Mayoral Column 18th February 2022
Published on 18 February 2022
Resignation of Warwick Bennett
It was with regret that Council at our meeting this week accepted the resignation of General Manager Warwick Bennett, which will be effective as of 8th July 2022.
This will allow time for Mr Bennett to complete a number of key initiatives with the new Council, including the Community Strategic Plan, the next Delivery Program, and the 2022/23 Operational Plan and Budget.
I would like to thank Warwick for his significant work for this community and region over the past eight years. He will guide the new Council through the next four months, which is important as we implement these important strategic documents and budgets.
Council will now seek expressions of interest from recruitment consultants in order to begin recruitment of a new General Manager, beginning following the 8th July, 2022.
Moving into irrigation phase or Reuse Scheme
Construction of the Goulburn Reuse Irrigation Scheme is moving into the next phase, with irrigation projects beginning around the city to ensure the improvement of our parks, gardens and sporting fields.
The $8.8 million project has been jointly funded by Goulburn Mulwaree Council ($4.4m) and the Federal Government through the Building Better Regions Fund ($4.4m). It allows Council to supply piped recycled effluent around the City for irrigation purposes, which will save water use and achieve brilliant environmental outcomes.
This project has been a long term vision of Council, which was enabled through the upgrade of our Wastewater Treatment Plant. It will be an amazing piece of infrastructure for our City, which will improve our ability to keep sporting fields in use during drought.
The reuse scheme also means that we can save water generally, which is very important as our City’s population continues to grow and we need to service more households.
Irrigation at Hudson Park and North Park is the focus over the coming weeks, with this to be installed and then the fields to be restored to get them up to scratch for playing seasons during winter.
Carr Confoy Sporting Fields will be one of the next locations to have irrigation installed over the coming months, and Council will be working closely with the winter users of this facility regarding the timing and sequencing of these works.
Take the domestic waste collection survey
As part of Council’s ongoing commitment to ensuring our waste collection services meet community needs and expectations, we are asking residents for feedback on the services that we currently provide to homes.
This survey is being undertaken as part of the grant funded Organics Collection Service Implementation and Education Program which was supported by the Environmental Trust as part of the NSW EPA’s Waste Less, Recycle More initiative, funded from the waste levy.
As Council operates its own domestic waste collections and does not engage contractors for the collections, we have the flexibility to adapt the service to meet local needs.
This survey will remain open until 5pm Monday 28 February 2022 – to take the survey please visit https://www.goulburn.nsw.gov.au/Services/Waste-Management/News-Activities
Nominate now for Senior of the Year Award
Nominations are now open for Senior of the Year, and Community Group of the Year awards as part of the NSW Seniors Festival which will be held between 25th March and 3rd April.
Forms for nominations are available from the Goulburn Civic Centre in Bourke Street, or the Community Centre at 155 Auburn Street. Nominations will close on Friday 4th March.
For further details you can call Kim on 4823 4498 or Megan on 4823 4856 between 8:30am – 5pm on weekdays.