Welcome to the last Mayoral Moment for 2023 following our
Council meeting on 12th December.
Due to the short timeframe between meetings, there were no
planning matters to be considered.
Following an extensive review of the budget by staff, Councillors
supported a proposed revised budget to provide certainty to some projects and
infrastructure work.
At the meeting we adopted a Safeguarding Children and Young
People Policy that is one of the first steps in becoming a child safe
organisation in accordance with the newly introduced Tasmanian Child and Youth
Safe Organisations Act 2023. Over coming
months, Council officers will be reviewing internal policies and procedures to
align them with this new policy and ensuring that we embed child and youth safe
practices and culture across all aspects of the organisation. It will not be an easy task and one that will
require whole of local government sector support through the Local Government
Association of Tasmania, but Council is committed to continuing this journey.
Councillors and staff were very pleased to receive the Audit
Panel’s report on the year. We were
delighted to note the positive comments of our Audit Panel on the journey of
renewal that we have undertaken so far.
Council positively supported the notice of motion from Clr
Neil Edwards to have further water quality testing done in the Coles Bay
area.
By the time you read this, the Bicheno Skate and Wheel Park
will have been officially opened. This
has been a 20-year journey for the Bicheno community that started when a group
of young people fronted up to a Council meeting in the Bicheno Hall and
requested Council’s support for a skatepark.
It is wonderful to see it now come to fruition and something for the
young, and perhaps not so young, skateboarders and wheel riders to enjoy for
years to come.
2024 is shaping up to be another busy year across the local
government sector and in Glamorgan Spring Bay.
All our staff are committed to doing the very best they can for our
communities and as elected members the Councillors will support them in every
way we can.
On behalf of the Deputy Mayor, Councillors, General Manager
and all staff, I take this opportunity to wish everyone a very merry Christmas
and a safe and happy New Year. As the
General Manager regularly says, it’s onwards and upwards for Glamorgan Spring
Bay in 2024!
Cheryl Arnol
Mayor
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