Not before time I might add - there is some serious issues unfolding just look at Perth City Council !!
Seriously we have people handling millions of dollars, making decisions for us rate payers and they are wasting hundreds of thousands of dollars as they are not qualified to make those huge decisions, they simply wipe off those hard earned rate payers dollars regardless of any protest from a few people that take time out to come along to the meetings and ask questions - nope those rates are simply going up to fund an even bigger budget.
Rate payers you need to seriously look at what's going on in the Cottesloe Council there are some stupid decisions happening wiping out not thousands but a few million dollars collectively - just wait until they bring out the new budget with the new rate rises.
$300,000 for tree's to be replaced because of a decision of the Council "at the time" they selected the wrong trees and now they have to be replaced. For pete's sake bring back a few car parks that you took out to put a lot more tree's in people cannot park in the trees. Yes have a few in the street to create an ambience but certainly not at $300,000 dollars are you frigging serious !!
The pylon at the beach - OMG why couldn't the Council have put a pontoon and put a replica of the pylon in the middle so people can actually sit on the pontoon and admire the pylon wouldn't have cost you the money you just spent repairing the big hunk of decaying concrete that has to be maintained every few years because of erosion. I understand the importance of it, but a replica would have been just as good and better in the long term for everyone concerned.
The depot that we sold off for $9+ million - someone in their wisdom had not found us a suitable alternative to park our trucks and other items and now we have paid over a million dollars for the place we are currently renting now. Mosman Park depot has been on the cards for years but nothing done until now (coming up on this Tuesday I believe to be voted on). It has been suggested to me about the Seaview Golf Club has an area which we could rent off the club (bringing the money back into our local clubs - that's way too sensible isnt it?) Apparently we have a small space we currently rent there now.
Cottesloe Council get your act together and do your due diligence. Read the Western Suburbs this week page 11 "Council 'quirks' in the spotlight" - and yes what a surprise you didn't answer their call so under Cottesloe - no reply !! Good one Cottesloe says it all.
Councils need to be held accountable with the amount of money that is going out the door with the stroke of their pens and perhaps they should be asked "if you had to pay this bill on a personal level would you be paying that?".
Councillors need to make sure that they have the skills and capacity they need to make those financial decisions on behalf of all the rate payers, this is no $2 job !!
Councils I believe in the future will come under a lot more scrutiny because people cannot keep paying these huge council rates to fund some of the "so called bright ideas" that the Councillors come up with.
You the rate payer needs to take a bit more interest in what's going on but I suppose if you dont care what your rates are you never will unless the subject directly involves you right?
MAKE YOUR OWN DECISIONS AND GIVE IT A REAL GO!
SELLING MOSMAN PARK & THE WESTERN SUBURBS!!
KEEPING IT REAL IS OUR MOTTO!!
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