Council debt reduced by $107M
Central Coast Council’s total actual debt is now down to $458M, it has been revealed. Administrator, Dick Persson, had forecasted a $565M debt in his 30 day report last December…
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NSW Government not to blame for Council’s situation
Forum – Kevin Humphrey’s contention (Chronicle Forum p15 Feb 17) that “the present financial condition (of the Council) is a direct result of the amalgamation” of the previous Gosford and…
Judicial Inquiry needed
Forum – There is nothing like an increase in rates to stir up the silent majority, including myself. More than 10,000 people did the online survey, another 15,000 (so far)…
Where is the cost-benefit analysis on a desal plant?
Forum – The last thing that we need is a desalination plant as the centrepiece of our water-management strategy (CCN 279). Such an installation would involve a huge capital cost,…
Who’s mowing the path from Davistown to Kincumber?
Forum – I have written numerous emails to Central Coast Council regarding the sudden stoppage of mowing the grass on the water side of the pathway that stretches from Davistown…
Weekly Video News 5@5
[February 19, 2021] Coming up this week: Facebook bans news, Gary Murphy strikes back, Bruce McLachlan speaks out, IPART explains proposed rate rise, Airport Restrictions lifted, a new Australian track…
New thinking needed
Forum – The three musketeers riding to our (Council) rescue assuage ratepayers by claiming they have a collective 100 years of experience. But that’s just a number. I’ve had 72…
Murphy highlights key omissions from 30-day report
In an exclusive interview with Central Coast Newspapers, Murphy said there were a number of omissions from the Administrator’s 30-day report into the Council’s financial crisis and outlined three of…
Council will survey a randomly selected sample of residents about rate rise
Central Coast Council will survey a randomly selected sample of residents to ask what people think about the proposed 15 percent rate rise going to the Independent Pricing and Regulatory…
I’ll weed the median strips if Council won’t
Forum – I am appalled by the overgrown weeds on the roundabouts and median strips in the local area. The complete lack of attention to these areas is woeful. The…
Council decided to formally apply for a 15 percent rate rise
Central Coast Council decided at its February 8 meeting to formally apply to the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) for a 15 percent rate rise. The increase, which includes…
Who are the experts?
Property experts from a Parramatta Council advisory committee will advise Central Coast Council on selling its underperforming assets. But the Coast will not know how much the Council is paying…
Kincumber tip to stay closed
Residents keen for the reopening of Kincumber tip have been disappointed by Central Coast Council’s decision to keep the waste management facility closed. Following a comprehensive assessment of the facility’s…
Let’s get back to basics
Forum – Isn’t it about time that we all spoke plainly and removed the political correctness from our society? The majority of people I have spoken to over the past…
Weekly News 5@5
12 Feb, 2021 – The ‘must know’ stories from across the Central Coast: PEP11 in limbo, an e-petition is launched for a judicial inquiry in the council, Dick Persson says…
Weekly News 5@5
February 5, 2021: The ‘must know’ stories from across the Central Coast: Council Administrator faces his critics, Albo at Terrigal to talk gas, Wyong’s Wallarah 2 Coal project for sale,…
Council needs to apologise and an investigation held
Suspended Budgewoi Ward Councillor Greg Best, says that the least Council should do if re-instated on April 29 is to show some contrition and unanimously vote for a public apology…
Hardly shareholders … just unhappy customers
Forum – I refer to the article in Coast Community News issue 276, where Central Coast Administrator, Dick Persson states under the heading “Financial recovery process begins”, that :as ratepayers…
Staff recommends against Junkastic Park-style tip shop
With the possible permanent closure of Kincumber tip on the agenda at the February 3 meeting, Council staff have said a return of a tip shop like Junkastic Park is…
Government review of senior council staff wages
The NSW Government is currently undertaking a review of general manager and senior staff contracts within councils to ensure value for money for ratepayers. Minister for Local Government, Shelley Hancock,…