West Melton local Graeme Holdaway-Smith believes Corde staff are misusing company vehicles and is disgusted by the growth of the construction-maintenance-sewerage company’s vehicle fleet.
From 2022, it has also incurred 132 “speeding and infringement fines”. Half of these (66) involved parking fines, forty percent to speeding (52-53) and ten percent for “infringements using special vehicle lane and other miscellaneous”.
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“I just feel, we are forever seeing Corde vehicles here, there and everywhere…and nothing happening…”. And he is concerned seeing his rates going up 600% “for what?”.
Graeme’s concerns are wide ranging.
Today he viewed data released to The New Zealand Reporter by Corde’s owner, the Selwyn District Council.
Click the play button (above) to listen to Graeme’s thoughts.
Previously he voiced his concern about Corde light and heavy vehicles. But seeing and hearing about the data has only reinforced his conviction it is not on.
The Selwyn District Council denies any of its staff have “misused vehicles” for “weekend use, private purposes” or “used for non-Corde work, etc”.
But records show Corde has given 4 warnings to staff and terminated 5 employees since 2022 due to vehicle misuse, seen the company incur 132 “speeding and parking infringements” since 2022, the loss of a vehicle, and one criminal prosecutions since 2021.
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