#2 QUESTION: Marketing, Development, Public Order & Safety issues in City of Launceston Budget

#2  Mayor van Zette tells us that "[he] encourages all ratepayers to read over the budget proposal and make a submission to our engagement process. It's important that, as a Council, we understand what matters to the community," We are doing so and posting questions as people in the network raise an issue.

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To support a citizens review process the following questions arise relative "Development & Marketing" along with " Public Order & Safety"

QUESTIONS  M&D – Given the budget allocation of $4.1Million or approx $80K per week:

1. How many staff are employed full-time and part-time in this operational area?
2. What range of services does the staff in this division/area deliver?
3. To whom do employees deliver their services to, when and how?
4. To whom do employees in this area report, when and how?
5. What qualifications and/or specialist skills do these 'staffers' hold?
6. What is the salary/wage range for council employees in this area of the operation?
7. What skills and/or experience do employees in this area need to have that cannot be provided in a timely way via an outside provider?
8. How widely throughout the 'Council operation' are the services of this unit/team/division employed?
9. Given that the metrics suggest that every rateable property contributes, via means of a hidden and conscripted levy, something in the order of $130-PLUS towards funding this component of the city's recurrent budget, what benefits and/or dividends does the unit/team/division deliver as an outcome?

QUESTIONS  PO&S – Given the budget allocation of $828K or approx $80K per week:

1. Who leads the team/unit/division that provides the services implied in this allocation?
2. Who does she/he report to and in what context?
3. How many staff are employed full-time and part-time in this operational area?
4. What range of services does the staff in this division/area deliver?
5. To whom do employees deliver their services to, when and how?
6. What special skills and qualifications are employees in this 'area' required to have?
7. How many volunteers are there who are in this area and what training are required to undertake?
8. Quite apart from rates, what sources of funding and in-kind support is available to this area of the councils's recurrent budget?

Please Respond to  :Treva Alen <treva.alen@bigpond.com>

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