30-6-06

Media Release

Greens Welcome 69% Community Satisfaction Result for Randwick City Council Administration


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Randwick City Council's Greens have welcomed the results of the Council's latest satisfaction survey results.

The Council has achieved an impressive 69% overall approval rating from residents.

This compares favorably with the average 65% achieved by other Councils surveyed by the same company over the last 2 years.

The last survey taken under the previous Labor administration revealed only a 55.4% approved of the Council.

Respondents registered highest satisfaction with Council's approach to: beach facilities, community safety, protection of bush land, tree preservation and public health & safety, beach cleaning, and town center cleaning.

Respondents were less satisfied with: maintaining roads, maintaining footpaths, attractiveness of town centers, response time to requests for service, litter bins and street cleaning.

Former Greens Mayor and current Deputy Mayor Murray Matson commented that,

    “The results show that residents have generally given the new administration an over all approval tick but that they have also have warned us of key areas that we need to focus even more resources on.”

CONTACT: Randwick City Councillor Murray Matson (The Greens)