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Council investigates town water supply for Tabulam

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Council investigates town water supply for Tabulam

Kyogle Council endorsed the Tabulam Water Supply Scoping Study and the Tabulam Town Water Supply Groundwater Supply Position Report at the council meeting last week.

The Tabulam Visions of Village Life Master Plan identified the desire for the village of Tabulam to be provided with a town water supply. Council was successful in securing $103,500 (75%) towards a project value of $138,000 under the NSW Government’s Safe and Secure Water Program (SSWP), for the scoping study to investigation options for the provision of a town water supply for the village of Tabulam. The initial scoping study was completed in June 2021 and endorsed by the NSW State Government regulatory bodies and funding partners. The Scoping Study recommended additional investigations be undertaken into the two new test bores that were drilled in the village of Tabulam as part of the emergency drought works associated with the Bonalbo Water Supply.  The additional groundwater supply position report was completed in January 2022.

The Scoping Study identifies an opportunity for a staged approach to the provision of a town water supply for Tabulam. The first stage is to commission and undertake additional testing and monitoring of the Hall Bore to ensure its viability (estimated at $0.2 million). The second stage would see the Hall Bore used as the raw water source for a town water supply, with minimal treatment, and a new reservoir and reticulation to the existing houses constructed (estimated at $1.95 million). The third stage would see the raw water source accessing the Clarence River alluvial groundwater expanded, the treatment plant upgraded, and the additional population growth serviced (estimated at $0.65 million)

The fourth stage would see the raw water system upgraded further, an additional reservoir, and a truck main constructed to supply the Jubullum Aboriginal Land Council site with water in addition to the village of Tabulam (estimated at $5.73 million) Council has budgeted $155,150 in 2022/23 to commission the Hall Bore, with $50,000 of grant funding through the Australian Government’s Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Grants.

This will allow for the ongoing testing and monitoring program to commence, and for the bore to be used for fire-fighting and other non-potable the bore to be used for potable uses.

Note that the use of the Hall Bore for potable water may be limited while the onsite sewerage systems remain in place, and the ongoing monitoring program is intended to assess if this is a barrier to its use in the interim while the village waits for a reticulated sewerage system to be developed.

The current Long Term Financial Plan includes a provisional sum of $2.462 million in 2025/26 for construction of stage 2, subject to 75% external funding being secured. In order to have the best case for funding applications to cover the 75% of construction costs, Council will need to secure land for the treatment plant and reservoir and progress the preferred option identified in the Scoping Study through to concept and detailed design. There may be funding opportunities to assist with this work, however it may also be necessary for Council to fund the next stage of the process, including the land matters.

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Council adopts referendum question on popularly elected mayor – Kyogle

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Council adopts referendum question on popularly elected mayor

Kyogle Council electors will be asked in a referendum whether or not they want a popularly elected mayor.

The referendum will be held in conjunction with State-wide Local Government elections on Saturday, 14 September.

A popularly elected mayor is elected by voters and serves a four-year term. Currently, Kyogle Councillors elect the mayor from amongst themselves and the mayor serves a two-year term.

Council resolved in April 2022 to conduct a referendum on having a popularly elected mayor, with Councillors indicating at the time they wanted to maintain a system of wards and the current number of Councillors (nine).

With the local government election to be held this year, the Council at its 11 March 2024 meeting decided the question voters will be asked at the referendum. It will be:
Do you favour the election of the Mayor by electors for a four-year term with the number of wards reduced from three to two, each ward comprising of four councillors, plus a popularly elected Mayor?

Currently, Council has three wards, with three Councillors in each ward and the mayor elected by Councillors from among themselves — making a total of nine councillors.

However, if the council is to have a popularly elected mayor and still have a total of nine councillors, voters will have to elect a mayor and eight councillors (making a total of nine).

As there must be an even representation of Councillors in each ward, Council is proposing to reduce the number of wards to two and have four councillors elected from each ward.

As well as deciding on the referendum question, the Council at the March meeting endorsed an information pamphlet to be made available to voters which outlines the pros and cons of a popularly elected Mayor.

The information pamphlet is available on Council’s website or from Council’s administration centre.

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Resilient Kids officially opens its Northern Rivers hubs

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Resilient Kids officially opens its Northern Rivers hubs

 

Resilient Kids, a new program supporting the health and wellbeing of young people post-floods, has officially launched all of its Northern Rivers’ hubs, including bases in Casino, Lismore and Kyogle.

The not-for-profit organisation Social Futures is running the hubs, which support youth aged eight to 18 years and their families.

At the hubs, one-on-one counselling is available for young people and their families (including parents and siblings). There will also be a range of after-school fun and free social and emotional wellbeing activities for young people, where they have a chance to make new friends.

The Lismore hub opening was held on Thursday, February 29 and featured a drum circle, giving community members a chance to test their rhythm. The Kyogle launch was held on Tuesday, February 20, and the Casino launch was on Wednesday, February 21. Guests had a chance to make and munch sweetheart cookies and learn about the Resilient Kids program – and the array of youth-centred supports it offers.

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Term 1 after school-activities include:

  • Casino Crumbs! Cookie Club Wednesdays 3.30 – 5pm
    CASPA Services, 104 Centre St, Casino NSW 2470
  • Coraki River Rhythms and Art Group Tuesdays 3.30-5pm
    Kurrachee Building, Yabsley Street, Coraki
  • Kyogle Peas in a Pod Study Group and Crafting Tuesdays 3.30-5pm
    Lane Way Community Space, 161 Summerland Way, Kyogle
  • Lismore Think Connect Move Feel Thursdays (fortnightly) 3.30-5pm
    Koori Mail building, 11 Molesworth St, Lismore
Casino Resilient Kids Northern Rivers Hub team Isabel Lisa and Joel

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Social Futures CEO, Tony Davies, said Social Futures has been part of the flood recovery from the beginning, and he was aware that many young people were still doing it tough.

“It is vital that the care services offered by Resilient Kids are in place to support young people to build their resilience,” Mr Davies said.

“Even adults are struggling to navigate this new world and that’s why I’m so proud Social Futures is delivering the Resilient Kids program. It will provide much needed supports to the children and teens.”

The Resilient Kids Program is funded by Healthy North Coast through a grant provided by the Australian Government. More information about the Resilient Kids program can be found at here.  You can also phone 1800 719 625 for more information on Resilient Kids.

 

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Waste levy lifted in Kyogle LGA, saving ratepayers $400,000 a year

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Waste levy lifted in Kyogle LGA, saving ratepayers $400,000 a year

LISMORE MP Janelle Saffin has secured a major win for the residents of Kyogle, who will not have to pay a levy to dispose of waste at landfill sites for the next three years.

The waste levy is being removed from Kyogle Local Government Area, from this Friday (1 March 2024) to 30 June 2027.

“I am proud to deliver on one of my key election commitments to address historic unfairness in who pays landfill charge in New South Wales,” Ms Saffin says.

The three-year exemption, which is part of an Amendment Regulation, will remove the $94 per tonne cost from the disposal of all waste to landfill.

It’s estimated that will save Kyogle Council and local ratepayers about $400,000 a year.

Waste facilities within the Kyogle LGA will still be liable to pay the waste levy on waste generated and received from the Regional Levy Area (excluding Kyogle LGA) and the Metropolitan Levy Area.

Ms Saffin says Kyogle, more of a rural LGA like neighbouring Tenterfield Shire, should never have been grouped in with coastal LGAs within the Regional Levy Area.

“This Amendment Regulation is a win for common sense, but I encourage all Kyogle residents to still think very carefully about what they send to landfill and recycle responsibly whenever possible to help keep our valuable materials in the circular economy and out of the tip.”

The NSW Government is investing $356 million under the Waste and Sustainable Materials Strategy to fund critical recycling programs and to help reduce waste that goes to landfill and is subject to the NSW waste levy.

The Environment Protection Authority is undertaking a statewide and holistic waste levy review, approved by NSW Environment Minister Penny Sharpe and in line with recommendations of the NSW Auditor-General.

The review is aimed at ensuring that the waste levy settings remain appropriate and that the levy is achieving its policy objectives.

If anyone has any queries about the Amendment Regulation, please contact the Environment Protection Authority’s Environment Line on 131 555.

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