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Merilyn Vale

Highlights of the October 29 meeting

November 7, 2024 by Merilyn Vale

  MTC:   Ten posts covering all decisions made at the October 29 meeting can be found on the Facebook page with the same name as this website. The posts were uploaded as the evening unfolded so find the posts from 6.30pm on October 29. This page will be updated as soon as possible with the highlights. … [Read more...] about Highlights of the October 29 meeting

Councillor promotes sand nourishment to conference

November 7, 2024 by Merilyn Vale

New independent councillor Corinne Lamont has managed to get sand nourishment on the agenda at the NSW Local Government conference to be held at Tamworth on November 17-19. Cr Lamont didn’t get the motion to the first ordinary meeting of council but, despite that, a majority of councillors agreed with its sentiments and that allowed the Mayor Lawrie McKinna and CEO David … [Read more...] about Councillor promotes sand nourishment to conference

McKinna is Mayor

October 30, 2024 by Merilyn Vale

Team Central Coast's Lawrie McKinna was voted in as Mayor at the October 8 extraordinary meeting - the first meeting of this council. There were two nominations for mayor: Kyle MacGregor and Lawrie McKinna The vote was seven for MacGregor and eight for McKinna. The Liberals and Team Central Coast voted for McKInna while Labor and two independents voted for … [Read more...] about McKinna is Mayor

Ombudsman is checking legality of PIO

October 2, 2024 by Merilyn Vale

The NSW Ombudsman is examining the legality of the performance improvement order (PIO) imposed on Central Coast Council by the Minister for Local Government Ron Hoenig. The move comes after a Central Coast resident looked at the fine print of the PIO. Council Watch has kept the identity of the informant private. The resident believes a PIO could have been given to the … [Read more...] about Ombudsman is checking legality of PIO

October 8 mayoral election

October 1, 2024 by Merilyn Vale

  The 15 new councillors will be sworn in on October 8 and then they will elect the mayor and deputy mayor. The first ordinary council meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 29.   … [Read more...] about October 8 mayoral election

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