tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215006984353817373.post7644989571439343164..comments2024-03-23T12:56:50.209+00:00Comments on 99% is ....... The Barnet Eye: Barnet Council - Budget and Performance Overview and Scrutiny Committee Meeting - 06/12/11Rog Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08139705078907584931noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215006984353817373.post-20922487754088906632011-12-07T13:18:52.245+00:002011-12-07T13:18:52.245+00:00Sorry for being dumb [now, now, Mrs A].
I haven&...Sorry for being dumb [now, now, Mrs A]. <br /><br />I haven't ever noted the One Barnet figures, but isn't Barnet a £1-billion/year operation (I think most boroughs are near that). And there may be a saving of £2.64 million a year?<br /><br /><i>(The 'word verification' for this comment is "phydrin". That sounds like an excellent name for something you take internally [now, now, Mrs A], to stay awake in Barnet council meetings. "Cllr Hart and Mr Mustard are nodding off. Give 'em some more phydrin!")</i>baarnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12301292285255035403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215006984353817373.post-48205293308952695822011-12-07T08:19:58.834+00:002011-12-07T08:19:58.834+00:00As you know I was also in attendance Roger. This i...As you know I was also in attendance Roger. This is a marvellous summary of the meeting and quickly produced to boot. There was a lot of talking but I am not convinced that much was actually achieved in the way of scrutiny. <br /><br />It is continuingly evident that not all councillors read the paperwork (this was not one of the 3 reports which was only produced on the day of the meeting ). One asked Cllr Rajput a question to which the answer was to read a certain papagraph in the report on the table in front of the councillor. Oh dear.<br /><br />It was CPS not Crown Court by the way. The amounts invovled would probably make legal action uneconomic so Rajput's answer does not really say much. No legal action to date.<br /><br />£65,000 for a report on recycling. Rubbish!<br /><br />That question on why OneBarnet "savings" are better than projected by £9m was interesting. Pam Wharfe, the interim director (for now) said it was because many of the projects had come up much beter than expected ( no detail though ). £9m worth of waffle. Then Travers stepped in, on £1,000 a day, and said it was because the £27m figure covered more years than the £19m figure. A triumph of presentation then.<br /><br />Just like to add the comment that I think it was the officer Tom Pike ( couldn't quite see ) who said that 59% of performance indicators were nearly green when they were clearly amber or red. Mind how you drive home Tom through the traffic lights. The police won't accept "that red light was very nearly green officer". You will be clearly told that it was red. So that is Barnet, where red is nearly green. <br /><br />Luckily bloggers aren't green.Mr Mustardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12522242686839965655noreply@blogger.com