Clarence Valley Review 10 February 2010Click on image to enlarge
The saving grace in this story is that Cr. Karen Toms has had the good sense to suggest to Clarence Valley Council that it start following Dept. of Lands guidelines and its own policy and procedures, now that irregularities in how council allocates trust fund monies has been brought to her attention.
Perhaps shire councillors and senior management might also take a quick tutorial in what constitutes reserve land covered by this trust.
Because only specifically named local reserves gazetted by the Minister are included under Clarence Coastal Reserve Trust provisions - it's not for just any old Crown land council might like to spend money on or supply services to whenever its budget allocations are otherwise stretched.
It was also good to see the Clarence Valley Review free community newspaper run with this story and include resident and ratepayer Ray Hunt's comments.
* Big thanks to Clarrie Rivers for the article image he emailed from his sick bed!
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