A councillor wants answers on why the council is set to spend £3,600 on a single community Christmas tree – after a local supplier said they could do it for £150.
Councillor Dan Hutchison has been fighting to get the festive cost down after officials put forward proposals for a local council budget in Govan to spend £12,700 on lit up trees.
This week it was decided the Govan area will get one council-funded tree this year in a bid to keep costs down. The Govan politician said: “£150 seems so much better than £3,600. I don’t understand how a tree, some lights and a bit of electricity costs £3,600.”The issue was raised at a recent Govan Area Partnership meeting when it was proposed as an option that £12,700 could go towards trees from the partnership area budget, which totals about £90,000.