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…
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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…
Legal costs mount in Land and Environment Court dispute
A Warnervale landowner and Central Coast Council are facing their third round in the Land and Environment Court over a development application to clear land at 130-134 Sparks Rd. Landowner,…
Desalination plant back on the drawing board
A desalination plant could be back on the agenda for the region, but the former preferred site of beneath the Budgewoi dunes is off the table. Central Coast Council is…
$70M shortfall for essential services
Four Director positions and their departments have been cut from Central Coast Council as part of cost-cutting, but Administrator, Dick Persson, says an extra $70M a year is needed to…
What guarantee do ratepayers have?
Forum – So, we are bailing the Council out and providing the nominated 10 or 15 percent rate increase. Did we have a choice? It defies common sense that poor…
Regional Library to go ahead
Despite its financial woes, Central Coast Council is forging ahead with plans for the Gosford Regional Library and is set to lodge a development application to the NSW Department of…
Chemical Clean Out event at Long Jetty
Central Coast Council is once again calling on residents to clear out unwanted hazardous chemicals from around the house and correctly dispose of them for free at the next bi-annual…
Letter should have been headed: “Increased rates due to Council incompetence”
Forum – It was extremely disappointing to read the letter dated January 13 to ratepayers from Acting CEO of Central Coast Council, Rik Hart. The heading “Securing Your Future” has…
Persson applauded for retaining nuclear free policy
The Central Coast will continue to have the Nuclear Free Policy that the former Gosford City Council had in place. Administrator, Dick Persson, rejected a Council staff report which wanted…
Give residents back some power
Forum – So we are to have a referendum on only two issues at the next Council elections in September. One to ask us if we (should) reduce councillors who…