Here's a video of Jan Ormondroyd, the Chief Executive of Bristol City Council speaking at the Voscur Annual Event 2008. She seems like a very nice lady, but is she really worth £180,000 a year? See my old piece on Buying Council Officers for more thoughts.

Assuming standard 37 hour week, with around 25 days leave a year, Ms Ormedroyd's time when on official council business is worth about £105 per hour. So this ten minute speech cost Bristolian tax payers about seventeen quid.

Summary of speech:

  • "reflecting back"
  • Feet haven't touched ground in last 12 months
  • blame culture bad
  • learning cuture good
  • "partnership approach"
  • etc. etc.

And for a bit of context on Voscur, see this map of influence in the city of Bristol.