State Government needs to own and fix mess
Forum – I suspect like many ratepayers to the Central Coast Council, I found your rather comprehensive article covering the State Government’s response to the organisational and financial crisis the…
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Neighbours take aim at Council over boarding house proposal
Neighbours are strenuously objecting to a 24-room, three-storey boarding house proposal at 33 Dening St, The Entrance. Surrounding neighbours are most concerned that they were not formally notified of the…
CEN says plan for Peat Island lands ‘not good enough’
The Community Environment Network (CEN) has joined forces with the newly created Dyarubbin Peat Island Association (DPIA) to oppose a medium density housing proposal for land opposite Peat Island to…
Bounty Close package an ‘unfortunate agreement’ says Hart
Administrator of Central Coast Council, Rik Hart, said the arrangement that lead to the sale of a building in Bounty Close Tuggerah to its existing tenant for $652,088 was an…
Latest big ideas for tourism to go on exhibition
The Central Coast needs between 1,285 and 3,854 rooms to meet current visitor demand for commercial accommodation, according to the draft tourism plan which is about to go on public…
Woy Woy earmarked as potential walkable neighbourhood
Woy Woy evolving into a walkable neighbourhood was one of the “great opportunities” Central Coast Council CEO, David Farmer, put forward when he addressed the Central Coast Chapter of the…
Council terminates two directors
Central Coast Council has announced “interim leadership team changes” that include two Directors leaving the organisation this Friday, November 26. “As we move into the consolidation period of Council’s Financial…
Eight Council properties sell for over $7M
Almost $7.8M has gone into Central Coast Council coffers from the sale of eight properties in the northern suburbs, to help with its financial recovery. Council made a list of…
Hart asks for feedback on rates and service levels
Central Coast Council Administrator Rik Hart is stepping up his campaign to have the 13 per cent Special Rates Variation (SRV) granted by the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART)…
Executive performance ‘difficult to pass off as sound management’
Forum – There has been lots of very interesting insights from the Public Inquiry into Central Coast Council’s financial troubles, which has been described as the biggest financial failure in…
Bounty Close property sold for $652,088
A 3,622 square metre property at 3 Bounty Close, Tuggerah, has been sold by Central Coast Council to its current tenant, Central Coast Group Training (CCGT) Limited, for $652,088. According…
Active bystanders campaign supported by Council
Central Coast Council is working with the NSW Police Force, the Tuggerh Lakes and Brisbane Waters Liquor Accords, Central Coast Domestic Violence Committee and high-profile authors to start important conversations…
Finding fault with technocrats
Forum – Administrator Rick Hart’s suggestion that some Councillors should be appointed by bureaucrats rather than elected is closer to the system imposed on Hong Kong by China than the…
Scott asks for certainty on return to local democracy
As people around NSW prepare to vote for their local councils, the Central Coast Local Government Committee is calling for a clear answer on whether or not our councillors will…
The Weekly News 5@5
This is CCN’s weekly news 5@5, November 19, 2021. Coming up this week: Craig Thompson arrested and bailed – Village magazine launches – Local Government Minister defends herself – Crypto…
Minister stands by ‘open and transparent’ response to Council crisis
[Updated article] Several submissions to the Public Inquiry into Central Coast Council have asked why Local Government Minister, Shelley Hancock, never delivered on the assistance she promised the day the…
Watercolour painting denial questioned
Forum – What a bunch of miserable sods our Central Coast Council are … I refer to the full-page article on Page 13 (PP035) ‘Watercolour Picnic’. A wonderful story about…
$8.25M recreation precinct project enters design and construction phase
The funding agreement between the Federal Government and Central Coast Council has now been signed for the $8.25M redevelopment of the Peninsula Recreation Precinct in Umina Beach. With the agreement…
Boarding house proposed for 825 square metre block
Plans have been lodged with Central Coast Council for a 24-room boarding house backing on to Taylor Park at The Entrance. The proposed development at 33 Dening St will accommodate…
Focus on recycling and reuse
November is a bumper month for community and sustainability on the Coast, with Central Coast Council celebrating National Recycling Week and taking part in Garage Sale Trail on November 20-21….