April 21, 2022
The South Burnett Regional Council will donate six of its ride-on mowers to South Burnett community groups.
The six mowers have been used by outdoor staff and will be replaced this year as part of the Council’s regular asset renewal program.
Recipients will need to take over the ongoing maintenance and running costs of the mowers, which have been regularly serviced and are in good condition.
The idea was suggested at Wednesday’s Corporate standing committee meeting by Mayor Brett Otto, and seconded by Cr Kirstie Schumacher.
Mayor Otto told the meeting there were many not-for-profit community groups across the region who could benefit from having access to mowing equipment.
This included groups that maintain land through some form of tenure arrangement with Council or which may be offering to mow public areas to reduce Council’s costs.
The six mowers – two Iseki zero-turn mowers, three Iseki front decks and a John Deere front deck – would normally be sold at auction for between $3500 to $6000.
But Mayor Otto said the capital loss Council would incur by giving the mowers away rather than auctioning them was a small price to pay for the benefits they could produce.
The Mayor’s motion was carried unanimously.
The Council will now call for expressions of interest from South Burnett not-for-profit community groups, with priority given to those that are offering to maintain Council-controlled land.
