South Burnett Mayor Wayne Kratzmann confirmed today that he would be meeting with representatives of South Burnett CTC and the current Emergency Services cadet unit soon to work out how the unit can continue to function.
The Department of Natural Resources and Mines has asked South Burnett Regional Council to prepare a land management plan before a decision is made whether a portion of Adermann Park in Kingaroy is sold.
Construction equipment this morning completed demolishing the old redbrick toilet blocks located on the eastern side of Kingaroy’s Memorial Park.
About 90 houses in the area bounded by Knight Street, Railway Terrace and Kingaroy Street, as well as Kingaroy’s industrial estate, will have their water supply turned off from 7:30am to 3:00pm on Tuesday, October 2.
More than $75,000 was presented to South Burnett community groups at Council’s inaugural Community Assistance Funding presentation night.
Council is planning to move its Economic Development Unit into the controversial forecourt cafe space in Glendon Street
The South Burnett Regional Council and South Burnett CTC are looking at a proposal to save the region’s Emergency Services Cadets unit.
The South Burnett Regional Council will undergo a portfolio reshuffle to align itself more closely with the State Government’s “4 Pillar” economic strategy.
St John’s School expects to hear in December whether its application to purchase a portion of Adermann Park has been successful.
The South Burnett Regional Council is blaming State environmental legislation for changes in operating hours at the Wondai and Murgon tips.
South Burnett councillors were kept busy at their meeting on Wednesday … fixing an anomaly in their charges, altering speed limits and setting up a new fund for streetscaping
The South Burnett Regional Council has rejected a request by Stanwell to reduce the rates the corporation pays on its Meandu coal mine.
The South Burnett Regional Council will build a $150,000 skate park in Murgon after a community consultation meeting held earlier this month identified it as the project preferred by most people.
Considerations about when Council offices should be closed over the festive season led to an excited outburst at the SBRC’s monthly meeting today, with Cr Barry Green saying he thought a proposal to close all Council offices for two weeks was “a disgrace”.
Council has voted to throw its support behind the region’s Emergency Services Cadets
South Burnett ratepayers may soon need to check their water meters almost as often as they check their mailboxes if the Council decides to adopt a new policy on excess water usage.
The South Burnett Regional Council will ask the Department Of Communities to loosen the guidelines on its Community Recovery Flexible Funding Program because it doubts it can find enough projects to use up all of the $250,000 allocated to it before the program expires on June 30, 2013.
Gympie Regional Council is seeking to establish a Weeds and Pest Advisory Committee with membership drawn from government agencies, environmental managers, primary production businesses and industries within the Gympie region.
A push by residents in the former Rosalie and Crows Nest shires to form a breakaway shire has failed.
It’s not often that you can say that a Mongrel stole the show … but that’s what happened on Saturday night when a Mongrel of a tractor (a “bitzer” made of a hundred different parts) took centre stage at the 2012 Tractor Tattoo spectacular.
