Councillors Jane Smith, Kyle MacGregor, Bruce McLachlan and Louise Greeanaway have attended all 47 meetings.
Cr Troy Marquart has missed 12 meetings and Cr Chris Burke has missed nine.
Below are the latest figures.
Gosford West Ward
Troy Marquart, Lib: absent: 12
- Missed November 2017 meeting due to a medical emergency.
- Apology: January 29 meeting due to medical issues.
- Applied for leave of absence via Cr Chris Burke on February 12, 2018.
- Feb 26, 2018
- March 12, 2018
- March 26, 2018 (Returned April 9 meeting.)
- April 11, 2018 Extraordinary meeting.
- September 10, 2018
- February 25, 2019
- July 22, 2019
- September 25, 2019
- October 8, 2019
Chris Holstein, Ind: absent: 6
- May 14, 2018
- August 27, 2018
- October 8, 2018
- July 8, 2019
- August 12. 2019 Medical Leave
- September 9, 2019
Richards Mehrtens, ALP: absent: 3
- July 23, 2018
- November 26, 2108
- May 27, 2019
Gosford East Ward
Jane Smith (Mayor until Sept 2019, now deputy), Ind: √ Has attended all council meetings
Rebecca Gale Collins, Lib: absent: 5
- January 29 meeting, 2019
- April 8 meeting, 2019
- July 8, 2019
- August 12, 2019
- October 8, 2019
Jeff Sundstrom, ALP: absent: 1
- March 11, 2019
The Entrance Ward
Lisa Matthews, (Mayor from September 2019) ALP: absent: 5
- December 7, 2017
- June 25, 2018
- July 23, 2018
- September 10, 2018
- February 25, 2019
Jilly Pilon, Lib: absent: 4
- June 25, 2018
- September 10, 2018
- November 26, 2018
- July 8, 2019
Bruce McLachlan, Ind: √ Attended all
Wyong Ward
Kyle MacGregor, ALP: √ Attended all
Louise Greenaway, Ind: √ Attended all
Chris Burke, Lib: absent: 9
- April 9, 2018.
- July 9, 2018
- July 23. 2018
- September 10, 2018
- November 26, 2018 (Medical leave)
- December 10, 2018 (Medical leave)
- March 25, 2019
- June 11, 2019
- October 28, 2019
- Foreshadowed November 11 meeting, 2019
Budgewoi Ward
Doug Vincent, ALP: absent: 7
- January 15. 2018
- April 11, 2018, extraordinary meeting.
- April 23, 2018
- November 12, 2018
- February 11, 2019
- February 25, 2019
- July 8, 2019
Jillian Hogan, ALP: absent: 4
- October 23, 2017.
- December 7, 2017.
- January 29, 2018.
- August 27, 2018.
Greg Best, Ind: absent: 4
- October 23, 2017.
- August 27, 2018.
- April 29, 2019.
- May 13, 2019.
The first meeting of the Central Coast Council was the extraordinary meeting held on September 25, 2017 where the mayor and the deputy mayor were elected.
So far the council has held:
extraordinary meetings: 5 (Last one April 11, 2018)
ordinary meetings: 42 (Last one October 28, 2019)
The May 28, 2018, meeting extended to June 4 and June 4 isn’t counted as a new meeting.
The CEO Gary Murphy attended his first meeting on July 9, 2018.
First new Governance Director Evan Hutchings attended his first meeting on April 29, 2019.
The next new Governannce Director Dr Liz Devlin attended her first meeting on September 9, 2019.
Central Coast Council Watch was started by me, retired journalist Merilyn Vale, when the councillors were elected in 2017.
I upload FB accounts of each meeting in the hope that those posts will form a database for voters to assess the councillors’ contributions.
Updated after October 28 meeting, 2019. Copyright: Merilyn Vale