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New Residents Kit Central Highlands Council Administration & Works & Services 6 Tarleton Street HAMILTON TASMANIA 7140 Phone: (03) 6286 3202 Fax: (03) 6286 3334 * * * * Development & Environmental Services 19 Alexander Street BOTHWELL TASMANIA 7030 Phone: (03) 6259 5503 Fax: (03) 6259 5722 Website: www.centralhighlands.tas.gov.au Inside this kit: Municipal Map 3 Township 5-7 Disclaimer Information Central Highlands Council has made every endeavour to ensure that details Councillors 7 are correct at the time of printing but can accept no responsibility for any in- accuracy or mis-deception contained in the publication as a result of informa- Waste 8-9 tion supplied. Dog Registrations 10 All efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of information in this docu- ment. If there are any additions or alterations required could you please ad- vise us of the correct information, in writing from an authorized person repre- Building/Planning/ 12 senting your organization or service. Plumbing Feedback/Request 13 Form Page 2 New Residents Kit Index Welcome by Mayor .......................................................................................................................................................... 3 Municipal Map ................................................................................................................................................................. 3 About our Council............................................................................................................................................................. 4 Community Development Grant Applications .............................................................................................................. 4 Hamilton Township.......................................................................................................................................................... 5 Ouse Township ................................................................................................................................................................. 5 Gretna Township.............................................................................................................................................................. 5 Ellendale/Fentonbury/Westerway Townships ............................................................................................................... 6 Derwent Bridge ............................................................................................................................................................... 6 Wayatinah Township ...................................................................................................................................................... 6 Miena, Great Lake .......................................................................................................................................................... 6 Bothwell Township .......................................................................................................................................................... 7 Councillors ....................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Waste Transfer Station Sites .......................................................................................................................................... 8 Waste Management Services .......................................................................................................................................... 9 Doctor Consulting Times ................................................................................................................................................ 9 Online Access Centre Opening Times ............................................................................................................................ 9 Dog Control & Registration ............................................................................................................................................ 10 Rates & Charges .............................................................................................................................................................. 11 Change of Addresses ........................................................................................................................................................ 11 Newsletter ....................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Local Government Elections............................................................................................................................................ 11 Building/Planning/Plumbing ........................................................................................................................................... 12 Business Development .................................................................................................................................................... 12 Bothwell Cemetery........................................................................................................................................................... 12 Independent Living Units ............................................................................................................................................... 12 Rivers Run Touring Association ..................................................................................................................................... 12 Immunisation .................................................................................................................................................................. 12 Justice of the Peace ......................................................................................................................................................... 12 Feedback/Request Form .................................................................................................................................................. 13 Council Offices ................................................................................................................................................................. 14 Useful Contact Numbers ................................................................................................................................................ 14 Volume 1, Issue 1 Page 3 Welcome by Mayor As Mayor of the Central Highlands Council, and on Cattle, Sheep, Crops, Vineyards and behalf of my fellow Councillors I am delighted you have Cherries chosen to live in our Municipality and extend a very warm welcome to you. Cattle, Sheep & Horse Studs Dairies The council area covers 12% of the land mass of If I can be of assistance to you in Tasmania and is unique in its diversity and its Council related issues please contact me and I would be breathtaking scenery. delighted to assist in any way I can. We boast the best trout fishing in Australia Once again welcome to our Municipality. The first golf course in the Southern Hemisphere The Australasian Golf Museum (Displays on loan Deirdre Flint from Peter Toogood, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery and various other donations and acquisitions. MAYOR World heritage areas Beautifully maintained Georgian homes and buildings Municipal Map Page 4 New Residents Kit About our Council The Central Highlands Council was Tourist information can be obtained General Manager. All submissions created in 1993 through the merging from the Bothwell Tourist need to be received by Council by the of the former municipalities of Information Centre in Market Place, second Monday of each month. Bothwell and Hamilton. Bothwell, phone 6259 4033. It is situated in the centre of Telephone—landline and mobile ADVERTISING: Tasmania, encompassing many of service are available in most areas. Newspaper the States premier trout fishing lakes. BUILDING/DEVELOPMENT: Council advertise in the Derwent Development within Council area is Valley Gazette, The Mercury, The The area of the Municipality is 8010 governed by the Building Code of Examiner, The Advocate, Highland Square kilometers. Australia and the Central Highlands Digest and Council’s website Planning Scheme 1998. Contact the (www.centralhighlands.tas.gov.au) The municipality has a population of Bothwell Office for application forms approximately 2554 permanent and further information. Notice Boards persons scattered throughout the Notice boards containing both district, which is predominately a Council information and community rural based economy. COUNCIL MEETINGS: information can be found at either Council meets on the third Tuesday Hamilton Council Chambers, 6 Tourism and agriculture is very of each month at 9.00am alternating Tarleton Street, Hamilton or the important to our small rural between Bothwell and Hamilton Bothwell Council Chambers, 19 townships. Council Rooms. Alexander Street, Bothwell. Townships and localities include Agendas are available from both the Community Information Boards can Hamilton or Bothwell offices 4 days Bothwell, Hamilton, Gretna, be found at Queens Park, Bothwell, prior to the meeting. Agendas and Ellendale, Fentonbury, Westerway, Hamilton Park and Miena. confirmed minutes can also be Ouse, Tarraleah, Wayatinah, Bronte viewed on Councils website Park, Derwent Bridge, Arthurs Lake (www.centralhighlands.tas.gov.au)