Minutes 15-12-10 - Shire of Shark Bay

ORDINARY COUNCIL MINUTES – 15 DECEMBER 2010 79
Moved Cr Hargreaves
Seconded Cr Pepworth
Officer Recommendation
That the Works Committee recommend to Council that:
The Council provide funding of $15,000 in the 2011/2012 draft budget to
establish a new fence line at a cleared width of 10 metres approximately 50
metres further into Hamelin Station from the existing fence line that is
contiguous to the northern boundary of the Butchers Track road surface.
Moved: Cr Ridgley
Seconded: Cr Hargreaves
Amended Recommendation
Reason:
The Council felt that the resolution should indicate a clear benefit be for the Shire
and included a motion that included the gazettal of the land as part of the Road
Reserve.
Council Resolution
The Council provide funding of $15,000 in the 2011/2012 draft budget to
establish a new fence line at a cleared width of 10 metres approximately 50
metres further into Hamelin Station from the existing fence line that is
contiguous to the northern boundary of the Butchers Track road surface and
this section be gazetted as part of the existing road reserve.
5/1 CARRIED
Background
The works supervisor has provided the following information in regard to the recommendation
of the Works Committee meeting held at the Overlander Hall on the 19 November 2010
That the Works Manager research the costs to clear a fence line 11kms in
length approximately 50 metres further into Hamelin Station from the current
fence line on the Northern boundary of the Butchers Track at a cleared width
of 10 metres and report back to a meeting of the Works Committee at a date to
be confirmed.
Contact was made with two Geraldton and one local contractor in regard to the costs involved
to clear the fence line along the Butchers Track, in accordance with the recommendation
made at the Works Committee meeting held on the 19 November 2010.
The local contractor, although he advised his opinion, said that due to other commitments and
time constraints he would not be able to do the works involved. He also advised that in his
opinion the cost would be between $5,000 and $10,000 depending on availability of float for
mob and demob purposes.
Below is a table with three approximated prices. The general consensus was that a bull dozer
in the D7 to D8 caterpillar range or equivalent would be able to clear the proposed new fence
line at about 3 to 5 Km’s per day depending on the density of the vegetation to be cleared. So