Council amalgamations - 10,000 march on Beattie's parliament ...
posted by Concerned Ratepayer at 3:45 PM
Friday, August 03, 2007
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5 Comments:
It should have been 1 million - against amalgamtion and recycled water
11:12 PM, August 03, 2007
It will be at the next election.
11:41 PM, August 03, 2007
Excerpt from the Chronicle:
Toowoomba City Council favoured as 'super' name
4 August 2007
It came as a surprise to almost everyone yesterday when councillors voted the region's new super shire be known as Toowoomba City Council.
Gathered at Toowoomba council chambers, city councillors had to decide on a name for the amalgamated council and notify the State Government by 5pm.
Minister for Local Government Andrew Fraser had been clear during his visit to Toowoomba on Tuesday: if a unanimous decision on the name for an amalgamated shire could not be reached, it would revert to Toowoomba Regional Council suggested by the Local Government Reform Commission.
Crows Nest, Rosalie, Jondaryan, Millmerran, Pittsworth, Clifton and Cambooya shires had been equally unambiguous in their desires.
All seven wanted the new shire to be known as the Darling Downs Regional Council.
But as debate on the issue began, some councillors and all members of the public were shocked to hear Deputy Mayor Joe Ramia's thoughts.
"Toowoomba is a regional centre for education, hospitals, universities, and everything that happens in and around this region is based on the city," Cr Ramia said.
"Toowoomba City Council should stay."
Four of Cr Ramia's colleagues agreed, with councillors Sue Englart, Regina Albion, Keith Beer and Graham Barron voting in the majority to keep the Toowoomba City Council name.
Although the specifics of the vote are unlikely to carry any weight with State Government, which will now almost certainly override the surrounding shires' wishes that Darling Downs Regional Council be adopted, Toowoomba councillors were determined yesterday that their reluctance to surrender the "hard fought right to call Toowoomba a city" was known.
Jondaryan Shire Council deputy mayor Ian Orford was "absolutely astounded" as he watched the councillors vote.
"I would have been happier if they'd wanted Toowoomba Regional Council, but to actually go back to Toowoomba City; how disingenuous is that?"
10:06 PM, August 04, 2007
Council Minutes:
Motion:
Moved by Cr. Manners,
That the name of the amalgamated Council be Darling Downs Regional Council.
Motion lapsed for want of a seconder
What the!!
5:33 PM, August 05, 2007
Amazing!
6:32 PM, August 05, 2007
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