I refer to articles in issue 498 regarding Wyoming Rd and Gosford Library.
Firstly, Wyoming Rd is one of many unsafe roads in desperate need of repair with no plans to do anything.
Secondly, there should have been a plan for Gosford Library before the new library was approved; but no, Council has no productive plans.
Well, I now know I am not the only one totally disappointed with the Council.
After reading the articles about Wyoming Rd and Gosford Library I can see there are many others.
I have contacted the Council about numerous issues with no results.
Council has had 12 months to get many outstanding works done and has achieved nothing.
They have a plan for the required work over the next 10 years.
Unfortunately most of the work is scheduled for the last year and not the first.
I have great concerns for the proposed $780,000 work at Long Jetty Council depot.
Ensuring safe roads and pathways are far more important than updating Council depots.
I was not in favour of the last administrator as all he achieved was to increase council rates.
Unfortunately I think it’s time to ask the State Government for them to sack the current Council and appoint an administrator who can get the Central Coast back to (being) the place we want.
We voted to install local members to represent the ratepayers and I call on these representatives to have the Council sacked and install an administrator.
Email, Aug 10
Philip Morrison, Bateau Bay
I wonder if devolution into smaller councils* would help any of these issues in the long run. The Central Coast Council is one of the most populous councils in the country (3rd of 128 in NSW, 8th of 567 in Australia), and also some of the worst representation per councillor (each councillor represents over 23000 people, set to increase to over 38000 next election).
Obviously some things would require full coastwide cooperation, but I’d bet my bottom dollar that local issues (e.g. roads/footpaths, erosion) would improve greatly if the councils had less “work” to hide behind.
*This could include Gosford, Wyong, Peninsula, and possibly also a separate Erina council. Also, note that Newcastle is less than double our population, yet they have 5 councils (plus 4 more for the outer Hunter areas)
Well said Philip,Central Coast Council has to be the most incompetent Council I have encountered. The evidence is everywhere throughout our Coast starting with our unsafe roads.
The State Government needs to sack Council now as they have clearly demonstrated over many years they are not up to the job.
Enough is enough!
I am yet another disgruntled rate payer. clearly it has been demonstrated the current area way to large for one Council to manage.
A precedent has been set with Cootamundra/Gundagai being split recently. Now is the time.
We were better off before the merger
All Governments, Local, State and Federal are full of bludgers !
These current councilors all ran on the cheaper rates ticket. Now they’re in guess what. Yep the rates have gone and so has their pay packets. Lying now self important so n so’s.
Wyong Shire Council was pretty bad but the Central Coast Council is absolutely abysmal.
Gosford Council was terrible and the Central Coast Council is even worse.