The City of Adelaide spent $47,450 on carbon offset credits in the 2020-21 financial year, almost double what it spent over the 2013-14 and 2014-15 financial years.
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A homeless support agency has called on the Adelaide City Council to consider offering $140,000 to fund its ongoing work after a report found there were 60 more rough sleepers in the CBD in June.
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Councillors this week supported a month-long free parking scheme expected to cost the council $300,000, but several urban planners tell CityMag the initiative is unlikely to increase city patronage and contradicts the council's carbon reduction goals.
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Self-described progressive politician and seven-year CBD resident Keiran Snape won the city council supplementary election by a narrow margin last week. He tells CityMag he wants to bring residential needs back into the chamber and fix the city’s broken footpaths.
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City of Adelaide elected members were this week recommended to write to the State’s Planning Minister to urge for “additional investigations” to be undertaken “immediately” for the proposed new Women’s and Children’s Hospital multi-storey carpark slated for the Parklands.
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With the city council's customer centre closed, postal voting is the only option for the supplementary election, with voters urged to submit ballots today to ensure all votes are received by close of polling on Monday. Some candidates fear this may affect the results.
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While the fate of council-owned affordable housing remains unknown, a City of Adelaide motion originally intended to attract key city workers to buy property in the CBD was amended to allow those earning $100k per annum to participate.
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Councillors ignored the recommendation of the administration, voting in favour of continuing community consultation into its representation review, which will cost the City of Adelaide $20,000 and raise the total amount spent on the review to $60,000.
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The seven contenders vying for the empty seat in Town Hall speak to CityMag about how they plan on tackling the city's big issues. One candidate suggests a “resort” filled with fast food for rough sleepers, while another calls for the “modification” of city streets for the ease of cars.
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