Is chief exec necessary?

One of the reasons that council spending is always increasing is the fact that those who provide the finance to run the council have no control over how this money is spent.

For example, we have a chief executive and deputy with all the attendant costs, when many other councils, some larger than King’s Lynn, have abolished these offices to save the taxpayer money.

I have asked the elected councillors to scrap the office of chief executive, but they prefer to inflict the costs of maintaining this backward looking stance upon the taxpayer.

The public (who pay for it) should be asked if they want a chief executive or not. They should also be asked if the present number of elected councillors is justifiable.

The Localism Bill asked that all councils have greater transparency. This council agreed to be more transparent, but instead it has become more closed and remote to the taxpayer, who is forced by threats of imprisonment to finance it.

The last time I checked the chief executive received over £2,000 plus perks per week! This money could be spent on better things.

Steve Lund-Beck,

Walton Highway.