Dear Hutt City Council,

In light of the answers - or in many cases, lack thereof - given by Council in response to the Taxpayers Union's "Ratepayers Report", I request, under the provisions of the LGOIMA, the following information:

- For each of the years from 2020 to 2023, how many performance-related dismissals have occured?

- For each of the years from 2020 to 2023, what if any compensation has been paid to any staff who were dismissed (to clarify, I am not seeking per-case data, only accrued annual data).

- As of August 2023, how many FTE roles exist, and how many are currently filed?

- As of August 2023, what is the average and median salary for HCC managers?

- As of August 2023, what is the average and median salary for staff classified as working in communications roles?

- As of August 2023, how many FTE infrastructure roles exist, and how many are currently filled?

- As of August 2023, how many FTE regulatory roles exist, and how many are currently filled?

- As of August 2023, how many FTE customer service roles exist, and how many are currently filled?

- For each of the years from 2020 to 2023, what if any remuneration has been paid to any contractors or consultants? (to clarify, I am not seeking per-case data, only accrued annual data).

- For each of the years from 2020 to 2023, how many contractors or consultants were employed and what was the average length of engagement?

- On what basis was the answer of $2,950 average residential rates, provided to the TU survey, arrived at? How dow this accord with the figures on page 257 of the Order Paper for the Council meeting held on Friday 30 June 2023, which shows average residential rates higher than that figure in every suburb bar one?

Note: if it is easier for Council to instead provide the annual figures requested as figures for the corresponding financial years, I will consider that as meeting the terms of this request.

Yours faithfully,

Rex Widerstrom