Dear Editor,
There has been a few articles on various platforms about CEC, CW&C and Warrington combining with a possible Mayor.
Have tried to find out the cost of GMC Mayors office but the following information might be of interest:-
2018/2019 Mayor £110k, CEO £220k, Deputy £110k. There is also I understand a Deputy Mayor.
2017/2018 – Number of staff earning over £50k was 89.
This increased in 2018/2019 to 160.
Could not find a total budget cost.
These figures are out of date but give an indicator as to the cost of a Mayor and some of the ancillary on-costs.
Admittedly, Cheshire combined would not be as large as Greater Manchester but the proposals could be as costly per property/business.
Let us hope that CEC keep the public fully informed and will hold a referendum on combining and the post of Mayor.
The articles I have read say that the existing LAs would remain in a form similar to today.
Watch this space!
Yours
Chris Moorhouse
We don’t need any more layers of management to pay for and slow up any day to day decisions, we just need the people already in place to do the jobs they are paid for,and if they can’t get rid .
Having a Mayor, plus deputy mayor just adds more expenses onto current CEC rate payers and here we are today, CEC asking Government to allow them to increase rates by further 5% this year (current 4.99% permitted, plus an extra 5%). Where do these incompetents think we are getting all this extra money from to pay for their increasing mistakes.