Torbay Mayor will give away half his salary
TORBAY Mayor Gordon Oliver will give half his annual salary - currently more than £50,000 - for the next four years to groups, organisations and individuals in the Bay.
The fund will be applied for annually and priority will be given to applications from local groups, organisations and individuals based in and delivering a service that directly benefits the Torbay community.
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Gordon Oliver
Grants of up to £1,000 will be allocated for winning projects that will be progressed in the following 12 months.
Mr Oliver said, “I believe passionately in community involvement and see this as a way not only of giving back to the community but also ensuring local people are involved in local matters.”
A cross party group has been set up to administer the fund consisting of Cllrs Nicole Amil, Cindy Stocks and Jackie Stockman, who said, "We are really pleased to support this initiative. The fund is about making a difference to local people's lives in the Bay and we look forward to seeing those projects take shape."
Community and Voluntary Sector organisations or individuals, who wish to apply, need to complete the application form, which includes the full criteria and which can downloaded from www.torbay.gov.uk/mayorsfund. Alternatively interested parties can email governance.support@torbay.gov.uk or ring 01803 207015 and they will be sent a copy of the application form to complete.
Applications must be returned by post to the following address by the closing date of March 2.
Successful applicants will be notified by letter by the end of March.
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by Chunder123
Saturday, February 11 2012, 2:37PM
“Pigs might fly also”
by Karen362
Saturday, February 11 2012, 1:11PM
“I see he's currently advertising for a PA. Who's going to pay her salary, out of interest?”
by DavidPBrooks
Friday, February 10 2012, 8:44PM
“I presume this fund is after he has paid approx 30% of his salary to the government in Tax and NI. Most probably is more than that going to the governemnt as I am sure that this is not his whole income otherwise he would not be able to do it.”
by ivanovski
Friday, February 10 2012, 4:39PM
“Tempting though it is for some people to blame the Mayor for everything, the fact is he shares much of the power with 36 elected councillors who many things in committees. So, we do not actually know that he decided that council employees should have parking permits, a principle which long pre dates his election and probably arose from pressure in negotiations with the trade union.”
by debbiemc1979
Friday, February 10 2012, 2:46PM
“Well done to Gorgon Oliver. People forget that all the things that are being mention he inherited when he took the job!! He might become very popular if he started giving out free parking etc, but where would the council get the money from to run the bay? I think this is great thing he has done because 1, he didn't have to & 2, I can't see anyone else offering to do this!!
And yes he does earn a big salary but by the time he has paid his higher rate of tax I can't imagine there is that much difference - oh and all that tax he is paying goes on everyone of us!!!”
by BLOTSPOTTER
Friday, February 10 2012, 11:04AM
“Does this mean he will start to earn the other half of his salary??
Will he be paying for the council staff car parking season tickets instead of the taxpayers???”
by brookesdoy
Friday, February 10 2012, 10:38AM
“It was the people of Torbay that voted to have a paid mayor at £50k a year. Why would anyone have voted for this when we pay a Chief Executive such a large salary for doing this job I dont know - I dont think decisisons should be left to the general public as people did not fully understand the implictions of this vote.
Re Parking tickets I can understand it when it is people who are out and about travelling all day but I know someone who works in the council offices and historically has always had one - they sit in an office all day and DO NOT go out and about on council business and I have never understood why they get a car park ticket to just go to work - I dont!!!!”
by ivanovski
Friday, February 10 2012, 9:05AM
“There's nothing wrong with being rich if you've worked hard for it. If we are really against the rich why do people aspire to it by doing the national Lottery?”
by FrankEinstein
Friday, February 10 2012, 8:57AM
“What a nice guy Gordon Oliver is. When most people just have words, he has actions. Well done Gordon.”
by clarksontop
Friday, February 10 2012, 7:48AM
“Nothing new there Gordon Oliver i give up nearly half my salary in parking fees just for running my business on torbay road paignton
maybe when you give your free parking passes out to council employees that you could stretch to giving us workers some freebies”