Council advises that nominations from organisations or individuals will be received until 5 p.m. on Friday 4 December 2009 for the following awards:
Citizen of the Year
Persons over the age of 27 years on Australia Day, 2010.
Junior Citizen of the Year
Persons under the age of 27 years on Australia Day, 2010.
Community Event of the Year
Nomination Forms are available from the Council Offices, or by telephoning 6443 8311. Nominations should be sent to the General Manager, PO Box 168, Wynyard. A Committee appointed by Council will assess the nominations and announcement of the winners will take place as part of Australia Day celebrations on 26 January 2010.
Australia Day Nomination Forms
Volunteering Australia invites all volunteers and not for profit organisations that involve volunteers, as well as business organisations that have employee volunteering programs, to participate in the 2009 National Survey of Volunteering Issues.
The National Survey of Volunteering Issues helps Volunteering Australia understand what issues are emerging in the sector and what factors help or hinder effective volunteering. Volunteering Australia uses this information to formulate policy advice to government, and also to target where our research and consultation efforts should be directed.
This is the fourth National Survey of Volunteering Issues, which includes questions and themes from previous years' surveys to enable us to compare and track volunteering trends, as well as some new themes such as employee volunteering, the measurement of volunteer contribution and volunteers' sense of community belonging. The survey has also been refined to make it easier for you to respond.
The survey takes around 15 minutes to complete, and is open until 30 October. Access the survey by clicking on the following link:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=nbfcT1LZQj5VlGBuTORGbQ_3d_3d
The 2009 National Survey of Volunteering Issues report will be released on Friday the 4 December in celebration of International Volunteer Day (Saturday 5 December).
RATES 2009/2010
Notice is hereby given that Council made its rates and charges for the 2009/2010 financial year at a special meeting held on Monday 15 June 2009.
The following is a summary of the rates and charges applied compared to the previous year:
Description | 2008/2009 | 2009/2010 |
General Rate | 8.46¢ (min $100) | 7.75¢ (min $105) |
Urban Fire Protection Rate | 0.43¢ (min $32) | 0.41¢ (min $33) |
Other Fire Protection Service Rate | 0.35¢ (min $32) | 0.33¢ (min $33) |
Waste Management Charges | Garbage - $86 Recycling - $35 | Garbage - $103 Recycling - $40 |
Stormwater Removal | Wynyard - 1.08¢ Somerset - 1.08¢ | Wynyard - 1.19¢ Somerset - 1.19¢ |
A DISCOUNT of 10% will be allowed on rates and charges paid in full by Friday 21 August 2009.
Rates may also be paid by two (2) equal instalments due on the following dates:
A full copy of the rating resolution is available from the Council Offices.
Dated at Wynyard this 1st day of July 2009.
Greg Winton
General Manager
P.O. Box 168
Wynyard 7325.
