Hyndburn Council tax set to rise

[garinda]

Originally Posted by heth

Have I changed nationality or have you got Jaysay's keyboard???

Lol.

Very nearly in time for me to edit it to British, before the freakin' magic edit button vanished.

Must try harder next time.

(You, not me.)

More speed please. I'm afraid my haste is a constant cross I have to bear.

[Less]

Originally Posted by heth

Have I changed nationality or have you got Jaysay's keyboard???

Excuse me, I didn't think I would have to use a copyright sign here on accyweb but, please bear in mind in future all jokes & references to Jaysays keyboard are:-

©Less




(We just can't have a glut on the market, or it will become as blasé, as, ' after 13 years of'...).

[heth]

Do apologise Less, send the bill for using your joke to the council I am sure PB will pay for it

[gynn]

Originally Posted by Ken Moss

You of all people should know that there are hundreds of savings to be made from what you termed 'box ticking' politics brought in by past governments but also many which are there just for symbolism in order to win meaningless awards that serve no function within the borough.

Yes there are certainly a lot of savings to be made in those areas, and to be fair, the savings identified in the budget report to Cabinet will go a long way towards sweeping away such meaningless work.

What concerns me in the list of savings is the assumption that additional income will be raised. It is one thing to reduce spending, but it is quite another to generate additional monies from outside the authority, especially when there will be fewer staff to carry out the work.

I refer particularly to the following:-

Additional Income from Pest Control £30,000. Yes you can increase prices, with inevitable consumer resistance, but where is this sort of extra money coming from? More rats and cockroaches, perhaps? And if its available, why has nobody been chasing it before?

Budget Re-Alignment Income - Environmental Health £40,500. What on earth is this? How does re-aligning your budgets increase the income from outside the authority?

Income from Better Waste Management £28,000. I thought the Council was already a top performer in waste management. What is it going to do that is even better?

Additional Fees from Regeneration £418,689. Aren't we in a recession? Who is going to pay the Council that sort of money for regenerating the borough in the next 12 months?

Additional Fees - Environmental Schemes £4,400. In a recession?

Accountancy Services - Increased Income £21,000. Who from? Where from?

Corporate Services Additional Income Generation £82,416. Who are they trying to kid? Corporate Services is the cradle of the bureaucratic pen pushers. No outside body would go anywhere near paying them to do anything.

If the answer given to any of the above is that it is increased charging between council departments, then that is a non answer. It is robbing Peter to pay Paul and generates zero extra income to the Council.

The list above totals well over £600,000. Councillors need to satisfy themselves that it is achievable, and achievable in the next 12 months.

[garinda]

Originally Posted by gynn

It is robbing Peter to pay Paul

I suppose we should just count ourselves lucky we haven't got a Peter, Paul, and Mary, sat on the council.

That would be criminally funny.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Less

If at first you don't succeed...


Cue for the usual jokes.

God loves a trier Less

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Ken, that is spot on....the fact that he is an egomaniacal leader might also have something to do with why he blames everyone but himself..........whatever he thinks, he has to be accountable.

Ya know Margaret that reminds me of another bloke, now let me see what was is name ????????? ah thats it Gordon was his name

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by gynn

Okay, so let's sum up the suggestions put forward so far on Accy Web to meet the Council's savings target:-

a) Stop the lunchtime butties, saving , say, £5,000 a year,
b) Pay the illustrious Leader zilch, saving £43,000 a year,
c) Pawn the Leaders Medal, getting, say £50?, (is there VAT on that????)
d) Abolish Christmas in Hyndburn, saving £9,000,
e) Don't employ celebrity chefs, saving another £9,000,
f) BUT Reopen Peel Street Toilets, costing £10,000

A grand NET total of £56,050.

Job Done, and Everybody Happy.

Hold on, though. There is the little matter of a further £2,543,950 to be saved THIS YEAR alone, plus more next year.

Thinking Caps on again, it seems!

No doubt Labour will they'll scrap the the recycling if they take control in May, that should do the trick gynn

[Margaret Pilkington]

Originally Posted by jaysay

Ya know Margaret that reminds me of another bloke, now let me see what was is name ????????? ah thats it Gordon was his name

Yes, John....you are right.......I wonder if they are related!
Maybe Gordon's dad had a bike.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Yes, John....you are right.......I wonder if they are related!
Maybe Gordon's dad had a bike.

No he had the good book Margaret

[Margaret Pilkington]

He might have had the good book...but it doesn't stop him having a bike as well......

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

He might have had the good book...but it doesn't stop him having a bike as well......

The last bloke who took to the road, if I remember rightly, did so on the back of an Ass

[cashman]

Originally Posted by jaysay

Ya know Margaret that reminds me of another bloke, now let me see what was is name ????????? ah thats it Gordon was his name

Yeh true, but Gordon never cocked Hyndburn Council up. n made the tories a laughing stock.

[Margaret Pilkington]

Originally Posted by jaysay

The last bloke who took to the road, if I remember rightly, did so on the back of an Ass

I had a very naughty thought, but I can't post it.......so I'll just go and say 10 Hail Mary's instead

[Mancie]

Originally Posted by jaysay

The last bloke who took to the road, if I remember rightly, did so on the back of an Ass

William Hague?.. what's he got to do with all this..