Long breaks, excessive mileage and poor care of vehicles were all issues highlighted in an independent review of the States Works Department.
Stephen Taylor, a former director at the UK Audit Commission, said control of States Works activities were so weak as to be "unacceptable", and set out 57 recommendations for improvement.
SWD management was accused of failing to deploy labour and control overheads efficiently or to properly challenge poor working practices that had evolved over time.
The report identified at least £113,000 of savings that could be made if new checks and controls were implemented.
The review, commissioned by Chief Executive Roy Burke, cost some £35,000. He said the savings represented "the tip of the iceberg" of what could be retained in future. "The report will make uncomfortable reading for many of us, but we cannot ignore what has been said," he commented. "We want to install a culture that sees staff react with a greater sense of urgency and that recognises public money is being spent."
Estates and Services chairman Louis Jean said findings of the audit cleared the way for better pride in the SWD over coming years. "These findings have been a talking point in the community for years and years," he said. "Now they are confirmed, we can deal with them. The changes in the department are going to give back to employees the sense of pride in the organisation that they haven't had for a long time."
The Guernsey Bereavement Service has made three visits to Alderney over the past few months and would like to continue to help you. We are visiting the island again on
Tuesday, 23rd February 2024 and would invite anyone who feels they would like Bereavement Counselling to telephone the Bereavement Service Office on 257778 to make a time to meet one of our counsellors.
Tue 21st July 2026 Free entry, retiring collection for ABO. Pete Ellis escaped office life in 2000 to take up a life in the outdoors. Soon becoming an International Mountain Leader, he led trekking holidays in the UK, Europe and further afield for the next 20 years. During this time, he also indulged his passion for climbing mountains, which included, in 2012, Mount Everest. This completed the Seven Continental Summits (the highest points of all seven continents), an achievement accomplished by a select group of about 400 people.
This talk is about the final, Everest, stage of The Seven Summits. The climb was from the north, through Tibet, the route originally visited by Mallory and Irvine in the 1920s. It will be a personal tale of the trip, illustrated with many photographs.
, Island Hall, 19:00
The Guernsey Bereavement Service has made three visits to Alderney over the past few months and would like to continue to help you. We are visiting the island again on
Tuesday, 23rd February 2024 and would invite anyone who feels they would like Bereavement Counselling to telephone the Bereavement Service Office on 257778 to make a time to meet one of our counsellors. 