Updated with ORRA member Brian Davies' speech to the June 25 Council-under-administration meeting. Land at 1A Jaques St will return to community ownership with Council buying it from Newcastle Uni for $1, if the administrator agrees on July 25. In recent years, the world war two Nissen hut was disused; the uni wanted to sell the land and dismantle the hut. The … [Read more...] about A win for Ourimbah residents
Council Meetings
Highlights of the June meeting 2023
Public Forum trial is cancelled. The standard public forum of having the residents speak immediately before the Council-under-administration meeting will return. For the last two meetings, the public forum was held 24 hours early and only one person spoke each time. The trial was supposed to last for three months but Administrator Rik Hart pulled the plug early. Operational … [Read more...] about Highlights of the June meeting 2023
Call for council to halt kids’ sports $ increases
Children’s sport costs will increase from July 1 unless Administrator Rik Hart can be persuaded to change the operational plan in the final week before it is due to be implemented. Council has so far refused to budge from a decision to cut its subsidy for junior sport from 50 per cent to 25 per cent. Council says it provides sports ground hire rates at lower cost than … [Read more...] about Call for council to halt kids’ sports $ increases
Next meeting: June 27
The June meeting of the Council will be held on June 27. The agenda should contain the operational plan and budget for the next financial year which starts a mere four days later. The public forum will be held on the Monday, June 26 - if anyone speaks. May There are was only one speaker at the May public forum which was the first held on the Monday preceding the … [Read more...] about Next meeting: June 27
Meeting highlights 2023
May meeting highlights To come April meeting highlights To come March meeting highlights The Draft operational plan was adopted to go out on public exhibition. It contains the fees and charges for next financial year as well as the general rates and water rates increases as well as the work council intends to do from July 1, including capital works. Council will now … [Read more...] about Meeting highlights 2023
