Labor MPs call for public inquiry into Council
Labor MPs on the Central Coast have called on the Minister for Local Government, Shelley Hancock, to establish a public inquiry into the collapse of Central Coast Council and the…
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Council’s Nuclear Free Policy lives on
Central Coast Council will maintain the Nuclear Free Policy put into place by the former Gosford Council. Administrator Dick Persson rejected a Central Coast Council staff report which wanted to…
Keep the Coast nuclear free
Forum – I am passionately in favour of retaining Gosford’s nuclear free zone status. No one who I have engaged with, in person or on social media, is in favour…
Petition calling for a Judicial Inquiry into Central Coast Council launched
An e-petition calling for a Judicial Inquiry into Central Coast Council has three weeks to get 20,000 signatures to make sure the topic is debated in parliament. Without 20,000 signatures,…
I will not pay a rate rise and I encourage other ratepayers to do likewise
Forum – I have received the letter from Central Coast Council, signed by Acting CEO Rik Hart, proffering excuses as to why ratepayers are responsible for bailing out Council’s current…
Council to press ahead with rate rise
Despite a flood of community opposition, Central Coast Council will formally apply to the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) for a 15 per cent rate rise next year. The…
Floodplain study for Peninsula
For years flooding on the Peninsula has been a major issue, with heavy rain often seeing homes and businesses threatened as many streets go underwater. Central Coast Council is preparing…
Can rates burden be shared by renters and non-residents?
Forum – I have written to Central Coast Council about its intention to increase the rates as a result of their mismanagement of budgets and associated cover-ups until recently. An…
Seawall upgrade continues
Upgrade works on the Ettalong seawall are proceeding following safety concerns about rocks dislodged during recent weather events. Initial works, which began on February 3, involved replacing the larger loose…
We might be more accepting of rates rise … if we got the truth
Forum – An open letter to Central Coast Council Acting CEO Rik Hart. I refer to your letter of January 13 concerning a possible increase in Council rates. It appears…
Termination payment ridiculously high
Forum – I read in disbelief the explanation by the Central Coast Council Administrator given for the $380,000 termination payment to the former Chief Executive Officer, Gary Murphy. (Chronicle p4…
Loves Lanes Festival deferred
Central Coast Council has confirmed that it’s annual Love Lanes Festival will not return in 2021. Held annually in the week before Valentine’s Day, the festival sees the Wyong business…
Paid parking at beaches to be considered
Central Coast Council will urgently investigate paid parking at Coast beaches for visitors to the region. Council’s February 8 meeting started with an Administrator’s Minute to explore the viability of…
Protesters hear that Wyong ratepayers would pay $3 a week less in rates
Despite the dozens of disgruntled residents gathered outside Gosford Chambers ahead of Central Coast Council’s February 3 meeting, and widespread community backlash protesting a proposed rate rise, Council went ahead…
Ratepayers should only pay for what they use
Forum – I refer to letters from Evan Deas and Joy Cooper about the Council’s bankruptcy matters in Central Coast News, January 15. These reveal there is both lack of…
A referendum on the number of councillors?
If the Minister for Local Government, Shelley Hancock, doesn’t sack our current crop of councillors – now suspended until April 30 – then Central Coast residents will vote in the…
Have your say on Terrigal unit proposal
Central Coast Council has confirmed a link is now live on the Council website for people wishing to submit their opinions on proposal to increase a unit block in the…
Council staff cuts continue
The directors of four directorates; Governance, Innovation and Futures, People and Culture, and Information Management and Technology have been culled from Central Coast Council as part of cost cutting measures…
Council uses machine learning technology to assess road conditions
Central Coast Council is working with the Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia NSW and ACT Division (IPWEA) to trial new technology using video footage and machine learning to deliver…
200 new Aussies on the Coast
The Central Coast has 200 more Australian citizens, following a Citizenship Ceremony on January 26, Central Coast Council’s first since the COVID-19 outbreak last March. The ceremony was a little…