Administrator takes a broad look at Council activities
Administrator, Rik Hart, has commented on a number of activities that have taken place recently and he has also looked ahead and how things are shaping up. Next financial year’s…
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Administrator provides overview of Council activities
Administrator Rik Hart praised this year’s Harvest Festival as part of his overview of his and Central Coast Council’s activities since the previous Council meeting. Speaking at the June 15…
Council makes loan repayments
Central Coast Council has spent $24M paying out balloon payments on some of its loans. Council approved the refinancing of borrowings of $24,618,322 from a financial institution with a repayment…
Administrator says governance around 2016 policy change “beggars belief”
Central Coast Council Administrator, Rik Hart, says the State Government should either monitor NSW councils’ restricted funds or get rid of them altogether and let councillors and community decide how…
We are living under a dictatorship
Forum – Central Coast Council and its long suffering ratepayers are being rapped over the knuckles and ground into the dirt for our half a billion dollar debt, Councillors sacked…
Where are the cost reductions?
Forum – Why is the third Central Coast Council Administrator, Mr Rik Hart, not driven to reducing operating costs and minimising the rate shock to Gosford residents and businesses? The…
Whither our democratic rights?
Forum – With the appointment of a new Administrator for Central Coast Council, I am concerned that this unelected individual will make decisions and enter into long term contracts that…
Administrator implores the community to get the facts around asset sales
Central Coast Council is reminding the community to have their say on the next stage of the asset sales program, Tranche 3, which closes for consultation at 5pm on Friday,…
Hart takes the reins as the new Administrator
It might be Rik Hart’s first stint as a Council Administrator, but he comes to the job with a wealth of experience in local government. Hart, who took over as…
A 9 councillor, 3 super-ward election will best serve party hacks
Forum – Well it’s all happening. Administrator Dick Persson has gone and IPART has given the Council a 15 per cent rate increase, but only for three years. We now…
Changing of the guard as one administrator is replaced by another
Dick Persson officially retired from his position as Central Coast Administrator on Wednesday, May 12, but not before he took one last parting shot at the suspended councillors. He has…
Farewell Dick
On Wednesday, May 12, Dick Persson officially stepped down as Administrator of Central Coast Council after serving six months at the helm as Council set about clawing its way back…
Land sale decisions give contradictory signals
Forum – The Administrator continues to attempt to convince the Central Coast community that pockets of green spaces in residential areas must be sold off, but his actions seem to…
Avoid blaming the easy targets
Forum – So much has been written about the financial crisis that has occurred with our local government. Many have fallen into the trap, perhaps gratuitously, of joining a witch…
Councillors should not return, says Administrator
The Minister for Local Government should take whatever action is necessary to prevent the return of the suspended Central Coast councillors, says Administrator Dick Persson. Persson wants to see the…
A big week for Council
New Chief Executive Officer, David Farmer, started work on the Coast on Monday, April 12, starting off a big week for Central Coast Council. He was welcomed by Parliamentary Secretary…
Reprieve for Status of Women Advisory Committee
Central Coast Council’s Status of Women Advisory Committee has had a reprieve. Former Gosford Councillor Vicki Scott, who was instrumental in setting up the committee in 2005, has applauded Council’s…
Major changes to Council committees proposed
The Status of Women’s Advisory Committee would disappear under a Central Coast Council proposal that goes to the March 23 meeting for a decision by the Administrator, Dick Persson. Also…
Suspended councillors to be invited to briefings
Central Coast Council Administrator, Dick Persson, has organised two briefings for suspended councillors. He says it is appropriate that steps be taken to transition back to an elected Council as…
No Council corruption found based on forensic audit of only one sample fund
The outcome of the forensic audit into Central Coast Council’s financial troubles was presented in a report to Central Coast Council at its March 9 meeting, and Administrator, Dick Persson,…