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Councillors call on Premier to declare an emergency

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Central Coast Council met on Tuesday May 6 and voted to ask the NSW Premier to declare a State of Emergency for the Central Coast's beaches by 3pm Friday, May 9.     The adopted motion saw Council call on the Premier of NSW to declare a state of emergency due to severe coastal erosion across Central Coast beaches posing significant widespread and ongoing risk to lives and … [Read more...] about Councillors call on Premier to declare an emergency

Budget and operational plan for public exhibition

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The draft budget for the next financial year is set to be adopted by the councillors on April 29 so it can go out on public exhibition. The long term financial plan includes a preferred scenario of keeping the Coast's current rate rise beyond 2031. The Central Coast is operating under a Special Rate Variation (SRV) which is supposed to drop off in 2031, meaning  rates should … [Read more...] about Budget and operational plan for public exhibition

Briefing on assets on April 14

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  Three topics are on the agenda for the third councillor briefing, to be held on Monday, April 14, 2025, at the Council building in Hely St, Wyong The briefing starts with an overview of integrated planning and reporting documents at 3.30pm; followed by a Regulatory Priority Statement and then the income generating assets, part one. The third item, about the assets, is the … [Read more...] about Briefing on assets on April 14

A drain on resources

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Councillors are being asked to send a plea to the Minister for Local Government Ron Hoenig asking for ways to allow council to continue to levy ratepayers a drainage charge. Under Water management rules, council can not levy the drainage charge after June 30, 2026. So Council wants the Minister to let them charge the ratepayer for the service under the Local Government … [Read more...] about A drain on resources