Use of rates money queried
PA Wellington A Wellington city councillor, Rex Nicholls, has called in the Controller and Auditor-General on what he says is a council plan to illegally use ratepayers’ money to fight transport deregulation.
The council voted last week to oppose Government proposals to deregulate the transport industry and fund a co-ordinator to advise the council on the proposals. The co-ordina-tor will work full-time for six months and be paid $17,000.
Cr Nicholls opposed the recommendation. He said yesterday he had written to the Auditor-General because he thought it was irresponsible and legally wrong to spend ratepayers’ money to fight Government policy.
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Press, 20 December 1988, Page 4
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