{"id":256708,"date":"2020-04-15T12:25:14","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T02:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=256708"},"modified":"2020-07-31T12:45:11","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T02:45:11","slug":"trc-ceremony-to-be-livestreamed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2020\/04\/15\/trc-ceremony-to-be-livestreamed\/","title":{"rendered":"TRC Ceremony To Be Livestreamed"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_269226\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-269226\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-269226\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/brian-pidgeon-200x320.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/brian-pidgeon-200x320.jpg 200w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/brian-pidgeon-200x320-188x300.jpg 188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-269226\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Toowoomba Regional Council CEO Brian Pidgeon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>April 15, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Toowoomba&#8217;s new council will be officially sworn-in during a two-hour ceremony from 11:00am on Thursday (April 16).<\/p>\n<p>But don&#8217;t rush over to the Toowoomba Council Chambers to watch &#8230; strict limits on the number of people allowed at public gatherings will be observed along with social distancing.<\/p>\n<p>For this reason, the ceremony will be livestreamed by Council.<\/p>\n<p>CEO Brian Pidgeon said the swearing-in ceremony was adapted to the current health directives in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cSocial distancing will be a priority with the Mayor and 10 Councillors being sworn-in separately at 10-minute intervals,\u201d Mr Pidgeon said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the ceremony will take a lot longer, and sadly won\u2019t be a community celebration as in previous years, the importance of stopping the spread and protecting others is a priority.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe swearing-in of the Mayor and each Councillor will be livestreamed through Council\u2019s webpage, Facebook and YouTube platforms, to allow the community to witness this historic moment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe swearing-in ceremony marks the beginning of the Council term with the newly elected Mayor and Councillors making the declaration of office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe declaration allows a Councillor to act in the office and must be made within one month of election or appointment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis will be an important term of office for the Toowoomba Regional Council, and the Mayor and Councillors were keen to get to work making strategic decisions that will lead to the growth of our region.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>To view the livestream of the TRC swearing-in ceremony visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tr.qld.gov.au\/news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.tr.qld.gov.au\/news<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toowoomba&#8217;s new council will be officially sworn-in during a two-hour ceremony from 11:00am on Thursday (April 16).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":269227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22,1455,3],"tags":[1131],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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