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	<title>Councillor Ross Grove &#187; Local Government</title>
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		<title>QUESTION TO COUNCIL: Rubbish on Macquarie Road</title>
		<link>http://rossgrove.com/2010/05/30/question-to-council-rubbish-on-macquarie-road/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 23:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ross Grove</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Questions to Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bus stops]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greystanes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Macquarie Road]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rubbish]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Will the General Manager please ask the Director of Engineering Services to attend to the rubbish which has accumulated around the bus stop at 140 Macquarie Road in Greystanes? RESPONSE: Instrustions have been issued.]]></description>
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		<title>QUESTION TO COUNCIL: Donation of council computers to charity</title>
		<link>http://rossgrove.com/2010/05/30/question-to-council-donation-of-council-computers-to-charity/</link>
		<comments>http://rossgrove.com/2010/05/30/question-to-council-donation-of-council-computers-to-charity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 22:47:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ross Grove</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Questions to Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disability services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technical Aid to the Disabled]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Will the General Manager please ask the Director of Corporate and Financial Services to outline what Council does with their old computers with a vision towards donating them towards non-profit organisations such as TAD NSW (Technical Aid to the Disabled) who can refurbish them and pass them on to people with special needs? RESPONSE: In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>QUESTION TO COUNCIL: Grevillea Street stormwater drains</title>
		<link>http://rossgrove.com/2010/05/30/question-to-council-grevillea-street-stormwater-drains/</link>
		<comments>http://rossgrove.com/2010/05/30/question-to-council-grevillea-street-stormwater-drains/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 21:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ross Grove</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Questions to Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Banksia Place]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flood management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grevillea Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greystanes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stormwater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Veronica Place]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Will the General Manager please ask the Director of Engineering Services to investigate stormwater drains along Grevillea Street (near Acacia Place, Veronica Place, Banksia Place) as one of them appeared to be blocked? RESPONSE: INstructions have been issued.]]></description>
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		<title>QUESTION TO COUNCIL: Old Prospect Road intersection</title>
		<link>http://rossgrove.com/2010/05/29/question-to-council-graffiti-old-prospect-roa/</link>
		<comments>http://rossgrove.com/2010/05/29/question-to-council-graffiti-old-prospect-roa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 00:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ross Grove</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Questions to Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cumberland Road]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Graffiti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greystanes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Old Prospect Road]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Will the General Manager please ask the Director of Engineering Services to attend to the graffiti on the corner of Old Prospect Road and Cumberland Road in Greystanes? RESPONSE: Instructions have been issued.]]></description>
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		<title>OPEN FOR BUSINESS: Council backs the Ross Grove SmartForms proposal</title>
		<link>http://rossgrove.com/2010/05/05/open-for-business-council-backs-the-ross-grove-smartforms-proposal/</link>
		<comments>http://rossgrove.com/2010/05/05/open-for-business-council-backs-the-ross-grove-smartforms-proposal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 16:48:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ross Grove</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bureaucracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holroyd City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online forms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[red tape]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SmartForms]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Holroyd City Liberal Councillor Ross Grove has managed to secure a win for the local community tonight by getting his colleagues to support the implementation of SmartForms, an online initiative designed to untangle the maze of redtape and bureaucracy associated with local government. &#8220;Smartforms will make doing business with Council much more user-friendly for everyone.&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>QUESTION TO COUNCIL: Gardenia Parade Reserve</title>
		<link>http://rossgrove.com/2010/05/04/question-to-council-gardenia-parade-reserve/</link>
		<comments>http://rossgrove.com/2010/05/04/question-to-council-gardenia-parade-reserve/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 11:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ross Grove</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gardenia Parade Reserve]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greystanes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sporting facilities]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Will the General Manager please ask the Director of Engineering Services to remove the bicycle chains which have been used to close the dog off-leash area at Gardenia Parade Reserve? RESPONSE: The chain has been removed.]]></description>
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		<title>QUESTION TO COUNCIL: Westbus timetables at Greystanes Shopping Centre</title>
		<link>http://rossgrove.com/2010/05/04/question-to-council-westbus-timetables-at-greystanes-shopping-centre/</link>
		<comments>http://rossgrove.com/2010/05/04/question-to-council-westbus-timetables-at-greystanes-shopping-centre/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 11:17:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ross Grove</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Questions to Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[806 route]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greystanes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greystanes Shopping Centre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merrylands Road]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Westbus]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Will the General Manager please write to Westbus and/or the Ministry of Transport seeking the erection of bus timetables for the 806 route along Merrylands Road at Greystanes Shopping Centre? Response: Correspondence will be forwarded.]]></description>
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		<title>QUESTION TO COUNCIL: Local Agenda 21 program</title>
		<link>http://rossgrove.com/2010/05/04/question-to-council-local-agenda-21-program/</link>
		<comments>http://rossgrove.com/2010/05/04/question-to-council-local-agenda-21-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 11:17:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ross Grove</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Questions to Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accountability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Agenda 21]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oversight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sustainability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sustainability Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wasteful spending]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Will the General Manager please ask the Director of Environmental and Planning Services to briefly outline the role of the Local Agenda 21 program, any value it brings to the ratepayer, and the amount Council expends on it per year? RESPONSE: The Local Agenda 21 program commenced in 2001 and under this banner Council implements [...]]]></description>
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		<title>QUESTION TO COUNCIL: Merrylands Road/Cumberland Road intersection</title>
		<link>http://rossgrove.com/2010/05/04/merrylands-road-cumberland-roadgreystanes/</link>
		<comments>http://rossgrove.com/2010/05/04/merrylands-road-cumberland-roadgreystanes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 11:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ross Grove</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Questions to Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cumberland Road]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greystanes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merrylands Road]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[traffic]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Will the General Manager please ask the Director of Engineering Services to ask the Traffic Committee to consider the establishment of a right-turn slip lane from Merrylands Road turning right into Cumberland Road at Greystanes? RESPONSE: This matter will be referred to the Holroyd Traffic Committee for consideration.]]></description>
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		<title>Death of former Parramatta Councillor Brian Prudames</title>
		<link>http://rossgrove.com/2010/04/22/death-of-former-parramatta-councillor-brian-prudames/</link>
		<comments>http://rossgrove.com/2010/04/22/death-of-former-parramatta-councillor-brian-prudames/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 05:31:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ross Grove</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brian Prudames]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lions Club]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Councillors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parramatta City Council]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was saddened to learn of the death of former Parramatta Councillor Brian Prudames today. Brian Prudames was a tireless worker for the City of Parramatta who will be sorely missed by all.]]></description>
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