Gannawarra Annual Report 2011 - Gannawarra Shire Council
Gannawarra Annual Report 2011 - Gannawarra Shire Council
Gannawarra Annual Report 2011 - Gannawarra Shire Council
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10<br />
MAYOR’S MESSAGE<br />
‘Consolidating our Future’ is a<br />
good theme for this year’s<br />
annual report. At the beginning<br />
of the year we were still in<br />
drought but with the end in<br />
sight, looking forward to things<br />
getting better. However the<br />
power of nature went from the<br />
positive to the point of disaster<br />
with a record flood upon us.<br />
The January flood left us with a huge<br />
challenge. Our community met that<br />
challenge equally if not better than<br />
any before it, dealing well with the<br />
September and November events.<br />
When January came the <strong>Gannawarra</strong><br />
community had an extraordinary<br />
battle on its hands. Community<br />
fortitude and spirit was the key to our<br />
ability to get through this record flood<br />
event – not only a record in the flood<br />
heights but in the duration of the<br />
event.<br />
<strong>Council</strong> and the <strong>Council</strong>lors took a<br />
lead role in communicating with<br />
communities and working in<br />
conjunction with the lead agencies to<br />
be able to marshal resources to meet<br />
challenges as they arose. All should<br />
be commended in the highest degree.<br />
As a result of being diligent and<br />
resourceful <strong>Council</strong> has been able to<br />
secure funding to repair damaged<br />
assets and achieve cooperation from<br />
the State and Federal Governments in<br />
the flood relief and recovery process.<br />
Through excellent planning by our<br />
staff and strong support from our<br />
<strong>Council</strong>lors this process is well<br />
underway. We are already starting to<br />
deliver fully reconstructed roads and<br />
facilities.