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Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>The resignation of two management committee councillors at the Karasburg Town Council has resulted in the council not conducting decision-making meetings, hampering the delivery of services to the residents of the town.<\/p>\n The town council has not had a management committee meeting for the past two months.<\/p>\n This was picked up by Nampa during the \/\/Kharas Regional Council development coordination committee meeting in Keetmanshoop on Wednesday.<\/p>\n The town council\u2019s local economic development practitioner, Hieronimus Basson told the meeting that council sits with N$500 000 for the Build Together project but nothing can be done without a management committee meeting.<\/p>\n \u201cDecisions cannot be made in the absence of management committee meetings; nothing can be approved. We even have funds from the Road Fund Administration for roads; however, we cannot utilise that also. It was recommended that we do a strategic plan, which was done at the cost of N$296 000; however, it still sits on my desk, waiting for the council\u2019s approval,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n He added the council spent over N$300 000 for a consultant company to evaluate and assess old council buildings at the town to determine their value and what the council could use them for.<\/p>\n Nampa is reliably informed that the Karasburg Town Council has at least N$7.2 million \u201clying around\u201d that awaits to be utilised to the benefit of the residents.<\/p>\n Basson said during the 2023\/2024 financial year, the council has allocated close to N$1 million to install a water treatment plant to reduce council operating costs when providing water to the residents, and the project is 80% completed.<\/p>\n The Ministry of Urban and Rural Development has approved the construction of a fire station at the cost of N$4.5 million; however, construction cannot happen in the absence of a management committee.<\/p>\n The management committee is the link between the administration and council of any local authority; it manages the operation of the institution on a day-to-day basis and ensures that resolutions taken are carried out.<\/p>\n Karasburg mayor Maria Veldskoen, when approached for comment on the matter, promised to get back to this news agency but failed to do so, whereas repeated follow-up attempts also failed to yield a response.<\/p>\n The Landless People\u2019s Movement has four out of the seven seats at the Karasburg Town Council, while Swapo has two, and Independent Patriots of Change has one.<\/p>\n For More News And Analysis About Namibia<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Suzith Tjitaura Africa-Press – Namibia. The resignation of two management committee councillors at the Karasburg Town Council has resulted in the council not conducting decision-making meetings, hampering the delivery of services to the residents of the town. The town council has not had a management committee meeting for the past two months. This was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":49990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[234,236,233],"class_list":["post-49991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-namibia","tag-namibia"],"yoast_head":"\n