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Whyalla Mayor Clare McLaughlin has welcomed the State Government’s call for input on local government reforms and urged Whyalla residents to give their feedback.
The Marshall Liberal Government is calling on local communities and the public to put forward their ideas for key local government reform measures with a survey on its YourSAy website.
The Government is undertaking a review of local government legislation that South Australian councils operate under and wants the community’s ideas for reform.
“This is a great initiative by the State Government as it looks to improve Council operations throughout South Australia and help ratepayers,” Mayor McLaughlin said.
“As a Council, we pride ourselves on our commitment to the community, efficient operation, financial accountability, regulation and transparency.
“This is a great chance for the community to fill out a report card on Council as we, as always, welcome and encourage feedback on everything we do, and need to do, for our community.
“If there’s anything we could do better, we’d love to hear about it with some constructive feedback.”
People in Whyalla and throughout the state are being invited to have their say on key reforms including:
- Stronger council member capacity and better conduct;
- Lower costs and enhanced financial accountability;
- Efficient and transparent local government representation; and,
- Simpler regulation.
“Through this process Marshall Government wants to cut red tape, lower costs and help improve service delivery for South Australian ratepayers,” said Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Local Government Stephan Knoll.
“Councils play an important part in delivering for our local communities and that’s why it’s crucial we have community input throughout the reform process.
“South Australians are being invited to share their ideas about ways in which they think councils can work better.
“These ideas will contribute towards discussions papers that will be released in the middle of the year.
“Earlier this year we also held a round table with the local government sector and are currently awaiting their feedback about the changes that would like to see within their own sector.
“These are important steps in the State Government’s thorough consultation process ahead of developing, drafting and introducing proposed legislative reforms to State Parliament later this year.
“We want to work closely with the local community, local government sector and other key stakeholders throughout this process.”
The public will be able to submit their ideas for local government reform until Friday 26 April 2019. Go to https://bit.ly/2CDoycb to read more and fill out the survey.