Tamworth’s Reg Brody writes with more observances, both first and secondhand , on what he thinks of the performance of the Tamworth Regional Council.
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During the past two weeks I have on three occasions been reminded by three separate sources, of our apparently “delinquent” council.
Firstly, a Nundle long-term resident making the observation that Tamworth council is the worst he can ever remember.
Secondly, having a Tamworth businessman pulling his car to the kerb, while I was out walking my pooch, to talk to me of his disgust with council and asking me when I was going to write another letter to The NDL, as it was long overdue!
Thirdly, a letter in Monday’s NDL from another very disgusted visitor (from Safety Bay in WA), to our supposedly beautiful city, wherein he opines at the “uncaring attitude towards keeping the ratepayers’ assets clean and well maintained,” and so it goes on.
I can well recall from the minutes of a recent TCCWG meeting, it was agreed that, while our CBD need-
ed a good clean-up, “budget restraints” prevented the action being taken.
This matter was first raised with council in 2013, when a visiting family from Port Macquarie commented to me that our main street was “ a bit grubby”.
In late 2015 the council, when responding to a letter from our local federal member on this matter, asserted that it would take action prior to 2016 country music festival.
Nothing done!
The assertion that insufficient money is available to thoroughly clean up our CBD is blatantly untrue, with council recently agreeing to a $5.35 million velodrome, plus, of course, the purchase of land for industrial development.
Over the past year I have had the father of a council employee commenting on how disorganised council is, a contractor expressing similar views and another businessman describing some council staff as “being as useful as tits on a bull”!
Having had many years in business myself (almost 70) as both employee and employer, I have learned that the ultimate responsibility lies “at the top, to lead by example”.
How much longer must we residents/ratepayers, together with the heritage of our once beautiful city, accept being treated as irrelevant.