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Attendance record at council meetings

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Updated after the September 9,  2019, meeting.
Copyright: Merilyn Vale

 
 

Mayor Jane Smith has attended all council meetings as have councillors Kyle MacGregor, Bruce McLachlan and Louise Greeanaway.

Below is the attendance register for all 15 councillors.

Gosford West Ward

 
 

Troy Marquart, Lib: absent: 10

 
 
  1. Missed November 2017 meeting due to a medical emergency.
  2. Apology: January 29 meeting due to medical issues.
  3. Applied for leave of absence  via Councillor Chris Burke addressing council on February 12, 2018.
  4. Feb 26, 2018
  5. March 12, 2018
  6. March 26,  2018 (Returned April 9 meeting.)
  7. April 11, 2018 Extraordinary meeting.
  8. September 10, 2018
  9. February 25, 2019
  10. July 22, 2019
 
 

Chris Holstein, Ind: absent: 6

 
 
  1. May 14, 2018
  2. August 27, 2018
  3. October 8, 2018
  4. July 8, 2019
  5. August 12. 2019 Medical Leave
  6. September 9, 2019
 
 

Richards Mehrtens, ALP:  absent: 3

 
 
  1. July 23, 2018
  2. November 26, 2108
  3. May 27, 2019
 
 

Gosford East Ward

 
 

Jane Smith (Mayor), Ind: √ Has attended all council meetings

 
 

Rebecca Gale Collins, Lib: absent: 4

 
 
  1. January 29 meeting, 2019
  2. April 8 meeting, 2019
  3. July 8, 2019
  4. August 12, 2019
 
 

Jeff Sundstrom, ALP: absent: 1

 
 
  1. March 11, 2019
 
 

The Entrance Ward

 
 

Lisa Matthews, ALP: absent: 5

 
 
  1. December 7, 2017
  2. June 25, 2018
  3. July 23, 2018
  4. September 10, 2018
  5. February 25, 2019
 
 

Jilly Pilon, Lib: absent: 4

 
 
  1. June 25, 2018
  2. September 10, 2018
  3. November 26, 2018
  4. July 8, 2019
 
 

Bruce McLachlan, Ind: √ Attended all

 
 

Wyong Ward

 
 

Kyle MacGregor, ALP: √ Attended all

 
 

Louise Greenaway, Ind: √ Attended all

 
 

Chris Burke, Lib: absent: 8

 
 
  1. April 9, 2018.
  2. July 9, 2018
  3. July 23. 2018
  4. September 10, 2018
  5. November 26, 2018 (Medical leave)
  6. December 10, 2018 (Medical leave)
  7. March 25, 2019
  8. June 11, 2019
 
 

Budgewoi Ward 

 
 

Doug Vincent, ALP: absent: 7

 
 
  1. January 15. 2018
  2. April 11, 2018,  extraordinary meeting.
  3. April 23, 2018 
  4. November 12, 2018
  5. February 11, 2019
  6. February 25, 2019
  7. July 8, 2019
 
 

Jillian Hogan, ALP: absent: 4

 
 
  1. October 23, 2017.
  2. December 7, 2017.
  3. January 29, 2018.
  4. August 27, 2018.
 
 

Greg Best, Ind: absent: 4

 
 
  1.  October 23, 2017.
  2. August 27, 2018.
  3. April 29, 2019.
  4. 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:             39    (Last one September 9, 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.

 
 

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 September 9 meeting, 2019. Copyright: Merilyn Vale