Harris backs calls for an inquiry into Council
In the wake of a call for a public inquiry into the financial collapse of Central Coast Council made recently by Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch, Shadow Minister for the…
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Council gets set to cut services
You can expect it to take 60 days to fix a pothole rather than the current 30 days under cuts to Central Coast Council services. And Council is expecting more…
New laws could spread rates harmonisation over four years
Central Coast Council is set to consider new legislation introduced by the State Government which could allow for rates harmonisation to take place over the next four years. This could…
Administrator issues Draft Code of Meeting Practice
Central Coast Council has reduced the amount of time its agenda paper will be available to the public for scrutiny before a Council meeting. This means residents will have only…
Updated title for Council CFO
Central Coast Council no longer has a Chief Financial Officer. Instead, it has a Director of Corporate Affairs – Natalia Cowley. It was only in October last year that Council…
Murphy refutes Administrator’s claims over released emails
Documents that sacked CEO Gary Murphy requested months ago in a bid to prove his innocence have been released by Central Coast Council Administrator Dick Persson. Persson announced at the…
Former Mayor Jane Smith opens up on Council woes
The first Mayor of the amalgamated Central Coast Council, Clr Jane Smith talks to Central Coast Newspapers about the amalgamation, the Administrator’s reporting, the council’s financial collapse and the Local…
Council’s financial woes explained by Acting CEO
FULL INTERVIEW: In a landmark interview Rik Hart, Central Coast Council’s Acting CEO answers questions from our readers about the council’s woeful financial postion. CCN decided to publish the full…
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…
Amalgamation costs
The cost of implementing an IT system for a proposed new Central Coast Council was $70M back in 2015. The former Wyong and Gosford councils prior to merger identified that…
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…
A referendum on wards and number of councillors proposed
If the Minister for Local Government, Shelley Hancock, doesn’t sack our current crop of councillors, then Central Coast residents will vote in the local government elections slated for September 4….
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…
An interview with Dick Persson
Central Coast Administrator Dick Persson has urged residents to access all available information before “banging the drum” in protest of Council’s financial mitigation measures. In an exclusive interview with Central…
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…
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…
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…
Advisory committee meeting records will not always be in council reports
Meeting Records of Central Coast Council advisory committees will no longer be included as attachments to Council Reports unless specifically required. Links to the Meeting Records on Council’s website will…
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…
Concerns over Council’s temporary labour hire policy
Ten months after Central Coast councillors first asked for a report on the way the Council was hiring labour, an internal audit has admitted non-compliance with the framework for temporary…