I’ve had queries in recent months about what’s happening at council. Marian Street Theatre, Roseville Chase and Gordon Bowling Greens, footpaths, the Village Hubs, Council’s four year Delivery Program and ten year Long Term Financial Plan (LTFP). Many of these issues are connected by a central theme: the challenge of meeting a wide range of expectations with a limited pool of funding.
The great thing about democracy is that each councillor brings a range of ideas, but it also means that the council hasn’t quite figured out the best way to fully meet the financial challenge. Each of the June, July and August Council meetings have finished late and included long and varied debates on how to fund a pipeline of services and projects that exceed our income. And as part of the debate, ideas have come and gone. Should we be selling our recreational assets? Should we be reducing our financial commitments by stopping non-core initiatives? Are there other ways to fund the delivery of services? We haven’t quite got the answer yet and it’s been a bit of a frustrating process (for me anyway) because a lot of the comments that get thrown about the public sphere aren’t exactly balanced, accurate, informed, or fair. We’ll have to wait to see what happens and I’ll let you know once there’s an answer.
As for separate issues such as town centre changes, I’ll be covering them in separate posts in the coming weeks.
𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 – 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲
I’ve had queries in recent months about what’s happening at council. Marian Street Theatre, Roseville Chase and Gordon Bowling Greens, footpaths, the Village Hubs, Council’s four year Delivery Program and ten year Long Term Financial Plan (LTFP). Many of these issues are connected by a central theme: the challenge of meeting a wide range of expectations with a limited pool of funding.
The great thing about democracy is that each councillor brings a range of ideas, but it also means that the council hasn’t quite figured out the best way to fully meet the financial challenge. Each of the June, July and August Council meetings have finished late and included long and varied debates on how to fund a pipeline of services and projects that exceed our income. And as part of the debate, ideas have come and gone. Should we be selling our recreational assets? Should we be reducing our financial commitments by stopping non-core initiatives? Are there other ways to fund the delivery of services? We haven’t quite got the answer yet and it’s been a bit of a frustrating process (for me anyway) because a lot of the comments that get thrown about the public sphere aren’t exactly balanced, accurate, informed, or fair. We’ll have to wait to see what happens and I’ll let you know once there’s an answer.
As for separate issues such as town centre changes, I’ll be covering them in separate posts in the coming weeks.
Like many Roseville Ward residents, Woolworths Chatswood East is now one of my closest supermarket options. I observed the following last night:
⚡️ It’s great to see that they provided six free 𝗘𝗩 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀. They’re the standard chargers that give you a minor topup while you shop so it’s nothing to get too excited about, but it’s still better than what the new Pymble Bunnings has to offer (nothing).
♻️The 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 ‘𝗯𝗶𝗻’ was more like a mountain. I hope they fix that soon.
❌ 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝘁𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀… I deliberately checked the website to see that what I wanted was in stock at Chatswood, but I came out empty handed.
Like many Roseville Ward residents, Woolworths Chatswood East is now one of my closest supermarket options. I observed the following last night:
⚡️ It’s great to see that they provided six free 𝗘𝗩 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀. They’re the standard chargers that give you a minor topup while you shop so it’s nothing to get too excited about, but it’s still better than what the new Pymble Bunnings has to offer (nothing).
♻️The 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 ‘𝗯𝗶𝗻’ was more like a mountain. I hope they fix that soon.
❌ 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝘁𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀… I deliberately checked the website to see that what I wanted was in stock at Chatswood, but I came out empty handed.
