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Thursday, 21 July 2016
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By Daniel SAHYOUN MIDCOAST Council’s first series of community meetings came to an end last week with the final session held in Bulahdelah. There was a strong turnout from the local community with Administrator John Turner, Interim General Manager Glenn Handford and eight council representatives present. Mr Handford told the local crowd the “triple merger is a very complex situation.” “You have three different councils, three different sites and three different cultures to merge into one,” he said. “The measure of success will be how this council moves from administration back into elected representation.” Although MidCoast Council has only been operational
for six weeks, Mr Handford said they are developing a “structure that will best deliver the services that the community wants and needs.” “One of the challenges we are going to face is prioritisation, we only have a certain amount of resources and we have to figure out the best way to spend that money,” he said. The Council will receive $5 million for merger and $15 million for infrastructure projects, with $1million going to “not-for-profit groups to build more vibrant sustainable communities.” Mr Handford said the money will be spent efficiently and effectively and he intends to meet with the community regularly to explain Council spending. CONTINUED Page 2
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WINTER WARMER: Gail Morphett and Lorna Hopcroft enjoying the exhibition.
Mushrooms won in the exhibition
PAT Pritchard’s painting ‘Mushrooms’ was selected as the winning artwork at this year’s Galleries in the Gardens Winter Warmer. Member for Port
Stephens Kate Washington officially opened the exhibition which was held at Tea Gardens Hotel last Friday night. Despite the cold, almost
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150 people attended the opening enjoying delicious finger food and drinks supplied by the artists and the hotel. Works from 25 local
artists were displayed representing this year’s theme of ‘Food for Thought.’ CONTINUED Page 3
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