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
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How to be responsible for your cat
Council-under-administration will develop a Central Coast Responsible Cat Ownership Policy by this time next year. It's been a long time coming. The councillors - suspended in October 2020 - first started talking about cats in 2018 and decided to create a companion animal advisory committee. The committee held its first meeting in October 2019 where it considered a "cat … [Read more...] about How to be responsible for your cat
Panel defends height limits at Forresters Beach
There was only one item on the agenda when the Local Planning Panel met on June 9. The owner of a home at 1 Yumbool Close, Forresters Beach, wanted permission to knock down the home and replace it with two homes, one a secondary dwelling within the ground floor of the main home. Associated works included a new pool, a lift and a fire place. The panel rejected the … [Read more...] about Panel defends height limits at Forresters Beach
Council tackles pot hole bonanza
Light at end of tunnel for marathon task of repairing potholes At the end of May, Central Coast Council had identified 8,108 potholes across the region’s 2,000km road network still needing repair. This was despite more thn 32,000 potholes filled since February. Council expects to fill the remaining holes by the end of June. But Council said the intense and … [Read more...] about Council tackles pot hole bonanza
CFO to become CEO at Coffs Harbour
Central Coast Council's Director of Corporate Affairs and Chief Financial Officer, Natalia Cowley will be leaving the organisation effective 16 June to become the general manager of Coffs Harbour City Council. “I wish Ms Cowley all the very best in her new role as General Manager at Coffs Harbour City Council,” CEO David Farmer said in a press release today. Coffs … [Read more...] about CFO to become CEO at Coffs Harbour