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…
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Referendum on number of councillors expected September 4
Although there will be no Central Coast Council elections this year, residents will still be expected to go the polls on September 4 to vote on a constitutional referendum to…
End of an era
The announcement that councillors will remain suspended as a public inquiry into Central Coast Council is launched marks the end of a 30 year career in civic life for Councillor…
Too simplistic to lay blame at the feet of councillors
Forum – Contrary to the views of Lucy Wicks, Adam Crouch and the Administrator I am sure that the Liberal Party Central Coast Council amalgamation was a failure of their…
Councillors should not return, says Administrator
The Minister for Local Government should take whatever action is necessary to prevent the return of the suspended Central Coast councillors, says Administrator Dick Persson. Persson wants to see the…
Referendum on the reduction of councillors to be held
Central Coast Administrator, Dick Persson, has announced that Council has resolved to hold a Constitutional Referendum on the reduction of councillors from 15 to nine. The referendum will be held…
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,…
Can councillors really return?
[Forum] Regarding “Council’s debt blows out to $565M” (CCN, December 4); I have seen a couple of times now (that) the councillors could be returned, attributed to the Administrator Dick…
MacGregor wants long term thinking not knee jerk reactions
Suspended Councillor Kyle MacGregor, from the Wyong Ward, said he didn’t think that an Administrator was the way forward in the short or long term for our community. “Being an…
What have you done for us lately Councillor?
Councillors list their most significant achievements in the past three years? If it weren’t for the advent of the coronavirus pandemic, Central Coast voters would have been headed to the…
More pay for Councillors? Clean the streets first.
I am disgusted at the councillors asking for a pay rise instead of spending ratepayers’ money on the cleaning up the gutters and hiring staff for outside work.
Central Coast’s re-categorisation as a Major Strategic Area results in a pay rise
After a long debate, Central Coast Councillors voted to give themselves a pay rise, which came about from a re-classification of the region by the Local Government Remuneration Tribunal, from…
Councillors decide to attend briefings remotely
Councillors may attend council briefings remotely when they are not confidential, the Council decided at its meeting on June 22. A report showing the councillors’ attendance at council briefings was…
Social media policy adopted by (majority of) Councillors
A social media policy, referred to by some Central Coast councillors as a “gag order” was adopted at Council’s meeting on June 22 to be reviewed in a year despite…
Only system changes could make councillors responsive
What Fred Charles fails to grasp (Do we have to wait another three years? Peninsula News, December 11) is that the majority of councillors do not represent the ward they…
Councillors stymied by bureaucracy
Three months after the local government election, Central Coast Councillors are encountering what they consider to be barriers to performing their duties properly. Clr Lisa Matthews, of The Entrance Ward,…
Mayor’s allowance set at $113,280
The Central Coast mayor will receive $113,280, the deputy mayor $37,383 and councillors $28,950 this coming year. Justifying the allowances, mayor Cr Jane Smith said the decision was based on…
Central Coast Election results confirmed
Results from the first ever Central Coast wide council elections have been confirmed by the Electoral Commission NSW on Friday 15 at 3.09pm. Labor has gained 6 councillors over the…
Seven new Councillors decided on in the Northern wards
The newly-elected Central Coast Council was progressively taking shape as the Wyong Regional Chronicle went to press on Monday, September 11. The Entrance Ward was the fi rst to have…
Not impressed with former councillors’ handling of finance matters
I was reading the Sydney Morning Herald, dated March 13. The heading on the front page stated “Council merger mayhem as Administrator uncovers $1.4 billion dollar hole”. This is to…