1/ Why is September 21, 2017 a date to remember?
2/ Who was the Central Coast Council’s inaugural Mayor?
3/ Who was the inaugural Deputy Mayor?
4/ The council has five wards. At the first elections held in 2017, voters in four wards elected one independent, one Liberal and one ALP councillor to represent them.
Which ward bucked the trend by voting in two ALP councillors and one independent councillor. And can you name them?
5/ Which three councillors have attended all council meetings?
6/ Which councillor missed six meetings in 2017 due to a medical emergency?
7/ Not counting the inaugural Mayor, which councillor has attended the most briefings (latest figures are up to October, 2019)
8/ Councillors are allowed three minutes to debate items at council meetings. Under normal rules of debate, the chair allows two speakers for and two against each item. Which means sometimes a whole meeting can go by and you won’t have heard from some councillors. Which councillor has spoken the least overall these last three years?
9/ Which councillor first bought forward a motion to publicly release all Warnervale airport documents?
10/ Who declared themselves a climate change skeptic at the July 23, 2018 meeting during debate on a draft climate change policy.
12/ One of the first meetings to see people out the front of the building waving placards was the February 25, 2018 meeting.
What was the hot topic concerned citizens were campaigning for?
13/ Who tried to get the council to buy into Old Sydney Town?
14/ Who survived a motion of no confidence at the February 24, 2020 meeting, or more specifically the call was for Council to Support Community Calls for (this person’s) Resignation. But it failed to get the numbers.
15/ At the January 29, 2019 meeting, a rescission motion attempted to get the Winney Bay walkway project through so the State Government grant could be accepted. It failed. What stage is the project currently?
16/ At the July 24, 2019, meeting Council agreed to adopt the Terrigal Boardwalk project and put up the $2.9 million to match the State Government grant to build the boardwalk. How did each councillor vote?
17/ Meeting Records of the Crown Lands Negotiation Program Committee held on 23 July 2019 and 19 August 2019 are remarkable for what reason?
18/ Central Coast Council Watch is one of the few facebook pages where the person who runs it does not hide their name behind some supposed community group. Council watch is run by journalist, Merilyn Vale.
Is Merilyn Vale a Vale from Vales Point?
Correct nswers will be published.
Merilyn
