LIGHT Regional Council (LRC) hopes a review into Roseworthy potentially becoming a centre for the region will deter Gawler Council from progressing with its boundary reform plan.
ADELAIDE Plains Council (APC) has distanced itself from the boundary expansion plans of Gawler and Barossa Councils, while Light Regional Council (LRC) mayor Bill O’Brien has declared his council would be “unsustainable” if the reforms were successful.
GAWLER mayor Karen Redman has defended her council’s boundary reform proposal from claims that it is nothing but a “rates grab”.
A LIGHT Regional councillor will fight to keep the expanding Roseworthy township within his council’s borders, following suggestions Gawler Council could attempt to take control of it.
GAWLER Council chief executive Henry Inat has declared his council’s boundary reform agenda “is not about revenue”.
THE Kapunda Senior Citizens Club, three unsealed roads and the Freeling Agricultural, Recreational and Multi-use (FARM) centre will be upgraded via the $1 million in federal drought funding received by Light Regional Council (LRC) last month.
THE troublesome Lyndoch Road is set to be sealed before the end of the year, with works beginning within weeks.
MAYORS from around the region have banded together to criticise the State Government’s 40 per cent hike to its solid waste levy, as councils look to find ways to cope with the increase.
