April 2019

40 MEREDITH and DISTRICT NEWS
fromtheMAYOR
Cr Owen Sharkey
Mayor, Golden Plains Shire
April is a busy month in Golden Plains with football
and netball starting up, Easter and ANZAC Day
holidays, and conversation posts across the Shire.
Councillors are hosting pop up engagement opportunities
and we encourage residents to stop by for a chat. Come
and see us at: 8.30am to 12.30pm, Saturday 6 April at the
Golden Plains Farmers’ Market, 23 High St,
Bannockburn; 10am to 2pm, Saturday 13 April at
Rokewood Recreation Reserve, McMillan Rd; and
12.30pm to 4pm, Thursday 25 April (ANZAC Day) at the
Inverleigh Football Club - Inverleigh v Bannockburn
match. More Council Conversation Posts will be
scheduled in locations across the Shire in 2019.
This month there are also a couple of key community
engagement opportunities for interested residents.
Community feedback on the new Local Law No. 1
governing Council Meeting Procedures including public
participation at these monthly meetings closes on Sunday
7 April and the next step in the Victorian Electoral
Commission’s representation review of Golden Plains
Shire Council is open with responses to the preliminary
report due by Wednesday 24 April.
To keep updated with Council’s community engagement,
read the Gazette or the Golden Plains Times and follow
Council on social media.
Recycling Returns to Normal
Processing
From Media Release
Golden Plains Shire Council is pleased to confirm
kerbside recycling collection is returning to normal processing
from Thursday 14 March and will no longer be
diverted to landfill.
Council thanks Shire residents for their patience and understanding
during this widespread disruption.
On Tuesday, the state’s Environmental Protection Authority
(EPA) confirmed recycling processor SKM had
met compliance requirements for outdoor stockpiles of
combustible recyclable and waste material at its Laverton
North site. In turn, SKM’s South Geelong depot has
also resumed operation.
For Golden Plains Shire households, weekly recycling
and fortnightly waste collection will continue as normal.
Residents are reminded recycling and waste must be
separated into the correct bins to avoid contamination,
and the associated risk of financial penalties to Council.
We know many residents continued to sort and save recyclable
materials, and we appreciate their efforts in doing
so. Council welcomes the EPA’s commitment to monitor
all SKM locations to ensure the situation does not happen
again.
Council also supports Geelong Regional Alliance’s and
Municipal Association of Victoria’s letters to Victorian
Government ministers requesting an overhaul of the
state’s waste disposal system.
Cat and Dog Registrations
From Media Release
All dog and cat registration renewals are due on 10 April.
Renewing a pet registration? Take the renewal notice you
received in the mail and pay the registration cost by any
of the ways listed on the notice.
Registering a pet for the first time? Visit a Council
Customer Service Centre and bring paperwork to show
your pet is microchipped and desexed to qualify for the
discounted fee.
For information or to register your pet call 522 7111; visit
goldenplains.vic.gov.au; or visit a Council Customer
Service Centre 2 Pope Street Bannockburn, 19 Heales
Street Smythesdale or 68 Sussex Street Linton.
How Will You Get Active This
April in the Shire?
From Media Release
Golden Plains Shire Council is building a
comprehensive community list of local physical activity
opportunities taking place next month.
The initiative is part of the annual Premier’s Active April
health campaign, which encourages all Victorians to
engage in at least 30 minutes of physical activity per day.
Council wants to help make this possible for our residents
by collecting and promoting ways to get active close to
home.
It might be a weekly walking group, football match, golf
day or skate competition. Whatever it is, Council wants to
hear about it.
If you would like to promote your activity, please contact
kschneider@gplains.vic.gov.au or call 5220 7142 with the
date, time, location and any other relevant information
about the activity.
When April arrives, Council will present and promote the
available physical activity opportunities to residents as part
of the state-wide campaign.
Activities will also be listed at activeapril.vic.gov.au/mylocal