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This is a call to Ron Hoenig Minister of Local Government, Wendy Tuckerman shadow Minister Local Government, Paul Kelly Ombudsman NSW and Mr Brett Whitworth, Deputy Secretary Local Government NSW; to call for a public enquiry into the dysfunctional operations of the Lane Cove Council, the mismanagement and alarming deterioration of council assets, the events surrounding the approval of the Sports and Recreation facility, and awarding of $81M construction on community open space recreation land at 266 Longueville rd.
The Sydney Morning Herald has just exposed that the Lane Cove Council has the highest rate of complaints to the Ombudsman, that the dysfunctional council General Manager has made a directive that councillors may not corespond directly with staff, and that a clinical psychologist has been engaged to handle issues within the council.
Furthermore, there is clear evidence that mismanagement of council assets has led to deterioration which could expose residents to unacceptable risks. The Infrastructure Backlog Ratio has risen an alarming 3 fold since 2019 (ref: council annual reports). The council has concealed the future expected values of this ratio and other asset performance measures by removing them from the Long Term Financial Plan performance dashboard (ref: LTFP Errors).
It begs the question, how can the council construct and maintain a $75M sports and recreation centre, if it cannot maintain its current assets, particularly when it was approved based on a false and incomplete Long Term Financial Plan (ref: LTFP Errors)
While there is much deflection and innuendo, what is irrefutable is that there are serious issues such as; mental health of council staff and councillors, lack of consensus and questionable behaviour amongst councillors, the deterioration of public assets, and intentional concealing and misrepresentation of financial position; leading to the loss of public trust in the council and questioning the tenability of its operations.
These matters are exposing residents and council staff to unacceptable harm which cannot be ignored. There is an urgent and compelling need to address these concerns.
This is a submission to call for a public enquiry into the operations of the Lane Cove Council.
the key concerns are:
For details of CPI manipulation, please click here.
For details of false and incomplete Long Term Financial Plan, please click here.
For further information and evidence email [email protected]
Council agendas and minutes refered above, can be found at the council website at https://lanecove.infocouncil.biz/ .
DESCRIPTION
This is a call to Ron Hoenig Minister of Local Government, Wendy Tuckerman shadow Minister Local Government, Paul Kelly Ombudsman NSW and Mr Brett Whitworth, Deputy Secretary Local Government NSW; to call for a public enquiry into the dysfunctional operations of the Lane Cove Council, the mismanagement and alarming deterioration of council assets, the events surrounding the approval of the Sports and Recreation facility, and awarding of $81M construction on community open space recreation land at 266 Longueville rd.
The Sydney Morning Herald has just exposed that the Lane Cove Council has the highest rate of complaints to the Ombudsman, that the dysfunctional council General Manager has made a directive that councillors may not corespond directly with staff, and that a clinical psychologist has been engaged to handle issues within the council.
Furthermore, there is clear evidence that mismanagement of council assets has led to deterioration which could expose residents to unacceptable risks. The Infrastructure Backlog Ratio has risen an alarming 3 fold since 2019 (ref: council annual reports). The council has concealed the future expected values of this ratio and other asset performance measures by removing them from the Long Term Financial Plan performance dashboard (ref: LTFP Errors).
It begs the question, how can the council construct and maintain a $75M sports and recreation centre, if it cannot maintain its current assets, particularly when it was approved based on a false and incomplete Long Term Financial Plan (ref: LTFP Errors)
While there is much deflection and innuendo, what is irrefutable is that there are serious issues such as; mental health of council staff and councillors, lack of consensus and questionable behaviour amongst councillors, the deterioration of public assets, and intentional concealing and misrepresentation of financial position; leading to the loss of public trust in the council and questioning the tenability of its operations.
These matters are exposing residents and council staff to unacceptable harm which cannot be ignored. There is an urgent and compelling need to address these concerns.
This is a submission to call for a public enquiry into the operations of the Lane Cove Council.
the key concerns are:
For details of CPI manipulation, please click here.
For details of false and incomplete Long Term Financial Plan, please click here.
For further information and evidence email [email protected]
Council agendas and minutes refered above, can be found at the council website at https://lanecove.infocouncil.biz/ .