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31 OCT 2020
$450,000 bill to lower Library roof New logo for Council
Rectification work on the Gerringong Library structural frame, to reduce its highest point by more than a metre to its approved height of 9.04 metres, is set to cost around $450,000. How much of this will be borne by Council is currently subject to legal proceedings. As such, the General Manager, Kerry McMurray, declined to comment on the matter.
At their June Meeting, Kiama councillors unanimously rejected a request to modify the consent after Council (as the applicant) discovered in late February that a design change to the pitch of the roof by the architect had resulted in the height of the largest building in the complex reaching 10.345 metres. A report to that meeting said the private certifier was
told by the architect that the construction certificate plans were consistent with the development approval. When they made the decision not to allow the building to stay at that height, councillors also voted to seek compensation. While a solution was being devised, work has continued on restoring the old School of Arts as the new museum
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(now virtually complete), and an interlinking building between it and the library. Completion of the whole site, needed to hand it over, is now expected in June/July. The $3.2 million Gerringong Library and Museum (GLaM) project has been funded by a $1.25 million Federal grant, money from the State Government and the rest by Council.
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Kiama councillors have rebelled against the recommendation of staff by voting 7:2 (Cllrs Rice and Sloan against) to adopt the wellestablished Kiama ‘wave’ graphic as the Municipality’s new logo. For over a year, Council staff have been working on a comprehensive analysis of Council’s brand, its management and its marketing effectiveness. The review showed that very few of the more than 16 associated brands are aligned with the master brand through visual identity. This brand weakness means that many in the community are unaware of some of the key services and events provided by Council’s facilities
and business units. As part of this process, which to date has cost $46,500, staff decided against rebranding to a new logo given the lack of consensus for the change and to take the opportunity in these tight times to save the $75,000 it would have cost. Instead, further work has gone into the refinement of the existing flag logo, including changing it from three colours to dark blue and white. The report says the colours were changed when the website revamp identified the original colours weren’t up to Australian standards for accessibility. Councillor Neil Reilly says his motion put an end to
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Councillor Reilly’s mock-up of the way the logo could look
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