WHAT LAUNCESTON PEOPLE CANNOT EXPECT

• Expect a councillor to take a phone call or call you back.

• Expect to get to speak to someone with the information you need if you phone the reception desk.

• Expect the council to contain expenditure and keep rates and charges in line with a economic norm.

• Expect the council to give local business a fair chance to tender for council work.

• Expect the council to complete a project on time and on budget.

• Expect the council to consult with residents on anything that they do.

• Expect the council to meet environmental standards that take account climate change.

• Expect the council to work with community to develop their streets,  roadways and maintain verges.

• Expect the council to work with small businesses to enable to grow and generate employment.

• Expect the councillors to pay any attention to ordinary people to live more comforably and develop their neighbouhood.

• Expect either a council officer or councillor to pay any attention to  their needss as residents or business people.\

And ask almost anyone and you will find other things to add to the list.  The city gets the council it gets because the residents just cannot see a way ahead with the kind of administration the city has and that keeps the elected representatives in the dark.