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)
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.
Recent council reports demonstrate that Councillors who attend large numbers of committee meetings are more inclined towards becoming “punch-card councillors” who whilst showing up on Council statistics as present, contribute very little to the proceedings or to the reform of local government as a whole; Liberal Councillor Ross Grove said today.
For the second time since the local government elections, Labor and Independent Councillors have blocked together to prevent Holroyd’s youngest serving councillor, Ross Grove (Liberal) from attaining full membership of Council’s youth committee.
According to a recent council report, Holroyd’s regulations on tree-removal are so complex that elected councillors may have to attend special learning seminars just to understand them, Liberal Councillor Ross Grove said today.
