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ncil Lockhart Shire Cou December/January 2011/2012 MAYORAL REPORT Welcome to the New Year of 2012. I trust Both Community Halls of The everyone has experienced an enjoyable and Rock and Yerong Creek were relaxing Christmas together with setting utilized by the schools for their achievable New Year Resolutions. presentation evenings and I must say this was most gratifying for A possible New Years Resolution may be to council and the hall committees to become more involved in community activities see. and affairs. This opportunity will present itself to you in September 2012 when the local Council at its December meeting has decided Government Council elections for the Lockhart to acknowledge its long term employees by Shire are to be conducted. If you are holding a half yearly breakfast and presenting passionate about your community I urge you to individuals with a gift for their long service and consider representing them by putting yourself dedication to the Lockhart Shire. This showing forward to be elected by your peers. of appreciation for employees is also September is only eight months away and you expressing ratepayers’ gratitude. need to begin promoting yourself to gather support to become elected. Being an elected With the Spirit of the Land Festival of 2011 representative for your community as well as financial completed and the final summary of for the whole of the Shire can be very proceedings presented to council for review it rewarding and most inspiring. gives me great pleasure to announce council will sponsor the 2012 festival once again for the Recently I attended the Lockhart Central amount of $10,000 and the location will be School Year 12 farewell dinner also Lockhart once again at the Lockhart Caravan Park. and The Rock Central Schools Presentation There are still some relevant details that have and entertainment evenings. It was a pleasure to be sorted out but this gives the festival to be invited and I thoroughly enjoyed the direction for the future. Council has also presentation of Awards, the acknowledgement confirmed the winning 2011 sculpture will be of individuals, retiring teachers and the relocated in the new park adjoining the new entertainment provided by the students. council administration building, once the old Congratulations to Zac Cornish who was administration building is demolished. awarded the Dux of The Rock Central Secondary School and Stevie Marriott who was At present council is determining with the Dux of the Lockhart Central School Year 12. I assistance of the Tourism/Economic wish them all the best in their endeavours in Development Committee whether to produce a the future. business newsletter or directory promoting our [email protected] www.lockhart.nsw.gov.au Mayoral Report businesses within the Shire. It would be appreciated cost to all ratepayers to clean up the mess and is if business owners or ratepayers provide their taking extra time away from the council employees thoughts on this proposal. It is to promote to move on to other jobs they have allocated. businesses within the Shire so that residents are aware of there existence and encourage them to Australia Day will be held at The Rock this year at support them. the Recreation Ground so please keep this in mind as breakfast is free and the activities planned by the Recently we have had a spate of vandalism and Progress Association and Recreation Ground graffiti attacks within the Shire especially in the new Committee are always enjoyable. toilets at Coronation Park at The Rock and to a lesser extent the new skate park at Lockhart. See you there Windows at the council owned building in Yerong Creek have been broken. If residents see or know of Mayor these culprits please report it to council or directly to Peter Yates the police. We don’t want this in our Shire, it is a The Cost of Vandalism financial help, from other sources within the Council has received the following article which community, and if it is a worthy and legitimate might assist all residents within the Shire. “cause”, the members will do their best to help Over the past 6 months, in and around The Rock, where possible. buildings are being targeted by some very selfish Every time money is spent repairing the damage to “vandals”, who have so little concern for other these buildings, or paying to remove the “garbage” peoples’ property they do “senseless” damage just littering their grounds, it means there is less money for something to do, and a “laugh”…!!!! left to give “donations”. These “vandals” just do not Some community organisations affected by this understand what “losers” they really are. “Vandalism” are The Rock CWA, the Show Ground Instead, why don’t they “get a life, and spend their facilities, and the Golf Club. Even some residents, spare time in working for the community’s good, who live alone, in their homes, are also being instead of destroying it just because they are “harassed”. Due to the recent hot weather, they “bored”. have opened their wooden doors, to let in fresh air, If you are experiencing any problems such as the but keeping the screen doors locked for safety.. above please contact the Police Service. These brave “trouble makers” run up to the door, “howl out loud” and then like the cowards they are, The Phone Numbers are: run away. All this in the name of “fun”. It doesn’t Lockhart 6920 5205 matter what harmful effect this could have on the The Rock 6920 2044 occupant of the house. Wagga Wagga 6922 2599 These organisations try to help the Community whenever they can. The CWA, for instance, has At a recent Lockhart Shire Council Police and donated money, to The Rock Central School to help Community Consultation Committee Meeting, it was pupils if needing financial assistance. Donations stressed by the senior officer representing the have been given to Emily Gardens to buy extra Police that residents should report all incidents to things for the residents’ enjoyment. They have tried the Police no matter how small and ensure you to help the Show Society with their struggle to keep obtain an Incident Number from the police officer our Rural Show “alive”. Whenever approached for who took your complaint. 2 Council Snippets - 15 December 2011 Police & Community Consultation Committee Work on shoulders and table drains has continued This Committee was established by Council some throughout the Shire and numerous culverts have 12 months ago and the Committee meets on a been repaired. Hotmix work has been completed at quarterly basis. the Urana Street/Reid Street intersection in Lockhart and work is continuing in the Green The purpose of the meeting is to permit community Street West residential subdivision. The sewer members from throughout the Shire to have direct construction in this subdivision is underway which access to a senior Police Officer in which any will then allow for further road works to be concerns regarding policing matters are presented completed. at that meeting. Sealed roads remain a priority until the season The last meeting of the Police & Community finishes in March/April 2012. it is intended to have Consultation Committee was held on Friday 25 one grader crew remain on the Lockhart/The Rock November 2011 with the report being presented to Road, one on the Lockhart/Walbundrie Road and Council on 15 December 2011. one on the Green Street West project and the One of the main themes coming from the last Industrial Park extensions. committee meeting was from the senior Police Rapid Response Plan for Noxious Weeds Officer attending the meeting, who impressed on Incursions the community that if they have a matter, no matter how small, which might require investigation or To ensure consistency to the approach for dealing action by the Police Service, that residents must with new incursions of noxious plants all Councils ring the Police Station and report the matter. The within the Riverina have been encouraged to adopt senior officer also stressed that those people who a rapid response plan. are reporting matters to the Police should obtain This draft policy is on public exhibition and if any an incident number from the Police Officer who members of the community wish to comment on took their call. this policy please feel free to do so. Works Report Natural Disaster Insurance Review Council has continued work on the road The Federal Government in March 2011 rehabilitation work at the Tootool Bridge together announced the Natural Disaster Insurance Review with the work commencing on the rehabilitation on initiated mainly due to the absence of flood Lockhart-Walbundrie Road. The projects were insurance for many policy holders particularly slowed by the amount of moisture in the pavement, those in Queensland and certainly this was of large volumes of unsuitable material had to be concern to many residents of the Lockhart Shire. removed with an excavator and then replaced. Details of the review by the Federal Government is The problem is caused by inadequate drainage included in Council’s Business Paper however one and poor quality pavement material and to avoid of the salient points contained in the review will be future problems drainage is being improved while a definition of flood. the pavement is being raised and good quality The draft definition appears to be as follows: material is being used. It is expected that similar “Flood means the covering of normally dry land by problems will occur on the most badly failed water that has escaped or been released from the sections of sealed roads and the only thing that normal confines of: can be done to minimise the problem is to continue to clean out table drains and repair culverts to prevent water from sitting on roadsides.