Residents take issues to the top

Around 100 people took the opportunity to talk to some of Council's most senior staff members and elected councillors during two information stalls at community markets last weekend.

The Tweed's Mayor, Deputy Mayor and Council's General Manager were on hand to discuss the Delivery Program and other issues in the shire, when Council continued its series of information stalls with sessions at the Kingscliff and Uki markets.

The Director of Planning and Regulation, Vince Connell, was also available at the Kingscliff stall to talk to residents about several development and planning issues in Kingscliff and surrounding areas.

General Manager Mike Rayner said the stalls had been a fantastic opportunity to explain the Delivery Program and broader Integrated Planning and Reporting Framework, as sunny conditions attracted good crowds to the Kingscliff Markets on Saturday and Uki Markets on Sunday.

"They have also been a wonderful chance to simply getting out into the community to discuss the Tweed's key issues," Mr Rayner said.

"These information stalls have been extremely successful in fostering the flow of information between Council and the community. We are looking to make them a regular part of Council's community engagement, to take issues out into the public and encourage to residents to provide their feedback."

Many residents made the most of their opportunity to talk to the Mayor, Councillor Kevin Skinner, Deputy Mayor Cr Barry Longland and the previous Tweed Mayor, Cr Warren Polglase, at the stalls.

The fifth and final information stall for the Delivery Program engagement campaign will be held at Tweed City shopping centre at South Tweed Heads on Wednesday, 18 May from 10am to 2pm.