Council annual report outlines successful year
With councillors set to return to the region in September next year, Central Coast Council says its annual report for 2022-23 highlights an organisation that is financially stable and making…
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Rates rise needs to stay: Council
Central Coast Council has flagged a growing gap between recurring income and expenditure. In its long-term financial plan, which estimates the growth in income and expenditure for the next 10…
Rates to rise 4.8 per cent next year
Central Coast ratepayers will see a rate increase capped at 4.8 per cent next financial year. It is one of the lowest rate increases in NSW, set by the Independent…
Rate peg methodology set to change
The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) has made major changes to the methodology used to calculate the rate peg. The new formula will take effect in the 2024-25 financial…
Council joins in SWIMSAFER Week
Central Coast Council is set to participate in Swim Australia’s SWIMSAFER Week from November 20-26. The week is dedicated to promoting the essential skills of swimming for children as part…
Councils call for change
Central Coast Council Administrator Rik Hart threw his support behind calls for financial sustainability for councils at the NSW Local Government (LGNSW) conference this week. Hart said it was great…
Councillors are not like a board of directors
Local councillors are not like a board of directors – that’s the word from Local Government Minister Ron Hoenig. Hoenig, who was a councillor for more than 30 years before…
Council debt continues to shrink
The debt continues to reduce at Central Coast Council with the end of financial year figures for 2022-23 showing a combined long-term borrowings and short term loans totalling $285.6M. This…
Council on lookout for group to manage Toukley tennis complex
Central Coast Council is calling for community focused not-for-profit groups to register their interest in managing the day-to-day operations and activation of Toukley Tennis Complex. The complex is a four-court…
Council finances are looking good
Total ordinary rates collected by Central Coast Council last financial year amounted to almost $200M. Water and sewer rates and charges brought in another $184M and user fees and charges…
Council to acquire Peats Ridge land
Central Coast Council is set to acquire portions of two private parcels of land at Peats Ridge for road reserve. The existing Council road formation encroaches on 71 and 93…
Council frustrated by lack of biodiversity guidelines
Central Coast Council has outlined its frustrations over DA refusals made on environmental grounds being overturned by the State Government in a submission to a NSW Parliamentary Committee. It cited…
Colongra Sporting Complex a step closer
Central Coast Council has moved a step closer to delivering a new sporting and recreation complex for the north of the Central Coast with negotiations for the purchase of land…
Councils not to blame for housing crisis
NSW councils are sick of being scapegoated for the state’s housing crisis and have called for an urgent sit-down meeting with Premier Chris Minns, key Ministers and planning bureaucrats. Local…
Gosford CBD sewer upgrades on track
Central Coast Council Water and Sewer is powering ahead with an extensive works program to ensure Gosford GBD can keep pace with growth over the next 30 years. Works to…
Council gets behind surf life saving
Central Coast Council has given $116,000 to Surf Life Saving Central Coast (SLSCC) and individual sponsorships of $6,500 to each of the 15 Surf Life Saving Clubs on the Coast….
Concern over diversity of Aboriginal Advisory Committee
The new Heritage and Culture Advisory Committee to Central Coast Council has questioned the diversity of another advisory committee. Some members of the heritage committee had the view that the…
Former mayors have a say at councillors’ forum
The first mayor of the Central Coast and the last mayor of Wyong were two of more than 50 people who attended Central Coast Council’s candidate forum on October 18….
Embracing the essence of democracy
EDITORIAL: We have been asked to go to polling booths this week to have our say on the referendum question and next year we will be asked to elect a…
Thinking of running for Council?
The first in a series of candidate information nights organised by Central Coast Council for residents thinking of standing in the 2024 local government elections will be held on October…