'Taken on board' - Mayor acknowledges Crux survey results and comments
In an email late last night (March 12) Queenstown Lakes District Council mayor Glyn Lewers has confirmed that he has now read and "taken on board" the results and comments from a Crux survey that calls for council cutbacks and the departure of chief executive Mike Theelen.
Mr Lewers explained that he had missed a 4pm, March 12 deadline as he had had a "long day in Wānaka" and was delayed in reading emails.
"I appreciate the effort to collate the comments and feedback to me from the Crux Survey. I've read the comments and taken on board the constructive ones.
"In general, we get a vast array of suggestions from many quarters of the community with varying views to the elected members. I have no doubt that the elected members do their best to represent all views, in their own individual way."
Mr Theelen sent Crux an email yesterday morning saying he would make no comment.
Some of the key findings of the survey were:
- 59 percent of respondents agreed or strongly agreed to a ‘great extent' of staff reductions
- 87 percent of respondents agreed or strongly agreed to all non-core construction projects being stopped
- 83 percent of respondents agreed or strongly agreed that elected members should employ a new chief executive
- 72 percent of respondents agreed or strongly agreed that there are fundamental problems at the QLDC and outside commissioners should be brought in
- 92 percent of respondents agreed or strongly agreed that the council should stop property projects involving risk or speculation
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