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News ArchivesLAST night the Upper Hunter Shire Council held an extraordinary meeting and withdraw funding from an all-ability children’s playground, forcing local community group the Scone Neighbourhood Resource Centre to return $120,000 in grant funding for the Park to the government. Read: Neighbourhood Appalled At Council’s Cut To Disability Playground. Community group, the Scone Neighbourhood Resource […]
FOLLOWING the resignation of Mayor Wayne Bedggood yesterday, we thought we’d take a look at the form of current Councillors to see who may be the next Mayor. However, instead of voting for a new Mayor in the next 14 days, Councillors could decide to vote for a by-election. The elections were due to happen […]
MAYOR Wayne Bedggood has resigned from the Upper Hunter Shire Council effective immediately. An extraordinary meeting will be held in the next 14 days when Councillors will decide if they will elect a new Mayor, or apply to the Minister for Local Government to hold a by-election. Steve McDonald, general manager of Council said it […]
THE Upper Hunter Shire Council received 89 written submissions from groups and individuals for the Draft Delivery Program and Operational Plan, which they plan to adopt at the Council meeting on June 29. In a statement released this morning by Council, a central question in submissions was the equity of the budget throughout the Shire. […]
IN January, part of the new $9.6 million Willow Tree Road washed away, triggering Council to apply for an urgent loan for repairs last month and revealing the road was uninsured. Council is awaiting a geotechnical report to define the costs of the repairs, but has voted to seek loan approval for up to $5 […]
COUNCIL have received a flood mitigation report for the proposed development of a service station, motel and restaurant on Aberdeen Street, near the bypass in Scone. Members of the community have previously expressed concerns about the location of the proposed development in terms of flooding, the impact on existing businesses with another motel and roadside […]
Scone resident, Daryl Dutton, has shared his submission to Council for their Draft Operational Plan and Draft Delivery Program 2017/2018 – 2020/2021. The Plan was on display until last Thursday and has now closed. Council voted not advertise the plan. The letter is addressed to Steve McDonald, general manager of the Upper Hunter Shire Council. […]
WHEN I report on Council meetings there are often things I find disturbing, but last night, during a discussion about representation at a candlelight vigil for family violence, I found it particularly disturbing. Cr Sue Abbott asked Mayor Wayne Bedggood, if he had sent an email she had written questioning the protocols for who should […]
THE Upper Hunter Shire Council have confirmed they have reopened community land, in line with the state government’s easing of pandemic restrictions. While social distancing still applies, 10 people may now gather in local public spaces including: parks; playgrounds; barbeque areas; skate parks, and golf courses. Public toilets on Council land will also be reopened.
AT last month’s Council meeting it was decided Campbell’s Corner, which was recently purchased by Council, would be classified as commercial property not community. Councillor Sue Abbott raised concerns that the community were angered when the library building had also been classified as commercial, which allowed Council to sell the asset without any community consultation. […]