Some workloads more even than others

All councillors on the Fraser Coast Regional Council will chair a Portfolio each, but when it comes to membership of those Portfolios and appointment to external committees, some councillors are more even than others.

The majority of councillors are members of two Portfolios each. However, Cr Debbie Hawes has the heaviest workload as a member of four Portfolios, while Cr Les MucKan sits as a member of zero.

Appointments to external committees and organisations range from between three for Cr Les MucKan and eight for Deputy Mayor, Cr Belinda McNeven, one behind her is Cr Gerard O'Connell on seven, Cr Anne Nioa on six, Cr Linda Harris on five and Crs Brooks, Hovard, Hawes, Arthur and Dalgleish on four each.

To be fair some Portfolio's are more complex than others, some external committee/organisations meet irregularly and of course, attending lots of meetings doesn't mean a thing if nothing is achieved and the person is there in name only.

The next couple of years will sort the wheat from the chaff. Between us,  Hervey Bay Gossip and our friends and contributors at Bring Back Strewth our elected representatives and the Mayor's personal PR machine, the Chronicle will be under much more scrutiny than in the past. By the time the next election rolls around, we will know who is value for money and who is not.