Cr Terry Fleischfresser
Optus has been given permission to erect a new tower at 225 Benair Road, Benair.
At last week’s Council meeting, Councillors were told the company had lodged an application to build the new tower as part of a nationwide plan to improve mobile coverage and enhance the company’s mobile network services.
The new tower will be a 40 metre monopole which will carry three panel antennas, three parabolic dish antennas and 12 remote radio units.
The tower will also have a prefabricated equipment shelter at ground level, and will be contained in a 126 sq m leased compound enclosed by a 2.4 metre high chainlink security fence.
The application was publicly advertised between mid-June and mid-July, and no submissions were received.
Councillors agreed to approve the new tower subject to the usual conditions that apply to telecommunications towers.
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The Barambah Bowhunters and Field Archers Association have been relieved of a $787 Plumbing and Drainage Fee for upgrading their club-house.
The club want to install a new septic tank, three hand basins, four toilets and four showers at their South Nanango headquarters.
Councillors were told the not-for-profit sports group was established in 1985, and lease an area of around 40ha from the Council for an archery range.
The club wanted to add extra features to its ablution block to provide more comfort to members and visitors going to the site for practice and competitions.
Councillors agreed to waive the fee in accordance with its standard policy of not levying fees on not-for-profit community groups who want to build infrastructure.
It will, however, retain the $168 document lodgement fee.
This is also standard policy.
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The owners of a Proston house which has been vacant since March this year received an unpleasant surprise when their August water bill arrived: $1237 in water usage charges.
At Wednesday’s Council meeting, Councillors were told the high water usage couldn’t be explained because the house has been vacant for the last six months.
Council agreed to reduce the bill by $1237 – less normal average “pro rata” water usage – under its Undetected Water Leaks Policy.
