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Adopted the 2023/2024 Budget, including proposed draft changes

  • Allocated an additional $60,000 for a part-time Housing Officer
  • Adopted 2023/2024 rates and charges and the schedule of Fees and Charges
  • Authorised the CEO to make minor administrative changes to the Annual Budget
  • and 2 more

Hepburn Shire Council · 6 decisions · 9 min read

Endorsed Beaufort Lake Caravan Park fee increases from 1 July 2023

  • Approved 3.5% rental fee increases for residential and annual caravan park clients
  • Added all submitted contractors to the preferred supplier panel for tertiary gravels
  • Approved amendment to broiler farm permit to expand capacity to 600,000 birds
  • and 2 more

Pyrenees Shire Council · 6 decisions · 7 min read

Confirmed minutes of 16 May 2023 and 23 May 2023 council meetings

  • Granted permit for 60 Cosmo Road Trentham subdivision and two additional dwellings
  • Extended transfer station bulk bin contract
  • Awarded tender HEPBU.2023.31 for Creswick Bowling Green redevelopment
  • and 2 more

Hepburn Shire Council · 6 decisions · 7 min read

Approve private sale of Lot 1, 8 Bond Street, Maddingley for $17,500

  • Grant WRISC a 12-month lease with 70% discounted rent at Darley Civic Hub
  • Adopt updated Governance Framework and Fraud/Public Interest Disclosure policies
  • Issue planning permit PA2021041 for six light poles, earthworks, and extended lighting hours
  • and 2 more

Moorabool Shire Council · 6 decisions · 10 min read

Confirmed minutes of the 2 May 2023 and 16 May 2023 council meetings

  • Received April Finance Report and approved quarterly financial reporting for 2023/24
  • Awarded contract G1722-22 Maryborough Octagonal Pool Replacement to SJ Weir Ballarat Pty Ltd
  • Noted Council Plan Action Progress Report for Quarter 3 (2022/23)
  • and 2 more

Central Goldfields Shire Council · 6 decisions · 7 min read

Reallocated $600,000 road widening funds to 2022/23 road resealing works

  • Reallocated $643,200 from urban drainage contracts to 2022/23 reseal works
  • Adopted updated Council Procurement Policy, including revised approval thresholds
  • Adopted 2023 General Valuation subject to Ministerial approval for 2023/24 rating
  • and 2 more

Ararat Rural City Council · 6 decisions · 10 min read

Endorsed the appointment of Kerry Watson AM, Coady Green, and Andrea Brown to the Her Majesty’s Theatre Board Delegated Committee

  • Adopted updated policies for Recognition of Ballarat’s Olympians and Paralympians, and Committee Policy
  • Endorsed the proposal to rename the unnamed roadway at Prince of Wales Reserve, Lake Gardens, from 'Kunuwarra Drive' to 'Kunuwarra Place'
  • Received and noted the CEO’s Operational Report highlighting issues and outcomes affecting the organisation’s performance
  • and 1 more

City of Ballarat · 5 decisions · 4 min read

Adopt the Tree Protection and Management Policy

  • Proceed with Inverleigh Drainage functional design and feasibility assessments; redirect drainage funds
  • Allocate additional $769,282 LRCI Phase 4 funding to Slate Quarry Road improvement
  • Award Turf Sports Ground Maintenance contract to Turf Care & Hire Pty Ltd
  • and 2 more

Golden Plains Shire · 6 decisions · 9 min read

Reactivate the Road Management Plan for all roads, excluding flood-damaged remedial locations

  • Commit to Tourism Midwest Victoria membership and receive an allocation report by October 2023
  • Include an unnamed Avoca road in the Public Roads Register as Local Access 3; commence road naming
  • Adopt road name “Granville Lane” for specified Buangor/Middle Creek properties; submit to Geographic Names
  • and 2 more

Pyrenees Shire Council · 6 decisions · 9 min read

Received and noted the March 2023 Finance Report (to 31 March 2023)

  • Released the 2023/24 draft budget for public consultation (comments due 9 June 2023)
  • Noted 2023/24 operating surplus of $9.6m and capital works program of $18.5m
  • Approved a $208,780 (incl. GST) variation to Contract G1704-22 for station digital content
  • and 1 more

Central Goldfields Shire Council · 5 decisions · 5 min read

Approve CEO annual leave and appoint acting CEOs for specified periods

  • Approve addendum to West Maddingley Development Plan for 289 Werribee Vale Road
  • Resolve full refund of domestic animal registration fees for eligible assistance animals
  • Grant Bacchus Marsh Community Radio a 12-month peppercorn licence at Darley Civic Hub
  • and 2 more

Moorabool Shire Council · 6 decisions · 8 min read

Appointed Councillor Chris Meddows-Taylor as Acting Mayor for 2 May 2023

  • Approved Central Goldfields Art Gallery Draft Strategic Plan 2023–2026 for public exhibition
  • Updated Council’s Instrument of Delegation to staff; revoked prior staff delegations (except CEO)
  • Adopted the revised Community Support Policy
  • and 2 more

Central Goldfields Shire Council · 6 decisions · 7 min read