People can’t afford to pay higher rates
Forum – Central Coast Council Administrator, Rik Hart, wants to increase our rates for at least three years at 15 per cent each year and obviously David Farmer, the new…
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Sophistry of the highest order
Forum – I would like to respond to (Council Administrator) Rik Hart’s suggestion that the rate rise (of 15 per cent) is needed beyond three years (CCN301). He has accused…
Hart supports local government reform
Central Coast Council Administrator Rik Hart has come out strongly in favour of local government reform. “The framework local government operates under is archaic, restrictive and conflicting,” Hart said. Particularly…
Water outage maps, rates and referendums …Administrator’s wrap on recent work
Central Coast Council now has a map on its website which shows residents in real time what water outages are impacting suburbs. Administrator Rik Hart explained the new map was…
Council inquiry to conduct virtual interviews
The first and last weeks of September are expected to be used by the Commissioner of the Public Inquiry into Central Coast Council to conduct interviews and gather evidence. Central…
Rate rises “fairly quickly forgotten”, former Administrator
Are you over the shock of your latest rates notice? The good news for former Gosford residents is that the pain won’t last long, according to former Central Coast Council…
Sale of water and sewer ‘catastrophic’ says union
Despite assurances from Central Coast Council Administrator, Rik Hart, that he is against any sell-off of the Council’s water and sewerage assets, the United Services Union (USU) is concerned that…
Greening strategy may take 30 years to work
The Woy Woy Peninsula takes centre stage in the Central Coast Council’s Greener Places Strategy, adopted by Administrator Rik Hart on Tuesday, July 27. The strategy aims to address the…
Administrator accused of sophistry of the highest order
Forum – I would like to respond to the Administrator, Rik Hart’s, suggestion that the rate rise is needed beyond three years. He has accused local political leaders of choosing…
Local political leaders chose to not understand Council’s financial situation – Hart
Central Coast Council will need to factor in another restructure in three years’ time if it is not allowed to keep its rate rise permanently in the budget, says Administrator,…
Administrator rules out sale of water and waste assets
Administrator Rik Hart has promised ratepayers Central Coast Council will not sell its two major assets for a purely temporary gain to get around a rate rise. Mr Hart said…
It was always the long term goal to maintain the new rate levels
Forum – The latest in the financial fiasco saga is that Central Coast Council, meaning our Administrator, plans to make the just approved three year rate impost permanent (“Council flags…
Push to make rate increase permanent ‘deceitful’
Forum – I refer to the story Jump in rates for Gosford area (CCN, July 2); it didn’t take long for the lies to become apparent! What a waste of…
Sydney Metro should pay us to take its sand
Forum – The latest unelected Council Administrator wants to pay for sand to replenish Wamberal foreshore. Sydney Metro West is currently required to dispose of the spoil from the tunnel…
Kicking the can down the road
Forum – In his 30 day report, the Central Coast Council Interim Administrator, Dick Persson, criticised the previous Council for not reducing expenditure after it received less revenue than expected…
Hart’s plea for political support falls on deaf ears
Central Coast Council Administrator Rik Hart’s recent appeal to Coast politicians of all persuasions to support a push for the region’s 15 per cent rate rise to become permanent has…
Administrator asks local MPs to back permanent rates increase
Administrator Rik Hart is calling on local politicians of all persuasions to stand up as community leaders to support Central Coast Council’s push for the 15 percent rate increase to…
Administrator adopts resolution to amend LEP for Ettalong developments
A resolution to potentially increase the height and floor space for a prominent beachfront development site at Ettalong has been adopted by Central Coast Council Administrator Rik Hart at the…
Does a referendum really cost $1.75M?
Forum – Could we get it cheaper? Well, I think so. It would appear that when the NSW Electoral Office advised it was unable to supervise/conduct our completely unnecessary referendum…
Disaster Taskforce doesn’t address core funding problem – Administrator
Central Coast Council has welcomed an announcement by Deputy Premier, John Barilaro, on the establishment of a new Disaster Response Taskforce to help councils respond to natural disasters and manage…