No survey on leisure centre

At the Council meeting of 12th December, I made an attempt to move a motion to accept the offer from Mr Theo Onesfarou to pay for a random survey of 2000 people in the Shire to determine if there really is support for a leisure centre. There is considerable discussion in the community at the moment. I have had numerous people contact me saying that they have real concerns about the construction of the Centre, particularly given that the cost has already blown out to 16.7 million dollars. There are of course those of the opposing belief who say that they want a leisure centre. The basic question is however. Do the people of the Wingecarribee want a leisure centre at any cost?The motion was defeated 8 votes to 4. I believed it to be an excellent opportunity for the supporters of the project to prove for once and for all that there really still is support, even given our potential risk as a result of CDO investments with Grange, the fact that the project relies heavily on the sale of public land and that there is no certainty that the overall cost will not continue to grow! The challenge that I threw out was to test the waters! If the majority do want the centre, then let it proceed. Such an undertaking would once and for all silence the critics. The challenge was not accepted.