Undoubtedly the most important item on the agenda for Council’s October 29th meeting was the last item of business, a notice of motion by Councillors Eaton, McNamara and Wright for the establishment of an Economic Development Committee for the term of the Council.It would consist of five councillors plus the mayor and meet every month. They would be  councillors McWaide, Mouland, McNamara, Lamont and Crowley plus the Mayor.With business confidence on the Central Coast at a very l...

 Business at the first meeting of the new Central Coast Council on 29th October consisted of a raft of reports from financial statements, investment reports and most significantly the Central Coast Region Report (formerly known as ‘End of Term’ Report), as well as the usual committee appointments and other items of business for Councillors to consider.The Central Coast Region Report, a requirement of the Local Government Act spans the financial years 2021-22 through to 2023-24 and it...

  With the Central Coast falling behind in providing its share of the State’s housing targets and with a newly elected Central Coast Council, Business NSW Central Coast has drawn together over 130 leaders from across the property development spectrum to hear of the opportunities the region offers for developers and investors.Held in the conference facilities of the new Gosford RSL the Central Coast Housing Summit participants heard of the site options and priority development area...

The first meeting of the newly elected Central Coast Council took place on Tuesday 8th October with the Swearing In of the 15 new Councillors and election of Mayor Lawrie Mckinna and Deputy Mayor Doug Eaton OAM.Both are former Mayors. Clr McKinna was Mayor or Gosford Council and Clr Eaton was Mayor of Wyong Council prior to the amalgamation of the two councils.Accepting the position Clr McKinna said, “I’m honoured to be your Mayor for the next two years, and I’m committed to workin...

 Newly minted Central Coast Mayor Lawrie McKinna’s first statement when he was elected Mayor was to say, “my focusDivision already will be on leading our new councillors  to work cohesively as a team as we determine important community matters.”If anyone can do it the very successful football coach had every reason to believe that he could. Unfortunately, he didn’t count on an unrepentant Labor Party and a CEN Independent councillor who led the previous Council into ban...