For the next 3 days, MPSJ's YDP, head of departments and 4 councillors (I'm one of the 4) will be in a brainstorming and discussion session to create the 2011 budget.

Entering the discussions, these are 7 items that I would be pushing for.

1. Road resurfacing Currently, MPSJ allocates approx RM4mil for road works. This goes mostly towards pothole repairs as well as road works for traffic alignment modification. Very little is left over to do scheduled road resurfacing. That's why we see even on main roads such as Pers Tujuan and Taipan, we don't have smooth roads.
I propose increasing this by at least RM5mil. The full RM5mil should go towards road resurfacing.

2. Crematorium MPSJ doesn't have a crematorium for the public. The local government act specifies that this is the duty of the local council. It is propose that MPSJ builds this in Puchong. Estimated cost is RM1.5mil to RM2mil.

3. IT systems for efficiency Only IT systems to improve efficiency. Such as
A) providing for all applications to be online
B) IT system for licensing department for automatic monitoring of license validity. Estimated more than 30% businesses have lapsed license. This is revenue loss for the council, and the public at large.

4. Parks - maintenance and upgrade I believe this is self explanatory.

5. SS15 Multi-storey Car Park, Indoor Sports & Banquent Hall This is the plan for the site next to the market in SS15 and Asia Cafe. Proposed 4-5 floors of car park, with badminton courts and halls above it.

6. Traffic Engineer MPSJ has no engineer overseeing the road network to optimize the road networks and traffic light timing for traffic. All adjustments that are done today are led by ADUN and councillor initiatives. Having someone to continuously overseeing the overall network and make changes pro-actively. This would be beneficial for us all.

7. Increasing Enforcement Officers In some areas of enforcement, we really lack manpower. In monitoring restaurant hygiene, the ratio of enforcement to food outlets is 1:1200, whereas in Singapore its 1:400.
Another area is catching litter bugs and those who dump rubbish illegally. We have no one officer focusing on this.