Since the October 2011 Shire elections, four full Council meetings have been held. The longest one ran for 1.5hrs and the shortest just 19 minutes.
The reason?
There is no longer any debate, no discussion and certainly no dissent.
Every single motion put forward by Council staff has been passed, unanimously.
“To see entire Council meetings go by with every item passed unanimously and without a word of debate or discussion makes a mockery of the democratic system.
“Our elected representatives are apparently content to turn up once a month and rubber-stamp everything the Council staff want to put up.
"Remember, these people were elected to represent us and are paid $8000 a year to do so. That works out to $400 for every meeting they are supposed to attend. With the meetings lasting less than an hour, that's good money for simply raising your hand and nodding your head!
“If this group of councilors are happy to let the CEO run the show, then what are we paying them for?”
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