3 of the very active ‘Gundagai Council in Exile’ members at a town meeting at the Gundagai Club. Gordon Lindley (former mayor), Dr Paul Mara (chairman), Len Tozer (Gundagai’s longest serving mayor).
A petition to demerge Hilltops Council will be available in Harden IGA, Harden Pharmacy and the P&D Store in Murrumburrah from Friday onwards. Organisers of the movement are partnering with the Young Community and Residents Association who approved a motion supporting the move last Wednesday night at their meeting at the Uniting Church Hall, Young.
Association spokesman Mark Wells said, “We have taken this on because we are a community based organisation set up to represent the issues and concerns raised by the community.”
Councillor Stadtmiller said, “Coota Gundy reached enough numbers on that petition to trigger a review from the state government so people can make submissions about how effective or ineffective those mergers are. People have been simmering about how the merger has gone over the past few years. About 14,152 people voted in the Hilltops council election so 10 per cent of that is about 1400.”
The petition is available at the Salvation Army Store in Young with other businesses expected to come on board this week.
The meeting in Young attracted 25 people, which is approximately 20 less than the delegate’s meeting held in Young pre merger by Amanda Chadwick. Chadwick went on to secure a role at Parramatta Council as their Administrator before the new Council was appointed.
Organisers of the demerger movement are seeking members of the Boorowa community who are also seeking a demerger to approach them to coordinate a meeting in Boorowa in the new year.
Submissions are open for both Snowy Valleys, (Tumut and Tumbarumba) and CGRC (Coota and Gundagai) to be made to Shelley Hancock Minister for Local Government.
