Northern Beaches councillors racked up almost $200,000 in expenses last year, while the council spent $150,000 sending staff to conferences across Australia.
After spending $31,866 in nine months, Greens councillor Ethan Hrnjak said, “I don’t shy away from saying I’m definitely the poorest person on the council” when asked why his expenses were more than double the average of other councillors.
Northern Beaches councillor Ethan Hrnjak.Credit: Louie Douvis
“Unfortunately, I don’t have the privilege of being able to forgo expenses costing me out of pocket, so that’s why I was鼓励利用我们的议员支出。”赫恩贾克说：“他花了10,000美元在澳大利亚公司董事研究所进行了为期六周的密集计划。
一月份，理事会要求在三年内提出39.6％的税率，这是居民和企业的一部分。含义纳税人在两年内面临25％的增长。
该委员会在2023-24财政年度的收入为4.42亿美元，收入为收入，收入为一半，代表一半的费用。
市长苏·海因斯（Sue Heins）在去年花费了13,024美元，独立的议员乔琳·哈克曼（Joeline Hackman）的费用是第二高的总数，$ 24,087。派遣员工参加新南威尔士州的会议和论坛，另外37名员工参加州际会议。 hrnjak，他正在麦格理大学学习法律，在去年的地方政府选举中首次当选。速度阅读。 hrnjak还花了7393美元在参加会议和研讨会上。 “当我当选后，我听到的一件事情之一是我年轻且无资格，我无权在那里。 council.” Hrnjak maintains that all his expenses are in line with the policy the council adopted at its December meeting, which outlines spending caps on council vehicles, seminars, meals, training, office equipment and technology allowances. Councillor Vincent De Luca said that with residents facing a 25.2 per cent special rate increase as well as a 3.8 per cent pegged increase, elected representatives “need要拧紧我们的皮带并表现出约束”。 “绿色议员伊森·赫恩贾克（Ethan Hrnjak）和蓝绿色议员乔琳·哈克曼（Joeline Hackman）在担任议员的九个月内花费了几乎两倍的数量，而不是上学期的我们中服役的人，并被当选为康德（Con）。他说。 aria-checked =“ false” aria-descredby =“ savetooltip” aria-label =“ save late trices tores late tor plod class” class =“ lyny4” cole =“ switch” type =“ button” button =“ button”> 保存 in ，<！ - > nogise <！ - >或订阅<！ - > - - - - - - - - - - >保存文章以供稍后。
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