Relocation costs of more than £20,000 for Cornwall Council chief executive, Kevin Lavery

“Mr Lavery will be on an annual salary of £218,000 ($400,000).

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Pub Change !”

“Interesting to see if SERCO follow their old executive to Wellington?
The example of Wiltshire should be considered.They felt that cost savings were best achieved through dismissing their whole cabinet thus starting cost cutting at the top.
The danger of overpaying executives is that they arrive for pecuniary gain when we actually require guarantees of executives that want to serve their locality.We need commitment not 4 year 'holidays' that merely add to C.V's.”

“Thank goodness Cornwall taxpayers aren't footing the bill for this mans' next adventure, I know the New Zealanders are more forthright in their views on failure, let's hope they can put up with him because there are a lot of Cornish folk who never wish to hear of him again.”

“Nothing wrong with paying someone £190K - IF they are worth it. Get paid on results and no pay-offs if you don't deliver and noone can complain. Trouble is when the people you serve (in theory!!), the electorate, can't see what added value you bring then you have a problem.

DS”

“There is an element of jealousy in some of the remarks. His pay either there or here is what people in those positions get paid.
The Liberal councillors decided to pay him the salary so if you want a diferent salary paid in the future then vote for councillors who say different.”

“No one is worth that much, i am sure normal people on the street can do a better job than some of these people in overpaid jobs. Why dose this country sorry world pay for people who fail. I always thought bonus & good paid jobs where for people who could do the job & not make mistakes. Ie the banking system went under, so they did not do the job correct most people would get the sack but no they get a bonus & the same goes for people in counsels & government if they get it wrong they get a bit pay out to leave the world's gone mad & we wonder why we have so many underhanded people , because they get rewarded for it. There are so many people in the world who can't even afford to eat, they live on the streets, country's with no fresh water & all these people think about is the thousands of money they can get for not doing the job right just greed & selfishness they are just sad people. They are not the really people in the world.”

“He's got no skin in the game, his personal investment in any job is zero, zilch, nothing, there's always a backdoor and a massive payment. So, how can you trust in a person with no personal investment in the outcome?

It's about time that local authority officer payments were reigned in, just like the bankers were dealt with. Local Authority workers matched the bankers in terms of greed, and it's now time to cap these obscene salaries. Look at what happened to Kevin, he probably thought he could walk into any CE job in England and get paid a fortune...turns out he had to go to the other side of the World to earn as much.

Call their bluff I say. You'll get just as many top applicants for a job paying £75k a year as you will a job paying £200k a year. These jobs dont grow on trees, and the number of well-spoken and uber-confident sleaze-peddlers like Kevin are growing by the day, falling from the trees they are. You're an idiot if you pay these people more than £75k a year and dont agree a pre-nup on unsatisfactory work.”

“Hi MarjProops - The comments here show that a lot of people care about high costs to the public purse - whether it is here or on the other side of the world.”

“Delighted to see the back of this executive that believed "commitment" to Cornwall was represented by only a 4 year stint.The mark of his 'reign' has been a £600m debt with the potential for a further £600m lost over the 30 year incinerator contract.Just two figures with more to expose! Disunity,autocracy and profligacy are now synonymous with our "unified" authority.He leaves us with more questions over Cornwall's cultural and economic future than when he arrived.I hope he explains the current rumour as to why CC have funded the removal of flooded polluted water to Bristol from our landfill site @£4.5 m/ The payment of Cory staff for many months both at taxpayers expense BUT both the responsibility of the contractors,the awarding of a £10m(now estimated £20m)slip road contact to Cormac without tendering etc.In considering the above 'underwriting' of contractors we must all consider the publicity associated with a nil budget in which CC put the 'frighteners' on all of us for just a few million pounds.Loaning incinerator builders £25m,if withdrawn, would alone assure adult care services etc full fiscal support!I look forward to CC's denial or confirmation of any of the above but look forward more to a new regime that listens to and acts more fully on behalf of us all.”

“It makes me want to despair at the greed of those who have their hands on public money. There are thousands of pensioners who do not claim benefits because they retain a sense of independence & self esteem, and then there are the parasites who live off unearned public office salaries.
I believe in "The labourer is worthy of his reward" but the sums that are dished out to failures in Govt., in the NHS, in Councils, and Quangoes beggers belief. We need a root & branch clear out of the present political class.”