Is the Council wasting money

In 2010/11 the Council spent almost $1 million on environmental consultants.  Almost $800k of this was spent on Sydney consultants. How much of this was taken up by travel and accommodation expenses.  For $1 million you could employ a fulltime person for over 6 years and retain the expertise.  These are the questions your Councillors should be asking of the Executive.  But do they?  It's time to make some changes and elect people who will ask the hard questions.