Kyogle Council released its 2022/2023 Annual Report and it makes for interesting reading.
Kyogle Council is a small rural council by comparison with others. Its population is 9359 living in an area of 3584 square kilometres. At least 30 per cent of the LGA is National Parks and State Forests.
The numbers in the report tell a story about the council and the community it serves:
- Almost 410km of roads fixed
- 15km of sealed roads rehabilitated
- Almost 60,000 potholes patched
- 32 timber bridges replaced
- $88million spent on capital works and flood damage repairs
- 31 days is the average time to process a development application
- 3627 tonnes of waste put into landfill
- 1185 tonnes of materials recycled
- Almost 34,000 visits to the library
- 42,000 visits to the pool
- And importantly for the council – 74 compliments from the community.
The council has spent close to $48,000 on legal proceedings. Recovery of overdue rates and outstanding debts cost more than $21,000. Legal expenses relating to contracts, property transfers, road realignments, animal control and investigating illegal structure cost the council more than $26,000.
There were 76 complaints this year about nuisance dogs and 48 complaints about aggressive dogs.
In the Code of Conduct complaints section the report showed:
- There were 8 complaints made about councillors or the general manager.
- One complaint was found to have no breach.
- In five of the complaints there was a breach.
- The cost of dealing with code of conduct complaints was $25,000.
The Annual Report is detailed and gives a clear picture of what the council has done this year. Read the full report here.
This article appeared on indyNR.com on 19 November 2023.
