Mayors massage for April 2017.

The Council's new office building will have its official opening on the 25th May 2017

at 10am and all are welcome. There will be presentations followed by walkthrough and

morning tea. For those that work and are unable to attend the opening on the 25th May,

you will have the opportunity to do a walkthrough Saturday 27th of May at 10am.

Road works along Goldring street will be finished at the end of May with the road reo-

pening the start of June. The roadworks on the Croydon Road will continue on follow-

ing on from the last section that has been resealed.

May will see the start of the new walking path around the lake. With the old walking

track being removed and an new 2m wide one replacing it.

It is budget time again so if the community has any projects that you would like to see

in the 2017-18 budget please talk to councillors or the CEO.

The auction is planned to be held in June and more details will follow. This auction is

for members of the public to list their items as well as council items.

Council was once again successful in their grant submission with $1.05m from Work

for Queensland funding being granted. The projects to be funded by this are: storm

water and sealing works $500k: town gym $100k; conversion of works administration

building into a new library, telehealth, centrelink and art museum $50k; new 2m wide

concrete path around Lake Fred Tritton $100k; upgrade to the water park at Lake Fred

Tritton $150k and new tennis club house and amenities building $150k.

The RV Park will receive 50/50 funding for a bitumen seal to the total value of $160k

while the Lakeview Caravan Park will receive an upgrade with funding up to $300k and

a council contribution of $390k.

Mayor’s Message

Council Newsletter

April 2017

Richmond Shire Council

If you would like to be on Richmond Shire Council’s email database to receive all the news

and information on what’s happening in our community,

contact Angela Henry at the office or email

angelah@richmond.qld.gov.au To register your email address.

Mayor Cr John Wharton

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Richmond Shire Council

Councillor Wharton's Portfolio is:

Corporate Governance

Disaster Management

Regional and Economic Development. Contact Number: 0427 777 660 Councillor Kuhl's Portfolio is:

Corporate Governance

Regional and Economic Development

Budget Review and Financial Management

Planning and Development

Disaster Management

Asset Management Contact Number: 0428 418 606 (Please note—not always in service range) Councillor Kevin Bawden's Portfolio is:

Rural Land Management.

Parks and Gardens

Environmental Health Contact Number: 0428 884 140 (Please note—not always in service range) Councillor Patsy-Ann Fox's Portfolio is:

Community Services and Development

Community Infrastructure

Youth Services Contact Number: 0409 266 162 Councillor Clay Kennedy’s Portfolio is:

Roads

Water and Sewerage Services

Aerodrome Contact Number: 0428 971 406 Councillor Bethea Pattel’s Portfolio is:

Tourism and Marketing

Arts and Culture

Community Events Contact Number: 0448 721 868

Any concerns or matters needing attention can be reported to the main council office

or with the CEO.

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April 2017

ILLEGAL DUMPING There will no longer be dumping allowed at Maxwelton. This also applies for the Town Common around the township of Richmond itself. If anyone proceeds to do so, fines will apply. SOIL / SAND Council has a stockpile of sand /soil that the public can access – free of charge at the back of Simpson Street adjacent the Lib-erty Fuel Depot. Sand & soil from this location may only be collected by hand at request – no machines to collect. GARBAGE COLLECTION POLICY Council has resolved to twice a week rubbish collections on Monday and Thursday permanently. Please put bins on the road with lid opening facing the road. Disposing of tree limbs and other garden trimmings on the footpath by the side of the road for council to collect is not allowed. Garden trimmings and tree branches must be taken to the dump by those disposing of them, council will only collect such bulk items if a private works order is requested first. SEWERAGE SYSTEM Once again Council asks that foreign objects are not flushed into the sewerage system. This occurring problem is causing ma-jor damage and outages that could easily be avoided. BARKING COLLARS Please be advised you can hire Barking Collars at the Richmond Shire Council for $5 per week—with a refundable Bond of $50. POOL The pool is now reopened Monday - Friday 6.00am - 7.30am and 2.30pm - 7.00pm Saturday - 9.00am - 11.00am and 3.00pm - 7.00pm Sunday - 3.00pm - 7.00pm RICHMOND SHIRE COUNCIL TERTIARY BURSARY Students in the Richmond Shire who are thinking about pursuing tertiary studies to obtain a degree, but need some financial assistance to realise their goal, please consider applying for the Shire’s Tertiary Bursary. For further information or an appli-cation form and policy outlining the conditions please contact the office on 07 47 413 277. DOG SCALPS Scalps will only be accepted by Council at the end of each calendar month AND by prior appointment with either Arthur Fer-guson 0429 680 229 or Warren Hussey 0439 916 716.

Richmond Shire Council Restricted Watering

Effective from Monday 30 March 2015

All residents in the township of Richmond are hereby advised that restricted watering will take effect from Monday 30 March 2015. Non Restricted Watering Handheld hoses can be used by all on any day and any time, but may not be left unattended. Restricted Watering For all other watering: No sprinklers or fixed irrigation systems can be used from the hours of 9:00am to 4:00pm Monday to Sunday. Sprinklers and fixed irrigation systems on timers can only be used between the hours of 4:00pm to 9:00am. Council infrastructure will have different watering times. The aforementioned information does not apply to recycled water or private bores. In accordance with the Water Supply (Safety & Reliability) Act 2008 Council may apply fines to residents not complying to the above mentioned restrictions. Fines will be in the order of one penalty unit (equivalent to $113.85) per offence.

By order of the CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

25 March 2015

Richmond Shire Council

In accordance with Section 277 of the Local Government Regulation 2012, notice is hereby given that the General Meeting of Council will be held on Tuesday May 15 & 16 2017.

BUY LOCAL CAMPAGIN IS BACK.

The Buy Local Campaign will run from the beginning of June

until the end of November (a total of 6 months – picking No-

vember as the Combined Services Fete is the last week of No-

vember or the first week of December) each participating

business would contribute $50 per month to be matched by

Council. We have 11 participating businesses which will

enable us to have 5 monthly draws of $200 worth of vouchers

redeemable from any participating Buy Local business. At

the Combined Services Christmas Party there will

be a Mega Draw valued at $600 worth of Buy Local Vouch-

ers each.

All non winning entries from previous months draws will be

included in the Mega Draw.

How it will work

A minimum spend will be set by the Shop ie $20 the shop-

per would take their receipt write their name and phone num-

ber on the back of it and deposit it in box kept at Kronosaurus

Korner. The draw will take place on the 1st of every Month.

Participating Businesses will display a sign indicating their

minimum spend. Vouchers will only be valid at participating

Buy Local Businesses.

Participating Businesses are: AMMONITE INN

FEDERAL PALACE HOTEL

GOLDEN RUN RURAL

MUD HUT HOTEL

POST OFFICE

PRIESTLEYS SUPERMARKET

RICHMOND SHIRE COUNCIL

RICHMOND STORES/O’SULLIVAN’S DRAPERY

SPAR

SPARKS WILL FLY

WI Sky

April 2017

2017 Major Events

DATE EVENT VENUE CONTACT CON-FIRMED

9-10 June Richmond Field Days Richmond Racecourse Marty Rogers 47 418 600

CON-FIRMED

10 June Richmond Races Richmond Racecourse Patsy Fox 0409 266 162 CON-FIRMED

24-25 June Pony Express Lake Fred Tritton/ Dirt Bike Track

Julie Rogerson 47413412 CON-FIRMED

8-9 July Open Sporting Weekend Richmond Pony Club Grounds

Narelle Shaw 0427 413 342 CONFIRMED

10-14 July Kronosaurus Korner “Big Dig”

Kronosaurus Korner Kronosaurus Korner 47 413 665

CON-FIRMED

29 July Richmond Rodeo Richmond Rodeo Grounds CON-FIRMED

12 August Diggers Race Meeting Richmond Racecourse Patsy Fox 0409 266 162 TBC

12-13 August Spirituality Tune-Up Week-end

Shire Supper Room Sr Carmel Pattinson 0419 481 756

CON-FIRMED

1-3 September Richmond Campdraft Richmond Campdraft Grounds at Racecourse

Clay Kennedy 0428 971 406

2 September Open Sporting 3D barrels & Team Event

Narelle Shaw 0427 413 342

TBC

September Pony Club Open Gymkhana Richmond Pony Club Grounds

Narelle Shaw 0427 413 342 TBC

September Horse Sports Carnival Horse Sports Arena Kate Terry 0447 874 025 TBC

16 September Spouse Hunters Ball Richmond Racecourse TBC

October Annual Fishing Classic Lake Fred Tritton Megan Carrigan 47 413 143

TBC

7 October Richmond Combined Ser-vices Race Meet

Richmond Racecourse Patsy Fox 0409 266 162

TBC

October Bunga’s Barefoot Bowls Richmond Bowls Club Robyn McMaster 0429 413 253

TBC

28 October Ladies Day Race Meeting Richmond Racecourse Patsy Fox 0409 266 162 TBC

November Richmond Amateur Swim Club

Richmond Pool Bethea Pattel 0448 721 868 TBC

11 November Rite of Remembrance Richmond Cemetery Sr Carmel Pattinson 0419 481 756

Richmond Shire Council

IMPORTANT COMMUNITY BROADCAST INFORMATION

Council would like to advice that the email database is one of Councils methods of dissem-inating information to our community.

As a courtesy to our residents we will also send through any change of business hours on behalf of local businesses. We will also as a once off – notify residents if a new business

comes to town (if that is the request of the new Business).

As a Local Government Entity, Council can not favour one business over another, therefore we are not permitted to send through notifications of Specials, Package Deals or similar.

Thank you in advance for your understanding on this matter.

COMMUNITY DROUGHT SUPPORT

Funding is currently available for clubs, organisations or individuals who wish to conduct events that add to our social calendar and promote participation and community connected-ness. Applications will be considered monthly at the General Meeting of Council until all funds are expended. A brief outline of what you hope to achieve and the amount you re-quire is all that you need. Funds do have to be acquitted 8 weeks after the conclusion of

the event. Clubs with outstanding acquittals from 2015 and 2016 will be ineligible to apply until those acquittals are received.

ANZAC DAY 2017

Council would like to thank the Richmond community for the wonderful attendance at the recent Anzac Day Services. The addition of the Anzac themed Fire Pit was a Country ver-sion of the Eternal Flame seen in larger centres and was very popular with all those that at-

tended the Dawn Service. We hope to have two fire pits for the 2018 Service.

Thank you to everyone who marched. Due to roadworks the traditional route was altered, this did pose a challenge for some, however to reiterate what Cr Kuhl said “ Our Diggers

walked much further and under worse conditions”. The traditional route will be re-instated for 2018.

Cobb & Co Coach—Cambridge Downs Heritage Display Stables

The full restored Cobb and Co Coach has been returned to Richmond after 3.5 years away. The Coach will be housed in the Cambridge Downs Heritage Display Stables. Cur-

rently the coach is not on display as it does require some accessories fitted. The Cam-bridge Heritage Display Centre is closed due to the roadworks. Once the road is re-opened

and the Coach is fitted out, we will notify the community.

April 2017