One really has to wonder what lies between the ears of Tamworth regional councillors to even contemplate the endorsement and recommended implementation of such an ill-thought-out idea as the onsite sewer system fees.
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Is the TRC about to install a regional network of sewage pipes plus associated ancillary equipment necessary to render obsolete the existing septic tank systems currently in use throughout the region?
I think not.
Is TRC advocating the return to the “long-drop” or a bucket collection system?
Again, I wouldn’t think so.
In the “research” conducted by TRC’s “sanitary” department of experts, what figures have been included to validate and/or
compare these three options as alternatives?
Certainly a return to the “long-drop” would indeed be a favourable alternative to what is being mooted, as there is no need for inspections or impost on annual rates.
All one needs to do is fill in the stat dec declaring that no onsite sewage management system (OSSMS) exists on the property.
Having read the comments in The Northern Daily Leader I do not have to repeat them here. Suffice to say that all avenues of TRC’s naivete – from lack of consultation to notification and proposed implementation – have been covered.
There is perhaps just one major area that just may have been overlooked in this city-centric-based council’s ideology.
Oh yes, I am aware that one or two councillors reside “out of the city”, but they are doing nothing to support the remainder of the region out of the city boundary and this can hardly be described as country/rural representation.
If, as we are told, 7000 letters of notification have been sent out to property owners, having previously approved and in-use OSSMSs, one may assume that this could equate to something like, at least, two adult enrolled voters per notification.
At two for one, this would conservatively be in the vicinity of 14,000 potential votes that existing councillors may not receive at the next local government election.
I suggest the time has come for a Rural Ratepayers Association to be formed to give a voice to those not currently being listened to – but still paying rates.
Watch this space for further details!
Alexander Allan
Manilla