A senior opposition member said it feels increasingly like “clowns have taken over the town hall” in the wake of the latest contract travails that have befallen Liverpool Council.
It was revealed last week that the local authority was just hours away from yet another expensive contract mix-up as it ran dangerously close to letting its vital HR and payroll deal run out. A meeting of the cabinet last week was told members were only informed of the impending end to the vital terms just days before it was due to expire.
Cllr Jane Corbett, deputy mayor, said she was only informed of the need to secure a new deal nine days before the contract with Oracle Corporation UK ran out, with the cabinet signing off on a new deal at the eleventh hour on Friday morning. Had this not been achieved, a 3% uplift would have been applied by Oracle, costing the council an extra £15,000.
