COUNCIL WATCH State, Council joint projects making progress
STATE Member for Dubbo Troy Grant will leave numerous legacies to his time in office when he steps away from politics at next year’s election, including newly unveiled 21.5-metre acoustic doors in the large auditorium of the Dubbo Regional Theatre and Convention Centre (DRTCC).
As Minister of Arts he proactively prepared funding for the project and many others in the electorate in support of the arts which created $163,467 for the doors and their installation; that was matched by Dubbo Regional Council which contributed $150,000.
“The replacement door will vastly improve the use of the 600 square metre space due to the acoustic nature of the new structure as well as the modern aesthetics which will lift the overall ambiance of the auditorium,” Mr Grant said.
The doors allow the auditorium to be halved in sound proof conditions, allowing both sides to be hired out simultaneously.
“It includes a smaller door so users can access the two spaces easily without folding the whole door back. The acoustic property of it will sound proof the two spaces as well as retain desired room temperature. It is an allround tremendous asset for the centre,” DRTCC manager Linda Christof said.
The unveiling of the doors was one of many joint visits around the region of Dubbo Regional Council mayor Ben Shields and Member for Dubbo Troy Grant.
On Monday and Tuesday, July 23 and 24, the two toured the region in a rare show of cooperation, officiating new facilities and inspecting the progress of others.
On Monday, they visited Euchareena, Stuart Town, Geurie and Dubbo to inspect projects undertaken in the region funded by the NSW Government’s Stronger Communities-major Projects Fund.
In Euchareena this included a playground installed on Recreation Reserve, a granite path system to connect the school with the Reserve and fencing at the Euchareena Cemetery renewal.
At Moxon Park on Molong Street in Stuart Town, they DURING 2018/2019, Dubbo Regional Council will charge annual water supply service access fees to residents and businesses in Dubbo and Wellington using former Dubbo City Council and Wellington Council boundaries.
In Dubbo, the minimum meter size of 20mm will attract an access charge of $265.17 up to the maximum, 150mm meter size, of $14,923.37.
By comparison, other councils have set their minimum domestic (20mm) access fee at $175 per annum (Bathurst), $263.96 (Orange), $189.26 (Lithgow), $220 (Armidale), $269 (Tamworth), $235 (Central Tablelands) and $154 (Mid-western).
Rateable land without a water service connected in Dubbo and Wellington, but to which a water service is actually available, will be charged the minimum annual access fee.
Dubbo’s usage charge will be $2.02 per kilolitre and various rates apply in Wellington, to a maximum consumption charge of $2.57 per kilolitre over 10,000 KL per year.
These rates appeared in the minutes viewed the playground renewal, an iron bark timber fence installed around the perimeter of the park and a granite path system installed to connect the park with Bohemias Hall.
In Geurie a multi-purpose court and playground renewal at Tom Culkin Oval were viewed.
In Dubbo, the Mayor and Member for Dubbo viewed the progress on the carpark installation, adventure playground and amenity block.
Later on Tuesday, Mr Shields and Mr Grant officially “turned the sod” on construction of the SES/VRA Training Centre at the Dubbo City Regional Airport which is being funded by NSW Stronger Communities Fund.
They also inspected the progress of a new water playground being installed at the Dubbo Aquatic Leisure Centre.
The Stronger Communities Fund is an initiative of the NSW Government and forms part of the $10 million Stronger Communities funding made available to Dubbo Regional Council to initiate projects that improve community infrastructure and services. of the June 25, 2018, ordinary meeting of council. COMMUNITY representatives on the Disability Inclusion Technical Panel have been announced. They are Gavin Stait, Michael Langley, Michelle Thompson, Cassie Gardner, John Gleeson, Donna Flack, Cody Jones, with alternative representatives being Wendy Carpenter and Paul Hausia. VACANT land which has a sewerage service available to it in the former Dubbo City Council area will be charged a service access fee of $755.07 for the 2018/2019 financial year.
For all vacant parcels of land in Wellington where sewerage is available, the annual charge will be Dubbo Regional Council mayor Ben Shields (left) and Member for Dubbo Troy Grant (right) watch on as members of the SES and VRA joined the turning of the first sod ceremony on Tuesday for the $2.3 million facility at Dubbo Regional Airport that is being purpose-built for the State Emergency Services (SES) and Volunteer Rescue Association (VRA). PHOTO: DUBBO PHOTO NEWS DRAMATIC changes to the landscape at Dubbo Regional Airport came into land on Tuesday, July 24, when Dubbo Regional Council mayor Ben Shields and Member for Dubbo Troy Grant jointly “turned the sod’ on the new State Emergency Service (Ses)/volunteer Rescue Association (VRA) facility.
The project was developed from a submission to the Minister for Emergency Services from 2012 requesting a new headquarters for the SES.
Construction will include an 888m2 shed to accommodate emergency vehicles, workshop
$585.55.
Residential properties within Wellington will be charged $661.61 annually.
In Mumbil, the annual fee will be $619.93, or if no-one’s home (and there’s not even a home), the service charge will be $585.55 while Geurie will be $661.61, or for unoccupied rateable land $585.55. SIX property owners on The Old Road, Geurie have petitioned Council that they do not want the threebin waste collection service made available.
Their preference was stated as being happy with their current arrangement of taking general garbage, food and garden waste and recycled goods to the Geurie tip facility as required.
Their request to Council’s interim chief executive Michael Mcmahon was to “act in the interest of the rate payers and terminate any further progression of the rolling out of the service”.
The petition was noted by council in the ordinary meeting of July 23, 2018. and storage areas, a proposed 448m2 office building containing separate offices, amenities, kitchen and training rooms and adjacent car parking area.
The relocation to the airport further supports the emergency services precinct that currently exists with the RFS State Mitigation Service and RFDS located adjacent to this development.
The existing VRA property in Cobra Street is nearing the end of its useful life and will be demolished and replaced with a shed for the purpose of First Response Facility as part of the project.