08-29-2022, 01:00 PM
The Liberal Party notes the recent decision to bring the financial management at Liverpool City Council within the responsibility’s government appointed commissioners.
The commissioners were originally sent into the council in June 2021 to oversee the authority and carry out limited functions for at least 3 years, specifically to manage Liverpool’s planning, highways, regeneration, and property management functions.
We believe that the commissioner's role should be open to scrutiny by elected councillors and to this end Liberal Cllr Peter Mitchell has tabled questions over how the city scrutiny committees will work, whilst Cllr Steve Radford has asked how the city region’s mayor will be scrutinised in this role?
The Liberal Party believes the commissioners should be in place not a moment longer than absolutely needed to bring good governance and management to the city administration and for it to return to providing value for money to local council taxpayers.
The commissioners were originally sent into the council in June 2021 to oversee the authority and carry out limited functions for at least 3 years, specifically to manage Liverpool’s planning, highways, regeneration, and property management functions.
We believe that the commissioner's role should be open to scrutiny by elected councillors and to this end Liberal Cllr Peter Mitchell has tabled questions over how the city scrutiny committees will work, whilst Cllr Steve Radford has asked how the city region’s mayor will be scrutinised in this role?
The Liberal Party believes the commissioners should be in place not a moment longer than absolutely needed to bring good governance and management to the city administration and for it to return to providing value for money to local council taxpayers.