This week in Council

July 17th, 2009

Summary of the Council Meeting as per our media release.

17 July 2009

 Briefs – Fraser Coast Regional Council meeting Wednesday 15 July 2009Free overnight parking for motor homes in Maryborough rejected

 

 A request by Councillor Gerard O’Connell to trial free overnight parking for motor homes and caravans in Maryborough’s McDowell car park was rejected by the Council. Cr O’Connell mooted the idea with the aim of generating business for Maryborough’s CBD. Other Councillors said the move could be detrimental to Maryborough’s caravan parks where owners had millions of dollars invested in infrastructure and paid huge amounts of rates to the Council. They said the Council provided effluent dump ports at Maryborough airport and Maryborough Park and two free overnight parking spots were available within the region at Tiaro. The CEO will investigate how Fraser Coast towns can acquire the status of “RV Friendly Town” – a CMCA initiative.

 Urangan Street access improvements planned

 The Council will remove the traffic barriers in Hervey Bay’s Urangan Street at the western end of Emerald Park to allow traffic through to Elizabeth Street and construct the 75-metres of missing road length.

 Council to investigate crash barrier

 The Council will investigate installing a barrier on Hervey Bay’s Main Street at the end of Christensen Street. The move is in response to a request from residents in the area following a crash last week in which a car travelling down Christensen Street failed to stop at the intersection, crashing into the house on the other side of Main Street.

 Attract green product manufacturers says Cr Brooks

 Cr Sue Brooks suggested the Council investigate attracting Queensland inventors of green and renewable energy products to the Fraser Coast to set up manufacturing businesses.

 New animal welfare group holding meeting

 Cr Sue Brooks said a new group interested in fostering and rehoming dogs and cats was holding a meeting for people interested in joining, at the Maryborough Sailing Club in Hervey Bay on Saturday 18 July at 1pm.

 Help for Honiara

Mayor Mick Kruger said a Council employee would travel to Honiara to train local people on machinery and to review their work procedures, as part of an ongoing arrangement started by the former Maryborough City Council. He said the staff member’s expenses, other than his wages, would be covered by the Australian Government.

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