A compliance officer working for Byron Shire Council (BSC) has told a Brunswick resident who was attacked by a dog that they are under-resourced.
BSC’s previous GM, Ken Gainger, stated in The Echo that BSC had become too top-heavy again and said he would do something about it. Mr Gainger then moved Water and Recycling (W&R) to become part of the responsibilities of Director of Infrastructure, and the previous Director of W&R was moved to a position of managing developments.
The salaried staff numbers, at last count in 2021, were two hundred and fifty plus, my information is that the number will exceed three hundred in the near future.
Someone needs to ask, maybe the newly elected Council, how many salaried staff do you need to effectively do the job? Also, how many of the salaried officers and senior management travel from outside of the Shire in a BSC supplied vehicle with a fuel card, and the vehicle being replaced every sixty thousand kilometres?
The outdoor staff are expected to maintain Council infrastructure with a staff of around eighty. Is anyone else asking the question as to why there is such a discrepancy between the two staffing numbers?
I fail to see how BSC administration could possibly be under-resourced with salaried staff numbers being what they are at present, and increasing. More like out of control and busy being busy.
