October 21, 2024 • 23 mins
Here is the Mayor on air for 18th October. Questions were asked about the Zeehan pool this week so The Mayor provided some answers. If you missed it on Friday, you can download and listen to it right here.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Now on seven x as it's time to talk all
things wild West with Shane Pitt, Mayor of the West
Coast wild West.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
And without further ado, let's bring our Mayor Shane Pitt
onto the radio this morning with this week's edition of
Mayor on Air. Mate.
Speaker 3 (00:17):
There you're going, yeah, good ice, curb house things mate.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Oh air pretty good, yeah, reasonably good weather this week,
isn't it.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
It has a nice few days. We're heading the bar,
so it's good.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Good to see, good to see. All right, Well, we've
had a few more questions in relation to the zee
and pool. People are getting very frustrated, I think down
in Zen now this is something that's come about again
and the questions being asked by a number of people.
I might add, if there is community interest in wanting
an indoor pool, how we as a community can come
(00:51):
together and raise funds. It could be used for physiotherapy, school, swimming, sports,
no matter the weather and so on. Because they are
doing is on it now when they do finalize the projects,
so it's safe for all to use. It will last
for this generation and the next. Now, this person that
actually headed up the question, those of a few people
who have had to do our own rehabilitation after surgery
(01:15):
and so on, and would have really benefited, benefit for
benefited from having an indoor swimming facility. So, you know,
is it possible.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
It's not the first time this has been a question, Serve,
and you know, I was part of a committee some
years ago now to to do the same thing in
Queenstown with the pool there. It's not the fact that
you know, getting the funding to do the original works,
it's the ongoing cost of maintaining an indoor pool. Is
(01:49):
the issue that the thing with an indoor pool is
the temperature of the out around the outside of the pool,
so inside the area needs to be kept at the
same temperature as the pool itself and that causes issues
with because if we don't it does cause issues with
(02:10):
the bacteria that grows in the air, which is you know,
could be quite quite an issue. So yeah, and it's
a lot of costs involved in maintaining an indoor pool
ongoing the community of Circulear heead have found that out
(02:31):
with the amount of costs involved around maintaining the indoor pool,
which is another extra burden on rate payers which we've had,
you know, recently, we've had to increase our rates. And
you know, if we were to do an indoor pool,
well that means we would have to increase them even further.
(02:51):
And there's a lot you know a lot of people
don't use the pool as well. It is for a
minority now you know, municipality. But you know, we always encourage,
certainly would do encourage the community to build support and
access funding opportunities for the things that matter to them.
(03:13):
But you know, it this something which there has to
be that maintenance costs.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
Ongoing cost and that's the main thing.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
Yeah, and that's the worst thing around these things, is
the maintaining and ongoing costs. And you know when this
was looked at some years ago in Queenstown that the
committee had the funding, so they were able to get
the funding. They had the funding already, but it was
that ongoing maintenance costs was the issue. And you know,
(03:42):
we're looking we're talking about millions of dollars to maintain
the pool ongoing. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
Yeah, so there was talk also the fact that they
did have Somebody was talking about the other day about
community had had brought and funding to the West Coast
Council a few years ago and they wondered what had
happened to that would that have just gone into ongoing maintenance.
Speaker 3 (04:07):
Well, the money was given back to the mines. So
what happened was that we were able to get funding
from the mines to do the feasibility study on it,
and that's where it all went. And we were at
the time for that project which is the Queenstown Pool,
which was talking about, we got the feasibility money from
(04:29):
the mines to do that to their work and at
the time, I think it was I can't quite remember now,
but it was in about one point two million dollars
it was going to cost to do the pool in
Queenstown and we're there. We were then going to gain
that funding from tatusas at the time that we're doing
(04:51):
a lot of work our roles. Okay, it's a fair
while ago, yes, and if at the same time they
just completed the Clarence Pool in Clarence and that's where
they got the Clarence got their funding from, was TATUS.
So we're going down the same track. But it was
that ongoing maintenance cost for the council and the rate
payers that they would have been. It would have been
(05:14):
a ongoing cost for them and at the time, the
amount of people that were using our pools. Yeah, there
was not a great deal of people using them. And
of course you know people say, well it was there
all year around, they'd use it. But you know it's
one of them things as well that would people use it.
Hopefully they would, but you know it's still that cost
(05:35):
for the wider community that needs to be how old.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
It's quite old.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
It is quite old. Yeah, so that was a project
way back at it's a memorial pool, especially one in
Queens I'm not so much about the one in zen
I'm not quite sure, but yeah, no, there was a
lot of work done by the Lions Club as well
at the time in the Queenstown pool also it does
(06:01):
date back a fairwell again a fairwell now and you know,
and it's one of them things. When we were looking
at that, we were looking about you know, therapy et
cetera as well, So it wasn't but there was a
lot of a lot of work went into that. And
we're also looking at the state government as well too
(06:22):
for the ongoing funding to maintain the pools because they
need as part of a school curriculum they need to
do water safety is part of that. And our schools
Midlely they do do you know a there is a
(06:44):
seasonal part of their term that they do do swimming safety,
swimming safety, but it's not to the extent that it
should be. So there was a lot of things we
talked about back in the back in the time. And
you know it's not to say that well, it will
never happen. It may happen, but not for some time.
(07:05):
We need to work around how we can fund the
ongoing maintenance of these pools. And it is a great
cost already to the rate payers just for having our
two pools open during the summer period. So you know,
you never say never, scerv no, but you know there
needs to be some ongoing funding for the maintenance and
the running of the pools. And you know, if we're
(07:28):
if we're able to get more residents in our community,
that may happen, or if we're able to get you know,
some of our major industries might come on board and
decide that they want to run the pools, or a
private enterprise we want to run the pools, well, that
could be an option.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
So yep, yes, how obviously again I wanted to touch
on the current status of the Zen pool because I
think we mentioned this a couple of weeks ago. Obviously
there's the ongoing problem that you found last year, which
means meant that the pool didn't go ahead. It couldn't
be used last year, but it won't be used until
(08:05):
the end of this year to probably next year because
you've found another problem. People are saying, this is just
what I've observed that it seems one thing after another.
But again it goes back to the age of the pool,
doesn't it.
Speaker 3 (08:18):
It does, and I guess you know it's the age
and when things were done to the Zoom in Queenstainn Pool.
Both of them have had issues in recent times that
the work that was done originally probably wasn't done to
the stend that needed to be done. So we had
pipes by fact Queenstown and Zon that collapsed, which has
(08:40):
caused the issues with zone and that undermining of the
pool and the lining. So it is unfortunate, but you know,
these things do happen, and we want to make sure
that we get it right this time, do it right
and so that we don't have to go back again.
And unfortunately in the past that hasn't happened. They've i
(09:05):
guess the cost of what they were doing was blew
out and they stopped. But this time we need to
make sure we get it right so that we don't
have to go back and the pool can remain ongoing
for you for especially now with the existing our existing residents,
(09:27):
but also into the future.
Speaker 2 (09:28):
Well, you want to get it right now simply for
safety purposes, so you don't have to shut it again
down again further down the track, or to enable to
make sure that something doesn't happen to anybody in the pool.
Speaker 3 (09:41):
Oh, exactly right, yeah, and you know that's that's our
main priority is to make sure that our community are
safe and with regards to the zoo pool there, and
that it's also part of the new gym upgrades in
Zoom as well, so we need to make sure that
that is completed as part of the project because the
(10:03):
new entrance to the pool will be through the gym area,
so we need to make sure that's also completed before
we can open the pool in Zoom. But you know,
it is unfortunate these things happened, and it's not as
if we haven't been trying our hardest to get to
get that open as soon as possible. And residents know
(10:25):
the issues we had trying to get a contractor to
do the poor works. So that went on going for
far too long and we do understand that, but you
know it was out of our hands. We were trying
everywhere around Australia to find a contractor to come to
do the repair works on the Zoom pool.
Speaker 2 (10:44):
So I think people just need to realize too that
the council just can't fix it. There's probably not too
many people in the council that can act have actually
got the expertise to do it.
Speaker 3 (10:54):
No, it was professional so of work. It's We've got
a pool specialist from South Australia that's I'm across to
do that work. So yeah, you know, council can assist
these people, but we can't do the work. We need
someone that's a professional in around that area that knows
what they're doing.
Speaker 2 (11:14):
Yep, absolutely, all right, we'll leave it there, we'll take
a break. We'll be back with everything else on mayor
on it after.
Speaker 1 (11:19):
This, keeping you in touch with your community. We're talking
with the mayor of the West Coast Shame pit on
West Coast seven excess.
Speaker 2 (11:29):
All right, we already had one question. Well it was
a multitude of questions about the sea and pulled this morning,
so let's move on and talk about other things. Have
the council first of all the Council meeting.
Speaker 3 (11:40):
Yes, that's on this Tuesday, coming scur twenty second of October,
five pm at the Council Chambers. So if anyone wishes
to attend, it's open to the public, as we always
say scurbo. It would be great to see people come along
and ask a question or just listen to counselor's debate
some of the topics that are on. But if there
(12:02):
is any residents out there that want to submit a
question without notice, they can submit it to the General
Manager up to midday on Tuesday, the twenty second of October.
So all via EA at West Coast dot TAZ, dot
gov dot AU.
Speaker 2 (12:18):
Also some new information from the Council as of yesterday
about the Ocean Beach Road.
Speaker 3 (12:24):
Yeah, so there's a plan partial close with the Ocean
Beach Road for some grading works there scurvo. So the
road will be shut from the Ocean Beach Walking Trail
to the end of the road. That's between eight am
and three pm next Tuesday, the twenty second of October.
The remaining section back to the Macquarie Heads Road will
be completed under traffic management control to allow people to
(12:48):
have continued access access to the Ocean Beach Walking trail.
So yeah, just a little bit of information there. That's
late mile mate, but yeah, we want to make sure
that the community know that we're doing some work on
that Ocean Boach Road there on Tuesday.
Speaker 2 (13:05):
Excellent, all right, So we got the second rates installments
still due.
Speaker 3 (13:09):
Yeah, so that's due on Friday, the twenty fifth of October.
And of course you know, payments can be made online
at Australia Posts b pay and also at our agencies
in Zoo, straw On and Roseberry or in person or
by phone with the Council office.
Speaker 2 (13:27):
Yep, okay, Well we also got the pension concession remission
do you at the moment too?
Speaker 3 (13:33):
Yeah, that's for those pensioners that hold an Australian Pension
Concession Card or health card and a DVA card, so
entitled to that pension concession remission on their rates. So
please contact council if you're unsure or want to make
take up that opportunity.
Speaker 2 (13:53):
Absolutely all right. Now the abatement season for twenty twenty
four to twenty five is coming up very soon, of course,
what's the outlook?
Speaker 3 (14:02):
Yeah, well, hopefully hopefully we get some fine weather. Yeah,
but yeah, no, it is that time of the year
that it is fairly stressful for a lot of people
around the West Coast. And I haven't heard anything from
tas Fire with regard to what the bushfire season is
going to be like on the West Coast, but we
(14:23):
have had a lot of a lot of rain during
the winter period, and I guess that leads itself to
high fuel loads. So I guess it's one of them
things that we are talking about it now, and we
must remind locals to maintain their own fuel load around
(14:44):
their properties, not just in the residential areas, but also
outside of the residential areas in the rural areas, to
make sure that they maintained and we don't get to
a situation where we've got a lot of you know,
fuel load, especially in our towns, because you know, we've
(15:04):
seen it quite in Rosebury and Tyler and also Zoom
in the past few years. So it's been has been
an issue. And you know, you look around outside the
window here Scerba and look at the amount of scrub
around Queenstown. Now it's getting getting serious and we've been
(15:26):
talking to Task Fire and also Parks and Wildlife who
maintained the crown Land and you know, you know what
what what we can do around making sure that some
of these areas in our towns are maintained to a
little bit better stand and what they are at the moment.
We've seen recently around Zoom that they've been Parks and
(15:47):
Wildlife have been burning off to get rid of some
of the work fuel in that area.
Speaker 2 (15:51):
So they've got off to a good start. They made
a good start with.
Speaker 3 (15:55):
That, yes, and hopefully that can be maintained. And it's
getting to part of the season now that's probably a
little bit too late to be doing a lot more,
but hopefully that you know, there's a few a few
weeks left before we do get to that, you know,
that real center of the fire season. We can make
sure that we that some of these areas are maintained
(16:17):
a little bit better than what they are.
Speaker 2 (16:19):
Absolutely, yeah, all right now, twenty twenty four to twenty
five dog registration infringements, I still see a lot of
rhyming docks around. It's amazing isn't it.
Speaker 3 (16:28):
It is, it is. It's just you know, it's unfortunate
that some of these dogs are roaming our streets and
but you know, I guess it's infringements are now being
issued for unregistered dogs. So if you have got an
unregistered dog, you will be you know, with our compliance
(16:49):
officers do find these dogs, well they will be impounded
and it will be up to the responsibility the owner
to pay the fine to be able to release the dogs.
You know, it is a requirement under the state government.
It's not not the councilors that put these things in place.
It is a state government legislation. We just make you know,
(17:09):
we're just the ones that maintain the laws. But you know,
it's hopefully we don't find any unregistered dogs go and
that they are registered, we can send them back to
their home. So that's what we want to.
Speaker 2 (17:26):
See absolutely all right. Now, food Safety Supervisor certification obviously
they've got people got.
Speaker 3 (17:32):
To have that, yeah, so that's due soon. So all
businesses that are required to have the certification have been
advised and these need to be provided to council as
soon as possible to avoid any compliance action commencing with
regards to that. But of course, as we mentioned before,
SCO if anyone needs any information or please contact council
(17:56):
for that and that that can yeah, put the these
people in the right direction.
Speaker 2 (18:02):
All right. There's quite a few things happening this weekend,
the Roseberry markets on this weekend, but also of course
tomorrow there's this health Vest West Healthy Living and Aging
on the West Coast at Mountain Height School. It's going
to be big.
Speaker 3 (18:15):
Yeah, no, it is going to be big Skovo and
from ten am to three pm down there at the
Mountain Heights School stadium. And I've been talking to Nicky
from the study hub there part of this as well
as counsel and also the Zoo neighborhood house. But for
those kids that may be listening out there, or even
(18:37):
the mums and dads you bring along your pop, nan
and pop and mum and dad. There's lots of interaction
interactive displays down there, or will be so the Lions
Club will be cooking the salm and Patty's Mate, no
doubt you'll be down there.
Speaker 2 (18:53):
It will be this week. It's been a while since
I've been there to those sorts of things that helping
out because I've been elsewere, But yes, I am available.
Speaker 3 (19:03):
That's good.
Speaker 2 (19:04):
I hope that's not the distraction from anybody.
Speaker 3 (19:07):
I won't get down there this weekend. I'm in Devenport
this weekend for a meeting. But yeah, no, it will
be good. And they've even got some fresh salmon pieces
as well, thanks to Tassel and Ewan for their for
the delicious donations. And you know there'll be some healthy
(19:28):
school food lunch options as well put out there. There'll
be the huge inflatable Brain. Veterans and Family Center will
be their health and allied health services providers will be there.
There'll be specialized government agency including Service Australia will be there.
The Asthmus Foundation is going to be there also. There'll
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be a BROCHUREUS wall so people can pick up some
brochures on some of these healthy things that they're going
to have down there. They'll have free male checks checks,
blood pressure checks as well, so exercises for strength and agility.
There will be Palladi Care will be there. COTTA will
(20:11):
be there so they'll be in attendance as well, and
live up in population screening and cancer prevention will be there.
And there's a lot more mate, so you know, it's
an opportunity for people to get a free free blood
pressure check as well, which is something I probably should do,
(20:32):
but yeah, you sure, I don't be here, so I'll
have to do it with doctors and get that right.
But anyway, I know it sounds like it's going to
be a huge event and if it's any any anything
like the last one that had at the RSL Club,
which was a huge, huge event of world and a
successful event, even though the weather during that time wasn't
(20:52):
real good for them, but it wasn't too bad. But
you know, it's it's it's great to see that we
we've got these people coming into the West Coast and
help you get down there and get a free salmon
berger or a piece of salmon.
Speaker 2 (21:08):
Absolutely all right, now, well this wasn't on our list
to do, but I'll just run it by you now. Obviously,
on Monday, Matt Felburn starting off his big walk yes
to Devonport, and we just wanted to touch on that
he's got a whole ontourage of people going with him,
so there is going to be delays through the roads
where he's heading off on Monday, departing here and at
(21:33):
seven excess and then he's arriving at the Hempskirk Motor Hotel.
That's the first point of call for him. So if
people are out on the roads, they just need to
be a little bit patient because this is a good
cause for the Cancer Council for Relay for Life.
Speaker 3 (21:47):
So yeah, so what times you leave in seven Xcess
Studio at eight o'clock, eight o'clock, is it? No, Well,
that'd be great, So eight o'clock on Monday, Matthew will
be down there at the seven Excess Studios leaving. So
I guess if anyone wants to be out there at
eight o'clock on Monday morning, please come down and I'll
put it in my Dorey how to make sure me
(22:07):
so I'll get.
Speaker 2 (22:09):
To get him in a little bit earlier so you
can spend it a little bit of time on heir.
But that might be mak him even more nervous.
Speaker 3 (22:14):
I don't know, but anyway, it's good. It is a
good cause. And you know, congratulations to Matthew for for
for attempting this and or going through with this. And
you know he's a passion of hes He's I think
it was his uncle or summer. Yeah, Cliff young back
in the day, so that's a fair while ago now,
but you know, it's great to see and you know
(22:35):
a lot of a lot of our community hit in
some way by cancer. Yeah, cancer, and you know a
lot of our community know someone will know of someone
that's been through that. So it is great to see this.
And yeah, wishing well and I'll be do any Monday
morning at eight o'clock.
Speaker 2 (22:55):
Great, all right, Well we'll leave it there for this week.
Thanks very much for joining us, and we'll look to
you next week. Have a good weekend, ye know ours.
Speaker 3 (23:02):
Thanks goerver.
Speaker 2 (23:02):
Okay, good on your mea shame Pitt for this week's
edition of the Mire on airback next Friday morning from
eight thirty here on seven Excess
Now on seven x as it's time to talk all
things wild West with Shane Pitt, Mayor of the West
Coast wild West.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
And without further ado, let's bring our Mayor Shane Pitt
onto the radio this morning with this week's edition of
Mayor on Air. Mate.
Speaker 3 (00:17):
There you're going, yeah, good ice, curb house things mate.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Oh air pretty good, yeah, reasonably good weather this week,
isn't it.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
It has a nice few days. We're heading the bar,
so it's good.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Good to see, good to see. All right, Well, we've
had a few more questions in relation to the zee
and pool. People are getting very frustrated, I think down
in Zen now this is something that's come about again
and the questions being asked by a number of people.
I might add, if there is community interest in wanting
an indoor pool, how we as a community can come
(00:51):
together and raise funds. It could be used for physiotherapy, school, swimming, sports,
no matter the weather and so on. Because they are
doing is on it now when they do finalize the projects,
so it's safe for all to use. It will last
for this generation and the next. Now, this person that
actually headed up the question, those of a few people
who have had to do our own rehabilitation after surgery
(01:15):
and so on, and would have really benefited, benefit for
benefited from having an indoor swimming facility. So, you know,
is it possible.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
It's not the first time this has been a question, Serve,
and you know, I was part of a committee some
years ago now to to do the same thing in
Queenstown with the pool there. It's not the fact that
you know, getting the funding to do the original works,
it's the ongoing cost of maintaining an indoor pool. Is
(01:49):
the issue that the thing with an indoor pool is
the temperature of the out around the outside of the pool,
so inside the area needs to be kept at the
same temperature as the pool itself and that causes issues
with because if we don't it does cause issues with
(02:10):
the bacteria that grows in the air, which is you know,
could be quite quite an issue. So yeah, and it's
a lot of costs involved in maintaining an indoor pool
ongoing the community of Circulear heead have found that out
(02:31):
with the amount of costs involved around maintaining the indoor pool,
which is another extra burden on rate payers which we've had,
you know, recently, we've had to increase our rates. And
you know, if we were to do an indoor pool,
well that means we would have to increase them even further.
(02:51):
And there's a lot you know a lot of people
don't use the pool as well. It is for a
minority now you know, municipality. But you know, we always encourage,
certainly would do encourage the community to build support and
access funding opportunities for the things that matter to them.
(03:13):
But you know, it this something which there has to
be that maintenance costs.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
Ongoing cost and that's the main thing.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
Yeah, and that's the worst thing around these things, is
the maintaining and ongoing costs. And you know when this
was looked at some years ago in Queenstown that the
committee had the funding, so they were able to get
the funding. They had the funding already, but it was
that ongoing maintenance costs was the issue. And you know,
(03:42):
we're looking we're talking about millions of dollars to maintain
the pool ongoing. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
Yeah, so there was talk also the fact that they
did have Somebody was talking about the other day about
community had had brought and funding to the West Coast
Council a few years ago and they wondered what had
happened to that would that have just gone into ongoing maintenance.
Speaker 3 (04:07):
Well, the money was given back to the mines. So
what happened was that we were able to get funding
from the mines to do the feasibility study on it,
and that's where it all went. And we were at
the time for that project which is the Queenstown Pool,
which was talking about, we got the feasibility money from
(04:29):
the mines to do that to their work and at
the time, I think it was I can't quite remember now,
but it was in about one point two million dollars
it was going to cost to do the pool in
Queenstown and we're there. We were then going to gain
that funding from tatusas at the time that we're doing
(04:51):
a lot of work our roles. Okay, it's a fair
while ago, yes, and if at the same time they
just completed the Clarence Pool in Clarence and that's where
they got the Clarence got their funding from, was TATUS.
So we're going down the same track. But it was
that ongoing maintenance cost for the council and the rate
payers that they would have been. It would have been
(05:14):
a ongoing cost for them and at the time, the
amount of people that were using our pools. Yeah, there
was not a great deal of people using them. And
of course you know people say, well it was there
all year around, they'd use it. But you know it's
one of them things as well that would people use it.
Hopefully they would, but you know it's still that cost
(05:35):
for the wider community that needs to be how old.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
It's quite old.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
It is quite old. Yeah, so that was a project
way back at it's a memorial pool, especially one in
Queens I'm not so much about the one in zen
I'm not quite sure, but yeah, no, there was a
lot of work done by the Lions Club as well
at the time in the Queenstown pool also it does
(06:01):
date back a fairwell again a fairwell now and you know,
and it's one of them things. When we were looking
at that, we were looking about you know, therapy et
cetera as well, So it wasn't but there was a
lot of a lot of work went into that. And
we're also looking at the state government as well too
(06:22):
for the ongoing funding to maintain the pools because they
need as part of a school curriculum they need to
do water safety is part of that. And our schools
Midlely they do do you know a there is a
(06:44):
seasonal part of their term that they do do swimming safety,
swimming safety, but it's not to the extent that it
should be. So there was a lot of things we
talked about back in the back in the time. And
you know it's not to say that well, it will
never happen. It may happen, but not for some time.
(07:05):
We need to work around how we can fund the
ongoing maintenance of these pools. And it is a great
cost already to the rate payers just for having our
two pools open during the summer period. So you know,
you never say never, scerv no, but you know there
needs to be some ongoing funding for the maintenance and
the running of the pools. And you know, if we're
(07:28):
if we're able to get more residents in our community,
that may happen, or if we're able to get you know,
some of our major industries might come on board and
decide that they want to run the pools, or a
private enterprise we want to run the pools, well, that
could be an option.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
So yep, yes, how obviously again I wanted to touch
on the current status of the Zen pool because I
think we mentioned this a couple of weeks ago. Obviously
there's the ongoing problem that you found last year, which
means meant that the pool didn't go ahead. It couldn't
be used last year, but it won't be used until
(08:05):
the end of this year to probably next year because
you've found another problem. People are saying, this is just
what I've observed that it seems one thing after another.
But again it goes back to the age of the pool,
doesn't it.
Speaker 3 (08:18):
It does, and I guess you know it's the age
and when things were done to the Zoom in Queenstainn Pool.
Both of them have had issues in recent times that
the work that was done originally probably wasn't done to
the stend that needed to be done. So we had
pipes by fact Queenstown and Zon that collapsed, which has
(08:40):
caused the issues with zone and that undermining of the
pool and the lining. So it is unfortunate, but you know,
these things do happen, and we want to make sure
that we get it right this time, do it right
and so that we don't have to go back again.
And unfortunately in the past that hasn't happened. They've i
(09:05):
guess the cost of what they were doing was blew
out and they stopped. But this time we need to
make sure we get it right so that we don't
have to go back and the pool can remain ongoing
for you for especially now with the existing our existing residents,
(09:27):
but also into the future.
Speaker 2 (09:28):
Well, you want to get it right now simply for
safety purposes, so you don't have to shut it again
down again further down the track, or to enable to
make sure that something doesn't happen to anybody in the pool.
Speaker 3 (09:41):
Oh, exactly right, yeah, and you know that's that's our
main priority is to make sure that our community are
safe and with regards to the zoo pool there, and
that it's also part of the new gym upgrades in
Zoom as well, so we need to make sure that
that is completed as part of the project because the
(10:03):
new entrance to the pool will be through the gym area,
so we need to make sure that's also completed before
we can open the pool in Zoom. But you know,
it is unfortunate these things happened, and it's not as
if we haven't been trying our hardest to get to
get that open as soon as possible. And residents know
(10:25):
the issues we had trying to get a contractor to
do the poor works. So that went on going for
far too long and we do understand that, but you
know it was out of our hands. We were trying
everywhere around Australia to find a contractor to come to
do the repair works on the Zoom pool.
Speaker 2 (10:44):
So I think people just need to realize too that
the council just can't fix it. There's probably not too
many people in the council that can act have actually
got the expertise to do it.
Speaker 3 (10:54):
No, it was professional so of work. It's We've got
a pool specialist from South Australia that's I'm across to
do that work. So yeah, you know, council can assist
these people, but we can't do the work. We need
someone that's a professional in around that area that knows
what they're doing.
Speaker 2 (11:14):
Yep, absolutely, all right, we'll leave it there, we'll take
a break. We'll be back with everything else on mayor
on it after.
Speaker 1 (11:19):
This, keeping you in touch with your community. We're talking
with the mayor of the West Coast Shame pit on
West Coast seven excess.
Speaker 2 (11:29):
All right, we already had one question. Well it was
a multitude of questions about the sea and pulled this morning,
so let's move on and talk about other things. Have
the council first of all the Council meeting.
Speaker 3 (11:40):
Yes, that's on this Tuesday, coming scur twenty second of October,
five pm at the Council Chambers. So if anyone wishes
to attend, it's open to the public, as we always
say scurbo. It would be great to see people come along
and ask a question or just listen to counselor's debate
some of the topics that are on. But if there
(12:02):
is any residents out there that want to submit a
question without notice, they can submit it to the General
Manager up to midday on Tuesday, the twenty second of October.
So all via EA at West Coast dot TAZ, dot
gov dot AU.
Speaker 2 (12:18):
Also some new information from the Council as of yesterday
about the Ocean Beach Road.
Speaker 3 (12:24):
Yeah, so there's a plan partial close with the Ocean
Beach Road for some grading works there scurvo. So the
road will be shut from the Ocean Beach Walking Trail
to the end of the road. That's between eight am
and three pm next Tuesday, the twenty second of October.
The remaining section back to the Macquarie Heads Road will
be completed under traffic management control to allow people to
(12:48):
have continued access access to the Ocean Beach Walking trail.
So yeah, just a little bit of information there. That's
late mile mate, but yeah, we want to make sure
that the community know that we're doing some work on
that Ocean Boach Road there on Tuesday.
Speaker 2 (13:05):
Excellent, all right, So we got the second rates installments
still due.
Speaker 3 (13:09):
Yeah, so that's due on Friday, the twenty fifth of October.
And of course you know, payments can be made online
at Australia Posts b pay and also at our agencies
in Zoo, straw On and Roseberry or in person or
by phone with the Council office.
Speaker 2 (13:27):
Yep, okay, Well we also got the pension concession remission
do you at the moment too?
Speaker 3 (13:33):
Yeah, that's for those pensioners that hold an Australian Pension
Concession Card or health card and a DVA card, so
entitled to that pension concession remission on their rates. So
please contact council if you're unsure or want to make
take up that opportunity.
Speaker 2 (13:53):
Absolutely all right. Now the abatement season for twenty twenty
four to twenty five is coming up very soon, of course,
what's the outlook?
Speaker 3 (14:02):
Yeah, well, hopefully hopefully we get some fine weather. Yeah,
but yeah, no, it is that time of the year
that it is fairly stressful for a lot of people
around the West Coast. And I haven't heard anything from
tas Fire with regard to what the bushfire season is
going to be like on the West Coast, but we
(14:23):
have had a lot of a lot of rain during
the winter period, and I guess that leads itself to
high fuel loads. So I guess it's one of them
things that we are talking about it now, and we
must remind locals to maintain their own fuel load around
(14:44):
their properties, not just in the residential areas, but also
outside of the residential areas in the rural areas, to
make sure that they maintained and we don't get to
a situation where we've got a lot of you know,
fuel load, especially in our towns, because you know, we've
(15:04):
seen it quite in Rosebury and Tyler and also Zoom
in the past few years. So it's been has been
an issue. And you know, you look around outside the
window here Scerba and look at the amount of scrub
around Queenstown. Now it's getting getting serious and we've been
(15:26):
talking to Task Fire and also Parks and Wildlife who
maintained the crown Land and you know, you know what
what what we can do around making sure that some
of these areas in our towns are maintained to a
little bit better stand and what they are at the moment.
We've seen recently around Zoom that they've been Parks and
(15:47):
Wildlife have been burning off to get rid of some
of the work fuel in that area.
Speaker 2 (15:51):
So they've got off to a good start. They made
a good start with.
Speaker 3 (15:55):
That, yes, and hopefully that can be maintained. And it's
getting to part of the season now that's probably a
little bit too late to be doing a lot more,
but hopefully that you know, there's a few a few
weeks left before we do get to that, you know,
that real center of the fire season. We can make
sure that we that some of these areas are maintained
(16:17):
a little bit better than what they are.
Speaker 2 (16:19):
Absolutely, yeah, all right now, twenty twenty four to twenty
five dog registration infringements, I still see a lot of
rhyming docks around. It's amazing isn't it.
Speaker 3 (16:28):
It is, it is. It's just you know, it's unfortunate
that some of these dogs are roaming our streets and
but you know, I guess it's infringements are now being
issued for unregistered dogs. So if you have got an
unregistered dog, you will be you know, with our compliance
(16:49):
officers do find these dogs, well they will be impounded
and it will be up to the responsibility the owner
to pay the fine to be able to release the dogs.
You know, it is a requirement under the state government.
It's not not the councilors that put these things in place.
It is a state government legislation. We just make you know,
(17:09):
we're just the ones that maintain the laws. But you know,
it's hopefully we don't find any unregistered dogs go and
that they are registered, we can send them back to
their home. So that's what we want to.
Speaker 2 (17:26):
See absolutely all right. Now, food Safety Supervisor certification obviously
they've got people got.
Speaker 3 (17:32):
To have that, yeah, so that's due soon. So all
businesses that are required to have the certification have been
advised and these need to be provided to council as
soon as possible to avoid any compliance action commencing with
regards to that. But of course, as we mentioned before,
SCO if anyone needs any information or please contact council
(17:56):
for that and that that can yeah, put the these
people in the right direction.
Speaker 2 (18:02):
All right. There's quite a few things happening this weekend,
the Roseberry markets on this weekend, but also of course
tomorrow there's this health Vest West Healthy Living and Aging
on the West Coast at Mountain Height School. It's going
to be big.
Speaker 3 (18:15):
Yeah, no, it is going to be big Skovo and
from ten am to three pm down there at the
Mountain Heights School stadium. And I've been talking to Nicky
from the study hub there part of this as well
as counsel and also the Zoo neighborhood house. But for
those kids that may be listening out there, or even
(18:37):
the mums and dads you bring along your pop, nan
and pop and mum and dad. There's lots of interaction
interactive displays down there, or will be so the Lions
Club will be cooking the salm and Patty's Mate, no
doubt you'll be down there.
Speaker 2 (18:53):
It will be this week. It's been a while since
I've been there to those sorts of things that helping
out because I've been elsewere, But yes, I am available.
Speaker 3 (19:03):
That's good.
Speaker 2 (19:04):
I hope that's not the distraction from anybody.
Speaker 3 (19:07):
I won't get down there this weekend. I'm in Devenport
this weekend for a meeting. But yeah, no, it will
be good. And they've even got some fresh salmon pieces
as well, thanks to Tassel and Ewan for their for
the delicious donations. And you know there'll be some healthy
(19:28):
school food lunch options as well put out there. There'll
be the huge inflatable Brain. Veterans and Family Center will
be their health and allied health services providers will be there.
There'll be specialized government agency including Service Australia will be there.
The Asthmus Foundation is going to be there also. There'll
(19:50):
be a BROCHUREUS wall so people can pick up some
brochures on some of these healthy things that they're going
to have down there. They'll have free male checks checks,
blood pressure checks as well, so exercises for strength and agility.
There will be Palladi Care will be there. COTTA will
(20:11):
be there so they'll be in attendance as well, and
live up in population screening and cancer prevention will be there.
And there's a lot more mate, so you know, it's
an opportunity for people to get a free free blood
pressure check as well, which is something I probably should do,
(20:32):
but yeah, you sure, I don't be here, so I'll
have to do it with doctors and get that right.
But anyway, I know it sounds like it's going to
be a huge event and if it's any any anything
like the last one that had at the RSL Club,
which was a huge, huge event of world and a
successful event, even though the weather during that time wasn't
(20:52):
real good for them, but it wasn't too bad. But
you know, it's it's it's great to see that we
we've got these people coming into the West Coast and
help you get down there and get a free salmon
berger or a piece of salmon.
Speaker 2 (21:08):
Absolutely all right, now, well this wasn't on our list
to do, but I'll just run it by you now. Obviously,
on Monday, Matt Felburn starting off his big walk yes
to Devonport, and we just wanted to touch on that
he's got a whole ontourage of people going with him,
so there is going to be delays through the roads
where he's heading off on Monday, departing here and at
(21:33):
seven excess and then he's arriving at the Hempskirk Motor Hotel.
That's the first point of call for him. So if
people are out on the roads, they just need to
be a little bit patient because this is a good
cause for the Cancer Council for Relay for Life.
Speaker 3 (21:47):
So yeah, so what times you leave in seven Xcess
Studio at eight o'clock, eight o'clock, is it? No, Well,
that'd be great, So eight o'clock on Monday, Matthew will
be down there at the seven Excess Studios leaving. So
I guess if anyone wants to be out there at
eight o'clock on Monday morning, please come down and I'll
put it in my Dorey how to make sure me
(22:07):
so I'll get.
Speaker 2 (22:09):
To get him in a little bit earlier so you
can spend it a little bit of time on heir.
But that might be mak him even more nervous.
Speaker 3 (22:14):
I don't know, but anyway, it's good. It is a
good cause. And you know, congratulations to Matthew for for
for attempting this and or going through with this. And
you know he's a passion of hes He's I think
it was his uncle or summer. Yeah, Cliff young back
in the day, so that's a fair while ago now,
but you know, it's great to see and you know
(22:35):
a lot of a lot of our community hit in
some way by cancer. Yeah, cancer, and you know a
lot of our community know someone will know of someone
that's been through that. So it is great to see this.
And yeah, wishing well and I'll be do any Monday
morning at eight o'clock.
Speaker 2 (22:55):
Great, all right, Well we'll leave it there for this week.
Thanks very much for joining us, and we'll look to
you next week. Have a good weekend, ye know ours.
Speaker 3 (23:02):
Thanks goerver.
Speaker 2 (23:02):
Okay, good on your mea shame Pitt for this week's
edition of the Mire on airback next Friday morning from
eight thirty here on seven Excess
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