THE TOWN CLERKSHIP

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 174, 22 July 1916, Page 4

THE TOWN CLERKSHIP

SYDNEY APPOINTMENT CONTEMPLATED. Mr. Hall Skelton will more at the nextmeeting of the Auckland City Coimil that the resolution carried on Wednesday. July 19. 1916, by the Counc-T namely, "That *Tie question of the, re-" arrangements of the duties of the present Town Clerk in accordance n-ithpre-; : vioue resolutions of the Council, *fc« the question'of the appointment of one to assume the duties of . the office, 'it--referred to the special committee det.- ,- ing with Jlr. Anderson's report, 'vrish power to act," be rescinded on the t'ol- ■ lowing grounds: (1) That the Coiiitil are not. conforming to the forms-awl precedents of the Auckland City.; Council in making the proposed apppintniyit without public advertisement, owing ,t° the proposed appointee mafcini--no app?i-.. I cation in response to th? public. acker; tisement calling for the ;:c. .(2).Tirtt. ■''.-■• the salary of £1250 and, £1500 bsi-S offered is larger than in anr city in! tW' , ;. I British Empire. (3) That the quj ligation's of the proposed appointee dfcnot .. warrant his appointment to the office.Stt such a salary. (4) That the am»lg»Kii'V tion of Greater Auckland and tic !ii? undertakings of the Council, viz.; natcr supply, electrical supply, drainage..abattoirs, permanent streets, Grafton BrHgV Town Hall, parks, baths, and; markets, are completed or in process of coinfi l -': tion. (5) That for the next four or •■ five years there will be.little money *P , spend in big works owing,to.tbp. tigl'V, ~ ness of the money market and ifchc la~£ c . J diniiniition in the Council's resoirw; s ''■[.: resulting from the war. Council during the last five years *w<! spent over half a million in big a.via::; , . takings with the present admins lit! o staff, which has not had fair T jri-iht through. |G) That the CqnnViHiira,- ---; made no attempt at reorganuat:;/' " l 'the present administration and in' ■ : >'.' l V ing the duties of the admini.-l:a-j s heads of the various, department-:,/ it | a view to setting right any slight, overlapping there may now exist.. (7) tlie amount of work entailed and to be entailed in the Council's attmiinV tration during the next five year*: .'an? r. the diminution of the financeo of,.tu'?. Corporation, do not warrant -o ' a;! = c *" addition to administrative c ■<!"»*• W : . That the pirblic, the ral. -• ; \ :l " c Press have not been acquaint;': ultii '■'?.■. ■■..• proposals owing to the =upprc-;ioi> -oythe facts by committee work,' as •*«. business has not been discussed in Council heretofore. (9) That. the. pi;«; ciple of getting Sydney men to ;i- : » :e rsportis and to fill the proposed P*='.'-}j?, is an insult to New Zealanders. I] 0 * That the' Council's proposal to an Australian to the Town Clerksni? who did not apply for the position * unfair to those applying to tie CouWiH advertieement calling for applipw l ? 1 ! , j for- the position; , , : •: ■ ■ ;,',■.■■