Writers give a big ‘thumbs down’ to Council’s proposed rezoning and sell-off of 16 parks for development in the draft City Plan. Some parks were bought with environmental levy funds because of their important conservation status – and residents wonder what’s changed. And in a interesting Tale of Two Cities, Brisbane Lord Mayor Graham Quirk
Thumbs down for Council’s park sell off plans Read Post »
Capping rate rises to inflation was a key 2012 election commitment from Mayor Karen Williams. This promise is likely to be front of mind as she prepares her next Redland City Council budget, for delivery on 25 June. But how easy is it to cap rates to inflation? 2014/15 rates increase is greater than inflation
Rates increase a challenge for 2015/16 budget Read Post »
Koala rights protesters out the front and a packed public gallery added some excitement to Wednesday’s meeting of the Redland City Council. Did the community attention influence Council into voting against a significant cut in infrastructure charges for property developer Villa World? This recommended discount deal was discussed before the meeting in a report by
Council backflips on Villa World discount deal Read Post »
At its General Meeting on 10 December the Redland City Council will be considering a request by property developer Villa World Developments Pty Ltd to approve a 44% reduction in infrastructure charges. Villa World Pty Ltd is considering a 134 lot subdivision on land at 401-451 Redland Bay road, Capalaba. The reductions sought by Villa
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Mayor Williams is completely at odds with the Redlands community about spending priorities. This is the key finding of a recent poll by Redlands2030 on how a “spare” $100,000 in the budget should be used. The Mayor and her supporters in Council recently voted to spend $100,000 per year on employment of a new position
Community says "No" to Events Officer Read Post »
What will Redland City’s new Community Events Officer really do? Help the community or arrange lots of photo opportunities for a publicity hungry Mayor. At the Redland City Council meeting on Wednesday it was decided to recruit a Community Events Officer at an estimated cost of $100,000 per year. The new position will be funded
Grants reduced to fund Community Events Officer Read Post »
Some Redland City Councillors recently voted to restructure portfolio responsibilities. Instead of each councillor being involved in some aspect of the Council’s administration, we now have a system where only a few have portfolios. The public interest This is a significant and fundamental change to the governance of our Council. There was no public input,
Some councillors are more equal than others Read Post »
A confidential report on bids for the Toondah Harbour and Weinam Creek PDAs is on the Redland City Council’s agenda for its next general meeting on 3 September. This information will be discussed during a closed session of the meeting which means that the public and media will not be able to find out what
Toondah and budget updates on Council agenda Read Post »
Redland City Council appears to be acting against the interests of the City’s ratepayers by using “en bloc” voting to minimise debate about important matters like the Budget. En bloc voting is, by definition, putting a group of motions together and taking a single vote to pass the group of motions. Is it legitimate for
What is “en bloc” voting? Read Post »
Spending $550,000 on a kennels upgrade and related facilities was approved by Redland City Council on 20 August. This work is required in part because the RSPCA’s Wacol shelter will no longer take unwanted animals from the Redlands. Kennels upgrade details Council plans to expand and improve its kennels and display facilities at South Street
Kennels upgrade approved by Council Read Post »
