The Weekly News 5@5
The week’s top stories from the Central Coast’s largest newsroom, March 5, 2021. David Farmer is the new council CEO, Labor calls for a council reform, PEP11, Rik Hart explains…
Central Coast Council
Council deficit reduced by $7.7M
Central Coast Council’s total actual debt is now down to $458M. Administrator, Dick Persson, had forecast a $565M debt in his 30-Day Report in December 2020, but Chief Financial Officer,…
No action on wetland weeds
A year after Coast Community News reported an uncontrolled weed infestation at the Springfield Wetland, residents are frustrated that a solution is still not in sight. The iconic wetland is…
One-woman pothole warning system
One Saratoga women is doing her bit to keep the community safe, spray painting circles and love hearts around potholes in her neighbourhood. Jennifer Hartich said unfinished road works on…
Broady on the block
The future of the former Broadwater Hotel site on Mann St, Gosford, hangs in the balance, with Central Coast Council resolving to decline all tender submissions for demolition and continue…
Central Coast Council has a new Chief Executive Officer
David Farmer, an accountant by profession, and with almost 40 years’ experience in local government in NSW and Queensland, is the new Chief Executive Officer of Central Coast Council. His…
Labor put forward a three point plan to resolve Council mess
NSW Labor is demanding that the Minister for Local Government, Shelley Hancock, put her hand up and take responsibility for the mess on the Central Coast created by her Government’s…
Amalgamation costs
The cost of implementing an IT system for a proposed new Central Coast Council was $70M back in 2015. The former Wyong and Gosford councils prior to merger identified that…
Over 4,000 submissions received by IPART on rate rise
Peninsula residents have been assured any submissions sent to IPART on Central Coast Council’s proposed 15 per cent rate rise will be taken into consideration before the regulator makes it…
Don’t be too hard on councillors
Forum – Amalgamation is seldom easy, just remember your family and your partner’s family when you got married and multiply that saga by at least 1,000. The amalgamation of councils…
Council judicial inquiry petition reaches its target
UPDATE: The petition has reached 21,000 signatures, as of 12pm Wednesday February 23. — Original Article An E-petition calling for a judicial inquiry into the Central Coast Council is expected…
Labor MPs strengthen their call for an Inquiry into Council problems
The four Labor MPs on the Central Coast have individually given notice in State Parliament that they will each be putting Motions at the next sitting of Parliament in March…
Proposed rate rise is 42 percent for some ratepayers
Calculations on how much residents would pay with a proposed 15 percent rate rise rose to 42 percent for some ratepayers, Central Coast Council has conceded, if you include rate…
Public meeting on Davistown floodplain study
Davistown Progress Association is urging residents to attend a public meeting to be held later this month on a draft floodplain study for the area. Central Coast Council has drafted…
Questions for an eventual Inquiry
Former Central Coast Council CEO, Gary Murphy, has joined the chorus of people calling for a fuller inquiry into how the financial crisis occurred. In his interview, Murphy set out…
Sacked CEO sets the record straight
In an exclusive interview with Coast News, former Central Coast Council CEO, Gary Murphy, has accepted responsibility for his actions, says he has been denied “natural justice” and has added…
You get the local government you deserve
Forum – The letters in the Chronicle are full of finger pointing about the predicament of the Council and many suggestions as to who should pay for the financial debacle,…
Council to continue to support surf life saving clubs
SURF LIFE SAVING – Central Coast Council will be investing $213,500 to continuing to support the 15 Surf Life Saving Clubs across the Coast. Council provides a lifeguard service at…
Two options for extension of Mannering Park shared pathway
Central Coast Council is seeking community feedback on location options for a new shared pathway between Mannering Park and Kingfisher Shores at Chain Valley Bay. Two options for the shared…
IPART Chair assures locals their views will be heard
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: IPART Acting Chair, Deborah Cope, has assured residents that every one of the thousands of submissions received regarding Central Coast Council’s proposed rate rise will be taken into…