Fat Cats, Getting Fatter?

[mike84]

On 20/04/2024 at 21:13, hackey lad said:

Maybe one of theses high paid executives could explain how 73 homes built on Arbourthorne  have cost the council over 15 million pounds . 

£200k per property is about right for new build costs as an average at the moment.

 

Labour and material costs are at an all time high, this is why social housing building by councils and housing associations is grinding to a halt again, it's unaffordable.

[mike84]

23 hours ago, Anna B said:

It would be a lot quicker and cheaper for the council to bring some of the many (676 thousand +  ) vacant houses back into use.

Buy them at auction, do them up, and add them to their portfolio of council properties, then collect reasonable rents. It would also spread diversity and stop big council estates becoming ghetoes of working class inhabitants..

 

Private Landlords do it all the time, building up enormous portfolioes. Why not the council?

They do,  they council does buy properties back that have previously been sold via right to buy,  and are buying other properties as well taking properties on long leases from private sector landlords.  It doesnt jump up and down about it though.  Perhaps it should publicise these types of things more.

[Grumpycatweasel]

1 hour ago, mike84 said:

 

There's no a single councillor who earns anywhere near that from their role as an elected representative.  

 

 

have you even read the full thread? 

 

is this how a council representative executive or councillor replies to public matters? reads what they want 

[hackey lad]

4 hours ago, Planner1 said:

And obviously had reasonable contractual grounds for doing so.

 

Do Sheffield?

Are the roads in a reasonable condition ?

[SheffieldForum]

6 minutes ago, Grumpycatweasel said:

have you even read the full thread? 

 

is this how a council representative executive or councillor replies to public matters? reads what they want 

Have you read the thread?

 

None of the people listed with those salaries are councillors and no councillor is earning anywhere near £100k from their councillor role.

 

 

[Grumpycatweasel]

1 minute ago, SheffieldForum said:

Have you read the thread?

 

None of the people listed with those salaries are councillors and no councillor is earning anywhere near £100k from their councillor role.

 

 

i've corrected it multiple posts back

 

Honestly have you got a problem with me posting on this forum? seems anything thats goes against your ideal isn't supported

 

This is harassment 

[mike84]

15 minutes ago, Grumpycatweasel said:

have you even read the full thread? 

 

is this how a council representative executive or councillor replies to public matters? reads what they want 

It's not my fault you don't understand the difference between a Councillor (and elected person) and a council officer (an employee of the council).

[Anna B]

On 21/04/2024 at 11:49, SheffieldForum said:

The council have to have a set limit to buy — they’ve been only just outbid on many recent auctions for various properties. The Lush shop on Fargate being a recent well-known example — the council set a limit of £500,000 for it and it went for £501,000.

Someone ought to tell the council to always set their limits at 10% over the nearest round figure as it's well known that many bidders set their limit and drop out on the rounded numbers. (eg £500,000) as in this case. It's a good tactic that will aquire them more properties in the future.

 

 

[ECCOnoob]

17 minutes ago, Anna B said:

Someone ought to tell the council to always set their limits at 10% over the nearest round figure as it's well known that many bidders set their limit and drop out on the rounded numbers. (eg £500,000) as in this case. It's a good tactic that will aquire them more properties in the future.

 

 

Are you going to magically pull the money out of your backside to cover the cost of that 10% extra?

 

They are working to a budget.  They're not plucking some figure out of thin air.

[ECCOnoob]

10 hours ago, Grumpycatweasel said:

usual cartel SF members have spoken 

 

we should pay the executives more for less work and proceed to pay more council tax for less services

 

these wackos have a vested interest in protecting these high level executive/councillors i'm sure

 

Maybe we should all take a step back and realise asking the public what they want deserves the 100k salaries oh wait they don't listen to the people

 

oh and of cause they deserve £100k plus because they have a 1.5billion budget & manage thousands of staff all the while implementing p*** poor decisions & ideas to the city of Sheffield

 

they deserve £100k+ for managing staff this the most absurd thing you've stated yet 

 

 

Nothing absurd about it.  

 

Just how much in your world do you think they should be paid then? 

 

Within the council there are pen pushers and administrators earning high £20,000s. There are business support officers and analysts and even security guards earning mid-high £30,000s. There are HR advisors and project managers earning almost £50,000. 

 

So therefore, is it really that 'outrageous' for an executive of an entire division to be expecting a salary £100k plus?   Hardly. 

Edited April 22 by ECCOnoob