12 March 2020

Water Tower in Augathella completed as part of TRAILBLAZING THE WEST

MURWEH SHIRE COUNCIL MEETING

To be held Thursday 12 March 2020

1. Opening Prayer

2. Apologies

3. Confirmation of minutes ; Ordinary Meeting 13 February 2020

Special Meeting 19 February 2020

4. Business arising from minutes

5. Correspondence for members’ information

6. Councillors to advise on any declaration of personal interest relating to agenda items.

7. Councillors to advise of any update or changes to their Register of Interests

8. Chief Executive Officers Reports; i. Finance ii. HR iii. WH&S iv. Tourism v. Library vi. Environment and Health vii. Engineering

9. Correspondence for consideration

10. Closure

FINANCIAL REPORT COUNCIL MEETING 12 March 2020

Mayor and Councillors Murweh Shire Council CHARLEVILLE QLD 4470

Highlights of this month’s Financial Report:

Report - Period Ending 29 February 2020

Revenue

Total revenue of $12.457M to 29 February 2020 represents 36% of the total budget of $34.181M.

These statements are for 8 months of the financial year and generally would represent 67% of the overall budget.

Generally budgets are on track after 8 months of the financial year. If you take into consideration the FAGs payment of $1,762,862, revenue would be at $14.220M, 42% of the budget.

Rates will go out on the 16th March, with a discount period closing on 16th April.

Expenses

Total expenditure of $14.685M to 29 February 2020 represents 63% of the total budgeted expenditure of $23.182M.

Over the next 2 months Council will incur some major costs for capital works, however claims should offset these costs.

Outcome

There is currently a cash Deficit of $2.228M.

Capital Works

See the Capital Funding Report 2019 – 20 for details of all projects.

1. Cash Position 2. Monthly Cash Flow Estimate 3. Comparative Data 4. Capital Funding – budget V’s actual 5. Road Works – budget V’s actual

1. Cash Position as at 29 February 2020

CASH AT BANK Operating Account $447,618 SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS National Bank of Australia $ - QTC Cash Fund $3,647,664 Total $ 4,095,282

The following items should be backed by cash and investments, plus any increases in the surplus of Debtors over Creditors. Cash backed Current Liabilities (AL,LSL,SL,RDO) $2,168,185 $ 2,168,185

Balance of recoverable debtors - estimated creditors: ( $212,047 - $95,190 ) $ 116,857 Plus cash surplus $ 4,095,282 - $ 2,168,185 $ 1,927,097 Working Capital Total $ 2,043,954

2. Monthly Cash Flow Estimate: - March 2020

Cash Flow Estimate

Receipts Expenditure

Rates $1,300,000 Payroll $1,200,000

Fees & Charges $4,500 Creditor Payments $2,500,000

Debtors $300,000 Loan Payments $0

Grants/Claims/Loan QTC $2,000,000 Lease Payments $4,000

Total $3,604,500 Total $3,704,000

Therefore cash is expected to decrease by $99,500 in the period.

3. Comparative Data for the month of February 2020

Comparative Year 2020 2019 2018

$000 $000 $000

Cash position $4,095 $4,661 $5,439

Working capital $2,045 $3,008 $3,086 Rate arrears $524 $4,367 $3,938 Outstanding debtors $212 $612 $418

Current creditors $95 $96 $481

Total loans $2,239 $2,793 $3,078

4. Capital Funding: Year to 29 February 2020

Budget Actual

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Expended % of Budget Budget $(000) YTD Actual Expended $(000) Total Capital Funding $18,435 $5,119 27.77%

1 Buildings / Other Structures $11,316 $2,291 20.25%

2 Plant & Equipment / Furniture & Fittings $1,577 $101 6.40%

3 Charleville Airport Upgrade $84 $35 41.67%

4 Road Infrastructure $3,374 $1,745 51.72%

5 Water & Sewerage Infrastructure $833 $356 42.74%

6 Office Equip $602 $397 65.95%

7 QTC - Loan Redemption $649 $194 29.89%

5. Road Works Expenditure: Year to 29 February 2020

Budget Actual

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Total Road Expenditure $5,988 $3,432 57% 1 Rural Roads $1,200 $760 63% 2 Town Streets $1,100 $677 62% 3 Private Works $150 $53 35% 4 RMPC Works $1,600 $1,428 89% 5 Flood Damage $1,922 $491 0% 6 Other $16 $23 0%

6. ATTACHMENTS

. Capital Funding Detail

. Rate Arrears Summary

. Revenue & Expenditure Summary

. Balance Sheet

Capital Expenditure as at 29 February 2020

Projects Asset Job Number Project Description Funding Actual to % of budget Budgeted Total - Actual Total - Class/GL source date Project Costs Project Costs Budgeted Number 2019-20 Project Costs

Airport 8000-1751-0 Charleville Airport Security Upgrade W4Qld $0 0.00% $0 242-4000-0 8000-3600-0 Café in the Mulga Upgrade $25,599 34.13% $75,000 8000-3560-0 Runway Resheet $9,060 100.00% $9,060 Sub total $34,659 41.23% $84,060

Land 8000-0070-0 Industrial Estate $588,507 134.96% $436,051 $688,564 $500,000 589-4000-0 8000-0071-0 industrial Estate $400K $169,958 0.00% $0 $428,176 $400,000 8000-0072-0 Industrial Estate Water W4Qld $802 0.00% $0 $98,735 $200,000 8000-0073-0 Industrial Estate $1.01M $173,525 14.96% $1,160,000 $173,525 $1,160,000

Sub total $932,792 58.44% $1,596,051

Buildings 8000-1785-0 Life on the Brisbane Line OTI $73,629 4.33% $1,700,000 $73,629 $1,700,000 360-4000-0 8000-1885-0 Planetarium at Cosmos (BoR) BoR $225,021 133.95% $167,985 $600,294 $635,000 8000-1886-0 Augathella Smiley Museum $28,883 99.60% $29,000 $245,242 $233,910

8000-1890-0 New VIC Morven Drought $45,839 113.94% $40,230 $266,076 $290,230

8000-1891-0 Cosmos Upgrade - Stage 3 GTI $215,725 17.98% $1,200,000 $215,725 $1,200,000 8000-1898-0 Planetarium at Cosmos W4Qld $11,277 100.00% $11,277 $275,638 $211,277 8000-1899-0 Tiles Morven $0 0.00% $5,000 8000-1900-0 Upgrade to toilets at depot $61,858 99.77% $62,000 $152,112 $150,000

8000-2550-0 Solar fitout to Buildings W4Qld $0 0.00% $200,000 Charleville Aged Care Upgrade - 8000-2501-0 Drought Drought $125,000 Augathella Aged Care Upgrade - 8000-2502-0 Drought Drought $125,000 8000-2521-0 Showground Meter Box-Drought Drought $55,000 Sub total $662,232 17.80% $3,720,492

Other Structures 8000-1781-0 WWII Tourism project $48,194 160.65% $30,000 $157,187 $100,000 370-4000-0 8000-1892-0 Morven Rail (Freight) Hub $270,093 6.58% $4,103,510 $469,857 $4,103,510 8000-2350-0 Shire Parks Landscaping $3,034 100.00% $3,034 8000-2351-0 Shire Streetscaping $21,050 100.00% $21,050 8000-2358-0 Upgrade Children Pool - Drought Drought $0 0.00% $150,000 8000-2360-0 Swimming Pool Roof $0 0.00% $40,000 8000-2365-0 Regional Connectivity $189,599 20.23% $937,250 8000-2366-0 Augathella TV Upgrade - Drought Drought $0 0.00% $70,000 8000-2367-0 Morven TV Upgrade - Drought Drought $197 0.28% $70,000

8000-2368-0 Morven Rec Lighting - Drought Drought $0 0.00% $110,000 8000-2400-0 Relocate Augathella Skate Park $99,462 99.46% $100,000 8000-2510-0 Rest Area Charleville $64,588 99.37% $65,000 $349,947 $375,000 8000-2520-0 Charleville Racecourse $0 0.00% $100,000 8000-3022-0 Charleville River Clearing (Drought) Drought $0 0.00% $200,000

Sub total $696,217 11.60% $5,999,844

Plant Replacement 8000-1200-0 Heavy and Light Plant $101,220 6.75% $1,500,000

445-4000-0 8000-1777-0 CCTV Cameras in the street $0 0.00% $77,000

Sub total $101,220 6.42% $1,577,000

8000-1010-0 Old Cunamulla Rd/Carter St $19,945 0.00% $0 8000-1100-0 Kurrajong St Road Widening $32,837 0.00% $0 Footpaths Annual allocation (will be Roads 8000-2301-0 moved to 8001-3040-0) $10,551 0.00% $0 525-4000-0 8000-2305-0 Kerb & Channel Annual allocation $80,318 80.32% $100,000 Mt Tabor Rd (will be moved to 8002- 8000-3016-0 3016) R2R Tids $0 0.00% $0 8000-3021-0 Charleville River Clearing W4Qld $0 0.00% $400,000 Killarney Rd (will be moved to 8001- 8000-3040-0 4050) R2R Tids $0 0.00% $0 8000-3041-0 Biddenham Rd R2R $76,731 102.31% $75,000 8000-4049-0 Khybar Rd Reseal R2R $120,741 120.74% $100,000 8000-4059-0 Mt Maria Rd Reseal R2R $33,626 84.07% $40,000 8001-3016-0 Reseal Program R2R $11,202 186.70% $6,000 8001-3040-0 Footpaths Annual allocation $91,335 60.89% $150,000 8001-3041-0 Biddenham Rd Reseal R2R $46,254 462.54% $10,000 8001-4001-0 Advale Rd R2R Tids $260,217 104.09% $250,000 8001-4050-0 Killarney Rd R2R W4Qld $9,357 1.39% $675,000 8001-4061-0 Mt Tabor Rd R2R Tids $171 0.09% $200,000 8001-4120-0 Bollon Rd R2R Tids $689,789 91.97% $750,000 8002-3016-0 Mt Tabor Rd Reseal R2R $75,540 397.58% $19,000 8002-4001-0 R2R Adavale Road R2R $0 0.00% $200,000 8002-4050-0 R2R Killarney Road 70.45-71.80 R2R $228,546 57.26% $399,133

Sub total $1,787,160 52.97% $3,374,133

Water 8000-5252-0 Water Mains Augathella $53,649 53.65% $100,000 555-4000-0 8000-5254-0 Water Mains Charleville $165,027 165.03% $100,000 8000-5260-0 Water Mains Morven $57,882 38.59% $150,000 8000-5271-0 Replace Cover Charleville Reservior $0 0.00% $130,000

Charleville Showground Retic 8000-5272-0 Drought $0 0.00% $75,000 Augathella Brassington Retic - 8000-5273-0 Drought $0 0.00% $75,000

Sub total $276,558 43.90% $630,000

Sewer Infrastructure Repl/New (will Sewerage 8000-5300-0 be moved to 8000-5360) $5,183 158.02% $3,280 585-4000-0 8000-5350-0 Sewerage Augathella $16,808 33.62% $50,000 8000-5360-0 Sewerage Charleville $60,809 40.54% $150,000

Sub total $82,800 40.73% $203,280

8000-1774-0 Communications $6,070 0.00% $0 Office Equip 8000-1787-0 Animal control $25 1.00% $2,500 597-4000-0 8000-1782-0 Desktop PC's $9,116 91.16% $10,000 8000-1783-0 IT Hardware $0 0.00% $10,000 8000-1788-0 ECM Software $0 0.00% $80,000 8000-1786-0 LG Subsidy - Wireless $382,798 76.56% $500,000 $389,192 $500,000 $0 Sub total $398,009 66.06% $602,500

Total Capital $4,971,647 27.95% $17,787,360

Int & Redemp No Job # Current Loans Payments $194,242 29.92% $649,206 640-672- 5000 Sub total $194,242 29.92% $649,206

GRAND TOTAL $5,165,889 28.02% $18,436,566

Human Resources Report

From: Kerry-Ann Reading – Human Resources Manager Ordinary Meeting – March 2020

RECRUITMENT VACANCIES APPOINTMENTS RESIGNATIONS Internal 1. Multiskilled Plant Operator Peter Stewart Keith Kent 2018 2. Truck Driver Nathan Newby Paul Flanagan 3. Labourer x 3 Jamie Pamenter Garret Smith, Buddy Peacock, Darcy Lark Dan Burey Allan Dobson External 1. EOI Plant Operators Open 12 months

TRAINEES/APPRENTICES

1. Plumbing Apprentice – Oliver Aitken (2nd year) 2. Diesel Fitter Apprentice – Jaidyn Erickson (3nd year) & Luke Worthington (1st year) 3. Apprentice Carpenter – Phil Sandy (1st year)

2019 - 2020 2018 - 2019 Pay Dates Hours Amount Hours Amount Periods 1 – 2 22/06/2019 – 19/07/2019 769 $32,352 1254 $52,076 3 - 4 20/07/2019 – 16/08/2019 850 $36,864 1345 $56,328 5 - 6 17/08/2019 – 13/09/2019 789 $35,032 1326 $53,731 7 - 8 14/09/2019 – 11/10/2019 724 $30,806 1248 $50,091 9 - 10 12/10/2019 – 9/11/2019 947 $39,055 1415 $55,305 11 - 12 10/11/2019 – 6/12/2019 985 $41,575 1339 $52,149 13 - 14 7/12/2019 – 3/01/2020 728 $31,018 1010 $38,190 15 - 16 4/01/2020 – 31/01/2020 760 $33,865 1117 $46,163 17 – 18 907 $36,228 19 - 20 528 $20,953 21 - 22 1084 $45,992 23 - 24 880 $35,916 25 - 26 921 $37,746

ENTERPRISE BARGAINING n/a

$110,000

$100,000

$90,000

$80,000 2017 $70,000 2016 $60,000 2018 $50,000 2019

$40,000 Linear (2017) Linear (2016) $30,000 Linear (2018) $20,000 Linear (2019) $10,000

$0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 PAY PERIODS

TRAINING Course No. Attended NIL

POLICIES Drafts Due for Review 1. HR-010 Leave (other than parental and 1. Recruitment & Selection domestic violence) 2. Bullying & Harassment 2. HR-023 Parental Leave 3. HR-019 Social Media 4. HR-025 Staff Travel & Related Expenses

Repealed (for Council Approval) Nil

OTHER • Performance Appraisals – to commence November • Next Staff Breakfast – June 2020

Murweh Shire Council MARCH 2020 WORKPLACE HEALTH & SAFETY REPORT

Written by: John Wallace (WHSO)

INCIDENT REPORTS RECORDED SINCE LAST REPORT

Report Date Incident type Department No IR-250 6/02/2020 Multi Body Injuries Town Crews IR-251 24/1/2020 Mower (dangerous event) Garden Crew IR-252 10/2/2020 Vehicle Damage Environmental Health IR-253 13/2/2020 Electricity Pit Damage Augathella IR-254 14/2/2020 Vehicle Damage Tourism IR-255 20/2/2020 Dangerous Event Building

Inductions 19-20 70 Contractor Inductions - 2 (total 27) Council Induction - 2 (total 11) 60 Work Experience - (total 4) Work Camp - (total 6) 50

40 Safety Breaks & Take 5’s returns 30 July: 72% 75% Aug: 75% 79% 20 17-18 Sept: 89% 59% 10 18-19 Oct: 79% 91% Nov: 87% 84% 19-20 0 Dec: 85% 57% Jan: 78% 73% Feb: 72% 63%

Drug & Alcohol Testing Any Place, Any Time.

Date: 21/2/2020 Tested: 13 INJURIES PER AREA

General Business

Silicon Dust - New requirements under the mining and Quarrying ACT, council has to appoint an SSE to monitor and manage pits and council to comply with QGL02 Management of Respirable dust. An Operational safety management System, to be developed for all pits and quarries within the shire.

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Next WHS Meeting –16 March 2020

Think Safe Work Safe Home Safe

Murweh Shire Council VIC Report Ty Sherrington – Charleville Visitor Information Centre Co-ordinator February 2020.

REPORT ON OPERATIONS OF THE CHARLEVILLE VISITOR CENTRE – February 2020

Monthly Statistics: Visitor Numbers for February: 2020

Charleville Visitor Numbers – February 2020

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Tour Numbers – February 2020 Tour Numbers for February

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Operational Information:

Staffing for 2020: Advertisements were placed for Casual Tourism guides within the information centre and Interviews held. We are pleased to congratulate Stephanie Retschlag and Alexis Wallace. Stephanie joins us from a medical/admin background and Alexis is a returning staff member who has worked at the information centre previously. Welcome to the newest team members and please make them feel welcome and introduce yourself if you see them about.

Accreditation 2020 site visit: The Visitor information centre had its online audit in 2019 by Visit Queensland. This year (2020) we are set to have our site Visit in March. (Date yet to be advised). We our on Track for our 2020 site visit with just a few final house keeping duties and updating of folders and we are set to go.

Update on Air conditioning: On the 10th of February Queensland rail met with CRE (electrician) and Monique Johnson to discuss the installation of the air conditioning system. QLD Heritage has approved the installation of doors to platform and installation of an air/heat system. Its wonderful news to hear that Qld Heritage approved part of the plans provided by Emily Jukes (Architect) to refurbish the information Centre.

Refurbishment of the Gardens at the Railway station: Qld Rail (David Reis) have been meeting with Arborist and Council to come up with a solution of how to solve the issue of the tree roots lifting the kerbing around the garden and destroying the road surface. QR met with the tenants and stakeholders of the railway station to discuss the plans for the refurbishment. Qld Rail will do a local media release to advise the residents as to the plans as the time gets closer.

Ty Sherrington Visitor Information Centre Coordinator.

Murweh Shire Council Cosmos Report

From: Allyn Cosmos Centre Team

Report for Month of February 2020 Monthly Statistics Tourism Breakdown $12,000.00 $10,317.00 $10,000.00

$8,000.00

$6,000.00 $3,764.50 $3,633.00 $4,000.00 Feb-18 $2,000.00 $1,067.00 $816.00 $473.50$80.60 $482.40 Feb-19 $0.00 Feb-20

February 2020 Total Revenue Breakdown Revenue Summary Feb-18 Feb-19 Feb-20

Ticket Sales Cosmos $1152.50 $3586.00 $3764.50 VIC $1067.00 Souvenirs Cosmos $899.64 $87.00 $473.50

VIC $80.60 Café $32.00 $143.55 $482.40 Airport Café $114.55 $3633.00 Group Bank Transfer $816.00.

Month Total $2084.14 $3931.10 $10317.00

The above numbers have split the VIC Tickets and Souvenirs from the Cosmos Centre in 2019 as they are now recorded as two separate entities. The end totals still include both VIC and Cosmos figures as this figure is still comparable to the last few years. In a few more years the figures will be split for each year.

Tickets February: $6,000.00 $816.00

$4,000.00 Future Tour Takings

$2,000.00 $4,831.50 Monthly Takings

$0.00

February Tour/Ticket Revenue, Current vs Future Breakdown 2020

The Future bookings figure percentage will increase over the coming Months as we see more clients’ book into the peak period. Number of Guests (Increase/Decrease) Participating on Each Tour February 2019 vs. February 2020 Increase/Decrease Numbers Sun Viewing Same Big Observatory Decrease – 32 Twilight N/A S&P Increase - 6 ABD Increase – 112 Month Total Decrease - 3

ABD tours highlight an increase this month. We have had a number of shows cancelled due to cloud and bad weather, this affected Big Observatory.

Ticket Sale Location Breakdown

$1,067 Cosmos Centre VIC $3,765

Cosmos Sales were $3764.50 and VIC $1067.

200 178 128 150 100 36 44 52 50 16 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 Feb-19 0 Feb-20

The difference between 2019 and 2020 were: During Jan 19/20, there were no, Twilight, Photo’s and Stories of Astrology. Feb 20 has had significant bad weather. Cloud Cover Days and Nights Data February 2020 had a number days effected by bad weather.

February 2019 Number of Clouds Days that Cancelled 0

Number of Participants lost due to bad weather for Sun Viewing 0

Number of Clouds Nights that Cancelled 2 Number of Participants lost due to bad weather for Night 5 Observatory Amount of dollars lost due to bad weather $132.00 February 2020 Number of Clouds Days that Cancelled 0 Number of Participants lost due to bad weather for Sun Viewing 0 Number of Clouds Nights that Cancelled 3 Number of Participants lost due to bad weather for Night 13 Observatory Amount of dollars lost due to bad weather $375.50

$1,200.00 $1,000.00 $800.00 $600.00 $400.00 $200.00 Jan-20 $0.00 Feb-20

Tour Revenue Breakdown – Growth over Past Two Months February has been both Wet and overcast with much cloud cover. Numbers have been down for that reason.

Souvenir Breakdown: A total of $554.10 was sold in souvenirs this month, $473.50 from Cosmos and $80.60 at VIC.

$80.60

Cosmos Centre

VIC

$473.50

Cafe Breakdown

Revenue $482.40

Cosmos Café Airport Café

$3,633.00

$4115.40 was made between both Cafés this month. Cosmos Centre, $482.4 and Airport $3633.00.

Operational Information

Mike continues working on projects. We are working on getting processes, staff and training in place prior to the peak season. Mike is very close to completing an Observatory Wet weather plan for the Planetarium. This will be a great replacement, so we don’t need to cancel an evening Show. We also have Movies from the USA arriving soon for more day time running shows in the Planetarium.

We will have a number of new staff starting in March 2020. We will start training staff mid March 2020.

We are working on quotes for the new Cosmos Interactive areas. We have two quotes in at the moment and waiting on another.

The Company Bintel came out to the Cosmos Centre February 14-16 to fix and service the telescopes. They did a great job and were able to fix all concerns we had with the Telescopes. This was much better and easier than sending the Telescopes to get serviced/fixed.

Due to the slow Month and bad Weather, the Cosmos staff has been manning the Café reducing casual Café wages within the Cosmos Café.

We opened the Observatory bookings on Thursday PM show (27 Feb 20) and also opened on Saturday (29 Feb 20) for the local football competition. Attendance during the extended operating hours was poor.

Allyn Hartley Cosmos Centre Coordinator

Murweh Shire Council Tourism Report Report for February 2020

Community Programs - Meetings with Individuals and Groups

Meetings/engagements Issue/s Actual Date 30 Years Flood event Catch up re the upcoming event in April. 5/2/2020 SWRED Tourism Update on Qld’s Southern Outback project 6/2/2020 Guardian Software 7/2/2020 Update on Council Software training Qld Rail Where QR are up to with the refurb of VIC area. 10/2/2020 Golden West Tourism trainees opportunity 11/2/2020 Staff interviews Looking for 2020 Tourism team 12/2/2020 Blue Tree Project Project for #itsoknottobeok 13/2/2020 30 Years Flood Event Latest events with Flood event 19/2/2020 QLD Rail Discussion re the gardens at front of VIC/Rail 24/2/2020

Events for consideration.

For local events- https://www.facebook.com/experiencecharleville/ Facebook page events Calendar/News Feed -www.experiencecharleville.com.au. (Also incorporates events from SWRED region). Please forward any events via email or text. It must have the main Who, What, Where & When details and an image if wanting it added to App.

We are heading into the busiest event month I have seen since working with the Murweh Shire Council. If there could be as many hands on deck and support for all the upcoming events as possible it would be very much appreciated. If events aren’t done well there is no point doing them and the amount of money they bring to different businesses and projects in our Shire is very helpful so we want to see them succeed and continue on for many years. Bringing visitors to our region is an enormous boost to our economy. Enjoy our April events and see you on the other side 

Charleville App http://charleville.eventapp.com.au/

Experience Charleville Website stats – Collecting data to monitor #’s, visitors & requirements.

The below Google Analytics are still looking very promising for our region. No one has a crystal ball and cannot tell 100% what people will do this season but so far the search results are showing we are certainly on the map for our visitors to Outback this year.

General Business for the month of December.

Wow and just like that February is already gone. So much already behind us but so much more to come. 2020 is bound to be the biggest year on the ‘events’ calendar for some time. There are three new events taking place this year, Veteran 1 & 2 Cylinder Rally, 30 Years on 1990 Charleville Flood event and the Beach to Reach event. All these events are promising to bring very different demographics to our region plus something just for the locals and previous residents of Charleville and Murweh.

‘30 Years On, 1990 Charleville Flood’ event is shaping up nicely. Plenty of team effort happening. The work Camp are busily building display boards to be used at the Hangar and at the Mulga Lands Gallery for both displays. They are also working on a Flood Height display stand that will sit in Wills Street opposite the NAB bank. This way people can actually physically see how high the waters were. John Wallace is working on funding at the moment to have permanent structures like this for Charleville.

SWRED Tourism arm have been working alongside Liz Ward and Anita Clark, redesigning the Queensland’s Southern Outback website and putting extra content into it relating to groups and bus itineraries. This project also redesign of the old logo launched a couple years ago at the Cosmos Centre so we look forward to seeing what the new ones will be like and if they gain the attention more than the previous one did. It will mean extra work for someone to update on a quarterly timeframe as Tourism is changing all the time and the digital world is getting bigger, busier and better. SWRED under Alison Shaw’s’ guidance from the Right Grant, were recently successful in receiving funds to do another Outback Events launch as we did in Brisbane last year. This event will take place in St George this time and will be live on the Today Show weather crosses on Wednesday the 8th of April. As this time falls between two of our major events, I will not attend but have invited Masterchef Matty Sinclair and Scott Jennings from ‘Beach to Reach’ to promote our region with their new event and this will cover both Murweh and Maranoa. Roma also has their ‘Easter in the Country’ event around this time so are short on team to attend as well so all will fall into place perfectly.

Qld Rail recently visited on two separate occasions discussing where we are up to with our requests to upgrade the railway Station foyer and office space. It looks like the air-conditioning will eventuate throughout the station doing both hot and cold temps. Once this is in place we will move to install back doors going out to the platform to keep the temperature at a comfortable level. The other visit was to discuss the garden beds out the front that are heritage listed but doing major damage to the road. The problem being they can’t be moved too far out towards the road as it comes under Main Roads then and also the Telstra pit is there. The best option at the moment looks to be to remove the trees (I can just hear you all  ) and fix the edges of the garden beds and then replant established trees in the garden beds so as not to change the aesthetics of the area too much. Arborists have been consulted and to even trim the roots of these particular trees will cause them to die so QR are looking for the better option and what type of trees will survive and grow in that location.

Our 2020 Tourism team as been employed and we look forward to focusing on all things Murweh in the coming months. Three tourism Trainees will take up post stationed at the Cosmos Centre with two of them working on the WWII Tour and Cosmos and the third one focused solely on Cosmos. This will be of great benefit to us securing a tourism team for two years at least. Obviously this department needs its usual casual roles as well and we look forward to sharing our product with these successful applicants.

We hope you have all been able to check out the Blue Tree Project Blue Tree down by the Warrego River Walk for #itsoknottobeok program. There is also one now in Augathella that the local school children painted. This is part of R U OK Day and other Mental Health departments. The Blue Trees are now all over Australia and have their own Facebook page as well so no Charleville and Augathella are both part of that page.

Monique Johnson Tourism Manager

Murweh Shire Council Library Reports

From: Martina Manawaduge - Librarian

Report for February 2020 – Charleville / Augathella & Morven

Charleville

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Augathella

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Morven Library

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50 January February 0 Loans & In & Out Items Items average Active Visitors Returns external per day members internal

Operational Information

Charleville Library – Martina Manawaduge We are still signing up a good number of new members. (Local and New Residents)

First5Forever With the commencement of the new school year, there has been a good roll up of new young participants.

Mulga Lands Gallery – Statistics 68 Visitors to the Gallery (Closed most of February for changeover)

Augathella Library – Laraine Steedman No comment

Morven Library – Marie Williams & Maree Green No Comment

Environmental & Health Services

Report

From: Richard Ranson – Director of Environmental & Health Services Ordinary Meeting – 12th March 2020

WATER TESTING Water testing conducted in Charleville, Augathella and Morven. No contamination detected. SEWERAGE / WASTEWATER No issues to report. Charleville STP inspected by Department of Environment and Science 20th February 2020. DOG CONTROL Registrations Lifetime 4 for February Total 1034 Annual 1 for February Total 30 (for 2019/2020) Seized Dogs Total seized 4 Reclaimed 2 Adopted 1 Euthanized 1 Wild Dog Scalps 2019/2020 Wild Dog Destruction Budget Remaining Male 426, Female 356, Puppies 56 total 838 $48,664

FINES ISSUED / REVENUE Offence Number Issued Total Value Impounded Dogs 2 $476 Barking Dog 0 $0 Unregistered Dog 0 $0 Wandering Dog 0 $0 Littering 0 $0 Wandering Stock 0 $0 Total 2 $476

COMPLAINTS MANAGEMENT Type Received Resolved Pending Dogs 1 0 1 Overgrown allotments 2 1 1 Other 0 0 0

LANDFILLS Charleville No issues to report. Inspected by Department of Environment and Science 20th February 2020. Augathella No issues to report Morven No issues to report

FOOD PREMISES Inspections conducted 0 Complaints 0 OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL CONDUCTED

Stock Routes. 1080 Baiting scheduled for 4th to 8th May.

SWIMMING POOL REPORT (Provided by Michael Winton)

Attendance 2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 September 983 789 520 October 1233 1420 1425 November 1175 1210 1308 December 1601 1365 1726 January 2091 1910 1891 February 1107 1200 1397 March 890 760 April 516 273 TOTAL 9596 8929 8267

The month of February was a great month with attendance figures improved on last year’s result despite having some heavy rain through the month that sort of had the town cut off for a couple of days.

At the beginning of the month the pool held a swim clinic for all swimming clubs in the Charleville and extended districts. The turnout of swimmers was very good with over 60 attending the clinic co-hosted by Queensland Swimming coach and mentor Barry Prime and myself. Swimmers from Cunnamulla, Augathella, Morven and Charleville swimming clubs were in attendance and the feedback from the swimmers and parents alike were very positive with another clinic to be planned for next swim season.

Still on swimming, 3 Charleville swimmers and 1 swimmer from Augathella, travelled to Brisbane to compete at the Queensland State Sprint Titles, competing against the very best in Queensland club swimming. They all competed very well with all doing huge personal best times and for some it was their first swim at Chandler which was a bit daunting at first. It is looking very good for next season as I have at least another 6 swimmers that are very close to Qualifying for next year’s titles so it is hoped we will have a bigger contingent travelling to the State titles next year.

The Southwest regional swimming titles were held in Charleville late February and were a great success, with at least 6 local swimmers selected to compete at Queensland State Schools in both primary and secondary levels in late March. It was a great effort by these local kids as they were up against the very best in Southwest region including Roma and District, St George district, Miles and Chinchilla districts.

St Mary’s school swimming is still in progress with just over half their block completed. We have had a number of Adult swimmers for Wednesday morning adult squad which is awesome, mostly training for the local Triathlon to be held later in the month of March.

The last weekend in February saw the Adrian Vowles cup being held with lots of away teams attending which was great for the town’s economy. This also boosted our attendance figures

which was good. End of Report

Engineering Services Report From: Paul O’Connor – Director of Engineering Services Ordinary Meeting – 12 March 2020

Local Roads • TIDS – Bollon Road – complete • Adavale Rd shoulders

Roads to Recovery – extra $608K • Killarney Road 70.45 – 71.8km – seal and widen over crest ($408k) – 10% • Adavale Road – shoulders and widenings ($200K)

Wills St Bridge

Kerb & Channel, Jane St Augathella Angellala Creek, Bollon Road

Projects Update • Flood Damage (QRA) – contract to undertake inspections is being assessed • Warrego River Clearing Charleville – permit 2 weeks away, works on hold ! • Industrial Estate earthworks Stage 3 ongoing – see report below

Local Shire Roads

A summary of the capital works and maintenance activities on Local Shire Roads is listed below. Road Name New Seal (m2) Maintenance Grading (km) Heavy Shoulder Grade

Riccatoon Road * 6.5 Merrigol Road * 17 Auburvale Road 2.3 Loddon East 20 Road Barngo Road .160 1 Caroline 1.4 Crossing Gunnawarra 10.2 Road Emergency Repair 13.00 Mt Maria Road 3 20m Gravel 16.5-19.5 Trees/Storm Valera vale Road 6.9 New Holme Road 18.7 Meigunya Road 4.8

RMPC

A summary of the capital works and maintenance activities on Council Regional Roads is listed below Temporar Grav Distanc Rubbis Should Roa y Routine el e h er d Road Name Pavement Culvert Supp Mowed Maintenanc Collecti Gradin No Repairs ly 3 2 (km) e 3 on (m ) g (km) (m ) (m ) Morven - 13A Augathella 13B Augathella - Tambo 8 Extended 18F Mitchell - Morven RCP 18G Morven - Charleville 56 5.58 25 5.58 Cunnamulla - 23B .29 11 .29 Charleville TOTAL

Water & Sewerage WATER Service Repair Meters Pump Water Bore New Fire Town Line Water Replaced/ Station Maintenanc Connect Hydrant Breaks Mains Checked Faults e Charleville 7 5 3 3 Other Comments: New main at Airport /Cooladdi Tank Morven 1 Other Comments: Augathella 2 2 Other Comments:

SEWERAGE Unblock Main Service Pump Sewer Line Toilets New Town Line Station House/Main Choke Faults Connection Chokes Faults Connection s s Charleville 2 2 2 2 Morven Augathella 2

Electrical

Activity Charleville Augathella Morven Recoverable works Job – Rodeo Grounds  Cadagi Job - Main Street Augathella  Bureau of Met. Switchboard: Upgrade  Delta Court Aged Housing Maintenance  Raceview Complex Fire Alarm. Intermittent  Faults Evap. Pump Replacement / Workshop  SPS #2 Exhaust Fan Fault/Investigate  QTP Training in office  Install New Battery in Caravan  Inspect & Repair Lights at Morven Camp  QTP Practical Training at Electro-Group

Brisbane 3 phase power install at Garden Shed at show  grounds Preparation for Vowels Cup – Switchboard  checks/visual Replace Faulty Modem @ Charleville Truck  wash for Avdata Monitoring LTs at Shire Office & Inspection of Room  refurbishments Fault find & repair Power at LTs @ show  grounds

Building

Nothing received from Building Department at time of publication. Activity Charleville Augathella Morven

Cooladdi Hall

Augathella Racecourse 

Delta Court units 

Cavanagh St units 

Forest St units 

Showgrounds 

Town Maintenance

Activity Charleville Augathella Morven Grave Digging 1 0 0 Edge Break Pothole Patching    Repair Seal Defects Bitumen Sealing (Reseal) Heavy Patching/Pavement Repair Gravel Resheeting Shoulder Grading Table Drain & Floodway

Maintenance Clear Culverts Subsurface Drains Slashing    Hand Mowing    Clearing    Weed Spraying    Maintain Signs    Guide Post Maintenance    Footpath Works  Line Marking Kerb & Channel Street Furniture Maintenance    Riverwalk Maintenance    Litter Collection    Pit Maintenance    Dead Animals    Other Works Requests   

Put Up Street Banners Playground Inspections Clean BBQs

Slash Gully 

Plant Flowers Other Fix Sprays in Park Water pots in Main Street Mow Ovals & Parks    Service Plant   

New Signs

Workshop

Back Log Our current work load is sitting at an estimated 340 hours of work to be completed across the fleet, not including any breakdowns or services needed during the time to clear the backlog. We are currently clearing an estimated 40 hours a week of this back log, as well as keeping up with breakdowns and servicing. Komatsu Loader After the delay, the Komatsu is now due to arrive 15th of March. Contractors While utilising Komatsu for our contractor needs, we are finding that the cost of Komatsu Labour hire I more efficient than our current staff efficiency. This is taking into account the reduction in downtime. This will be monitored in closer detail when the Ausfleet system is in full use and our Fitters will be receiving reports on their efficiency. Apprentice Our new apprentice Luke Worthington has now started and, at this stage, seems that he will be a valuable member of the team. His commitment and work ethic is of a high standard. Maintenance Management System The Ausfleet system is currently being set up to use. The Ausfleet will be here on the 11th – 13th of March for training. The system has had all of the fleet entered and Ausfleet are important our employee driver list also. The system is expected to be in full use by the end of March. Other items In Progress • Workshop storeroom catalogue of parts and clean out (Dave Smalls priority until completion) • Selection of Maintenance Management system for the Workshop (Awaiting Management Direction) • Attraction/Renumeration Packages to find new staff (Awaiting Management Direction) • Automotive Air conditioning Licence training for Fitters (Awaiting TAFE QLD Confirmation) • Preventative Maintenance Scheduling (Awaiting increase in staff levels and Maintenance Management System)

Industrial Estate

Earthworks The earthworks are now complete and work awarded to D-Mac is now as specified. Cadastral Survey The cadastral survey of the revised estate layout was completed in February. Finance

The documentation for Stage 1, Milestone 3 has been submitted to the Department of State Development. Power Supply Ergon have made a final inspection of the routes for construction of new power lines into the Industrial Estate and Booster Pumping Station sites, and they are approved for construction. Maintenance Recent rainfall has created some erosion on the site. This will be substantially eliminated when the stormwater drainage system is constructed, but in the interim, some maintenance is required.

Engineering

Monthly report for projects participated in February 2020: . Charleville River project scope and Tender document preparation: 1. Liaison with adjacent land owners for consent letters. 2. Prepared and submitted Riverine protection permit and contacted DNRME for advice. . Roads to Recovery reports: 1. Submitted quarterly expenditure report for payment approval. 2. Submitted projects and relevant documents for works approval. . Pit compliance and training requirements.