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Community
News
JUNE 2024
COUNCIL DECISIONS
The following decisions were
made at the May Council
Meeting:
Council endorsed a motion
from Councillor Reed for
Council to develop a local
Governance
Policy
to
document the way elected
members work together and
support the decision making
processes.
Council
received
the
Financial Report April 2024
Year to Date.
Council approved 2023-2024
Capital Budget adjustments.
Council approved the 20242025 Fees and Charges.
Council endorsed a decision
for two shade sails at 2
Tigerhead Road Dodges Ferry
to be Certified as No Permit
Required.
Council adpoted the revised
Risk
Management
Policy,
Framework
and
Organisational Risk Register.
Council awarded a Tender
for the Seventh Avenue
Dodges
Ferry
Stormwater
upgrade to BlackCap.
WORKS UPDATE
Council works and projects
update as at 1 June 2024:
Sorell Streetscape – Stage 4 Cole
Street
(Gordon
to
Pelham)
footpath works are complete,
Stage 5 has commenced from
McDonalds to Woolworths. Trees
and street furniture are to be
installed shortly. Planter boxes
have been installed in Gordon St.
Sorell Carriage Shed – Works have
commenced with a timber deck
and framing for the double glass
doors complete. Glass doors and
handrails to the deck have been
ordered.
Concrete
path
connecting main entrance to the
new deck is nearly complete.
Gate Five Road/Carlton Beach
Road - (Vulnerable Road User
Program) – Land acquisition
should be completed early in the
new financial year.
South East Training Centre - All
design
drawings
and
specifications are complete and
the project has been advertised
for tender.
Tamarix Road (Nerine Street to
Grebe Street) - Footpath works
have commenced and are
ongoing.
Midway Point Footpath Renewals A contractor has been appointed
and works will soon commence.
(03) 6269 0000
47 Cole Street Sorell TAS 7172
Primrose
Sands
Road
and
Grevillea Street Reconstruction Road works are well underway.
Wiggins Road Widening Project Works have commenced with
completion expected late June.
Seventh
Avenue
Stormwater
Upgrade - Contract has been
awarded
with
works
to
commence end of May - early
June.
Erle
Street
Carlton
River
Stormwater Project - Works are
expected to commence in late
June 2024 subject to weather.
GET READY, GET GREEN!
A new monthly kerbside 240L
Green
Waste
wheelie
bin
collection service will commence
from 1 July 2024 for residential
areas (land use zones General
Residential, Low Density, Rural
living Zone A, and Village). If your
property is in an eligible area a
new 240lt green waste bin will be
delivered
to
your
address
between 19 June - 1 July 2024. If
you9re not home at the time the
bin will be left inside your
property.
Vacant properties will not receive
a green waste bin.
To check if your property is
eligible for this green waste
service please refer to our
website www.sorell.tas.gov.au/
waste-management/
Bulk Green Waste will still be
offered four times a year and
collected over a two week
period. To use this service you
MUST book directly with Council
before 12 noon on the Friday
before your collection week.
COMMUNITY
GRANTS
Council approved a grant
under the Community Grants
Program at the May meeting to:
Marion Bay Coastcare - $2,000
towards the upgrade of the
Marion Bay Viewing Platform
Signage.
HEALTH AND
COMPLIANCE UPDATE
RAY MARSH
Sorell Men’s Shed
A CHEERY hello to all: it’s not
much, but our gardens are getting some rain at last, our wildlife, trees and feathered friends
are loving it too. Lovely and
positive happenings.
On that positive train of
thought and as our winter
draws closer, have you thought
about the possibility of being
involved in our community?
All of our community groups
are active across winter, and
they provide an avenue for us
to venture beyond our warm
homes.
There are arts groups, theatre
groups, Lions clubs, community houses and so many more
for us to play an active role in
and get to make new friends.
And, of course, there is our
men’s shed.
After many years of seeking
funding for a new shed, our
State Government is providing
the Sorell Council with funding that will be used for relocating our shed and the Sorell
Lions Club to Pembroke Park.
This funding will allow
Council to work on the community precinct where the
shed and Lions currently sit,
a win for us all.
We thank our MPs Jane
Howlett and Rebecca White
for their bipartisan support
for our community and its
aspirations.
The president of the men’s
shed, Barry Webb, congratulated members old and new for
their tireless efforts to pursue
our dream of a new shed.
We look forward to the
future with great enthusiasm
and the furtherance of our
community’s growth.
COMMUNITY
INFORMATION
FOOD LICENCE RENEWALS
Annual food business registrations
will expire on 30 June 2024.
The process for renewing your
Food Business Registration has
changed for the 2024/2025
registration period. If you would
like to renew your Food Business
Registration please complete and
submit
the
online
form
www.sorell.tas.gov.au/foodbusiness-application/
Once your renewal has been
received and processed, your
invoice will be emailed to you.
If you are not renewing your Food
Business
Registration
please
advise us so our records can be
updated.
Community
Coast
Country
A new
shed
awaits
OFFICE OPENING HOURS
To improve our efficiency and
provide a more consistent level of
customer service, we9ve made a
small change to our opening
hours. From 1 June 2024, we will
be open from 8.00am – 4.30pm
Monday to Friday.
You can contact us by:
Phone: 6269 0000
Email:sorell.council@sorell.tas.gov.au
Mail: PO Box 126, SORELL TAS 7172
In Person: 47 Cole Street, Sorell
Our website also has a contact us
form and a range of information
and self-service forms.
HAVE YOUR SAY
You can make payments in
person, over the phone or online
COMMUNITY CONSULTATION via our website – for rates, dog
registrations, planning, plumbing
Active Transport and Social and building invoices, Food
Strategy - We have engaged Licences and infringements.
with the community through
workshops, pop-up sessions and Bulk Green Waste Collection
an online survey to develop draft Week 1
3 - 7 June
Active Transport Strategy and Boomer Bay, Bream Creek,
Social strategy.
Carlton, Carlton River, Connellys
They are almost complete but Marsh, Copping, Dodges Ferry,
before they are finalised, Council Dunalley, Kellevie, Marion Bay,
would like you to provide Primrose Sands.
feedback. Feedback is open Week 2
10 - 14 June
Monday 3 June - Sunday 23 June
Midway
Point,
Forcett,
2024. View the draft strategies on
Lewisham,
Nugent,
Orielton,
the 8Have Your Say9 page of our
Pawleena, Penna, Sorell, Wattle
website.
COUNCIL MEETING
The next meeting of Sorell Council
will be held on Tuesday 18 June
2024 at 6.00pm, in the Council
Chambers.
The Agenda will be available on
our website the Thursday prior to
the meeting.
sorell.council@sorell.tas.gov.au
PO Box 126 Sorell TAS 7172
Hill.
Bookings must be made by MIDDAY
FRIDAY THE WEEK PRIOR to your
collection.
To book your collections the
options are as follows:
• Online at www.sorell.tas.gov.au
• Phone 6269 0000 & select
option 3.
www.sorell.tas.gov.au
Winners are grinners ... the winning Lions team that
took on all comers to win the RSL quiz night.
Lions team have
all the answers
GRAEME EVANS
THE next Sorell Lions Book
sale will be held in conjunction with the Biggest Morning
Tea, on Saturday, June 15, at
our clubrooms area, adjacent to
the Bus Mall, in Station Lane,
Sorell.
Most of the books will be
sold at $1 each in our book
room, with the scrumptious
morning tea in our clubrooms
next door, for only $5 donation,
helping raise funds for the Cancer Council.
It is better to park in the Bus
Mall car parking. It is only a
few metres to walk in.
Lions will also be helping at
the Truck Show at Pembroke
Park, on Sunday, June 9, providing our famous barbecue.
The money raised goes towards
the South-East Women’s Football, helping keep their teams
going for another year.
Sorell Lions took on all
comers recently at the RSL
Quiz Night – and came out
victorious.
Our club will soon be celebrating our Changeover Dinner
for the 50th year, to be held at
the Sorell Bowls Club.
Longest-serving member
Ken Gatehouse will be stepping down as President and Sue
Flanagan will be President for
the next Lions year.
