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What do you want from the Hobart City Council?

1.Are you eligible to vote in the Hobart local government election?(Required.)
2.What postcode do you live in?(Required.)
3.Before now, were you aware that the Council is around $66 million in debt?(Required.)
4.How concerned are you about the Council's financial position?(Required.)
5.Do you want the Council to carefully prioritise its expenditure towards core services and to minimise increases in rates and fees to address its debt?(Required.)
6.Do you support council rates being increased to help repay the Council's $66m debt?(Required.)
7.Do you support council fees being increased to help repay the Council's $66m debt?(Required.)
8.A grant recipient was provided $13,200 in 2021 to "create a pop-up runway performance that reminds us that we are all human and that we all wear clothes and have a desire to feel fashion-able." Do you think this is an appropriate use of ratepayer money?(Required.)
9.A grant recipient was provided $5000 in 2021 to "host a series of workshops to teach women and non-binary members of the community the art of DJing." Do you think this is an appropriate use of ratepayer money?(Required.)
10.A grant recipient was provided $9700 in 2021 for "forty poems printed on laminated vinyl decals will be placed in the interior of twenty Metro buses for a period of sixteen weeks." Do you think this is an appropriate use of ratepayer money?(Required.)
11.What action should the Council take to address its financial situation?
12.How important is it to you that Council rates are minimised?(Required.)
13.In the context of the Council being in significant debt, please rate how essential it is that the Council provide the below services - What do you think is 'Core Business' for Council?(Required.)
How essential is this to you?
Assessing unhealthy housing 
Providing event grants that provide economic benefits and promote participation and diversity 
Managing environmental weeds
Taking responsibility for stopping or controlling pollution throughout the municipality 
Providing grants for sustainability related projects such as those related to climate change, energy use, water and air quality and waste
Working with the community to retain, promote and enhance these biodiversity 
Providing low cost or free bush adventure programs for children and families 
Managing stormwater
Providing grants to businesses to assist them in response to COVID-19
Managing busking and street performance activities
Providing immunisation clinics
Providing grants for creative arts and culture activities
Operating the Donne Kennedy Aquatic Centre
Providing community grants that encourage inclusiveness, enhance community spirit and develop contentedness
Providing grants for Christmas activities
Providing and maintain city parks, sporting and recreation areas, including tracks and trails
Applying food safety and quality regulations
Providing free public wifi
Maintaining geographic information and maps about the City
Commissioning works of public art 
Taking action on homelessness (other than through new development approvals)
Managing place of assembly licences
Bushfire management 
Acting as Planning Authority and managing planning, building and plumbing activities
Providing environmental programs that focus on wildlife protection
Managing parking
Managing roads and footpaths
Street cleaning
Managing pets and animals
Providing and maintain city venues
Managing food trucks
Providing waste management services
Providing information and education around sustainability, reducing waste, saving energy and caring for the environment
Providing free instructor-led exercise sessions 
Operating visitor services, like the Tasmanian Travel and Information Centre
Operating the Salamanca market 
Decorating the city at Christmas and managing Christmas activities
Acting as a climate change champion and addressing climate change and energy use throughout the municipality 
Providing a garden nursery service for plants in public locations and for landcare groups 
Applying noise regulations 
Investigating of notifiable diseases
Providing and maintain public facilities, such as toilets
14.Do you support a cable car being built on Mt Wellington?(Required.)
15.Do you believe the Planning Schemes applicable to Hobart negatively impact on housing supply and affordability in Hobart?(Required.)
16.Do you believe the planning process and/or planning decisions made by the Council negatively impact on housing supply and affordability in Hobart?(Required.)
17.What do you think the Hobart City Council does well?
18.What do you think the Hobart Council Council could do better?
19.What are you looking for when you vote for a candidate in the local government election?
20.If you would like to keep updated with information from me or would like to arrange a chat, please provide your contact details. 
Thank you for taking the time to contribute your views. I greatly appreciate it.
Louise Elliot