Looking at the Deputies: Phil Rondel

It has been a nightmare trying to find if Philip Rondel has a web site and manifesto. In the end I gave up! Here, however, are how he was when he was last in the States! A selection of stories extracted from the JEP are below.

Also his voting record can be found at:

http://www.statesassembly.gov.je/show_details.asp?id_number=70&all=1#all

and he voted FOR exemptions on GST!

http://www.thisisjersey.com/2007/06/30/row-over-st-john-rate-rise/

Parishioners voted by 14 to 10 earlier this week at the first rates assembly presided over by new Constable Graeme Butcher to approve a budget that will provide a £300,000 surplus. But there was opposition to the proposals led by former Deputy Phil Rondel. He felt the proposal to boost the parish's rainy day fund was a step too far at a time when Islanders face the prospect of goods and services tax becoming a reality next year. However, Mr Butcher said that 17 percentage points of the total 28% increase was to cover the parish for the move to the all-Island rate and changes to the welfare rules (June 30, 2007)

http://www.thisisjersey.com/2005/07/06/police-to-get-new-power-on-under-age-drinking/

THE police have been given significant new powers to stop teenage drinkers causing trouble in public places.
Officers are to be given the legal power to seize alcohol from those aged under 18 who are unaccompanied by an adult in parks, on beaches and in other public places. They will also be able to confiscate drink from young people, as well as adults, when they have unlawfully entered the place where they are drinking. States Members yesterday voted in favour of the new powers to combat the issue of under-age drunken behaviour. The measure was passed by 40 votes to one, with only Deputy Phil Rondel voting against it.

http://www.thisisjersey.com/2005/04/06/beach-side-sewerage-breached-the-guidelines/

EFFLUENT from a beach-side sewerage works was too dirty to be pumped out to sea last month and had to be removed by tanker and treated. It was revealed in the States yesterday that the safe levels of contamination in the clear-water waste that flows from the Bonne Nuit site had breached guidelines. Answering a question from St John Deputy Phil Rondel, Senator Philip Ozouf, president of Environment and Public Services, said that waste was tankered away before a desludging exercise was undertaken.

http://www.thisisjersey.com/2005/11/26/budget-debate-starts-tuesday/

Five amendments have been lodged, but more are expected to be unveiled on Tuesday. The amendments so far focus mainly on the issue of free television licences for the over-75s. Senator Mike Vibert's attempt to raise beer duty to pay for free television licences for over-75s subject to an income limit. Deputy Phil Rondel's attempt to fund those licences from States Members' pay, rather than beer duty.

http://www.thisisjersey.com/2004/02/05/president-stumped-over-free-states-parking-questions/

THE Public Services Department do not know how many civil servants enjoy free parking in town car parks, committee president Deputy Maurice Dubras has admitted. Deputy Dubras was responding to questions from Deputy Phil Rondel in the States on Tuesday.'The committee does not have information on how many public sector employees have parking provided free of charge,' said Deputy Dubras. 'It is for each administering committee to decide on how it provides parking for its employees.'That no figure was available for the number of free spaces handed out to civil servants provoked Senator Stuart Syvret to get to his feet.'This answer is particularly unhelpful,' he said. 'His department could have got the information the Deputy has asked for.'

http://www.thisisjersey.com/2003/07/22/states-staff-11-are-on-50000/

MORE than 11 per cent of public sector employees were paid packages of £50,000 or more last year. Official figures released today show that 882 of the total 7,673 States employees were paid basic salaries of at least £41,000 topped up by pension contributions and overtime to go above the £50,000 mark. Although prepared to give outline salaries, Senator Walker said that P & R would not release the exact earnings of individuals. In responding to a question from Senator Ted Vibert in the House, Senator Walker said that exact earnings were contractually confidential and resisted calls from Deputies Phil Rondel and Jennifer Bridge to change the policy.Deputy Rondel said that the public had the right to know exactly how much public employees were paid, and Deputy Bridge called for the confidentiality clause to be removed from the contracts of new senior officers.