Kasukuwere rejects Plumtree Council extravagant budget
Published: 2016 February 07 06:19:01 (4135 Views)
LOCAL Government Minister Saviour Kasukuwere has rejected a budget proposal by Plumtree Town Council for the year 2016 which he dismissed as unprofessional and went on to advise the local authority that it should have submitted a feasible one by monthend.
In a letter addressed to the Plumtree Town Council chairperson, Minister Kasukuwere raised concern over the proposed budget as 97 percent of the revenue collected by council would go towards salaries.
He also ordered the council to rationalise the salary of the town secretary, Mr Davis Dumezweni Luthe, as it remained high. He pointed out that the proposed Plumtree Town Council budget was characterised more by negative rather than positive aspects.
He said 53 percent of the revenue which had been collected by council last year had gone towards salaries. He said this was in violation of the 30:70 employment costs to service delivery ratio which had been set by Government.
Minister Kasukuwere said the council was in arrears of water chemical payments and the water account had a negative balance which indicated that the local authority was not capable of managing the water management responsibility.
He said the level of creditors continued to increase which proved that the council was not using the budget which they were crafting each year as a real document.
Plumtree Town Council chairperson Mr Paulos Vini Hobane said the council was in a process of amending the budget.
- Sunday News
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