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Speaker 1 (00:16):
And yes saying good morning now for this week to
our Mayor Shane Pitt.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Good morning sir.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
Good morning sir. How are you?
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Yeah? Pretty good for a Friday. Nice day out.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
There, beautiful day, isn't it?
Speaker 1 (00:27):
It certainly is, But we are in for a warmer
day tomorrow as well. About twenty six it's getting up
to in Strawn, so look forward to that. Yeah, all right, now,
I think we'll do the question first that's been submitted.
This is in relation to the rubbish collection due to
Christmas being on a Wednesday. Will that affect rubbish collection
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in Queenstown or is there a different collection day before
or after the twenty fifth?
Speaker 4 (00:54):
Yeah, so for the Christmas week, garbage will be collected
on the following day. So Monday, third of December will
be Zoo and Straw and Linda and Gormanston. Tuesday will
be December the twenty fourth for Queenstown. Wednesday the twenty
fifth there will be no rubbish pickup and Thursday, the
twenty sixth will be Roseby and Taller as normal. So
(01:18):
that should answer that question.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
Serve good on you for that President then.
Speaker 4 (01:23):
Yeah, so I guess it's it is one of those
times of the year that things do change, times do
chain dates do change.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Slightly, that's right.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
Yeah, all right, let's get to other council information. There
was a media released yesterday in relation to the general manager.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Sad news.
Speaker 4 (01:41):
Yes, it is sad news. Due to health issues, our
general manager needs to step down. Here has been only
with us since February this year. And yeah, she's done
a tremendous job since being here and certainly has been
out in the community and there's we've heard a lot
of good comments from the community with regard to the
(02:03):
work that she's doing. So and you know, from us
all a council, it's sad news and we wish oil
in the future with all the you know, the health issues,
and you know, family comes first and health comes first exactly.
She needs to take that time and be with a
family at this time. And we'll be advertising shortly for
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the general manager's position.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
Yeah, we send out all our best thoughts in regards
to here as well. All right, some more some much
more pleasant news. Now got the fish farms, well, the
Mccruary Harbor itself, as you guys, have received a boost
from a federal government.
Speaker 4 (02:44):
Yeah, not us exactly, scurvey, but the industry and also
the harbor. So the federal government has he marked twenty
eight million dollars all up for the McCrary Harbor, So
twenty one million dollars will go towards the oxidization project
(03:04):
down there in Macquarie Harbor. That you know, that oxidization
project is working well, so it needs to be followed
up with more. So, yeah, that's good to see. There's
also another five million dollars to expand the current Magerie
skate breeding program work on hatching eggs and and there's
(03:26):
also two point five million dollars.
Speaker 3 (03:30):
For the skate population.
Speaker 4 (03:31):
Environmental monitoring down there and compliance and also community engagement
around the skate. And part of that twenty one million
dollars that they're using, there will be five million dollars
will be looking at minus the drainage from the old
workings here from Mount Laula as well. So yeah, it's
something we've been calling for for a little while.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
Now, do you know.
Speaker 4 (03:55):
We believe that the skate and the fish farms can
work together in the will coexist together in the harbor,
and that there is other elements that are affecting the
health of the Harbor.
Speaker 3 (04:07):
So it's good to see.
Speaker 4 (04:08):
That, you know, we were able to attract this funding
and you know, and I guess a lot of that
also comes down to the work that Anne Urkhart has
been doing beyond scenes, it's all over there in Camebra.
So it's great to see that. You know, she's certainly
done a hell of a lot of work for the
West Coast and all Braddon really but you know, we've
seen it recently from the West Coast with regards to
(04:32):
what's going on down there and Straw and so it's
great to see and it's good good news that she's
now the labor candidate for Braden. So yeah, so that's
also good news for us at Braden. You know, we've
got Anne Urkhart fighting for us and yeah, so's it's
great news.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
Yeah, it's fabulous. And she has certainly gone into bat
for the workers, there's no doubt about that. And the
this is tremendous hues because news because the workers have
obviously in particular have not had the best of times recently.
Speaker 4 (05:06):
I guess no, they haven't, and I guess they've they've
still got that hanging over their heads. Yeah, you know,
it's another twelve months now before any decision will be
made on the future of fish farming in the harbor.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
That's good news in one.
Speaker 4 (05:22):
Respect, but also it's then them workers down they have
still got another Christmas Day they're going through that they
don't know what their future. You know, it's we'd rather
see the Prime Minister and the Minister for Environment come
out and say that, you know, fish farms can coexist
with the skate and they'll continue in the harbor for
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for a long time. So you know, hopefully this this
is a little bit of a I guess a windfall
for them people down there, but it's still not still
not holding their future for them.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
Do you think they feel like they're not having their
say and getting their message across a little bit because
we do seem to I know, you're going into the
bat for them for a lot, you know, with your
articles in the Advocate, et cetera.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
But do you think because of.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
Obviously Bob Brown for example, has got is able to
get a lot of coverage and people will believe what
they want to believe, But there's always two sides of
the story, and do you feel that the workers perhaps
unable to get their side of the story up and going.
Speaker 4 (06:33):
Oh, I don't believe that they're not getting their word across. Yeah,
they certainly are, but it's the mixture of people at
the beginnings. Yeah, a lot of the negativity that's coming
out at the moments from people living in Melbourne, inn
sit with a minority in Tasmania. But you know, it's
(06:55):
disappointing that these minority groups don't look at the long
the big picture. We removed salmon out of our diet,
what's that do to our diet? You know, there's a
lot of people that need need the diet from fish
and you know, and a lot more people probably should
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should be eating it as well. So you know, it's
one of them things that sooner or later, if we
where what are we going to eat? If we continue
to take everything off our men, it's next thing it'll
be it'll be the cows and there'll be no milk,
can be cattle.
Speaker 2 (07:35):
No meat, even the.
Speaker 3 (07:38):
Vegetables that exactly.
Speaker 4 (07:40):
You know, there's a lot of things out there that
that we need to sustain our life. So you know,
it's one of them things, you know, And to bring
they say, I'll bring the fish farms on land, but
that's also going to degrade our land. But you know,
there are things that we can look at, and that's
I guess that's where we're also looking at. And they've
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put on the table Marine Study Center and straw in
there that you know, some of these things can be
looked at. Whether there is an option to bring salmon
farming on land. You know, there's a big block of
land down there at Smith's Cove that could could leand
itself to some research. But but what we need to
do though is get something in place, a center in
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a place where scientists can come and do that, do
that work, and you know, bring the scientists out of Hobart,
because you know that's where they don't want to leave,
out of Hobart. And we've seen that with Taruna with
the Magian Skate Yes.
Speaker 3 (08:43):
Program.
Speaker 4 (08:44):
You know, we understand that they needed to happen quickly,
and the tanks are already at Taruna. But now we've
got to a situation where there's no reason why we
can't be setting up something in Strong as well.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
No, it's true, all right, Well just don mcquarie Harbor.
I suppose still the heads this is relation to the road.
I'm sure a lot of people are interested to know
what's happening with the repairs of the road.
Speaker 4 (09:09):
Yeah, so we've commenced the realignment of the road and
a slope stability and improving your safety of the damaged
portion of that road down at mccruarie Heads here. We
expect the road to be reopened to the public in
the near future, but we'll certainly be advertising when it's reopened.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
And I think Troil Harbor is also having some roadworks
done to it. I think next week is it or
has it already started.
Speaker 4 (09:37):
Might have already started, Yeah, not sure exactly, but without
that are ongoing every year we normally do works on
them roads. Although Greenville Harbor Road now is sealed all
the way, that's one road we don't have to work anymore.
Speaker 3 (09:52):
But the Trill Harbor Road, Yeah, will be out there
working on that and.
Speaker 4 (09:56):
I guess you know, the main thing as long as
we get that other Macquarie Hedge Road open before the summer.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
So yeah, yeah, yeah, absolutely, all right, we're talking to
Mayor Shane Pitt. It is mere on it and we're
moving on now with an update on your facility upgrades.
Speaker 4 (10:14):
Yeah. So the two new gyms Scurvot there at Straw
and Zon well underway now and you know, should be
should be completed within the new year, we're hoping. But
thee I know, they're looking fantastic at the moment, the
photos off soon. I haven't quite got a chance to
go and run from in person, but no, they're certainly
(10:37):
from the outside they're looking looking like they're making good
progress in them. And and of course looking across the
road here mate at the Heady Falls Park that's coming
along okay as well, and hopefully that they can get
that completed before at the end of summer as well,
so that the children can have a new playground there
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before it gets wet again.
Speaker 1 (10:59):
Yeah, they've had some reasonly good weather to be able
to get on with it. But I have noticed there
in their rain, hail or shine anyway, so that's good.
Speaker 3 (11:07):
Yeah, you know, it is good.
Speaker 4 (11:08):
And that's I guess it's one thing that we expect
here on the West Coast. If we need to get
things done, we'll have to work in the rain as well.
So yeah, no, it's good to see that even these
contractors that from outside of the West Coast are able
to work in the rain as well.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
Yeah, it's like could be saying about the roads. Unfortunately,
I don't think state great well in anyway if they
did it all get washed away, wouldn't.
Speaker 4 (11:32):
Yeah, I've certainly made some good tracks into the merchants
and highway. Yeah, still a lot more to be done,
of course, and hopefully they come back and do a
permanent job during the do some weather. But you'll see
how that pans out. And I'll be under their case
all the time if they don't. And of course we've
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got the zone highway works going on over in the.
Speaker 2 (11:55):
Zoo as well.
Speaker 4 (11:56):
And I've already had a resident call yesterday with regard
to an issue that they've seen.
Speaker 3 (12:01):
That a right to the general manager of Roads and.
Speaker 4 (12:07):
Tell her, you know, she needs to be a little
bit more aware of what's going on there and what
some engineering looks like. There's been a bit of an
engineering mistake made, but right, just with regard to a
culvert and access to a property. But yeah, they should
be able to rectify that the lease.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
It's not a bridge, I suppose, like what's happened with
the bridge at Bridgewater. Yeah, anyway, we won't we won't
talk about that all right now. Intersection intersection renewal program
is next on the list.
Speaker 2 (12:40):
This is for the hill up there.
Speaker 4 (12:43):
Yeah, so that's just that start of the program started
for this year and the works have commenced on the
Pengana Road and Esplanade intersection there, so people will be
aware of that with the flags and everything that are out.
So that works expected to take up the four weeks
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and then the renewal of the Pression Street and Es
will be next, and then the Urkitt Street and will
follow on from that.
Speaker 2 (13:12):
So three good.
Speaker 4 (13:15):
I guess some upgrades there to them to them intersections
to hopefully make it well. It will make it safer
for residents and especially pedestrians on them intersections.
Speaker 1 (13:28):
Absolutely all right. Annual Plan for Community Input that's still around.
Speaker 4 (13:34):
Yeah mate, So councel an your plan and budget isn't
That is important document for us because of Guide's counselors
and the team on what where we need to set
our resources for the next financial years. So the document
can be found on the website or is available at
our office. So if anyone's got any ideas they'd like
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to see in the annual playployees submit them as soon
as possible, at least before.
Speaker 3 (14:03):
Monday, third of February.
Speaker 1 (14:06):
All right now, Also the community planned twenty thirty five
engagement sessions are on.
Speaker 4 (14:11):
Yeah, so we're ready for well, the feedback's feedback is well,
the drafts out, so we're just waiting on feedback neil
so from our residents and there'll be some pop up
sessions happening. We've already had one at the Gym and Mineral.
Speaker 3 (14:27):
Fair last last weekend.
Speaker 4 (14:30):
But there's also the Strong Twilight Market Friday the twenty
ninth of November from four point thirty to six thirty pm,
Queenstown Market on Sunday the eighth of December from eleven
am to one pm, and also the Roseby Market Saturday
the sixteenth of tomorrow, Yeah, eleven am to one pm.
Speaker 3 (14:48):
So opportunity there for.
Speaker 4 (14:50):
People to provide their feedback on the draft, which can
now be viewed online at West Coast twenty thirty five
dot com dot or visit the council to a view
a printed copy.
Speaker 1 (15:04):
Yep, that's great that you'll be able to get out
about with that too. That that certainly is a good move,
I think, yeah.
Speaker 4 (15:09):
I guess it is something we've seen the twenty fifteen
or twenty twenty five plan that was put together in
twenty fifteen was well well endorsed by the community, and
hopefully with the twenty thirty five one we can do
the same thing.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
All right, The West Coast Spirit Awards still open.
Speaker 4 (15:27):
Yeah, so it's an opportunity for anyone out there that
wants to nominate a person or an event or a
group that's doing some stellar things in our community in
the volunteer space.
Speaker 3 (15:41):
It's you know, it's something which.
Speaker 4 (15:45):
If it wasn't for our volunteers, we wouldn't be getting
as much done as what we do around our community. So,
you know, if there's anyone out there that wants to
nominate someone, please This can be done by contacting Community
Consultation West Coast dot Task dot dot au or drop
into the office and pick up an application form. And
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those nominations closed Friday, the twenty second of November, so
just walk away now, scurvys. So yeah, yeah, opportunity there
to make a difference.
Speaker 1 (16:16):
I guess now, something that's not on the list this morning,
we might do this instead of something else. Obviously, we've
got a you probably might have seen on Facebook or
whatever that we try to send a message out to
improve the littering that goes on on the West Coast
roads particularly. I know that's not really particularly with the highways.
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It's not a council job. I'm just wondering though, you
had I think people who were on the doll program
actually get out on the roads and pick the rubbish up.
Is that still happening.
Speaker 3 (16:52):
No, well, we're unfortunate.
Speaker 4 (16:54):
Well around the community we pick our rubbish up, yeah,
of course, but out in the highways it is State
Growth responsibility and is the contractor that that it's contracted
to State Growth to do that job. We in the past,
and people that have been in the community for a
long period of time probably know this that you know,
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groups used to be able to go and they had
to adopt a highway a section of highway that used
to be able to go and clean up as a group.
I know the Lions Club we had a section on
the Strawan Road or the highway to Strawn eleven keys
of that which we used to look afterward. With changes
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with legislation, et cetera, this was all stopped. And even
you know we've had groups now that like the Scout
group used to go out picking up rubbish as well.
We're not able to do it either, which is disappointing.
I've last year I wrote to State Growth to see
whether you know, there's there was a mine wanted to
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clean up a bit of the Zooe Highway. So I
wrote to them and see whether we could, you know,
if if the mine with it had all the traffic
management in place, et cetera that they were and you know,
the feedback was that they weren't weren't happy with that
as well.
Speaker 3 (18:19):
So you know, it's just one of them things that
what what what do we do?
Speaker 4 (18:23):
We want to see clone roads and I guess the
best thing would be for people not afraid of rubbish
out there.
Speaker 1 (18:29):
This is the thing I do not understand why they
can't hold on to them, keep it in the car
until they get to the next point.
Speaker 2 (18:35):
It just baffles me. I just don't understand it.
Speaker 4 (18:39):
Yeah, I guess that's different people's perspective as well, and
that's you know, but if we can stop that, well
then we except pbur rais cleaner. But this was probably
always going to happen, and it's always happened for years
on in so yeah, I don't know the answer to
this is And we've written to State Growth in the
past again highlight the issue and they've got the people
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out there and picked the rubbish up. But I guess
it's around the contracts that they set up with these contractors.
Speaker 3 (19:10):
They need to be making sure.
Speaker 4 (19:12):
That they allow more money in the in the contracts
for the contracts to be able to do this more often.
I think it's it still comes down to the State
Grade making sure that they've got enough money in the
budget in that contract for these people to do it
more often rather than just once once a blue moon.
So it's it's something we will continue to work with
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the government over. You know, there are some areas on
our own roads, I guess that council roads that we
continually pick up around the central Business district, but maybe
we need to go a little bit further. I noticed
the road down to the Linchford Road down to the
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waste transfer station near a Queenstown probably needs a little
bit of work done on that as well, which it's
probably something which one of the volunteer groups might like
to jump on board and assist the council with as well.
But I'll take that one on board and we'll try
and work through with that. But yeah, now it is
disappointing but hopefully we can come to a resolution here.
Speaker 1 (20:20):
Absolutely fingers Cross needs to be something done. All right,
well we've run out of time now we've got to
go to news. So look, thanks for joining us today,
Mayor Shane Pitt. Have a good weekend and we'll talk
to you next week. Thanks, Okay, Mia on airback next
week at the same time. Don't forget if you've got
a question for Shane next week, please register it at
sevenexcess dot com.
Speaker 2 (20:40):
That a you
And yes saying good morning now for this week to
our Mayor Shane Pitt.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Good morning sir.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
Good morning sir. How are you?
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Yeah? Pretty good for a Friday. Nice day out.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
There, beautiful day, isn't it?
Speaker 1 (00:27):
It certainly is, But we are in for a warmer
day tomorrow as well. About twenty six it's getting up
to in Strawn, so look forward to that. Yeah, all right, now,
I think we'll do the question first that's been submitted.
This is in relation to the rubbish collection due to
Christmas being on a Wednesday. Will that affect rubbish collection
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in Queenstown or is there a different collection day before
or after the twenty fifth?
Speaker 4 (00:54):
Yeah, so for the Christmas week, garbage will be collected
on the following day. So Monday, third of December will
be Zoo and Straw and Linda and Gormanston. Tuesday will
be December the twenty fourth for Queenstown. Wednesday the twenty
fifth there will be no rubbish pickup and Thursday, the
twenty sixth will be Roseby and Taller as normal. So
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that should answer that question.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
Serve good on you for that President then.
Speaker 4 (01:23):
Yeah, so I guess it's it is one of those
times of the year that things do change, times do
chain dates do change.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Slightly, that's right.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
Yeah, all right, let's get to other council information. There
was a media released yesterday in relation to the general manager.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Sad news.
Speaker 4 (01:41):
Yes, it is sad news. Due to health issues, our
general manager needs to step down. Here has been only
with us since February this year. And yeah, she's done
a tremendous job since being here and certainly has been
out in the community and there's we've heard a lot
of good comments from the community with regard to the
(02:03):
work that she's doing. So and you know, from us
all a council, it's sad news and we wish oil
in the future with all the you know, the health issues,
and you know, family comes first and health comes first exactly.
She needs to take that time and be with a
family at this time. And we'll be advertising shortly for
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the general manager's position.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
Yeah, we send out all our best thoughts in regards
to here as well. All right, some more some much
more pleasant news. Now got the fish farms, well, the
Mccruary Harbor itself, as you guys, have received a boost
from a federal government.
Speaker 4 (02:44):
Yeah, not us exactly, scurvey, but the industry and also
the harbor. So the federal government has he marked twenty
eight million dollars all up for the McCrary Harbor, So
twenty one million dollars will go towards the oxidization project
(03:04):
down there in Macquarie Harbor. That you know, that oxidization
project is working well, so it needs to be followed
up with more. So, yeah, that's good to see. There's
also another five million dollars to expand the current Magerie
skate breeding program work on hatching eggs and and there's
(03:26):
also two point five million dollars.
Speaker 3 (03:30):
For the skate population.
Speaker 4 (03:31):
Environmental monitoring down there and compliance and also community engagement
around the skate. And part of that twenty one million
dollars that they're using, there will be five million dollars
will be looking at minus the drainage from the old
workings here from Mount Laula as well. So yeah, it's
something we've been calling for for a little while.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
Now, do you know.
Speaker 4 (03:55):
We believe that the skate and the fish farms can
work together in the will coexist together in the harbor,
and that there is other elements that are affecting the
health of the Harbor.
Speaker 3 (04:07):
So it's good to see.
Speaker 4 (04:08):
That, you know, we were able to attract this funding
and you know, and I guess a lot of that
also comes down to the work that Anne Urkhart has
been doing beyond scenes, it's all over there in Camebra.
So it's great to see that. You know, she's certainly
done a hell of a lot of work for the
West Coast and all Braddon really but you know, we've
seen it recently from the West Coast with regards to
(04:32):
what's going on down there and Straw and so it's
great to see and it's good good news that she's
now the labor candidate for Braden. So yeah, so that's
also good news for us at Braden. You know, we've
got Anne Urkhart fighting for us and yeah, so's it's
great news.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
Yeah, it's fabulous. And she has certainly gone into bat
for the workers, there's no doubt about that. And the
this is tremendous hues because news because the workers have
obviously in particular have not had the best of times recently.
Speaker 4 (05:06):
I guess no, they haven't, and I guess they've they've
still got that hanging over their heads. Yeah, you know,
it's another twelve months now before any decision will be
made on the future of fish farming in the harbor.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
That's good news in one.
Speaker 4 (05:22):
Respect, but also it's then them workers down they have
still got another Christmas Day they're going through that they
don't know what their future. You know, it's we'd rather
see the Prime Minister and the Minister for Environment come
out and say that, you know, fish farms can coexist
with the skate and they'll continue in the harbor for
(05:44):
for a long time. So you know, hopefully this this
is a little bit of a I guess a windfall
for them people down there, but it's still not still
not holding their future for them.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
Do you think they feel like they're not having their
say and getting their message across a little bit because
we do seem to I know, you're going into the
bat for them for a lot, you know, with your
articles in the Advocate, et cetera.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
But do you think because of.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
Obviously Bob Brown for example, has got is able to
get a lot of coverage and people will believe what
they want to believe, But there's always two sides of
the story, and do you feel that the workers perhaps
unable to get their side of the story up and going.
Speaker 4 (06:33):
Oh, I don't believe that they're not getting their word across. Yeah,
they certainly are, but it's the mixture of people at
the beginnings. Yeah, a lot of the negativity that's coming
out at the moments from people living in Melbourne, inn
sit with a minority in Tasmania. But you know, it's
(06:55):
disappointing that these minority groups don't look at the long
the big picture. We removed salmon out of our diet,
what's that do to our diet? You know, there's a
lot of people that need need the diet from fish
and you know, and a lot more people probably should
(07:16):
should be eating it as well. So you know, it's
one of them things that sooner or later, if we
where what are we going to eat? If we continue
to take everything off our men, it's next thing it'll
be it'll be the cows and there'll be no milk,
can be cattle.
Speaker 2 (07:35):
No meat, even the.
Speaker 3 (07:38):
Vegetables that exactly.
Speaker 4 (07:40):
You know, there's a lot of things out there that
that we need to sustain our life. So you know,
it's one of them things, you know, And to bring
they say, I'll bring the fish farms on land, but
that's also going to degrade our land. But you know,
there are things that we can look at, and that's
I guess that's where we're also looking at. And they've
(08:03):
put on the table Marine Study Center and straw in
there that you know, some of these things can be
looked at. Whether there is an option to bring salmon
farming on land. You know, there's a big block of
land down there at Smith's Cove that could could leand
itself to some research. But but what we need to
do though is get something in place, a center in
(08:26):
a place where scientists can come and do that, do
that work, and you know, bring the scientists out of Hobart,
because you know that's where they don't want to leave,
out of Hobart. And we've seen that with Taruna with
the Magian Skate Yes.
Speaker 3 (08:43):
Program.
Speaker 4 (08:44):
You know, we understand that they needed to happen quickly,
and the tanks are already at Taruna. But now we've
got to a situation where there's no reason why we
can't be setting up something in Strong as well.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
No, it's true, all right, Well just don mcquarie Harbor.
I suppose still the heads this is relation to the road.
I'm sure a lot of people are interested to know
what's happening with the repairs of the road.
Speaker 4 (09:09):
Yeah, so we've commenced the realignment of the road and
a slope stability and improving your safety of the damaged
portion of that road down at mccruarie Heads here. We
expect the road to be reopened to the public in
the near future, but we'll certainly be advertising when it's reopened.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
And I think Troil Harbor is also having some roadworks
done to it. I think next week is it or
has it already started.
Speaker 4 (09:37):
Might have already started, Yeah, not sure exactly, but without
that are ongoing every year we normally do works on
them roads. Although Greenville Harbor Road now is sealed all
the way, that's one road we don't have to work anymore.
Speaker 3 (09:52):
But the Trill Harbor Road, Yeah, will be out there
working on that and.
Speaker 4 (09:56):
I guess you know, the main thing as long as
we get that other Macquarie Hedge Road open before the summer.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
So yeah, yeah, yeah, absolutely, all right, we're talking to
Mayor Shane Pitt. It is mere on it and we're
moving on now with an update on your facility upgrades.
Speaker 4 (10:14):
Yeah. So the two new gyms Scurvot there at Straw
and Zon well underway now and you know, should be
should be completed within the new year, we're hoping. But
thee I know, they're looking fantastic at the moment, the
photos off soon. I haven't quite got a chance to
go and run from in person, but no, they're certainly
(10:37):
from the outside they're looking looking like they're making good
progress in them. And and of course looking across the
road here mate at the Heady Falls Park that's coming
along okay as well, and hopefully that they can get
that completed before at the end of summer as well,
so that the children can have a new playground there
(10:58):
before it gets wet again.
Speaker 1 (10:59):
Yeah, they've had some reasonly good weather to be able
to get on with it. But I have noticed there
in their rain, hail or shine anyway, so that's good.
Speaker 3 (11:07):
Yeah, you know, it is good.
Speaker 4 (11:08):
And that's I guess it's one thing that we expect
here on the West Coast. If we need to get
things done, we'll have to work in the rain as well.
So yeah, no, it's good to see that even these
contractors that from outside of the West Coast are able
to work in the rain as well.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
Yeah, it's like could be saying about the roads. Unfortunately,
I don't think state great well in anyway if they
did it all get washed away, wouldn't.
Speaker 4 (11:32):
Yeah, I've certainly made some good tracks into the merchants
and highway. Yeah, still a lot more to be done,
of course, and hopefully they come back and do a
permanent job during the do some weather. But you'll see
how that pans out. And I'll be under their case
all the time if they don't. And of course we've
(11:52):
got the zone highway works going on over in the.
Speaker 2 (11:55):
Zoo as well.
Speaker 4 (11:56):
And I've already had a resident call yesterday with regard
to an issue that they've seen.
Speaker 3 (12:01):
That a right to the general manager of Roads and.
Speaker 4 (12:07):
Tell her, you know, she needs to be a little
bit more aware of what's going on there and what
some engineering looks like. There's been a bit of an
engineering mistake made, but right, just with regard to a
culvert and access to a property. But yeah, they should
be able to rectify that the lease.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
It's not a bridge, I suppose, like what's happened with
the bridge at Bridgewater. Yeah, anyway, we won't we won't
talk about that all right now. Intersection intersection renewal program
is next on the list.
Speaker 2 (12:40):
This is for the hill up there.
Speaker 4 (12:43):
Yeah, so that's just that start of the program started
for this year and the works have commenced on the
Pengana Road and Esplanade intersection there, so people will be
aware of that with the flags and everything that are out.
So that works expected to take up the four weeks
(13:03):
and then the renewal of the Pression Street and Es
will be next, and then the Urkitt Street and will
follow on from that.
Speaker 2 (13:12):
So three good.
Speaker 4 (13:15):
I guess some upgrades there to them to them intersections
to hopefully make it well. It will make it safer
for residents and especially pedestrians on them intersections.
Speaker 1 (13:28):
Absolutely all right. Annual Plan for Community Input that's still around.
Speaker 4 (13:34):
Yeah mate, So councel an your plan and budget isn't
That is important document for us because of Guide's counselors
and the team on what where we need to set
our resources for the next financial years. So the document
can be found on the website or is available at
our office. So if anyone's got any ideas they'd like
(13:56):
to see in the annual playployees submit them as soon
as possible, at least before.
Speaker 3 (14:03):
Monday, third of February.
Speaker 1 (14:06):
All right now, Also the community planned twenty thirty five
engagement sessions are on.
Speaker 4 (14:11):
Yeah, so we're ready for well, the feedback's feedback is well,
the drafts out, so we're just waiting on feedback neil
so from our residents and there'll be some pop up
sessions happening. We've already had one at the Gym and Mineral.
Speaker 3 (14:27):
Fair last last weekend.
Speaker 4 (14:30):
But there's also the Strong Twilight Market Friday the twenty
ninth of November from four point thirty to six thirty pm,
Queenstown Market on Sunday the eighth of December from eleven
am to one pm, and also the Roseby Market Saturday
the sixteenth of tomorrow, Yeah, eleven am to one pm.
Speaker 3 (14:48):
So opportunity there for.
Speaker 4 (14:50):
People to provide their feedback on the draft, which can
now be viewed online at West Coast twenty thirty five
dot com dot or visit the council to a view
a printed copy.
Speaker 1 (15:04):
Yep, that's great that you'll be able to get out
about with that too. That that certainly is a good move,
I think, yeah.
Speaker 4 (15:09):
I guess it is something we've seen the twenty fifteen
or twenty twenty five plan that was put together in
twenty fifteen was well well endorsed by the community, and
hopefully with the twenty thirty five one we can do
the same thing.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
All right, The West Coast Spirit Awards still open.
Speaker 4 (15:27):
Yeah, so it's an opportunity for anyone out there that
wants to nominate a person or an event or a
group that's doing some stellar things in our community in
the volunteer space.
Speaker 3 (15:41):
It's you know, it's something which.
Speaker 4 (15:45):
If it wasn't for our volunteers, we wouldn't be getting
as much done as what we do around our community. So,
you know, if there's anyone out there that wants to
nominate someone, please This can be done by contacting Community
Consultation West Coast dot Task dot dot au or drop
into the office and pick up an application form. And
(16:06):
those nominations closed Friday, the twenty second of November, so
just walk away now, scurvys. So yeah, yeah, opportunity there
to make a difference.
Speaker 1 (16:16):
I guess now, something that's not on the list this morning,
we might do this instead of something else. Obviously, we've
got a you probably might have seen on Facebook or
whatever that we try to send a message out to
improve the littering that goes on on the West Coast
roads particularly. I know that's not really particularly with the highways.
(16:38):
It's not a council job. I'm just wondering though, you
had I think people who were on the doll program
actually get out on the roads and pick the rubbish up.
Is that still happening.
Speaker 3 (16:52):
No, well, we're unfortunate.
Speaker 4 (16:54):
Well around the community we pick our rubbish up, yeah,
of course, but out in the highways it is State
Growth responsibility and is the contractor that that it's contracted
to State Growth to do that job. We in the past,
and people that have been in the community for a
long period of time probably know this that you know,
(17:17):
groups used to be able to go and they had
to adopt a highway a section of highway that used
to be able to go and clean up as a group.
I know the Lions Club we had a section on
the Strawan Road or the highway to Strawn eleven keys
of that which we used to look afterward. With changes
(17:38):
with legislation, et cetera, this was all stopped. And even
you know we've had groups now that like the Scout
group used to go out picking up rubbish as well.
We're not able to do it either, which is disappointing.
I've last year I wrote to State Growth to see
whether you know, there's there was a mine wanted to
(18:01):
clean up a bit of the Zooe Highway. So I
wrote to them and see whether we could, you know,
if if the mine with it had all the traffic
management in place, et cetera that they were and you know,
the feedback was that they weren't weren't happy with that
as well.
Speaker 3 (18:19):
So you know, it's just one of them things that
what what what do we do?
Speaker 4 (18:23):
We want to see clone roads and I guess the
best thing would be for people not afraid of rubbish
out there.
Speaker 1 (18:29):
This is the thing I do not understand why they
can't hold on to them, keep it in the car
until they get to the next point.
Speaker 2 (18:35):
It just baffles me. I just don't understand it.
Speaker 4 (18:39):
Yeah, I guess that's different people's perspective as well, and
that's you know, but if we can stop that, well
then we except pbur rais cleaner. But this was probably
always going to happen, and it's always happened for years
on in so yeah, I don't know the answer to
this is And we've written to State Growth in the
past again highlight the issue and they've got the people
(19:03):
out there and picked the rubbish up. But I guess
it's around the contracts that they set up with these contractors.
Speaker 3 (19:10):
They need to be making sure.
Speaker 4 (19:12):
That they allow more money in the in the contracts
for the contracts to be able to do this more often.
I think it's it still comes down to the State
Grade making sure that they've got enough money in the
budget in that contract for these people to do it
more often rather than just once once a blue moon.
So it's it's something we will continue to work with
(19:36):
the government over. You know, there are some areas on
our own roads, I guess that council roads that we
continually pick up around the central Business district, but maybe
we need to go a little bit further. I noticed
the road down to the Linchford Road down to the
(19:57):
waste transfer station near a Queenstown probably needs a little
bit of work done on that as well, which it's
probably something which one of the volunteer groups might like
to jump on board and assist the council with as well.
But I'll take that one on board and we'll try
and work through with that. But yeah, now it is
disappointing but hopefully we can come to a resolution here.
Speaker 1 (20:20):
Absolutely fingers Cross needs to be something done. All right,
well we've run out of time now we've got to
go to news. So look, thanks for joining us today,
Mayor Shane Pitt. Have a good weekend and we'll talk
to you next week. Thanks, Okay, Mia on airback next
week at the same time. Don't forget if you've got
a question for Shane next week, please register it at
sevenexcess dot com.
Speaker 2 (20:40):
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