BACKGROUND
Gary Moss was employed by Corby Borough Council as temporary Director of
Finance from December 2001 until October 2003.
Although on an initial 6 month contract this was renewed on a regular basis
by Mr. Moss and Nigel Rudd, ex-CEO of Corby Council.
Much controversy surrounds this temporary appointment which ended up lasting
for 1 year and 10 months and cost considerable sums of taxpayers money.
A recent report by Ian Sadd, District Auditor for Corby criticized the
way Mr. Moss was appointed but felt the need to 'mask out' the actual costs.
Now, using information in the public domain, some of these costs can be
revealed.
After representations from myself, John Wood-Cowling, Vic Lear and others,
including a meeting of the full council of CBC, Mr. Sadd is now carrying
out a Section 8 Public Interest report on this matter.
HOW MUCH COULD MR MOSS HAVE BEEN PAID?
Source: District Auditors report, 25th November 2004 - In September 2003
Mr. Moss received a £100 per day increase - or 22%
Mr. Moss also negotiated payment of sick and holiday pay and payment
of pension contributions. This was UNUSUAL as these costs are normally built
into the day rate for temporary workers.
Source: Inland Revenue, Unison and other Governmental websites: Pension contributions
at 10% - NI is banded but an average of 10% is a reasonable figure to work
with.
Using basic math we can calculate the original day rate figure as £100
/ 22% * 100 = £454.54 per day
Therefore:
January 2002 - March 2002 Mr. Moss received £454.54 x
13 weeks x 5 days = £29,545.10 plus 10% pension plus 10%
NI gives a total for the period of £35,454.12
April 2002 - September 2002 Mr. Moss received £454.54
x 26 weeks x 5 days = £59,090.20 plus 10% pension plus
10% NI gives a total for the period of £70,908.24
In September 2002 Mr. Moss received a £100 per
day increase - reason given 'personal circumstances'
October 2002 - March 2003 Mr. Moss received £554.54
x 26 weeks x 5 days = £72,090.20 plus 10% pension plus
10% NI gives a total for the period of £86,508.24
March 2003 - October 2003 Mr. Moss received £554.54 x 30
weeks x 5 days = £83,181.00 plus 10% pension plus 10%
NI gives a total for the period of £99,817.20
Total employment costs
for 20 months:
£292,687.80
add an 'agency fee' of
£46,200
total cost so far?
£338,887.80
The normal yearly rate for this job is £55,000 - £65,000 for
a full time employee.
There may also be other costs which Corby Council have not disclosed.
These are in relation to Hotel accommodation, etc. I have decided not to
estimate these but I am sure the reader can do so.
For example, if you use the low cost of £45 per night for room only.
Multiply by 20 months at an average of 30 days per month.
This gives a sum of £27,000.
However, while the employment costs are reasonably accurate according to
available data
any estimate of other costs is pure conjecture without further data
on the subject.
Why no disclosure of these costs by:
the District Auditor?
Corby Borough Council?
local press, the Evening Telegraph?
I was reliably informed that a legal team from Mr. Moss visited CBC
and the local newspaper
and made them aware that there could be proceedings taken if they reveal
these details.
