Southern Free Times - 01st October 2015

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Week commencing Thursday, 1 October | 2015 | Edition 799

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Trio against Grain

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DEPUTY Mayor Ross Bartley has opened up on his views on the current direction of the Southern Downs Regional Council, declaring a change is needed. “On the 19th of March hopefully we will a have a better style of council. We need a better style,” he said. In recent general council meetings, Cr Bartley has been a vocal supporter against council’s lease policy along with Councillors Vic Pennisi and Jamie Mackenzie. The three of them were the only ones who voted against deferring council’s controversial lease policy in the September meeting, the three councillors were also the same ones who voted against deferring it in the August meeting. They were also the only three councillors that voted for a special council meeting with GrainX staff regarding operations in Allora in the August meeting. Cr Bartley believes that a solution to the council’s lease policy should have already been reached. “We’ve had this information for two months. How much longer do we need this to go on?” he said at the meeting. “We seem to have targeted the seniors. I’m happy for them not be charged anything. To hit them with $750 a year, I think is ridiculous.” In a wide-ranging interview with the Southern Free Times, Cr Bartley stressed the need for an openly communicative local council and one that worked hard to engage in relationships with State Government and open more opportunities for funding. “How often do state politicians come out here?” he said. “We need to build better relationships with State Government and politicians.” When the topic shifted to officers of council, he also stressed the need for CEOs to be uninvolved in the political scale. Continued page 3

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