Onkaparinga Mayor Lorraine Rosenberg said she wanted to eliminate administrative “difficulties” experienced by mobile operators trading in the council area.

It follows the State Government’s release of a food trucks discussion paper last week, which proposed removing most of local government powers to regulate the fledgling industry.

The Government also released an audit showing that the regulation of food trucks was inconsistent across council areas.

Onkaparinga Mayor Lorraine Rosenberg.

“We’re committed to making our city the best place to do business in Adelaide so we have to show a willingness to be flexible and create new opportunities,” said Rosenberg.

“We’re keen to address process and permit difficulties experience in the past by working with food truck operators to develop a better approach that works both for them and our established local businesses.

“We’re investigating all of the barriers to investment and business activation – things like start-up costs, permits, approvals, insurances, links to networking and education, technology issues, brand activation and online visibility.

“Our aim is to develop a program suite that addresses these issues across the board, and provides businesses with the support they are looking for to start up, consolidate or expand in our city.”

Rosenberg said competition and collaboration between established businesses and food trucks could help stimulate market demand in the area.

“Operators might find there are very strong business and brand synergies between what they are doing and what our existing businesses are doing, which could lead to collaboration and partnership.”

Fork on the Road food truck festival operator Joe Noone said he supported the council’s approach.

At Adelaide City Council this week, a motion by councillor Phil Martin failed in a bid to dump the council’s new licensing regime until the Government confirms its intentions.