Amaphoyisa engeziwe kanye nabasebenzi bazokwengezwa esikhungweni samaPhoyisa aseSurrey ngonyaka olandelayo ngemuva kokuthi kugunyazwe ukwenyuswa kwemithetho yentela yomkhandlu kaKhomishana wamaPhoyisa noBugebengu uDavid Munro ekuqaleni kwanamuhla.
I-PCC iphakamise ukuthi inyuswe ngo-3.84% ingxenye yamaphoyisa yentela yomkhandlu inikezwe ukukhanya okuluhlaza yiPhaneli Yamaphoyisa Nezobugebengu esifundeni ngesikhathi somhlangano e-County Hall e-Kingston-upon-Thames namhlanje ekuseni.
Kusho ukuthi Amaphoyisa aseSurrey azokwazi ukutshala izimali kwezinye izikhundla zezikhulu kanye nezisebenzi ukuze kwengezwe emaphoyiseni angama-78 athenjiswe uhulumeni njengesabelo sokuqala sikaSurrey sohlelo lukazwelonke lokuqasha abantu abangu-20,000.
Sekukonke, uxhaso oluhlangene luzovumela uMbutho wengeze izikhala zamaphoyisa ezingaba yi-100 kanye neqhaza labasebenzi abangama-50 ekusungulweni kwawo ngo-2020/21.
Lezi zindima zizoqinisa isevisi yamaphoyisa omakhelwane esifundeni sonke, zisize ukubhekana nezindaba ezinjengokugqekeza, ubugebengu obuhleliwe obubucayi nezidakamizwa, ukusekela umsebenzi wokuvimbela nokusiza ukwandisa ubuchwepheshe ekulweni nobugebengu obuku-inthanethi.
Lokhu ngaphezu kwenani lezikhulu ezingama-79 kanye nabasebenzi abaphambili abakhokhelwe ngokwenyuka kwesimiso sangonyaka odlule okuphinde kwavimbela ukulahlekelwa ezinye izikhundla ezingama-25. Labo ababuthiwe bazokube sebesezikhundleni noma baziqeqeshe ngoMeyi kulo nyaka.
Isinqumo sanamuhla sizosho ingxenye yamaphoyisa ye-avareji ye-Band D Council Tax bill izosethwa ku-£270.57 – ukukhuphuka ngo-£10 ngonyaka. Ilingana nokunyuka cishe ngo-3.83% kuwo wonke amaqoqo entela omkhandlu.
Ihhovisi le-PCC lenze ukubonisana nomphakathi kuwo wonke uJanuwari lapho abaphenduli abangaphezu kuka-3,100 baphendula inhlolovo ngemibono yabo mayelana nokunyuka kwamandla emali ngo-2% noma ukwenyuka ngo-5% ukuze kuqhutshekwe nokutshala izimali ezikhulwini nakubasebenzi abaningi. Leso sibalo esingu-5% sishintshwe safinyelela ku-3.83% ngasekupheleni kukaJanuwari ukuze sibonise izinga eliphezulu uhulumeni azovumela ama-PCC ukuba alinyuse njengengxenye yesinqumo samaphoyisa salo nyaka - isimemezelo saso esibambezelekile ngenxa yoKhetho Lukazwelonke.
Ngaphezu kuka-60% walabo abaphendulile bebeseka ukwanda okukhulu futhi cishe ama-40% ancamela ukukhuphuka ngo-2%.
U-PCC uDavid Munro uthe: “Inhlanganisela yomthetho walo nyaka kanye nokuphakanyiswa kwesikhulu esithenjiswe uhulumeni kusho ukuthi Amaphoyisa aseSurrey angaqinisa umsebenzi wawo ngamaphoyisa nabasebenzi abangu-150 ngonyaka ozayo.
“Ngemuva kweminyaka eyishumi lapho izinsiza zamaphoyisa sezifinyelele umkhawulo - lezi yizindaba ezinhle ngempela ku-Surrey okusho ukuthi singabuyisela amaphoyisa emiphakathini yethu ukubhekana nalezi zinkinga ezibalulekile kubahlali bethu.
“Ukucela imali eyengeziwe emphakathini ngesinye sezinqumo ezinzima okumele ngizenze njengoKhomishana wamaPhoyisa noBugebengu kulesi sifunda. Kodwa ngikholwa ukuthi lokhu kwanda okugunyazwe Yiphaneli namuhla kuzokwenza umehluko omkhulu ekusizeni ukukhulisa kokubili ubukhona obubonakalayo umphakathi obazisa ngokufanelekile kuyilapho uhlinzeka ngezinsiza zokubhekana nezindaba ezikhulayo ezifana nobugebengu be-inthanethi.
“Ngithanda ukubonga wonke amalungu omphakathi azinike isikhathi ukugcwalisa inhlolovo yethu futhi asinike imibono yawo. Sithole ukuphawula okungaphezulu kuka-1,700 kubantu abasebenza ngamaphoyisa kulesi sifunda futhi ngiyathembisa ukuthi ngizobe ngifunda ukuphawula ngakunye. Ngizobe sengixoxa ngalezo zinkinga eziphakanyiswe noButho ukuze sibone ukuthi singasebenzisana kanjani ukuze sizilungise.
"Kumele manje siqinisekise ukuthi sihlinzeka ngemali engcono kakhulu kubahlali futhi senze lezi zikhulu ezintsha nabasebenzi baqashwe, baqeqeshwe futhi basebenzele umphakathi waseSurrey ngokushesha okukhulu."