Ward 102 councillor, David Potter would like to keep residents in the loop with regards to the progress and problems in his ward.
“My workload has increased substantially, as residents who had lost hope with the previous administration have now raised their hands and made contact about their unresolved issues and ideas.
“The Mayor [Herman Mashaba] and his executive have been working hard over the past few weeks, understanding the City, the issues at hand, which projects to keep and which to dispose of, the way forward as well as implementing a ton of much-needed forensic audits.”
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According to Potter, there is a call from residents for immediate service delivery and there is a great need for change in numerous sectors. He believes that an adjustment of budgets is required, as well as a clear look at the Service Delivery Charter and Service Level Agreements. “We need a change in City officials’ attitudes and an increase in staff numbers and resource availability, just to name a few.”
Potter highlighted a few of the top issues that he believes the City has to deal with. He believes that the metered services contract that was not renewed, has posed numerous problems.
He is distressed by a lack of attention to the maintenance at public facilities such as sports complexes, libraries and community centres as a result of maintenance contracts that have not been signed for several months.
“Another issue is the lack of street light poles due to a supply contract of such not having been signed for over a year. The Randburg Walk-in Centre upgrade, having started months and months ago, but not having been completed for unknown reasons. The delayed response to electrical outages due to the promised decentralisation of the City Power stores which never happened.”
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He concluded that residents need to please bear with the City as change takes place. “Please continue to Look and Log your issues via the existing channels available to you.”
Details: www.lookandlog.co.za
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