RETURN to Kogarah (R2K) president Lachlan McLean has accused Kogarah councillors of not doing their homework over the ongoing redevelopment of OKI Jubilee Stadium.
He expressed concern that the council was left out of the loop over the Dragons' decision to move from OKI Jubilee to Telstra Stadium in 2008, a claim denied by Dragons chief executive officer Peter Doust.
Mr McLean said some councillors had openly admitted that they were not up to date on OKI Jubilee Stadium because they had not received sufficient information from the Dragons or council officers on the Homebush move.
"Some councillors were unaware that construction works hadn't commenced at OKI Jubilee Stadium, while another incorrectly believed that the State Government matched the Federal Government's OKI Jubilee Stadium grant of $8 million.
"They don't appear to understand that upgrade works have been delayed indefinitely while the Dragons attempt to secure several million dollars of Government funding."
His comments came after Liberal Kogarah councillor Mark Coure submitted a notice of motion at the October 19 council meeting calling for the council to express its concern regarding the decision by the Dragons.
But Labor councillor Michael Platt objected, saying the reason the Dragons were moving was because of the redevelopment of OKI Jubilee.
Independent councillor Col Ritchie supported Cr Coure's motion.
"I can't believe that with our involvement in
this matter that council wasn't consulted," he
said.
Cr Coure withdrew his motion because it did not have the support of the Labor councillors.
Mr Doust said that Kogarah Council officers were certainly aware that there were complications regarding the redevelopment of OKI Jubilee.
"The steering committee on the OKI Jubilee redevelopment includes councillors, council staff and club representatives," he said.
"The council was as informed as anybody
was about the relocation of the games.
"Everybody should be confident that the Dragons and St George want to contribute to the redevelopment of OKI in everybody's interest and to continue playing games there."
Kogarah Mayor Nick Katris said he would hold discussions with the club and report back to the council.