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Auckland Council chief executive says staff will need to increase in some areas to meet demands for service.
At the Governing Body meeting on September 28, acting chief executive Phil Wilson gave an update on council’s position with some concerns about how lean the organisation was running with regard to staff.
He said while there were pressures on savings there are also pressures to deliver council’s core services. He acknowledged media around the $8 million redundancy bill at council.
“We are down by 420 full time employees. That is a consequence of 335 redundancies and the balance being vacancies being retired.”
He said that low staffing numbers could compromise council’s ability to open services where rosters had gaps and more animal control officers would be needed as requests for service increase.
Low staffing in key areas is expected to be raised as a part of council’s long term plan.
