The Shire of York’s 2015-16 rated performance on the DLGC ‘My Council’ website- DLGC-MY COUNCIL-SHIRE OF YORK
Firstly, no social-media website
should be a platform for anonymous animosity and inconsequential, uniformed
rhetoric.
A prime example is this evocative effort to define (and distort) the truth -
Anonymous 31 May 2017. ‘What
a shame things still seem to appear so depressing in York, both with (what
appears to be) the competency of the Shire and the (what appears to be)
continuing negativity of its residents. My husband and I have been considering
a move to York to start-up a gourmet/boutique style business but it appears
this will not be a place to do it. What a shame for both us and York’.
There is no ‘Negativity’ among any residents who need to be listened to. What
they demand is ‘Positive’ change’, particularly in the DLGC’s commitment to
oversee proper governance across the board and the Shire’s ability to listen
and perform adequately.
Do these gourmet/boutique style entrepreneurs actually exist? – Who knows -who
cares and why give them any credibility for just hearsay?
Yes the Shire of York
is a problem, a very large problem, based on documented fact, not
anonymous self-interested commentary that is not worth a rat’s arse.
Fact- the Shire of Exmouth Council
was suspended on January 4, 2017, as was the Shire of York on January 5, 2015.
Besides the 24-hour closeness of the day date, there are numerous other
similarities including tendering processes.
Despite sacking its CEO and blowing $1 million on an illegal contract,
Exmouth’s DLGC ‘Financial Health Indicator
(FHI) is 9 percentage points above York, which at 53%, is also 7% lower
than the LG state average. These ugly figures are neither anonymous-nor
fictitious.
It gets worse. York's FHI is not only below state average it
is well below regional and metro averages.
It is an all-round Red-Ink economic bottom-line.
1. Asset Renewal Ratio- the ability to fund current local assets- poor!
2. Asset Sustainability Ratio- the
ability to replace assets that are past their used-by date–poor!
3. Debt Service Cover Ratio- the ability to repay debt based on access to
cash to cover debt obligations-poor!
4. Operating Surplus Ratio- the ability to cover costs with funds left over
for future capital works projects-poor!
5. Revenue Versus Operating Expenditure- minus $2,101,509 over 12 months- poor to poverty stricken!
6. Asset Value and Depreciation- current Asset Value is claimed to be
$134,244.952 despite the fact that the Shire has hired an Asset Officer to hunt
down unknown assets. The problem here is depreciation
caused by the inability to fund assets, replace assets and fund new ones.
The real ratepayers of York have
three months to assess who is responsible for this mess and who will pay for it.
Any messages to be sent can be through the ballot-box at the next Local
Government Election and you have the democratic right to do so.
For those who expose themselves, while claiming anonymity, do not be too sure
that others do not guess and/or actually know who you are.
It is time to stop giving ‘no-names’ a voice!
David Taylor.
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