LGOIMA Request Details: LG1869
Date received: 09/08/2019
Requested information: Public relations and communications staff at Council
Status: Complete
Date responded: 29/08/2019
Response:
In response to your request dated 9 August 2019 regarding the number of communication staff and the budgets, the following are your questions and the responses. For the purposes of the response the current reporting year is only 1.5 months and has been excluded from the response.
1. How many public relations and/or communications employees staff were employed* by your council for the periods**:
a. currently;
b. in the last financial year;
c. in each of the previous four financial years;
2018/19 2017/18 2016/17 2015/16
2 2 2 2
2. How many public relations and/or communications contractors or consultants or providers of comms/PR professional services were engaged by your council;
a. broken down as per same periods in Q1
2018/19 2017/18 2016/17 2015/16
nil nil nil 1
The single engagement in 2015/16 was to produce a single strategy options report.
3. What was the total salary budget for employed staff, broken down for same periods in Q1?
2018/19 2017/18 2016/17 2015/16
- - - -
Because of the limited number of staff in the communications role it would be possible to identify individual salaries. Council will not be releasing figures relating to salary. This information is being withheld under section 7 (2) (a) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987. If you disagree with the Councils decision to withhold this information you may make a complaint to the ombudsman under section 27 of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987.
4. What was the total salary/fee/etc budget for contractors or consultants or providers of professional services.
2018/19 2017/18 2016/17 2015/16
N/A N/A N/A N/A
5. How much were these staff paid broken down by salary band?
a. broken down as per same periods in Q1
2018/19 2017/18 2016/17 2015/16
N/A N/A N/A N/A
6. How much were contractors, consultants, providers of professional services paid broken down by salary band?
a. broken down as per same periods in Q1
2018/19 2017/18 2016/17 2015/16
N/A N/A N/A N/A
7. Where contractors, consultants etc were paid by project, please specify the total cost of such projects
a. broken down as per same periods in Q1
b. Noting any projects that cost the council more than $100,000
2018/19 2017/18 2016/17 2015/16
nil nil nil $1,487
8. How much in total did the council spend on advertising, public relations/comms campaigns or publications in the last financial year?
2018/19 2017/18 2016/17 2015/16
$27,031 $32,334 $38,119 $14,422
The majority of the amounts above were spent on compliance advertising (classified adverts) and regular stakeholder engagement (bi-weekly page in local paper).
a. How does this compare to the cost of this in the previous four financial years?
See above figures
1. How many public relations and/or communications employees staff were employed* by your council for the periods**:
a. currently;
b. in the last financial year;
c. in each of the previous four financial years;
2018/19 2017/18 2016/17 2015/16
2 2 2 2
2. How many public relations and/or communications contractors or consultants or providers of comms/PR professional services were engaged by your council;
a. broken down as per same periods in Q1
2018/19 2017/18 2016/17 2015/16
nil nil nil 1
The single engagement in 2015/16 was to produce a single strategy options report.
3. What was the total salary budget for employed staff, broken down for same periods in Q1?
2018/19 2017/18 2016/17 2015/16
- - - -
Because of the limited number of staff in the communications role it would be possible to identify individual salaries. Council will not be releasing figures relating to salary. This information is being withheld under section 7 (2) (a) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987. If you disagree with the Councils decision to withhold this information you may make a complaint to the ombudsman under section 27 of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987.
4. What was the total salary/fee/etc budget for contractors or consultants or providers of professional services.
2018/19 2017/18 2016/17 2015/16
N/A N/A N/A N/A
5. How much were these staff paid broken down by salary band?
a. broken down as per same periods in Q1
2018/19 2017/18 2016/17 2015/16
N/A N/A N/A N/A
6. How much were contractors, consultants, providers of professional services paid broken down by salary band?
a. broken down as per same periods in Q1
2018/19 2017/18 2016/17 2015/16
N/A N/A N/A N/A
7. Where contractors, consultants etc were paid by project, please specify the total cost of such projects
a. broken down as per same periods in Q1
b. Noting any projects that cost the council more than $100,000
2018/19 2017/18 2016/17 2015/16
nil nil nil $1,487
8. How much in total did the council spend on advertising, public relations/comms campaigns or publications in the last financial year?
2018/19 2017/18 2016/17 2015/16
$27,031 $32,334 $38,119 $14,422
The majority of the amounts above were spent on compliance advertising (classified adverts) and regular stakeholder engagement (bi-weekly page in local paper).
a. How does this compare to the cost of this in the previous four financial years?
See above figures