Jersey missing out on energy savings
Wednesday 27th May 2009, 2:59PM BST.
JEC operations director David Padfield
STATES departments are missing opportunities to save money through energy efficiency, a scrutiny panel was told yesterday.
Senior executives from the JEC said that it was difficult to implement a programme of savings as too many different individuals were responsible for buildings and energy-buying in different departments.
JEC chief executive Chris Ambler and operations director David Padfield told the Environment Scrutiny panel that if a co-ordinated approach was adopted there would be opportunities to reduce bills met by taxpayers.
They told the panel that by adopting a co-ordinated approach toward new developments and energy efficiency measures, savings of ten to 15 per cent could be achieved.
The two men gave evidence to the panel, chaired by Deputy Phil Rondel, in the States building yesterday afternoon.
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Once more the inefficacies of the self-serving civil servants come to the fore. The property services directorate needs to get a grip. Too many buildings housing too many civil servants; but first the executive should wield the axe and slim down.
Why double glaze, or the like, if you can close the whole building.
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Why does this come as no surprise?
Efficiency is not a word known to the states or any of its department (at least that I know of). One only need look at the ridiculous income tax system in place to see how inefficient vehicle many states departments are. How many times have you been contacted by income tax in the past year? How many documents have they sent you? How much in postage alone has that cost? How much do you think it has cost in terms of time-spent by staff? PAYE would eliminate 90% of the bureaucracy.
Expecting states depts to work together is something akin to asking North Korea to work alongside the US in developing nuclear technology.
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Outsider, I agree. My friend is currently choosing to overpay in tax so that by the end of this year he will essentially be PAYE. It would also stop those that work here for a season on 0% ITIS and leave and don’t come back from ripping off Jersey. I’ve had 3 calls trying to track such people just this year and the season has barely begun.
And the States send out reminders to you if your cheque to payment to them doesn’t arrive on the very day it is due, except you get the letter within 24 hours of having made the BACS payment. If they allowed a few days before issuing reminders they would save paper, envelopes and stamps.
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…or perhaps they could advertise a reminder in the JEP or on the news rather than send each individual a reminder (and in the relevant languages too). Everyone who pays tax knows when it is due!
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