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Cr Damien Tessmann
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December 21, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

A complaint over the Adermann Park issue is now no longer just wasting ratepayers’ money, it’s also wasting taxpayers’ funds, Cr Damien Tessmann said this week.<\/p>\n

Cr Tessmann said he had seen correspondence from the Ombudsman’s Office that included details of complaint from a resident who claimed the South Burnett Regional Council had not engaged in meaningful community consultation before endorsing the proposed sale of a portion of land by the State Government.<\/p>\n

However, the Ombudsman’s Office had noted that the issue had never been raised directly with council by the complainant.<\/p>\n

For this reason, the Ombudsman had advised that further consideration of the complaint would be premature.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cr Tessmann said Council had agreed to write to the complainant and provide him with the results of an internal review into the park sale process.<\/p>\n

“Council has written to the complainant and given him a detailed explanation of what happened,” Cr Tessmann said.<\/p>\n

“It is now up to the community to place pressure on these people.”<\/p>\n

Cr Tessmann said if they were “fair dinkum” about saving ratepayers’ money they should accept the five-page detailed response they had received from Council.<\/p>\n

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