Annual Report 2004-2005 - City of Vincent

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E NVIRONMENTAL AND D EVELOPMENT S ERVICES Splashdance at Beatty Park Strategic partnerships have been developed and strengthened through the active involvement in a number of committees including: - Constable Care - Nyoongar Patrol Advisory Committee* - Citysafe, Sex Workers Advisory Group - Needle and Syringe Advisory Group - Western Suburbs Community Safety Co-ordinators Meetings - Central Metropolitan Police Integration Committee. * The City of Perth withdrew funding from the Nyoongar Patrol in June 2005, but the co-ordination of the service has been taken over by the Department of Indigenous Affairs and it is expected that the service to the Town will not be affected. The Town signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Nyoongar Patrol during the 2004-2005 financial year, which provides for more extensive reporting and liaison requirements. In addition, a process has been established to streamline communications between agencies to offer a more efficient service to the community. Burning/Smoke Nuisances The Town’s Local Law relating to health prohibits the burning of rubbish and refuse or other material on the ground at all times of the year. This is dealt with during business hours by the Health Services Section, but all other calls are dealt with by Rangers. As a result, the Ranger Services and Community Safety Section received 14 after-hours complaints. All were dealt with by the Rangers who obtained compliance in each case. Abandoned Vehicles During 2004-2005, 231 abandoned vehicles were investigated, resulting in 34 being towed away and 197 being removed by the owners. Bush Fire Hazard Seventy-nine fire hazard complaints were received during the year, two of which required the issue of an infringement notice. In three cases the Council had to employ a contractor to cut and remove the ground fuel from the blocks. Recoverable works orders were issued to recoup the costs. Syringes/Needles The incidence of discarded syringes and needles in public places continues to be a serious issue and staff are called upon to collect such items fairly regularly. In the past 12 months, 371 syringes/needles were collected and disposed of by Rangers, Environmental Health Officers, Engineering staff and Parks staff. The number of discarded syringes/needles being collected each month has reduced over the year, partly due to the Town providing a number of disposal containers in car parks, toilets and other public places, and partly due to the vigilance of the Rangers, Police and other agencies. State Emergency Services The Town of Vincent is one of the sponsors of the Northshore Unit of the State Emergency Service, with the Emergency Operations Centre for this unit situated within the Town of Vincent boundaries. This is a voluntary organisation whose personnel are trained to assist throughout the State in times of storm, cyclone, flood and earthquake. They are also heavily involved in searches for missing persons. The Unit has been operational on 81 occasions over the 12 month period, most recently when a major storm swept through the metropolitan area causing extensive damage to roofs and properties throughout the Metropolitan Area. The Unit has also provided personnel for bushland searches outside the metropolitan area and has been deployed to assist with problems in other metropolitan local government areas. The Town’s Manager Ranger Services and Community Safety, Jim MacLean, is the Deputy Local Manager of the Northshore SES Unit Inc. 26 TOWN OF VINCENT _ A NNUAL R EPORT 2004-2005
E NVIRONMENTAL AND D EVELOPMENT S ERVICES Library Services Manager: Elizabeth Scott The Town of Vincent Library provides a service that is available free of charge to all members of the community, regardless of age, sex, cultural background, disability or education. This, the 10th Annual Report of the Library will report the principal activities, developments and achievements that have occurred within the financial year ending June 2005. Information Services Services to the public have expanded and improved again this year, to now include: • Free Access for members to Encyclopaedia Britannica Online, using the Town’s Home Page and members’ membership card barcode for access • Electronic newsletter to members of the public containing a list of what’s new • More DVDs and music CDs, which are proving to be extremely popular • Library stock has increased to 56,369 items. There are currently 43,455 items that have been provided by the State Government and 11,483 items that have been purchased with funds provided by the Town of Vincent • A total of 7650 new items were acquired during the year, of which 4863 were supplied by the State Library of Western Australia (SLWA). This equates to a turnover of 10.8% of the State Library stock • 2513 items were borrowed for our members on interlibrary loan • 3829 items were loaned to other libraries for their members • Vincent Library Forum – staff have now identified the types of speakers that appeal to our public, so that all events are popular and well attended • The Local History Collection now holds over 450 books, plus newspaper articles, unpublished documents, oral history transcripts and photographs. Local Studies and History The Local Studies and History Collection is a reference-only resource, with items stored in locked cabinets to ensure their preservation and supervised use. Most of the items in the collection are entered onto the library catalogue, making searches possible in the library or at home on the internet. The collection contains over 450 books, reports and unpublished documents, local newspapers with 6000 clippings held in subject files. Oral history is a valuable source of local information and we now have 120 interviews with transcripts. We also have scans of almost 1700 photographs. Some interesting new additions to the collection this year have been copies of suburb subdivision maps held in the Battye Library and copies of early maps of the area held in the State Records Office. The Local History Awards were held in September, with categories for written research, memoirs and a new section for photographs. Some very interesting photographs were received of Oxford Street in the 1920s and working life at the Golden West Drinks Company in Carr Street. Photographic Memories award winners were Robert Stephens, Helen and Ted Rollinson, and Michael Hatzisstavridi. Winners of the Junior Awards were Sherri Russell and Dino Kapac. Open Award winners were Robert Stephens (memoirs) and Anne Chapple (research). The Oral History project for this year has been Businesses of Oxford Street. This is progressing well and interviews are expected to be completed by mid 2006. Local History displays in the library included: subdivision maps of the various suburbs; Men of Vincent interviews; Local History Awards; Ten years of the Town of Vincent; Anzacs from the Leederville-Mount Hawthorn Honour Roll and Anzac Cottage; and photographs from the collection. Robert Stephens' Local History Awards entry – photograph of his father’s business in Oxford Street c1926 The Vincent Library Forum, held on the last Wednesday of each month, presented some very interesting speakers. We were lucky to secure Craig Silvey as part of his ‘One Book’ tour with Rhubarb. Other speakers were authors Estelle Blackburn, Ken Spillman and Marj Cook. Local travel agent Jim Gill entertained everyone with his Trans-Siberian Railway experiences and we finished the year with inspirational speaker Tish, a 20-year-old student, who was born without full limbs and has a very positive outlook on life. TOWN OF VINCENT _ A NNUAL R EPORT 2004-2005 27
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