Media statement
7 February 2014
Negotiated payment from Mayor towards cost of EY report
Following publication of the EY report last year, Auckland Council's Governing Body agreed that a group of councillors
comprising Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse, Christine Fletcher, George Wood, Dick Quax and Penny Webster would hold
confidential discussions with the Mayor to agree a financial contribution from him towards the final cost of the report.
Speaking on behalf of the group of councillors, Christine Fletcher, Chair of the CEO Review Committee said today:
"Following discussions with the Mayor through Chief Executive Stephen Town, there has been a full and final agreement
that he will make a contribution of $40,000 towards the final cost of the EY report. This is in addition to the Mayor
meeting his own legal costs of $20,000.
“In the interests of open process and the public interest, we are releasing these numbers.”
Auckland Council Chief Executive Stephen Town confirmed the cost of the EY report and legal work was approximately
$250,000.
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