Council’s financial woes explained by Acting CEO
FULL INTERVIEW: In a landmark interview Rik Hart, Central Coast Council’s Acting CEO answers questions from our readers about the council’s woeful financial postion. CCN decided to publish the full…
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Council is seeking a $100M loan
Central Coast Council is on the hunt for another loan, this time for up to $100M. This comes on top of a loan for $50M secured in November. “Negotiations with…
Can the Administrator trust his staff?
Forum – Coast Community News on November 27 leads with an article flagging that a rate rise is on the cards. Low lying fruit is always the easiest to pick….
Auditors in Council’s sights
Auditors are in the sights of Central Coast Council about advice provided on the reporting of restricted funds. It appears this may have led the Council to believe it had…
Three Auditor General’s audits failed
Forum – Reading the Administrator’s 30-day interim report, the question of accountability – excuse the pun – exercises my mind as a ratepayer. On page three of the report, the…
Mismanagement and missed oversight
A Certified Practising Accountant and Chartered Tax Advisor from Tuggerah and Liberal Councillor on Hunters Hill Council, Ben Collins, shed some light on how Central Coast Council might have met…
Workforce at Central Coast Council to be slashed by 242
The workforce at Central Coast Council will be slashed by 242 in the wake of its financial crisis, to return to the number of staff at the time of amalgamation….
Rate rise on the cards
Central Coast Council held a special meeting on November 26 to give itself permission to apply for a rate rise, even though the Council hasn’t decided as yet if it…
Council to seek permission to apply for a rate rise
Central Coast Council will hold a special meeting to give itself permission to apply for a rate rise, even though the Council hasn’t decided yet if it wants one. Council…
Administrator’s report to be tabled on December 3
Administrator, Dick Persson, has told the Chronicle that he will table his report detailing the financial situation of Central Coast Council at a public meeting on December 3. The Administrator…
De-amalgamation referendum called for
Forum – We, Mannering Park Progress, wish to express our utter contempt and despair over the parlous state of Central Coast Council’s financial situation. Prior to our largely pressured amalgamation…
Has lost money been spent to benefit ratepayers?
Forum – Will the ratepayers foot the cost of covering Central Coast Council’s loss of $89M? Has this money been spent to benefit ratepayers? Will the persons involved in creating…
Such a relief that no one is responsible for the Council debacle
Forum – The astonishing thing about the Council fiasco is that not a single councillor is responsible for it. Our temporarily-ex-Mayor and councillors don’t seem to have the faintest suspicion…
Reality check for councillors
Forum – Reading Mayor Matthews’ article declaring “Say goodbye to democracy” after her suspension along with fellow councillors, she needs to face up to reality. Matthews failed to acknowledge Council’s…
COSS land safe … for now
Central Coast Council Administrator Dick Persson has announced Council will borrow $50M and sell $30M worth of assets in an attempt to address an expected $89M deficit. Environmentally sensitive lands…
Ban political parties from local government positions
Forum – What a disaster our new Central Coast Council has turned out to be, plunging us ratepayers in multimillion dollar debt in only three years, and no light at…
Jillian Hogan said quite simply that she was gutted
Suspended Budgewoi Ward councillor, Jillian Hogan, said quite simply that she was gutted. “After three years of lobbying and advocating for projects in the north, and to find that they…
What a stitch-up
First the NSW government dissolves the democratically elected and most accessible branch of government to the people of the Central Coast, then both councils are forced into amalgamation through financial…