Ballina Shire Council has a busy agenda for its June meeting, including a number of notices of motion brought by councillors.
Cr Phil Meehan is seeking a report on 26 Endeavour Close, Ballina, the Council-owned site currently leased to the naval cadets of TS Lismore and Rainbow Region Dragon Boat Club, and subject to many heated discussions over the years, with the value of the land steadily increasing.
Cr Simon Chate is seeking the installation of a gate and fence palings to fully enclose the children’s playground at Geoff Watt Oval in Alstonville, in order to fulfil Council’s duty of care.
Cr Kiri Dicker is seeking new advice from the Local Traffic Committee in respect to options to mitigate the risk of the impact of vehicles driving on Bagotville Road on the local koala population.
Cr Therese Crollick has a couple of motions addressing the plastic waste problem across Ballina shire, including one to encourage patrons of local pools to bring their own cups when they purchase coffee rather than using single use plastic cups, and a more ambitious motion to eliminate single use packaging and materials across all Council operations, as has already been done in some other NSW LGAs.
Cr Crollick also has a motion to investigate the cost of upgrading PV Walsh Park in Wardell to allow social and recreational activities on the site, considering the loss of community sporting fields elsewhere in Wardell since the 2022 floods.
Ballina’s meeting begins at Council Chambers at 9am tomorrow, and is also accessible online via Council’s website.
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The agenda for Thursday's meeting includes six notices of motion from four councillors, with issues including missing persons, volunteer recognition, and arts funding. Construction on a $4.35 million flood-resilience upgrade of Ross Lane at Lennox Head is due to begin today, ahead of a nine-week closure of the busy road later this month. With Ballina Shire Council General Manager Paul Hickey deciding to retire after almost twenty years in the role, and even longer as a staff member, the task of finding a replacement has begun. Cr Damien Loone was also returned as Deputy Mayor after Cr Simon Chate withdrew his nomination. September's meeting opened with a minute's silence for much-loved community member and Lennox Head restaurant owner Blake Rogers, who lost his life last week. Fresh from winning pre-selection as the Nationals candidate for the state seat of Ballina, the 'independent' first-term Ballina councillor Michelle Bailey has put forward a notice of motion asking Council to scrap its fixed 2030 net-zero target in favour of what she describes as a 'flexible sustainability strategy'.
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