Hutt City Council LIM Report KPIs, salaries and income
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From: David
Dear Hutt City Council,
- Please explain why previously reported LIM Report KPIs are not currently in the Long term plan and the draft annual plan for 2023?
Please also provide the following information broken down for financial years 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and for the current financial year 2022/23 to date.
- What percentage of LIMs were issued within 9 (at or under) working days in 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and for the current financial year 2022/23 to date?
- How much in total was spent by Council on salaries and contractors for the LIM team in 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and for the current financial year 2022/23 to date? (including LIM team leader, LIM officers and external staff contracted to complete LIM reports).
- What was the total gross income generated by the LIM Team in 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and for the current financial year 2022/23 to date?
Yours faithfully,
David
From: Information Management Team
Hutt City Council
Tçnâ koe David
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION - LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL INFORMATION AND MEETINGS ACT 1987: ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF REQUEST
I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your official information request dated 3 April 2023 for information regarding LIM reports.
We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 20 working days after the day your request was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe. If the information is no longer required please let us know, it would be much appreciated.
Please note that our response to your information request may be published on Hutt City Council’s website.
Nâku noa, nâ
Susan Sales
Senior Advisor, Official Information
Hutt City Council, 30 Laings Road, Private Bag 31912, Lower Hutt 5040, New Zealand
W www.huttcity.govt.nz
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From: Information Management Team
Hutt City Council
Kia ora David
Please find attached our response to your information request below.
Kind regards, Susan
Ngā mihi
Susan Sales
Ringa Āwhina Tāhūhū ki Te Koromatua | Senior Advisor
Te Kaunihera o Te Awa Kairangi | Hutt City Council, 30 Laings Road, Private Bag 31912, Lower Hutt 5040, New Zealand
Paetukutuku: www.huttcity.govt.nz
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From: David
Dear Information Management Team,
You have refused part of the OIR, namely:
"- How much in total was spent by Council on salaries and contractors for the LIM team in 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and for the current financial year 2022/23 to date? (including LIM team leader, LIM officers and external staff contracted to complete LIM reports)."
What we are asking for is a total sum spent on salaries and contractor fees. We are not asking for a breakdown of individual salaries per person/position. The information therefore cannot be refused under section 7(2)(a) to protect the privacy of individuals.
I have reworded the question and look forward to your response.
- what was the total dollar amount spent by Council on salaries and contractor fees for the LIM team in 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and for the current financial year 2022/23 to 31 March?
Thank you in advance
Yours sincerely,
David
From: Information Management Team
Hutt City Council
Thank you for your email, David.
The following points may explain our decision to withhold the total dollar amount spent by Council on salaries and contractor fees for the LIM team, under section 7(2)(a) of the Act.
Firstly, we do not currently hold data of the total remuneration paid to staff and contractors in the LIMS team. To provide a total remuneration figure requires that we extract individual salaries from staff/contractor's employment contracts, then combine these to form a total staff/contractor cost for that year. There is an expectation from staff/contractors that their remuneration details are kept private, so undertaking the act of extracting individual remuneration from the employment contracts, in order to form the total amount, breaches this expectation of privacy.
Secondly, our LIM team has only a very low number of staff. In these instances, there is a higher risk that individual remuneration will be identifiable, or can be determined, from the total staff/contractor remuneration amount.
In withholding the total LIM staff/contractor remuneration amount under section 7(2)(a) of the LGOIMA, we have considered the public interest considerations in making this information available. We do not consider that the threshold for this has been met in this instance.
As we advised previously, you have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of our response to your request. Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
Kind regards, Susan
Ngā mihi
Susan Sales
Ringa Āwhina Tāhūhū ki Te Koromatua | Senior Advisor
Te Kaunihera o Te Awa Kairangi | Hutt City Council, 30 Laings Road, Private Bag 31912, Lower Hutt 5040, New Zealand
Paetukutuku: www.huttcity.govt.nz
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