BREE WELCOMES CONFIRMATION OF COUNTY MANAGERS RETIREMENT
Tuesday, September 3, 2013 at 11:39AM SPEAKING AT THIS months meeting of Sligo County Council following confirmation that the County Manager is to retire on the 3rd of November, Cllr Declan Bree said
“I am very pleased to hear the confirmation that the County Manager is retiring in November. I believe that the great majority of people in this county will rejoice at the news.
“Under the County Manager’s stewardship this Council has built up debts totalling in excess of €80million. And is it any wonder?
“Over the past number of years the County Manager consistently asked councillors to adopt annual budgets that were based on fantasy, budgets that bore no resemblance to reality, budgets that were absurd and unattainable, budgets that led to massive deficits in the revenue account each year. And to make up for the shortfall each year the County Manger then urged councillors to take out loans and increase overdrafts.
“Sligo County Council, as a result of ongoing incompetence, mismanagement and erroneous decisions has the worst financial record in the country. It is the only Council in the state where the revenue deficit is consistently increasing year by year and today it is on the verge of bankruptcy. Never in the long history of this Council has there been such a level of mismanagement.
“The County Manager will retire in November but when he is gone it will be the people of Sligo who will have to deal with the huge debts facing this Council.
“I welcome the news of his retirement.” said Cllr Bree.