The week that was…..

Sue Brooks June 28th, 2009

Well the budget is done thank goodness. I believe it is the best possible outcome under the circumstances, those circumstances being competing needs and priorities throughout the region. I think that the rates rise has been kept to the lowest level possible but the big worry was the announcement by the Queensland State Government that it has cut most of our funding. Many capital works projects will be impacted so it is going to be very interesting to figure out how we can affors to build things etc without State assistance.

The weather has been glorious with some rain but beautiful sunny days. Finding time to sit on the verandah and catch up on some reading is my plan now that budget and associated meetings etc are out of the way.

I am sure that many of you will have questions about the budget so do avail yourself of the opportunity to contact staff directly if needed. I am sure most of the discussion will occur when rates notices are deliverd in August however.

On a personal note I’m happy to have lost nearly 10kgs in weight since January. It has been quite easy to do following the Tony Ferguson plan. Graham has also achieved a great result and both of us are determined to stay leaner. For myself it is all about food intake rather than exercise!

Lastly our snorkelling group doing the bleach monitoring has had some beautiful underwater sight seeing recently. We are still venturing out and the clear water which makes viewing our coral so much better makes up for the somewhat chilly temperatures.

Some pics taken by Johann one of our team members are available here via Picasa.

http://picasaweb.google.com.au/suebrookspics/InmanSt20609#

Cheers, Sue

2 Responses to “The week that was…..”

  1. # Sadmanon 28 Jun 2009 at 8:07 pm

    G’day Sue,

    The rate increase is in the current climate acceptable,
    provided services aren’t reduced. However, it would be
    nice to know by what percentage developer’s charges
    increased?

    It would also be nice to know why those on a fixed
    income or pension, cop around six percent straight up,
    when in the case of pensioners, they won’t get their pension increase until September. But developers
    who can and will pass the increase on, get the increase in charges phased in?

    Sadman

  2. # Sadmanon 30 Jun 2009 at 4:29 am

    Sue,

    I have just been reading the minutes of Ordinary Meeting No. 10
    Specifically item ORD. 6.1
    Developement crn Alice & Tooley streets.

    It appear this development first raised it’s head three year ago !
    Now three years later the developers want the FCRC to go along
    with a claimed promise made by the then Maryborough council !!
    Question, was the promise made in writting?
    The reason I ask this is the fact that Woocoo, Tiaro could also
    have made “promises”.

    Times change and three years is a long time, I don’t believe
    council should do other than assess this developments on
    todays criteria.

    Sadman

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