Councillor Ross Grove

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Keneally will cut services and infrastructure – Grove(0)

I never thought I would be unhappy to see the back of Nathan Rees as Premier of NSW.
The elevation of Kristina Keneally to the post of Premier sends shivers down my spine because she has a track record of cutting services and infrastructure in the local community.
In order to appease property developers (who line the [...]

SMARTFORMS: Honouring our commitment to cut red tape(0)

At the last election I gave you, the voter, my personal commitment that I would fight the excesses of bureaucracy and red tape at Holroyd City Council – this was at a time when Holroyd had been branded the second slowest council in NSW by the Department of Planning. (click header for more)

POLL: New aquatic centre to be built as part of major Council services shake-up(1)

Our community may be the home to a modern day aquatic and leisure centre under a major review of services provided by Holroyd City Council, Liberal Councillor Ross Grove said today.
Under the plan, council’s existing swimming pools at Merrylands, Wentworthville and Guildford will be closed down to make way for a central facility which could [...]

$80k funding for lighting upgrade at Bathurst Street Park(0)

At Tuesday night’s Council meeting, Council resolved to invest $80,000 to upgrade the lighting on the western soccer field at Bathurst Street Park in Greystanes. This investment will now bring the field up to the 100 lux standard required by Soccer Australia to play competitive night games.

We got it! Libs get tree reforms passed.(0)

This is just a short note to let you all know that at last night’s Council meeting, we passed a raft of changes to Council’s tree menagement orders by 10 votes to 1. These changes will give local families more of those rights and freedoms they need to manage and maintain greenery on their own property.

Debate on caged-eggs shows Council is out of touch with community expectations(3)

The extensive debate at Tuesday night’s meeting over Holroyd City Council’s position on caged-eggs shows that local councillors have lost touch and would rather talk about side-issues than the real needs and aspirations of the community for improved parks and family facilities.