per annum @ 2,000 hours (50weeks @ 40 hours per week ) = £25 per hour ;) |
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The buffets are primarily for councillors and it seems to me that there are too many meetings deliberately scheduled at dinner and teatime just so that free butties can be arranged.
Gayle, while you're correct that the buffets provide business for a local sandwich maker it hardly seems proper that the business in question is run by a Baxenden councillor. We've spent over £15,000 on buffets in the past five years to that business. |
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err, How long has said business man been a councillor? If its who I think its not exactly been very long now has it.........
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It brings a whole new meaning to the phrase "there's no such thing as a free lunch!" |
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is that the jist of it ? whats wrong with a bag of chips after the meeting at their own expense ? i would expect a buffet at a christening but not at work.Peopel tend to have to buy their own lunch or pack a lunch for work |
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....and presumably there will have to be a lot more meetings in the coming weeks to decide where the cuts will fall. Such decisions cant be made on an empty stomach......
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I believe we are talking about Terry Hurn here who has been a councillor for what a month or so. I'd love to see that 15K broken down to how much prior to his election and how much since he took up post.... I bet these figures aren't so forthcoming...
Whilst i will not stand by whilst mis-information is being bandied I do agree that they could/should provide their own food at lunch times. Its not exactly like they are working away from home and don't have access to a kitchen to make something now is it. The problem as I see it is as Neil posted earlier, we have a lot of people who are elected yet have no actual experience in running a company teh size and budget of HBC. They are quite simply out of their depth ( and that stands for all colours of party flags ). The vast majority of workforce do not follow the " Do we really need it and if it was my cash would I spend it" mantra that they should. |
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I noticed a large notice-board parked outside the Market Hall yesterday with the slogan - HYNDBURN - ACCORDING TO EVIDENCE - A CORRUPT COUNCIL. It was there last Friday, too, so no one seems very worried about it.
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- HYNDBURN - ACCORDING TO EVIDENCE - A CORRUPT COUNCIL.
To judge by the last half dozen or so posts this seems more a statement of the blindingly obvious than an accusation. |
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Sad to see that Gayle has still not managed to get her pretty head around the nature and source of public money.
The.. money.. that.. HBC.. spends.. comes.. from.. the.. taxpayer, ..Gayle. It is not wealth that has been created by HBC. It is money that government, local and national, has taken from the rest of us. Giving a little of it back to buy services like Buffets for Council Meetings is not wealth creation. It is merely redistribution. |
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