Council News #221 - 17 November

INSIDE: ORAL HISTORY COMES TO LIFE, CITY CLEANS UP AT TIDY TOWNS + MORE

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Issue No: 221

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FIRST PRINTED SATURDAY 17 NOVEMBER 2018

FLOOD PROTECTION: Acting Prime Minister Michael McCormack is shown the progress of the Main City Levee upgrade by Mayor Greg Conkey and Council's Senior Project Manager Darryl Woods.

Projects impress Acting PM Member for Riverina tours levee upgrade and multi-purpose stadium Two projects that have received Federal Government funding have been given the thumbs up by the Acting Prime Minister.

On a visit to the region this week, the Member for Riverina and Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack dropped in to view the final stages of construction at two of Wagga Wagga’s large infrastructure projects: Stage 1 of the levee bank upgrade and the multi-

purpose stadium (MPS) on Kooringal Road.

The levee upgrade will raise the level of protection to 1 in 100 year flood events and is jointly funded by Wagga Wagga City Council and the Federal and NSW governments.

Mr McCormack said it shows what can be done with a whole-of-government approach.

“The levee bank upgrade is a $20M investment to protect our great city from floods,” he said.

Mr McCormack – who turned the first sod on the MPS project in February –

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viewed the stadium from the spectator stands as contractors continued work installing Canadian maple timber flooring.

It will take around four weeks to lay the 1650sqm sprung floor, which has the tick of approval from netballers across Wagga for its superior playing surface.

The Federal Government contributed $4.4M to the $9M community facility, which features three indoor courts, change rooms, seating for more than 600 spectators and a function space.

“It’s good for sport, good for the city and good for the region,” Mr McCormack said.

STADIUM ON SHOW: Mayor Greg Conkey, Acting Prime Minister Michael McCormack and Zauner Construction's Paul Maginnity and Ian Bryant take a look at the progress at the multi-purpose stadium.

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Citizen of the Year | Young Citizen of the Year | Walk of Honour | Ted Ryder Sports Memorial Nominations close Friday 23 November 2018 For full award details visit wagga.nsw.gov.au/australiaday

Library partnership brings local oral history to life Wagga Wagga City Library is helping bring local oral history collections out of the archives and to the world in a new partnership with the State Library of NSW. Important historical interviews on topics such as the 2012 floods and the 2WG Women’s Club 1930-1960 have been transcribed as part of the Amplify Oral History Project.

This week, locals were able to see their oral history interviews as text for the first time.

“Our community can get involved now by joining digital volunteers from around the world in the important task of transcribing these oral histories so that more people can discover the amazing stories our communities hold,” Wagga Wagga City Library Manager Claire Campbell said.

Wagga Wagga City Library, Central West Libraries, Ryde Library Service and Wollongong Libraries are the first public libraries in Australia to use the State Library’s innovative online tool called Amplify, which allows anyone to

search, listen to and transcribe local audio collections.

The transcriptions will be available for editing in the same way as the TROVE National Newspaper collection, with the community able to learn how to make corrections to the transcripts to help enrich the important cultural records.

“Amplify will give communities unparalleled access to their local histories,” State Librarian Dr John Vallance said.

“Over 400 hours of oral histories that document the lives and experiences of local people and events across history, including our recent history, are just waiting to be explored and transcribed.

“Many of the oral histories held in these public library collections have never been made available online before.”

The State Library plans to extend the program across all NSW public libraries in the future, which will see the release of thousands of little-known and important stories from communities across the state. amplify.sl.nsw.gov.au/waggawagga

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LIVING HISTORY: Wagga Wagga City Library Manager Claire Campbell (left) and local historian Sherry Morris explore local history on such topics as the 2012 floods using the newly launched Amplify online platform.

CULTURE SHARED AT WETLAND CEREMONY The spiritual significance of the goanna in Aboriginal culture was brought to life in song and dance at a ceremony at Wagga Wagga’s Marrambidya Wetland earlier this week.

Marrambidya Wetland is becoming a location embraced by the Aboriginal community as a place where information about the Wiradjuri people can be passed on to the community.

To further enhance the experience at the wetland, the Hands on Weavers (HOW), a group of Indigenous and nonIndigenous people, have weaved an effigy of a goanna, or Gugaa in Wiradjuri language.

The Gugaa is the totem animal for Wiradjuri people and is discussed in many cultural stories.

The artwork was on display and Kooringal High School students performed a goanna dance to the recently created goanna song “Because Of Her We Can”.

NAIDOC awards were later presented to members of the HOW group.

WHAT’S

ON WAGGA WAGGA + SURROUNDS

THIS WEEK: RIVERINA PRODUCERS MARKET

Every Thu, 1pm – 6pm Wagga Showground, Bourke St. Ph: 0428 263 297

MATES GULLY PRODUCE MARKET

City of Wagga Wagga

‘This project is a NSW EPA Waste Less, Recycle More initiative funded from the waste levy’

CULTURE ON SHOW: Kooringal High School dancers who performed at the Goanna Song and Dance Ceremony at Marrambidya Wetland on Monday 12 November (back from left) Tess Humphries, 13, Kiri Griffiths, 13, Brooklyn Phillips, 15, (front) Tanisha Crawford, 13, and Jorja Pinney, 14.

Council’s Environmental Management Team Leader Tony Phelps said the Marrambidya Wetland is an important place for the Wagga Wagga community to engage in passive recreation, education, ecological restoration

ROAD RUNNERS SATURDAY RUN

Sat 17 Nov, 7.30am Hilltop Run, Clifton St. Ph: 02 6971 7128

OPEN STUDIO GALLERY

Sat 17 Nov, 10am – 3pm Wagga Art Society Studio, 11 Small St. Ph: 0400 225 768

CHAMPION LEAGUE BASKETBALL 3X3 WAGGA WAGGA

Sat 17 Nov, 10am – 5pm, Sun 18 Nov, 10am – 3pm Wagga Wagga Beach, 1 Johnston St. Ph: 0413 433 656

LIFE IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Sat 17 Nov, 9.30am – Sat 17 Nov, 2pm – 11.30am Mates Gully, 38 Morrow St. 4.30pm & 7.30pm – 10pm, Thu 22 Nov, Ph 02 6921 4241 7.30pm – 10pm, DEMONSTRATION Fri 23 Nov, 7.30pm – GARDENS – VEGE 10pm SWAP OR BUY CSU Riverina Playhouse, Sat 17 Nov, 9am-12pm Cross St. Ph: 02 6926 9688 Community THE DAWN WALL – Demonstration Gardens, WAGGA WAGGA Cnr Albury & Shaw St. Sat 17 – Mon 19 Nov, Ph: 0411 417 956 6.30pm -9pm, Tue 20 WAGGA PARKRUN Nov 8pm – 10pm Sat 17 Nov, 8am – 11am Forum 6 Cinemas Wagga, Apex Park, Lake Albert 77 Trail St. Rd. www.parkrun.com.au/ Ph: 0413 183 804 wagga/

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and reconciliation.

“Events such as the Goanna Song and Dance Ceremony highlight the importance of the Wetland to the community and how it involves various groups at all levels,” Mr Phelps said.

NINE NEW WRITING

Sat 17 Nov 1.30pm – 3.30pm Wagga Wagga Library, Baylis & Morrow St. Ph: 0417 259 853

TARCUTTA MARKETS

Sat 17 Nov, 8am – 2pm Tarcutta Soldiers Memorial Hall, Sydney St Tarcutta.

Ph: 0477 472 154

Wed 21 Nov, 12pm – 1pm Wagga Civic Theatre, Burns Way. Ph: 02 6926 9688

MUSIC IN THE EVENING

Wed 21 Nov, 6pm – 7pm Wagga Civic Theatre, Burns Way. Ph: 02 6926 9688

WILLIANS HILL MINIATURE RAILWAY THE DINNER CLUB WITH CHEF SOON RIDES Sun 18 Nov, 10.30am LEE LOW – 4pm Wagga Botanic Gardens, Macleay St. Ph: 0412 439 455

Thu 22 Nov, 6.30pm – 10.30pm Food I Am, 29 Kunzea Pl. Ph: 0427 250 498

Mon 19 Nov – Fri 23 Nov, 9.30am – 10.15am Bolton Park, Cnr of Morgan & Tarcutta St. livelifegetactive.com/

Fri 23 Nov, 6.30am Apex Park, 43 Eastlake Dr. mall1phi@police.nsw. gov.au

FITNESS CAMP

COMMUNITY PALLIATIVE CARE FORUM Mon 19 Nov, 6pm Wagga Civic Theatre, Burns Way.

BOOK LAUNCH: GABRIELLE CHAN

Tue 20 Nov, 5.30pm – 7pm Wagga Wagga Library, Baylis & Morrow St. Ph: 02 6926 9700

MUSIC AT MIDDAY

WHITE RIBBON LAKE WALK

MARJAN’S KITCHEN – A PERSIAN FEAST Fri 23 Nov, 6pm – 9pm Thorne Street Café, 82 Thorne St. Ph: 0423 185 591

STREET SLAMIN DANCE CENTRE ANNUAL END OF YEAR PERFORMANCE

Fri 23 Nov, 7pm – 9pm Wagga Civic Theatre, Burns Way. Ph: 02 6926 9688

For event organising and promotion support, contact Council’s events unit: events@wagga.nsw.gov.au or 1300 292 442 Mon - Fri.

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Wagga Wagga cleans up at Tidy Towns awards Wagga Wagga City Council has cleaned up at the 2018 Tidy Towns Sustainable Communities Awards held in Orange on Saturday, 10 November.

Wagga Wagga finished runner-up in the Overall Tidy Towns Sustainable Communities Award for its population category, missing out to Cessnock, which went on to be the NSW overall winner.

The introduction of the food organics and garden organics (FOGO) service earned Council the Recycled Organics Award and a highly commended in the Environmental Communication Award Population category.

The new FOGO service was rolled out in April, with waste such as fruit and vegetable scraps, meat, egg shells and dairy products able to be disposed of in the green-lid bin, along with garden waste.

In the first six months, the community has helped send 4567 tonnes of FOGO material to be composted rather than going to landfill.

Riverina Water was awarded the Hey Tosser! Litter Prevention Award for the tap water partner project with Council. As part of the project, water refill stations were installed across the city to encourage the community to use reusable drink bottles.

Cafes and restaurants were also provided with glass bottles to promote drinking tap water over bottled water.

Sturt Public School was awarded the Schools Environmental Achievement Award for its efforts to reduce waste at the school and promote awareness of waste

COUNCIL TO CONDUCT WASTE AUDIT A kerbside bin audit will take place across the Wagga Wagga Local Government Area in the coming weeks.

The audit will help assess how the community is adapting to the new waste service, which started in April 2018, and identify contamination issues.

Household kerbside red, green and yellow lid bins will be selected at random in 14 suburbs and villages over the next fortnight.

About 250 households will be

randomly audited, which involves the bin contents being bagged and taken to Gregadoo Waste Management Centre where they will be weighed and sorted by specialist auditors.

The data collected from the audit will not contain any personal information about the household or residents, and will be identified by the suburb or village only.

Residents who have enquiries about the audit can contact Council’s Customer Service Centre on 1300 292 442.

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R E P O R T

All parks, reserves and open space areas receive one grass cut about every six weeks as part of Council’s seasonal mowing program.

The mowing teams will be operating in the

following suburbs this week: • North: CBD • East: Ladysmith followed by Forest Hill • West: Glenfield followed by Lloyd • Seasonal: Kooringal

followed by Glenfield • Roadside: Lake Albert area and noxious weed areas, followed by Ashmont • Village: Ladysmith followed by Uranquinty

vacancies CLEAN SWEEP: Wagga Wagga City Council’s Waste Education and Communications Officer Alice Kent with some of the awards Wagga Wagga took home from the 2018 Tidy Towns Sustainable Communities Awards. issues – including writing a book about the Rad Reece the Recycling Warrior character the students created.

REROC also earned a highly commended in the Waste Less Recycle More Waste Minimisation category for its Recycle Night? Recycle Right! project.

The annual awards are presented by Keep Australia Beautiful NSW, with representatives from Wagga Wagga City Council’s environment team, Councillor Yvonne Braid OAM and members of the Wagga Wagga Tidy Town Sustainable Community Committee attending.

MAYOR ATTENDS SUSTAINABILITY SUMMIT

Local governments have a critical role in addressing climate change and Wagga Wagga can continue to play its part by targeting carbon emissions.

That’s the message Mayor of the City of Wagga Wagga Councillor Greg Conkey OAM took from the first Cities Power Partnership Summit (CPP) he attended in October.

More than a hundred councils, including Wagga Wagga, have joined the partnership.

Representatives at the summit were addressed

by Director of CPP Alix Pearce, who praised local efforts to reduce emissions.

Australia is on the frontline of climate change and its impacts, according to Ms Pearce.

“We continue to swelter through record-breaking heat, lengthening bushfire seasons, worsening flooding along our coasts and severe drought,” Ms Pearce said.

“Despite these challenges cities, towns and shires across Australia are surging ahead with emissions reduction plans.

“Our local governments are already a critical part of the climate solution.”

Cr Conkey said the message was loud and clear.

“Everyone has a role and local government must lead the way,” Cr Conkey said.

“The good news is that Wagga Wagga City Council projects which are designed to reduce emissions and increase our usage of renewable energy are well underway.”

Some of those projects include: • Food organics and garden organics (FOGO) service has started.

• Using methane gas to enhance evaporation of retaining ponds at Gregadoo Waste Management Centre.

• Energy saving projects costing $4.3m are well underway. These include the installation of solar panels on the Civic building, airport terminal, the Oasis, Civic Theatre and Livestock Marketing Centre.

Cr Conkey said he was keen to see Council take a local lead in reducing carbon emissions.

“Many councils have already set renewable energy targets and I have asked Council to come back with a report to open the discussion for a target of our own,” he said.

PEOPLE & CULTURE ADMINISTRATION ASSISTANT Remuneration: $2,141.96 gpf + super Enquiries: Therese Reeckman - 02 6926 9286 Closing Date: Monday, 26 November 2018 TRUCK DRIVER (PATCHING TRUCK) Remuneration: $1,846.02 gpf + super Enquiries: Robert Wiggins - 02 6971 4615 or 0419 612 625 Monday to Friday Closing Date: Friday, 30 November 2018 LABOURER 3 Vacant Positions Remuneration: $1,805.22 gpf + super Enquiries: Robert Wiggins - 02 6971 4615 or 0419 612 625 Monday to Friday Closing Date: Friday, 30 November 2018 PLANT OPERATOR (JET PATCHER) Remuneration: $2,042.88 gpf + super Enquiries: Robert Wiggins - 02 6971 4615 or 0419 612 625 Monday to Friday Closing Date: Friday, 30 November 2018 CBD MAINTENANCE OFFICER Remuneration: $1,926.88 gpf + super Enquiries: Don Brightman - 02 6971 4618 or 0418 466 362 Monday to Friday Closing Date: Friday, 30 November 2018 RURAL TRANSFER STATION ATTENDANT (TARCUTTA) Permanent Part-Time - 6 hours per week Remuneration: $285.03 gpf + super Enquiries: Geoffrey Pym - 02 6926 9164 Closing Date: Friday, 30 November 2018 SENIOR RANGER Remuneration: $2,686.78 gpf + super Enquiries: Brett Burt - 02 6926 9305 Closing Date: Monday, 3 December 2018

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Weekly waste tip Aerosol cans, such as deodorant, hair spray or fly spray cans, go in the yellow lid bin.

Please ensure they are fully emptied before disposing.

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A R M Y G I V E N GU I DE D TOU R OF WA R E X H I B ITI ON

Special guests from the Australian Army were given a guided tour of the Museum of the Riverina’s exhibition The Realism of War: Works of Humanity by George Gittoes this week.

The exhibition at the Historic Council Chambers captures the considerable contribution to national defence made by members of the armed forces, and the public’s evolving attitude towards conflict over the past century.

Some of the guests travelled to Wagga Wagga for the exhibition, joining others from the Army Recruit Training Centre at Kapooka.

Following the tour, Army Recruit Training Centre Kapooka Commandant Colonel Mick Garraway AM spoke about the subject of one of Gittoes’ most recognisable works, Trooper Jonathan Church.

In the painting, Trooper Church is carrying an injured Rwandan child who survived a massacre by soldiers of the Rwandan Patriotic Army (RPA) at the UN administered refugee camp at Kibeho.

Trooper Church was one of 18 soldiers killed in a training accident in Townsville in 1996 when two Blackhawk helicopters crashed. His legacy lives on in the Australian Army’s Jonathan Church Ethical Soldier Award.

The 2018 recipient, Corporal William Peat, made the trip to Wagga Wagga to view the exhibition and see the famous artwork of the award’s namesake.

• The Realism of War exhibition closes this Sunday, 18 November. The museum’s Historic Council Chambers site is open 10am to 4pm on Saturday and 10am to 2pm on Sunday.

Public Notices

prior to the 15 December 2018. Submissions should be in writing and may be delivered to Wagga Wagga City Council or mailed to the General Manager, Wagga Wagga PROPOSED City Council, PO Box 20, TEMPORARY ROAD Wagga Wagga, NSW 2650 CLOSURE or emailed to council@ wagga.nsw.gov.au. Persons Notice is hereby given making written submissions under Roads Act 1993 regarding the above Part 8 Division 4 of the draft Voluntary Planning temporary closing of: Agreement are advised Road: Cooramin Street that any submission Cartwright’s Hill Date: Monday 19 to Friday received within the submission period will be 23 November 2018 subject to the Government Duration: 7am to 6pm Information (Public Access) Reason: To allow for Act 2009 and the Privacy installation of new drainage and Personal Information across Cooramin Street on Protection Act (PIPPA) and eastern side of intersection may be attached to the Detour: Cooramin Street final report, in its entirety will be closed either side or in part, to Council unless of Hampden Avenue explicitly requested by intersection. Open after the person making the 6pm submission that they do not wish this to occur.

VOLUNTARY Any questions relating to PLANNING the draft Voluntary Planning AGREEMENT Agreement document may be referred to Belinda RELATING TO LOT 39 DP 1085747 Maclure on 1300 292 442.

ART OF WAR: The 2018 Jonathon Church Ethical Soldier Award recipient Corporal William Peat talks with Museum of the Riverina exhibition curator Genevieve Mott about George Gittoes' well-known artwork featuring the award's namesake.

Johnson St and Travers St) The prohibition of consumption of alcohol PROPOSED within parks is to include RENEWAL OF the following locations: THE ALCOHOL• Victory Memorial FREE ZONE AND Gardens, Wollundry Lagoon Amphitheatre PROHIBITION ON between the hours of ALCOHOL IN PARKS 10pm and 10am Council hereby gives public • Tony Ireland Park, and notice in relation to the the Skate Park area at renewal of the Alcohol-Free Bolton Park at all times Zone area and prohibition of the consumption of It is proposed for the zones alcohol from park areas to be operational for the identified below. Council period up to 13 February invites submissions on 2023. the proposed renewal Inspection Venue: The of the Alcohol Free Zone Alcohol Free Zone map and prohibition of the is available for review consumption of alcohol at Wagga Wagga City from park areas until 14 Council, cnr Baylis & December 2018.

Morrow Sts, Wagga Wagga, The proposed Alcohol Free during the hours of 9am Zone will include the area to 5pm Monday to Friday bounded by and including or accessed on Council’s the following streets and website at www.wagga. laneways (on both sides): nsw.gov.au/public.

• Travers Street (between Submission Procedure: Trail St and Fitzmaurice Persons wishing to make St) a submission in relation to the proposal should do • Fitzmaurice Street so prior to 14 December (between Travers St and 2018. Submissions should Sturt St) AND ASSOCIATED RFT 2019-21 CIVIC • Cadell Place be addressed to the WITH DA17/0572 General Manager, Wagga THEATRE AIR • Tarcutta Street (between Council hereby gives public Wagga City Council, PO CONDITIONING Sturt St and Morrow St) notice of the exhibition Box 20, Wagga Wagga, UPGRADE • Morrow St (between the draft Voluntary NSW 2650 or emailed to Tarcutta St and O’Reilly Suitably endorsed Tenders Planning Agreement, council@wagga.nsw.gov.

St) marked “RFT2019-21 Civic including the Explanatory au. Persons making written Theatre Air Conditioning Note relating to Lot 39 • O’Reilly St (between submissions regarding the DP1085747 and associated Upgrade” are invited Morrow St and Tompson proposal are advised that and will be received with DA17/0572. The St) any submission received by the undersigned draft Voluntary Planning • Tompson Street within the submission until 2pm Wednesday Agreement will be (between O’Reilly St and period will be subject 12th December 2018. on exhibition from 3 Berry St) to the Government The Contract is a lump November 2018 for a Information (public Access) • Berry Street (between sum Contract for the period of 28 days, until 1 Tompson St and Morgan Act 2009 and the Privacy replacement of one December 2018. Council and Personal Information St) package and five split invites public submissions Protection Act (PIPPA) and • Morgan Street (between HVAC units at the Civic on the draft Voluntary may be attached to the the Skate Park and Planning Agreement, to be Theatre. final report, in its entirety Fitzhardinge St) lodged by 15 December A compulsory pre-tender or in part, to Council unless • Fitzhardinge Street 2018. site meeting will be held on explicitly requested by (between Morgan St and Tuesday 4th December at Inspection Venue: The the person making the Edward St) 11am at the Civic Theatre, draft Voluntary Planning submission that they do not • Edward Street (between 180 Tarcutta St Wagga Agreement is available for wish this to occur.

Fitzhardinge St and Peter Wagga. Registration to review at Wagga Wagga Any question relating to the St) City Council, cnr Baylis and attend the site meeting proposal may be referred • Flinders St (between Morrow Sts, Wagga Wagga, can be directed to Leanne to Mark Gardiner on Edward St and the Barclay at email barclay. during the hours of 9am 1300 292 442. railway line) leanne@wagga.nsw.gov.au. to 5pm Monday to Friday (public holidays excluded) ENVIRONMENTAL • Station Place Enquiries should be within the above exhibition directed to Council’s PLANNING & • Peter Street (between period. The draft Voluntary Facilities Management Edward St and Morrow ASSESSMENT ACT, Planning Agreement can Team Leader via email St) also be accessed at wagga. fitzgerald.luke@wagga.nsw. • Morrow Street (between 1979 - NOTICE OF DEVELOPMENT nsw.gov.au/public. gov.au. A non-refundable Peter St and Ivan Jack PROPOSAL fee of $110.00 will be Submission Procedure: Drive) Wagga Wagga City Council charged for each hard Persons wishing to make • Ivan Jack Drive (between has received the following copy of the Specification a submission in relation to The Esplanade and application to carry out the draft Voluntary Planning or specifications at nil cost Johnson St) “Development” under the can be accessed at the Agreement should do so • Trail Street (between Environmental Planning

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LAKE ALBERT ROAD NIGHT WORKS TO BEGIN Motorists using Lake Albert Road will be affected by night roadworks and changed traffic conditions from next week.

Works on the first stage of road resurfacing between Fay Avenue and Lord Baden Powell Drive are scheduled to start on Monday 19 November for three weeks.

Road closures will be in place from 7pm-6am daily.

Plant and machinery will be unloaded and parked on Meadow Street during business hours on Monday. This section of roadway will remain closed to through traffic, and serve as a plant parking and marshalling area for the duration of the project (this section of Meadow Street will remain open for local residents only).

Works are expected to be finished on the morning of Saturday 8 December, weather permitting.

PRESENTATION OF FINANCIAL REPORTS AS PER SECTION 418 (3) OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT

In accordance with Section 418 (3) of the Local Government Act 1993, Wagga Wagga City Council advises that the Ordinary Council Meeting to be held on 26 November 2018 will include the presentation of the audited Financial Statements and the Auditors Reports for the financial year ending 30 June 2018.

A summary of the Financial Statements is provided below.

In accordance with Section 420 of the Local Government Act, 1993, any person may make a submission in writing to Council with respect to the Council’s

Audited Financial Statements or the Auditor’s Reports.

Copies of the audited Financial Statements and the Auditor’s Reports may be inspected at Council Customer Service, Civic Centre, Corner of Baylis and Morrow Streets, Wagga Wagga or on Council’s website – www.wagga.nsw. gov.au.

Submissions close one week after the above Public Meeting has been held.

Income Statement Total Income from Continuing Operations Total Expenses from Continuing Operations Operating Result from Continuing Operations Net Operating Result for the year Net Operating Result before Grants & Contributions Provided for Capital Purposes Balance Sheet Total Current Assets Total Current Liabilities Total Non Current Assets Total Non Current Liabilities Total Equity Other Financial Information Unrestricted Current Ratio (times) Operating Performance Ratio (%) Debt Service Cover Ratio (times) Rates & Annual Charges Outstanding Ratio (%) Infrastructure Renewals Ratio (%) and Assessment Act, 1979.

DA18/0314, Partial demolition and redevelopment of vehicle sales or hire premises, Thomas Bros 65-71 Dobney Ave ASHMONT NSW 2650, Lot 1 DP 525959, Applicant: Helleconia Holdings P/L Name of Consent Authority: Wagga Wagga City Council The subject application and accompanying documentation, may be inspected at the following address until the closure of exhibition.

Exhibition documents are only available between Submission Period: 19/11/2018 to 03/12/2018 Where: Wagga Wagga City Council, cnr Baylis and Morrow Streets, Wagga Wagga (Customer Service Counter) or online via the link:- https://eservices. wagga.nsw.gov.au/

exhibitiondocs When: 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday (except Public Holidays).

Any person seeking to make a submission in relation to the abovementioned development should address all correspondence to the Consent Authority to be received prior to 5pm on the final day of the exhibition period. If any submission is made by way of objection, the grounds of objection must be specified in the submission.

Persons lodging submissions are required to declare political donations (including donations of more than $1,000) made in the previous two years.

For more details, including disclosure form, go to www.planning.nsw.gov.au/ donations.

Persons making written submissions regarding the above development

2018 $’000

2017 $’000

146,823 124,705 22,118 22,118 (12,431)

154,059 121,480 32,579 32,579 (9,415)

65,269 (29,933)

71,570 (31,019)

1,508,890 (52,868) 1,491,359

1,413,251 (50,713) 1,403,089

2.99x

3.08x

-8.11% 4.79x 4.82% 42.15%

-6.38% 5.37x 5.10% 39.74%

are advised that any submission received within the submission period will be subject to the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 and the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act (PIPPA) and may be attached to the final report, in its entirety or in part, to Council unless explicitly requested by the person making the submission that they do not wish this to occur.

Enquiries: Further details relating to the matter can be obtained by contacting the Council’s City Development. If you have any enquiries regarding the application, or about making submission, please telephone City Development on 1300 292 442.

Peter Thompson, General Manager

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