With DA costs like these, how can the Council make a loss?
Forum – We are currently trying to build on the Coast and after a five-week wait, have been asked to pay $1,750 to review our DA application and $563 for…
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The Weekly News 5@5
Coast Community News 5@5 May 21. Coming up this week: IPART approves rate rise, the coast is on track to get a new private hospital, students call out the government and march for climate change, new federal budget promises to upskill Coasties, and a film on sexual liberation.
Does anyone think a referendum is a good idea?
Forum – Why are we proceeding with the futile and ill-judged referendum on the number of councillors required for our city? This seems to have been some kind of pet…
Two term limits for councillors
Forum – I totally agree with Kevin Duncan (Previous councillors not wanted, CCN May 12) about not allowing any of the previous councillors to run for Council ever again. (This…
IPART ruling at odds with Minister’s claims
Forum – My understanding, having watched the Central Cost Council ePetition debate in the NSW parliament, is that any involvement with IPART would be deferred until after the findings of…
Calls grow for the removal of shark nets
Central Coast Council has joined other councils in the state in expressing its lack of support of shark nets and urging the State Government to look at alternatives. The news…
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…
Labor MPs call for more time on asset sales
With submissions on proposed Tranche 3 asset sales in the region to close on May 28, Labor MPs on the Central Coast are calling on Central Coast Council Administrator Rik…
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…
Referendum on number of Councillors and wards set for September 4
Although there will be no Central Coast Council elections this year, Peninsula residents will still be expected to go the polls on September 4 along with all residents in the…
Pearl Beach political activist says democracy dealt a blow
Pearl Beach resident, academic, and political activist, Klaas Woldring, says the recent decision to launch a public inquiry into Central Coast Council, leaving the organisation under administration, is “letting democracy…
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…
Community rally to save our reserves
The groundswell of opposition to Central Coast Council’s sell-off of community land will roll into The Entrance on Sunday, May 23. The Community Rally to Save Our Reserves will be…
Careers Expo for youth looking to take their first step
The Y NSW, Central Coast Council and Vicinity’s Lake Haven Centre have joined forces to bring a careers fair to the North of Wyong like never seen before. The Y…
We now live in the land of the poor and neglected
Forum – In 2017/18, of the seven merged metropolitan councils, only two reported a surplus, while 13 of the 14 small non-merged councils reported a surplus, according to a report…
Friends of Democracy group launched
On the fifth anniversary of the amalgamation of Wyong and Gosford Councils, a new group is emerging to give the community a voice about whether or not the Central Coast…
Latest financial reports reveal almost all Council debt is Water Supply Authority
Almost all of Central Coast Council’s debt appears to be confined to the Central Coast Water Supply Authority, rather than within the Council, it was revealed in 2019/20 audited financial…
NSW Audit Office identifies many matters of extreme and high risk
Central Coast Council corrected a 2018/2019 financial year “error” in its 2019/2020 financial statements released on May 11. Originally, Council said it had no restricted funds in the water supply…
15 percent rate rise approved by IPART
Community groups have expressed their disappointment, but also resignation, at the increased council rates which the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) announced this week. Central Coast Council residents will…
Irresponsible dog owners need to know the laws they are breaking
Forum – I refer to the article Zero tolerance approach to dog attacks (CCN291), which was an Administrator’s minute from an ordinary meeting of the Central Coast Council meeting of…