Strategic Pay: Handling conflicts of interest

The consultant firm that recommended a salary increase for a council CEO has done more than $180,000 of other work for the council.

By Ruth Laugesen In Current Affairs

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19th May, 2012

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When Christchurch City Council chief executive Tony Marryatt sparked a ratepayer revolt over his $68,000 pay hike early this year, he said all he wanted was the fair market rate. “All I’ve ever said to my council is, ‘You tell me what the market is, and I’m happy to be in that range, whatever it is,’” he told TV3. New information released to the Listener under the Official Information Act has thrown fresh light on the work of the consultants Strategic Pay, which in June 2011 helped arrive at that “market rate”. It shows that since 2007, when Marryatt became the CEO, ...

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