Well, the silly season is over. Happy New Year to all.
I am not sure if the crushing will be finished by the time this prints which is very sad. So much money that families in this community miss out on. Left in the paddock due to a few different contributing factors, but one main contributor, and it wasn’t the rain.
We are going into our second calendar year for this term of council. February means we start working on the budget again. I would like to hope that during budget, the cost-of-living pressures should be in the minds of every councillor and officer at all times. I know it will certainly be in mine. We still need to deliver the best service we can for our community, but not if it means a family is forced to reduce their grocery bill to afford rates.
I am hoping that now we are getting more comfortable with each other and in our roles, we can knuckle down and work as a team for our community.