Councillor Don Palmer Providing Local Leadership & Working for You

Welcome to Our World.

Following on from my last blog post, there are two observations I believe warrant making in this platform. The first is welcome to our world and please stay with us. I will deal with the latter in a later blog post. With some of the observations that our ratepayers...

What do you want from Council

What do you want from Council in the next 12 months or even the next 4 years. We are asking you to help us prioritise what Council does for you in the next 12 months and beyond. The first step was for us to prepare a draft Community and Business Plan, and accompanying...

Using Loan Funding for Capital Works and Replacement

Council has long had a policy of using loan funding for Capital Works and Replacement. Doing so spreads the burden of capital expenditure over current and future rates. Following on from my post introducing this years budget, if you look deeply into this years draft...