1 Dec 2022

Maurice Williamson defends decision to cancel council expenditure committee's first meeting

From Morning Report, 6:13 am on 1 December 2022

The Auckland City Council is facing a $295 million budget shortfall for next year, and yet its expenditure control and procurement committee won't be meeting next week because they have nothing to talk about.

The committee's chairman, Maurice Williamson, cancelled the meeting, saying it was too soon to meet as there isn't any solid data or analysis for the committee to look at.

Williamson spoke to Guyon Espiner.