Special Rate Variation Community Engagement Report - Shoalhaven City Council

2.5.6 Services to be reduced / eliminated
Respondents could not identify particular services or facilities to be reduced to help to
maintain the rates, fees, and charges at their current level. Some respondents suggest some
unused services and facilities be closed, namely entertainment, art, information centres and
take away facilities in Nowra and Milton libraries (see Table 7). Respondents suggest roads
cleaning and street sweeping could be reduced to help keep fees at their current level.
According to the open-ended comments, the number of footpaths can be reduced by closing
some unused footpaths and roundabouts (i.e. Milton Narrawallee footpath). Numbers of
parks and reserves can be reduced by closing some located in irrelevant in areas. Similarly,
some respondents suggest reducing the number of green waste collection bins.
Table 7. Services to be reduced
Unused services / facilities
Close down entertainment centre in Nowra
Art centre in Nowra
Art galleries and sculptures
Entrainment centre
Milton library is a waste
The land purchased in Huskisson is excessive
Too many take away facilities in Nowra approved by council
Sell properties that they don’t use, e.g. old information centre at Nowra
Councils own big building needs looking at
School bus
Sea pools
Spending on services that are not owned by council
Roads, footpaths
New roads need to be considered instead of wasting too much money on continual road maintenance
We don’t need such a high standard of our roads
Gutter sweeper and road cleaning could be reduced
Street sweeping could be reduced
Footpaths in odd places
Milton Narrawallee footpath hardly used and waste of money
Stop wasting money on low utilised roundabouts
Parks and gardens
We should cut down on parks and reserves and introduce a green bin at sanctuary point
Gardens are irrelevant in some areas
Mowing of rural areas verges could be reduced
Green waste collection
Don’t need to introduce green waste bins
Green waste collection
Possible reduction in weekly garbage collection made fortnightly
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