APPLICATIONS INVITED FOR USE OF COUNCIL’S SPORTING FIELDS
Summer Season Bookings 1 October 2009 To 31 March 2010

Applications are invited for the use of Council’s Sporting Fields for the Summer Season, 1 October 2009 to 31 March 2010. This invitation includes utilisation of playing fields for one-off events or regular use.

All user groups, including schools, wishing to utilise Council’s fields during the Summer season should request and complete the Application Forms and relevant documents, and provide the documentation requested in the information kit. Please contact Customer First on 6566 3200 to obtain a kit. It is important to obtain a current kit from Customer First so that your group is fully aware of its obligations and responsibilities.

These applications are important because they form the basis of our record keeping on field usage. These records are also used to assist our budgeting process by providing evidence supporting capital expenditure on the fields.

WORKS IN PROGRESS – AUGUST

Town and Village Streets
Drainage works on Old Station Road between Belle Rio Close and Rustic Lane.
Flood silt eduction cleaning of drainage lines at Kempsey, Crescent Head, South West Rocks, Hat Head, Stuarts Point, Smithtown and Gladstone.

Maintenance Grading Program
Down River Area - Back Creek Road, Kinchela.
Up River Area - Hickeys Creek Road, Hickeys Creek.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF DEVELOPMENT CONSENTS - ISSUED BY COUNCIL

Consent has been granted for the following applications.

A record of consents may be inspected, without charge, at the Customer First Centre of the Kempsey Shire Council, Civic Centre, Tozer Street, West Kempsey, between 8.30 am and 4.30 pm from Monday to Friday (public holidays excepted).

NOTICE OF PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS

The following applications have been received and are notified in accordance with Council’s Policy.
NOTE: Not all applications received require public notification.

The applications and plans relating to the developments to which this notice refers may be inspected at Council’s Customer First Centre, Tozer Street, West Kempsey, any time between 8.30am and 4.30pm from Monday to Friday (public holidays excepted) for the period stated above.

At anytime during which the application may be inspected, any person:

1 who has received written notice of a proposed development from Council; or
2 who owns land and who contends that his enjoyment of that land will be detrimentally affected if a proposed development is carried out; or
3 who feels that a proposed development will adversely affect the character or amenity of the surrounding area may object in writing to council.

A person or associate of the person who makes a submission in relation to the application must make a disclosure of any reportable political donation or gift made in the previous 2 years (and up to the time the matter is determined).

The disclosure (Disclosure Statement of Political Donations and Gifts) will need to accompany the submission. A Disclosure Form and further details can be obtained from Council’s website or Customer First Centre.

If the application will need to be considered by Council, a precis of submissions received will be included in a report to Council for determination of the application. Copies of submissions may be included in the Appendices to the Business Paper unless specifically requested by the writer not to be included and the submission is clearly headed “confidential”.

DRAFT URBAN DESIGN CONCEPT FOR THE KEMPSEY CLYDE STREET MALL

Council resolved at its meeting of 14 July 2009 to endorse the recommendation of the Town Centre Master Plan Implementation Committee to revitalise the Clyde Street Mall area and put a draft Concept Plan on public exhibition.

The exhibition period will be 28 days from Tuesday, 18 August, to Monday, 14 September 2009. The formal public exhibition including full copies of the draft Concept Plan and associated graphics may be viewed at Council’s Customer First Centre at the Civic Centre, 22 Tozer Street, West Kempsey, Monday to Friday between 8.30am and 4.30pm. Copies of the draft Concept Plan and graphics will also be available at the Kempsey library during normal opening hours as well as Councils Economical Development – Macleay Development and Promotion Office 3/37 Forth Street. Exhibition documents are also available on Council’s website at www.kempsey.nsw.gov.au.

Submissions on the draft Strategy are to be addressed to the General Manager, Kempsey Shire Council, PO Box 3078, WEST KEMPSEY NSW 2440 and are to be submitted no later than close of business on Monday, 14 September 2009.

Any interested person may inspect the draft Plan at the above location during the exhibition period.

For enquiries, contact Greg Mews on (02) 6566 3200 during normal office hours.

WORKS COMMITTEE MEETING
Monday 24 August 2009

Councils Works Committee inspection and meeting will be held on Monday, 24 August 2009. Deliberations will be held in the Council Chambers in Elbow Street, West Kempsey at 10am and the public are invited to attend.

A copy of the agenda for this meeting is available for viewing at the Customer First Centre or on Council’s website www.kempsey.nsw.gov.au.

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT EXPENDITURE SCHEME (CDSE)

Members of the public, as observers, are invited to attend the CDSE Committee meeting at 10.00 am on 21 August 2009 in the Committee Room, Civic Centre, West Kempsey. The purpose of the meeting is to asses and prioritise the CDSE Grant Applications for 2009.

FREE GRAFFITI KITS TO RESIDENTS OF KEMPSEY SHIRE

As a proactive approach to reducing graffiti within the Shire, Council is offering residents free graffiti kits. The impact of graffiti on householders and businesses can be significant. By working together as a community we create the best opportunity to reduce this impact and removing the reward for those who seek this type of notoriety.

The aim of this project is to assist local residents and businesses to be more informed about graffiti and to provide some practical assistance in removing graffiti.

Council is now offering FREE graffiti kits to residents in the Shire. All that is required is to fill in an application form and attach a photo of the graffiti you wish to remove.

This can be done by downloading the application form from Council’s website on http://www.kempsey.nsw.gov.au/free-graffiti-kits.html or calling into Council’s Customer First Centre on 6566 3200 and filling in an application form.

COMMUNICATION IS IMPORTANT

Council provides residents and ratepayers with lots of opportunities to discover what is happening at Council. These are just some of the methods we use to communicate with you: weekly ads and Mayoral column in the local press, regular media releases sent to local and regional media, weekly program on Tank FM on Mondays at 10.10am, on-site inspections, workshops and public meetings relating to specific subjects or issues, letterbox drops and mail-outs when appropriate, displays at events such as the Kempsey Show, the production of comprehensive public documents including the Annual Report, Management Plan and the State of the Environment Report, meeting agendas and minutes, Community Newsletters, Council’s email mailing list and surveys.

Many Council documents are available on our website at www.kempsey.nsw.gov.au and copies of some recent documents are often available at Customer First or at Shire Library branches in Kempsey, South West Rocks, Hat Head and Stuarts Point.

You are invited to attend Council meetings and arrangements can be made for you to address Council or, if this is not convenient, think about inviting a Councillor or staff member to attend a community meeting which you are involved with. If you would like to suggest a new, different and cost effective way of communicating with us, please drop us a line at PO Box 3078, West Kempsey, fax us on 6566 3205 or email us ksc@kempsey.nsw.gov.au.

PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE BREAKABLE ITEMS AT CEMETERIES

If you are visiting or placing flowers at any of the Shire’s cemeteries please remember that no breakable glass or ceramic containers/ornaments are permitted to be left at graves. These types of items break easily and this presents a risk of injury to visitors and Council staff who maintain the cemetery grounds. Your assistance in this would be appreciated.

Please note that Council staff will conduct periodic clean-ups at the Shire cemeteries to remove any breakable items.

COMMUNITY SERVICE DIRECTORY

Did you know that you can access the Kempsey Shire Community Service Directory on Council’s website? It lists names and contact numbers for a variety of different services available in the shire. To access the directory all you have to do is go to www.kempsey.nsw.gov.au ,‘Community’ and then down to ‘Community Directory’. If you do not have internet access but would like information from the Community Directory please contact Council on 6566 3200.