Page 78 - Week 01 - Tuesday, 13 February 1990

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Mr Duby: The answer to Mrs Grassby's question is as follows:

(1) Due to public concern about the amount of long grass and its potential to create a fire hazard in the summer months, the department was instructed to use all available resources, including extra contractors, to remove the backlog of high priority mowing.

(2) There were 123 Parks and Conservation staff rostered to work overtime for grass cutting purposes on Saturday, 9 December 1989.

(3) These staff worked a total of 408 hours.

(4) Staff rostered to work overtime are required to be paid for a minimum of four hours whether they work these hours or not. Due to unforecast wet weather conditions some of the staff rostered to work on Saturday, 9 December were unable to complete four hours work. Staff rostered to work on 9 December were paid for 561 hours at a cost of $8,901.

(5) The cost difference between the hours these staff actually worked and the hours for which they were paid is approximately $3,100.

(6) Fourteen grass mowing contractors were required to work on Saturday, 9 December 1989.

(7) At 13 December 1989, 20 grass mowing contractors were being used to mow grass.

(8) Up until Wednesday, 13 December, contractors had worked a total of 8,995 hours as follows:

Contractor 1 357 hours
Contractor 2 264 hours
Contractor 3  74 hours
Contractor 4 597 hours
Contractor 5 273 hours
Contractor 6 258 hours
Contractor 7 310 hours
Contractor 8 201 hours
Contractor 9 162 hours
Contractor 10 347 hours 
Contractor 11 306 hours
Contractor 12 275 hours
Contractor 13 2031 hours
Contractor 14 345 hours
Contractor 15 185 hours
Contractor 16 332 hours
Contractor 17 275 hours
Contractor 18 754 hours
Contractor 19 1425 hours
Contractor 20 224 hours

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