‘Council works’ Archive

Conflicts of interest, my comments in full

You’ll be aware that the move to recind the motion relating to the tip closure and the Bungendore Transfer Station was successful but I believe the conflicts of iInterest issues behind it all, deserve continued examination. Here’s the full text of my presentation to council.
“In a recent letter to the Mirror I asked if I [...]

Draft DCP /LEP for the Village now available

I have a print copy of the Draft Development Control Plan Yarrowlumla LEP 2002, 2(V) Village Zone.  Now, I’m sure that’s a typo on the cover because it’s actually Palerang Development Control Plan YLEP 2002, 2(V) Village Zone. (Although YLEP is Yarrowlumla LEP).
It is a simple document laying out requirements for development in Captains Flat [...]

Pathways to the future of Bungendore?

While we often criticise the council for what seems like secretive inactivity, the Thursday 6 November Council meeting sees a case where they’re being rabidly proactive. It’s hard to fathom why the tape recording of Council meetings (Item A.14 on the Agenda) that will allegedly give us, the ratepayers of Palerang, more transparency about the [...]

Nov 6 Council Meeting Issues

This entry has been updated with a comment from Alix Burnett, please see below.

The BRG invites all residents and members to attend this council meeting on Thursday 6 at 12.00 noon. This is the first of the new daytime meetings so it’s important to show Councillors that we’ll go out of our way to attend, support and keep [...]

And how did we miss this?

Way down the bottom of the Section 94 plans on the Palerang Council Website is an S94 plan No 9 for the future Street Upgrading for Bungendore. Look first at the date it was adopted - 12 July 2007. Then wonder why a planning document with time frames, out to 10 years for some projects, suddenly [...]

Now how did that happen?

Here’s one side of the new kerbing that extends almost two house blocks down Turallo Terrace. The other is just as large. I don’t have a photo of what it was like before, but it was a grassed bank with a wide dirt edge. It’s contrsuction came as a surprise and with no notification to the [...]