{"id":241639,"date":"2019-08-13T15:58:26","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T05:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=241639"},"modified":"2020-09-20T12:58:01","modified_gmt":"2020-09-20T02:58:01","slug":"council-listening-schedule-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2019\/08\/13\/council-listening-schedule-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Council Listening Schedule Released"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_166787\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-166787\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-166787\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/20161225keith200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/20161225keith200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/20161225keith200-176x300.jpg 176w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-166787\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">South Burnett Mayor Keith Campbell (Photo: SBRC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>August 13, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>South Burnett Regional Council will begin its annual &#8220;listening tour&#8221; next month to hear concerns from the region&#8217;s residents.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The schedule for this year&#8217;s tour was released on Tuesday:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Monday, September 16:<\/strong><br \/>\nBunya Mountains (Poppies On The Hill) &#8211; 1:00pm-3:00pm<br \/>\nMaidenwell (Maidenwell Hall) &#8211; 6:00pm-8:00pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tuesday, October 8:<\/strong><br \/>\nProston (Proston Community Hall) &#8211; 1:00pm-3:00pm<br \/>\nDurong (Durong Hall) &#8211; 6:00pm-8:00pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Wednesday, October 9:<\/strong><br \/>\nKingaroy (Town Hall Reception Room) &#8211; 1:00pm-3:00pm<br \/>\nKumbia (Kumbia Hall Supper Room) &#8211; 6:00pm-8:00pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Thursday, October 10:<\/strong><br \/>\nBlackbutt-Benarkin (Blackbutt Memorial Hall) &#8211; 1:00pm-3:00pm<br \/>\nNanango (Nanango RSL Long Hai Room) &#8211; 6:00pm-8:00pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Friday, October 11:<\/strong><br \/>\nWondai (Wondai Town Hall) &#8211; 1:00pm-3:00pm<br \/>\nMurgon (Murgon Town Hall) &#8211; 6:00pm-8:00pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The doors will open 30 minutes before each meeting&#8217;s scheduled starting time.<\/p>\n<p>This year, the Bunya Mountains has been added to the list.<\/p>\n<p>It joins Durong, which was added to last year&#8217;s tour schedule at the instigation of residents in the Durong and Boondooma areas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The format of Listening Tours will be a brief update by the Mayor and Divisional councillors on roads and planned future capital works in each area where meetings are held.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This year residents will also be given a preview of the Council\u2019s new five-year Economic Development Plan, which is due to be adopted in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>This will be followed by questions from the floor about any issues of concern residents would like addressed.<\/p>\n<p>The Mayor said he believed the meetings would be positive because the majority of road improvements promised on last year\u2019s tour had been &#8211; or would be &#8211; delivered by the time the tour began.<\/p>\n<p>He was also keen to talk to residents in general terms about the journey the Council was on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a pathway, a vision and a strategy forward, and we want to share that with our ratepayers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">* * *<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Update August 16, 2019:<\/strong> Council advised it has rescheduled the Bunya Mountains meeting from September 16 to Monday, October 21 (same time and venue).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related article: <a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2017\/08\/17\/new-economic-strategy-aims-high\/\">New Economic Strategy Aims High<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Burnett Regional Council will begin its annual &#8220;listening tour&#8221; next month to hear concerns from the region&#8217;s residents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":271108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22,3],"tags":[1131],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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