Poll: Was the $19k Hamilton City Council team talk a good use of ratepayers' money?
Morning neighbours,
Hamilton City Council staff have been treated to a $19k mass team talk at Claudelands Event Centre. It featured motivational speakers and a 25-minute acrobatic performance from circus company The Dust Palace.
Chief executive Richard Briggs defended the spend.
"Old school thinking is you don't spend any money on your staff and you expect them to just show up to work and go hard," he said after the event.
"New school thinking is you've got to give them some purpose for being here, and today was all about understanding that purpose and improving the wellbeing of the community."
What's your take on it? Read more here
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30.2% Yes
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60.7% No
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9.1% I'm ambivalent
Poll: Could we live without public bins?
Many public rubbish bins are being removed by councils due to the large costs of regularly emptying them. Do you think we can adapt and live without them?
Type 'Not For Print' if you wish your comments to be excluded from the We Say You Say column of your local paper.
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11.9% Yes
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87.6% No
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0.5% Other - I'll share below
Golden Ages Dance - Wednesday 24th April 10am - 1pm
The Glenview Community Centre are hosting an Old-time Dance Event for all our senior citizens (see invite attached).
We are planning a touch of nostalgia and charm for all our grama's and grampa's with a YOUNG AT HEART dance at:
Glenview Community Centre
Wednesday 24th April from 10am - 1pm (day before ANZAC).
Our kaumatua/elderly often get overlooked so let's honour them by bringing back the Memories, the Fun and a Touch of Yester-year with dances like the Viennese swing, the Glengarry, the Platinum waltz and the Maxina! Put your dancing shoes on and come along and join us! For beginners to experienced and everyone in between.
A light lunch will be provided so come along, bring a friend and enjoy an entertaining trip down memory lane.
$5 entry
Ph Mel on 021 229 8097 for more details
Have you seen a fire engine go over a raised platform?
Traffic calming measures are delaying response times for fire crews and putting lives at risk, a group of frontline Hamilton firefighters say.
Last month Hamilton City Council slammed the brakes on a number of not-yet contracted roading projects that would have installed more raised platforms and in-lane bus stops across the city after a “tsunami” of push-back from the public.
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