2010 - Yarriambiack Council
2010 - Yarriambiack Council
2010 - Yarriambiack Council
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SHIRE HAPPENINGS 2009/10<br />
July 2009<br />
• <strong>Yarriambiack</strong> Shire <strong>Council</strong> announces a 5 percent general rate increase in the 09/10<br />
period. <strong>Council</strong> also decided to implement a $30 municipal charge on all properties.<br />
• CEO Ray Campling says the proposed budget includes construction and sealing of<br />
Browns Road Hopetoun; new footpaths; seal two sections of R. Learmonth Road in<br />
Minyip; Warracknabeal Stadium upgrade; Hopetoun Swimming Pool change rooms<br />
redevelopment; and introduction of the new ‘We Can 2’ youth program.<br />
• <strong>Yarriambiack</strong> Shire <strong>Council</strong> Mayor, Helen<br />
Ballentine, spent a week in Canberra for the<br />
National General Assembly and Australian<br />
<strong>Council</strong> of Local Government. Cr Ballentine<br />
attended ceremonies, forums and workshops<br />
relating to climate change, the environment and<br />
infrastructure.<br />
• Construction of a new community centre at<br />
Rupanyup will begin in October after an<br />
announcement yesterday of $300,000 cemented plans for the multipurpose facility.<br />
• <strong>Yarriambiack</strong> Shire <strong>Council</strong> embarks on a roadside vegetation project to clear<br />
overhanging vegetation from shire roads and create jobs for drought-affected farmers<br />
and farm workers in the shire. Member for Northern Victoria, Candy Broad announced<br />
that $300,000 for a $400,000 Roadside Clearance project will link with the Wimmera<br />
Rural Skills Connect program to train mare than 50 of the region’s farmers.<br />
• A $124,905 grant was announced for a Minyip Wetlands Travellers Rest development<br />
which will see the construction and installation of a pedestrian bridge, all weather<br />
parking area, barbecue, shelter, picnic tables and seating, amenities block and<br />
powered camp sites.<br />
• $66,100 grant was announced by Member for Northern Victoria, Candy Broad, to go<br />
towards a continuous walking track to be built around Murtoa’s Lake Marma.<br />
• Tourism in Hopetoun is set to grow following a $32,200 grant for the upgrading of<br />
facilities at McGinnis Park and a Hopetoun and District Historical Society vintage farm<br />
display.<br />
• Progress Associations in the <strong>Yarriambiack</strong> Shire <strong>Council</strong> consider following the Buloke<br />
Shire <strong>Council</strong>’s initiative of $1 rental program for attracting people to the area.<br />
• Yarrilinks returned for another year to Minyip for the annual tree planting weekend,<br />
aiming to return vegetation to the <strong>Yarriambiack</strong> Creek and all throughout the shire.<br />
August 2009<br />
• <strong>Council</strong> seeks community input for developing its first Environmental Strategy. The<br />
strategy would address environmental and sustainability issues with the municipality<br />
and determine how to secure a more sustainable future.<br />
• <strong>Yarriambiack</strong> Shire <strong>Council</strong>, along with Wimmera Primary Care Partnership and the<br />
Salvation Army funded a ladies day out for rural women. The women came from Lah,<br />
Brim and Batchica, 26 women participated in the day.<br />
• <strong>Council</strong> recruits six new volunteer drivers for the volunteer transport program.<br />
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