Residents
who come to tomorrow's Council meeting may come away very disappointed. After
months of discussion and meeting after briefing after meeting after workshop
Council may still not be ready to make a decision.
Over
a dozen people have asked to make a deputation, some for the first time but many
having a second shot at it. Each will have an opportunity to speak for 5
minutes and may then be asked questions by Councillors. After the deputations Council then need to
make a decision.
However,
the Agenda is long and there are other deputations.
Do
we debate the DPA where it currently sits on the Agenda or defer the item for
another day so we can get through the other items?
It
is my preferred option to debate the DPA and then deal with the other options later. However, many of my colleagues
want to defer the DPA debate (after listening to deputations) and debate the
other items as scheduled tomorrow.
What
is the better option? Residents have told me that they will be even less happy
about our performance with the latter option
as it will be seen as waiting for
another day and maybe so many people won’t be there.
And this is what we did!! The decision will now be made on the 30th match from 7pm.
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