Tonight was the Special Budget Meeting at the City of Gosnells, I attended with my daughter, and I am sad to say that we were the only public members in attendance.
Most people only interactive with the council on two basic levels, rubbish removal and paying of rates, and tonights meetings is when the budget is approved, and when the rate increase is announced and implemented, and yes it was announced that the rate increase would be 6%.
As this was my first budget meeting I was amazed that unlike any other council meeting, it did not start with a prayer, which when you think about it, for us as rate payers we could of done with a prayer on this night.
The only apparent problem with tonights meeting was that one of the 16 staff recommendations needed an amendment approved before they could proceed, which was promptly dealt with, and then voting was able to start on the staff recommendations, which all passed without debate.
The meeting opened at 7:30pm and the Mayor was pleased to announced the close of the meeting at 7:40pm, no questions or statements were presented by the public.
I got the feeling that if myself and my daughter were not present the meeting probably would of only taken 5 minutes, well done councilors and yes, well done staff, but wait till the ratepayers get their bills, and then the customer service people will take the blunt of the ratepayers anger, but then again the rate rise was needed...
Personally I would like to know what I'm getting for the rise, living in an established area, I guess nothing, but then again at least my bin gets emptied ...
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