Request for details of specific legal costs incurred re Jimbo the dog
Katherine Raue made this Official Information request to South Waikato District Council
The authority would like to / has responded by post to this request.
From: Katherine Raue
Dear South Waikato District Council,
Please provide a comprehensive breakdown of the
court costs incurred for the death-row dog 'Jimbo'?
The owner is Carolyn Kin and here is the related news article
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/articl....
The court costs have been stated as $67,503, but we would like a full break down, as ratepayers money has been used, and are shocked and concerned that a Council spokesperson has announced that "The invoices on record unfortunately do not detail this breakdown."
The spokesperson has confirmed that "We can obtain a breakdown from our lawyers" - please do so without delay, and provide copies immediately of these "invoices on record" - is it Council practise to simply pay invoices of over sixty seven and a half thousand dollars without the costs being adequately itemised???
Please provide all information regarding legal advice Council received regarding this matter as well.
Yours faithfully,
Katherine Raue
Manager
Transparency NZ
From: Sharon Robinson
South Waikato District Council
Good Morning Katherine Raue
Manager
Transparency NZ
I am in receipt of your request dated 8 November.
Staff are pulling together copies of the invoices which may be available
by the end of this week at no cost.
I have also asked the legal firm for a quote to provide the detail that
you have requested and I will advise you of those costs in due course.
Please do not hesitate to contact me directly if you need further
clarification at this stage.
Regards
Sharon Robinson
Group Manager - Environment
Executive Group
South Waikato District Council
Torphin Crescent
Tokoroa 3420
Telephone: 078850765 / Fax: 078850719 / [mobile number]
www.southwaikato.govt.nz
Our VISION: Healthy people thriving in a safe, vibrant and sustainable
community
From: Sharon Robinson
South Waikato District Council
Katherine Raue
Manager
Transparency NZ
Please provide a mailing address to where you would like the information
requested sent.
Regards
Sharon Robinson
Group Manager - Environment
Executive Group
South Waikato District Council
Torphin Crescent
Tokoroa 3420
Telephone: 078850765 / Fax: 078850719 / [mobile number]
www.southwaikato.govt.nz
Our VISION: Healthy people thriving in a safe, vibrant and sustainable
community
From: Katherine Raue
Dear Sharon Robinson,
Please provide the information through this website - it should have been included in your last message! I'm not the only one who wants to see this information and you are simply wasting time!
Yours sincerely,
Katherine Raue
Katherine Raue left an annotation ()
Received a prompt response from a helpful staff member who assures me this information will be provided in hardcopy by post as well as in a pdf document which can be published on the net, which is a much better response than that given to the previous requester of the information. I will publish a link to it when it arrives.
Katherine Raue left an annotation ()
The amount was not $67,000 as claimed in the response to the other request on this site regarding this matter, it was over a hundred thousand dollars, and the legal bills are at this link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-Evc9g...
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This request was made in response to the disgraceful - and unlawful - response received by another requester - at this link - readers can view the revealing response to Thomas's request and note that it refuses to provide the information (despite this website referring to the request as "successful" and it is clear that no review of these costs has taken place and it's also clear that ratepayers are being RIPPED OFF!
The original request and the ridiculous response are at THIS link:
https://fyi.org.nz/request/breakdown_of_...
Link to this