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I first wrote to the General Manager, Steve McDonald 10 weeks ago,
» Read more about: Letter: Council Culture Of Secrecy Confirmed »
EACH year the Upper Hunter Shire Council asks for community submissions on the holiday arrangements for the Scone Cup,
COUNCIL have released the audio file of the November meeting, which includes the motion relating to the airport.
» Read more about: Airport Motion: Hear The Meeting For Yourself »
AT November’s Council meeting this week, Daryl Dutton questioned Council’s use of confidential closed meetings for strategic purchases and said he believed Council was breaching the Code of Practice guidelines by not disclosing the details of the resolutions after they were decided.
» Read more about: What Has Council Confidentially Purchased? »
“IF you build it they will come” might have been a great line for a movie about ghosts coming to play baseball in a cornfield,
COUNCIL have decided to keep 13 mature trees in Hill Street and Gundy Road, Scone following a consultant arborist’s report which assessed the health of the trees and recommended kerb and guttering be moved.
THE Council chambers were packed with more than 50 members of the public in attendance for the airport development motion to have an independent review of the underlying business assumptions before the project proceeds,
» Read more about: Public Speak Out At Council Meeting On Airport »
IN an unorthodox move, Michael Johnsen, the Upper Hunter state member of parliament, addressed Councillors at last night’s Council meeting and told them to “just get on with the job”
LAST night the Council moved a motion for water rates for the Scone Race Club to be reduced,
» Read more about: Council Asks: Should We Reduce Water Rates for Racing? »
LAST night Council voted to reduce the water rates for the Scone Race Club from $2.35 to $0.96 per kilolitre for one year.