{"id":322422,"date":"2022-08-05T14:48:07","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T04:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=322422"},"modified":"2022-08-24T19:29:42","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T09:29:42","slug":"meeting-to-discuss-tingoora-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2022\/08\/05\/meeting-to-discuss-tingoora-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"Meeting To Discuss Tingoora Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The future of Tingoora Hall and the blocks of land it sits on has proven to be a difficult decision<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

August 5, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

A consultation meeting will be held at Tingoora State School next week to discuss the fate of Tingoora Hall.<\/p>\n

South Burnett Regional Council is investigating demolishing the hall but because of its complicated ownership structure, must first call a public meeting of local residents.<\/p>\n

The hall was built early last century by a community group under trustee arrangements.<\/p>\n

It has since fallen into disuse, looks decrepit and is believed to contain asbestos.<\/p>\n

Council wrote the hall off its asset register almost a decade ago and has no plans to replace it.<\/p>\n

However, it sits on two blocks of land, one owned by the SBRC and the other by the now-defunct residents’ trust.<\/p>\n

At a Council meeting in May last year, SBRC properties manager Leanne Petersen said Council had received legal advice about the issue.<\/strong><\/p>\n

They were told Council would need to call a public meeting of Tingoora residents as a first step.<\/p>\n

Under the terms of the trust, an invitation to attend the public meeting would have to be sent to all residents who lived within a three-mile radius of the town centre.<\/p>\n

If that meeting then voted to re-form the trust committee, it would need to elect six Tingoora residents to that committee.<\/p>\n

Those six members could then pass a vote allowing the hall to be removed or demolished and the block of land it owned to be put on the market.<\/p>\n

The Council has invited interested residents to attend a community consultation meeting at Tingoora State School from 5:30pm on August 15 to listen to Council\u2019s options and voice their views.<\/p>\n

Residents unable to attend the meeting have been invited to email email<\/a> <\/strong>their views to Council.<\/p>\n

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