MOSMAN Council used the Local Government Association`s conference to thrash the RTA for its "high-handed approach and want of consultation".
The association got behind Mosman Council and agreed to lobby Premier Kristina Keneally to take the RTA to be more considerate of community needs.
This was one of 125 motions debated during the conference.
The four-day event, led by then LGA president and North Sydney Mayor Genia McCaffery, wound up last Wednesday.
About 380 voting delegates from NSW councils attended the conference, she said.
Mosman Council`s attack on the RTA came after Mayor Anne Connon, earlier this year, condemned the RTA`s about-face on its call to close Pearl Bay Ave when it introduced a tidal flow system on Military Rd.
A Penrith councillor added to the question put forth at the conference, asking that the RTA "document and put to implementing improvements in areas such as community consultation and interagency communication".
The amended motion was put to a ballot and adopted.
North Sydney Council put forth a move to ask the Union Authorities to know and hear from mistakes that occurred during the controversial Building the Education Revolution school program, including issues surrounding the selection process for private contractors and fast-tracked approvals resulting in "small or no" community consultation.
Cr McCaffery said while the councils had understood the sensation of urgency in getting approvals through due to the fiscal crisis, it would be "highly dangerous" to enforce the model permanently. "There was a big push from the construction industry to get it permanent," she said.
"But people find really strongly about it because it involved a massive undermining of community consultation."
A move from Shoalhaven Council to revaluate councillors` pay was passed. The LGA will now lobby the NSW Remuneration Tribunal to evaluate whether the current pay is appropriate.
Cr McCaffery handed over the reins to Coffs Harbour Mayor Keith Rhoades last Wednesday.
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