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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Good morning too. You welcome to beer on air shape.
It's on the holidays still, It's the Deputy Mayor Robert Butterfield.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Good morning, Good morning Andrew.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
How well things on a Friday morning?
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Beautiful? The sunshining outside.
Speaker 1 (00:12):
It's lovely. Those fingers crossed for the long weekend? Okay,
let's start this. No listener questions offers closure for the
public holiday the King's Birthday yep.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
So with the king Birthday public holiday on Monday, the
Council's office in Queenstown will be closed from five pm Friday,
the sixth of June, which is today, and reopening at
eight thirty am on Tuesday, the tenth of June. So
do report a Council related emergency or a serious safety
concern during this time.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Please call the Council on.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
A three six or seven one four seven hundred and
you will be directed to our afterhouse team for assistance.
Credit card payments could be made via the Council's website
for food licensed registrations, rates, payments in voices, building and
planning applications, finds and infringements, and that is https www
dot West Coast, dot TAZ, dot gov, dot AU forward
slash government's forward Slash payerbill. For concerns relating to highways
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and roads outside town boundaries, including trees across roads, please
contact the Department of State Growth on one three hundred
and one three nine three three. All inquiries relating to
water or sewerage should be directed to TAS Water on
one three six nine nine two. Importantly, there will be
no change to waste collection services and waste transfer station
operations over the public holiday period, so all waste transfer
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stations all rubbish pickups remain the same. If any dog
related emergencies, please contact the police, and for all other
inquiries please contact the Council office from eight thirty am
Tuesday the tenth a June, or visit www dot West
Coast dot TAZ, dot dot gov dot AU for information
on council services.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
Okay, we've got some starfre recognition.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
Yeah, so several council staff were recently recognized for the
years of service with the West Coast Council, which was
good recognition. Congratulations to Craig Cox's five year service, Greg
Perkins five years service, Marcus Goodson fifteen year service and
Joel Gray cracking up twenty years service.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
So that's a magnificent effort.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
It is it is and in their roles various roles, Craig,
Greg Marcus and jol have served their communities, working hard
undertaking tasks crucial to Council's role in delivering services to
the community.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
So thank you and to those people.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
Okay, let's get onto dog registrations.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
So dog registration renewals have been sent out to residents.
Registration renewals and new dog registrations completed by thirtieth of
the June also received a fee discount. Our council also
offers a discount for concession cardholders. Dog owners can paign
annual registration fee. However, council will also offers registration for
three years or whole of life and that's a great
option to save money and remove the risk of for
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getting to register your pets. Dog registration renewals and new
dog registrations can be completed at the council office right
our agencies at the Strong Post Office, Zoom Post Office
and the Roadby District High School. Remember to bring proof
of sterilization and micro tripping when you're registering your dog
for the first time and if your dog was registered
previously with the West Coast Council and you haven't received
a renewal nators yet, please contact the office and we'll
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sort that out for you. If you've left the West
Coast or bid farewell to or do your companion, please
advice counsel.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
So our records can be updated accordingly.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
That's one thing you do need to do.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Yep, definitely update.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
Keep your records, update and let us know if any
changes are made.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
Okay, we'll have a break now, Yes, good morning to you.
Let's say forty one. We are doing Mayor on there
with Deputy Mayor Robert Butterfield. Rob it. Okay, food licensing newals.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
Yeah, so food license renewals. Food businesses will be receiving
their licensing newals this week. The current food licenses expire
on the thirtieth of the June. Existing street dining permits
will also be invoiced separately, with new discount fee of one
hundred dollars per table to be introduced for the twenty
twenty five twenty twenty six financial years. So there's a
reduced fee for that. And it's good to see outdoor
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dining where we can have it. And if you yet
to receive your food business renewal. Please contact the office
for assistance and make sure that that's all sorted out
and sent out to you.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
Fair enough, Okay. Curbside collection stats, so I had a
look at this. It's really good.
Speaker 3 (04:10):
Yeah, this was really good and really pleasing to see.
So the recent free curb side collection for large items
was again successful. Council office is free collection twice a year,
so that's twice a year that we do this and
this time over eighteen tons of rubbish was collected. Wow,
so that was really really good. There was one hundred
and six properties that registered for the collection and I'd
just like to thank you think so thank you to
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the residents for participating and also for our workers for.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Collecting it and compiling and transporting it to.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
The where rubbish go to Robin.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
So it depends on what it is.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
If it's if it's stuff that's recyclable, it goes to
the recyclables. If it's general landfield so you know it
is sorted and put in the appropriate landfall areas.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
Okay, fair enough.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
The one I like is Light Up the West.
Speaker 3 (04:52):
Yeah, so Light Up the West. It's an exciting festival.
It's a festival to activate the West Coast in June,
which is traditionally quite a month. The regional tour Business
Tourism Association west By Northwest has received funding to put
on two free audio visual events and these events will
be in straw On Queenstown across two weekends, so they
are on separate weekends so you can actually go to
both if you want to. Businesses and community groups are
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working together to have other events and activities to happen
to build up the build up on.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
The light shows.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
This is on the back of the successful straw And
Solstice held last year, which will be happening again in
line with a strawng light show between nineteenth and twenty
second to June, and Queenstown will be on the twenty
seventh of the twenty ninth of June, so across those
two weekends. Council is supporting this festival through facilitating discussions
and connecting stakeholders, spreading the word through our communication and
the West Coast Visitor Information Center will also be open
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extended hours during the strong weekend.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
There's an event.
Speaker 3 (05:43):
Web page which has also been developed and for more
information head to West Coast dot West. West Coast has
dot com, dot AU forward Slash Light Up the West.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
That's going to be a great event. With Dark Mico
just kicking off yesterday, this is going to just raw
right round.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
It's really exciting.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
I'm really looking forward to the events that we've got
on the West Coast and be able to get out
and have a look at the light shows.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
And why not good Yeah, any girls seeing council matters.
Speaker 3 (06:07):
No nothing else this week, so but yeah, just like
to nice and short, Nice and short, thanks Andrew.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
Okay, we'll talk to you next week. Of course, that
is Mayor I neir depity Mayor Robert Butterfield. Of course
you've got any questions for the Mayor, get in touch
with us, we'll ask it for you. Just go to
sevenexcess dot com dot au. Of course every Friday you'll
find out what's happening at Council in your community. And
of course that is Mayor I here all thanks to
the West Coast Council and partnership with our community.