The city council says it needs expertise it does not have in-house to find areas where costs can be reduced and improvements can be made
More external consultants to help Nottingham City Council save money will cost the authority up to £149,000 for six weeks. to find areas where costs can be reduced and improvements can be made.
Council delegated decision documents, which show that an officer has made a decision on behalf of the council, say the authority will be spending up to £149,250 to extend the use of its contracted Strategic Delivery Partner until November 18 this year. On top of this an external financial consultant was paid £110,000 for five months’ work, while the interim director for transformation and improvement, Richard Grice, was paid more than £1,000 per day over four months.
The council says it “requires the ability to access a broad range of support and expertise, nimbly and with as little friction as possible, in order to ensure the good progress made so far can continue and with as little disruption as possible.
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