ABOUT 50 residents turned out to Great Lakes Council’s community meeting in Tea Gardens last Monday.
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The meeting, the second this year, was a chance for residents to hear from councillors and senior council staff to learn about significant happenings across the local government area and ask questions.
Community meetings were also held in Stroud on November 19, Forster on November 20 and the Bulahdelah School of Arts Hall last night, November 26.
At the Tea Gardens meeting, which was held in the Baptist Church Hall on November 17, the hot topics of Jimmies Beach and the Myall River dredging project were discussed.
Another public meeting will be arranged, at a future date to be announced, to further discuss the linked topics and the issues surrounding them.
Tea Gardens resident and member of the Myall River Action Group, Gordon Grainger, attended last Monday’s meeting.
He said there were ‘‘no fireworks’’ but each of the topics mentioned had ‘‘a bit of passion’’ behind them.
Mr Grainger said other topics of discussion at the meeting included Great Lakes Council’s financial condition, which was declared ‘‘sound’’, and that residents could expect moderate rate rises in the next 10 years.
The council would also follow a state government directive to look into amalgamating with Taree and Gloucester councils.
Road marking on Myall Way, drainage in Pindimar, sand migration within Port Stephens, the poor surface of the ferry wharf and the Marine Drive upgrade between Ogden and Maxwell streets were also discussed.