From the Mayor's Desk - Friday 13 November 2009
Date: 13-Nov-09
Author: Alison Davey
Our Tidy Town Committees who participated in the recent Tidy Towns Awards were very successful taking out seven awards. These being:-
- Overall Town - Kurri Kurri was placed third, Cessnock received Highly Commended
- Waste Management & Litter Award - Winner - Cessnock - Waste & Reuse Centre
- Bush Spirit Award - Kurri Kurri Nostalgia Festival and Cessnock Budget Bites Cookbook - both Highly Commended.
- Water Conservation - Winner Kurri Kurri TAFE (Category D) and Laguna (Category A)
Congratulations to Bill Way of Kurri Kurri Tidy Towns who received a Certificate of Recognition for Long Term and Outstanding commitment to Tidy Towns and the Kurri Kurri community. Congratulations to the winners and thank you to all of our Tidy Town Committees for the great work you do in enhancing our City.
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Australia Day is the perfect opportunity to celebrate our achievements as a nation, to look forward to the opportunities and challenges of the future and to give thanks for the good fortune of simply being Australian and it is a day to recognise our local residents who work tirelessly for the benefit of our community.
Nominations are now open for Citizen of the Year, Young Citizen of the Year, Community Event, Sports Award, Heritage Award, Environment Award, Achievement and Appreciation Awards. Nomination forms can be downloaded from Council's website www.cessnock.gov.au or phone my office on 4993 4210 and a form will be sent out to you. We have many quiet achievers in our LGA and this is one avenue of acknowledging their great work.
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The recent Second Hand Saturday Collection/drop off at Weston Workers Club was very successful with Hunter Resource Recovery collecting 10450 kilos of ewaste from 357 vehicles. It was a great result for Cessnock LGA with 201 more visitors attending and an additional 2890 kilos of e-waste collected compared to the first collection as well as the 1159 kilos of Life Cycle product making the total collected in 3 hours of 11,609 kilos. Another drop off event is scheduled for February 2010; it will be a great opportunity after Christmas to recycle the old computer, electric toys and gadgets. To all who participated a great effort.
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Council has been successful in obtaining grants from the Federal Government to the value of $139,000 to enhance our cycle paths within our LGA under the National Bike Paths Project. The grants will assist Council in expanding the Millfield footpath into a multipurpose pathway and provide an extension to the Vineyard off road cycleway along McDonalds Road to Oakey Creek intersection. This is good news for Council as it enables these projects to proceed.
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The Mayoral Academic Scholarships are now available on Council's website www.cessnock.gov.au or contact Pauline Ross on 4993 4210 or email pauline.ross@cessnock.nsw.gov.au. On offer are 16 scholarships for the students of our LGA to the value of $2,500 for one year only. Please note the closing date is 26 February 2010.
Scholarships available:-
Arts, Building & Associated Trades, Career Advancement for Women, Communications/Human Resources, Environment, Incentive, Information Technology, Local Government, Medical & Health, Mining, Mining Technology, Occupational Health & Safety, Post HSC, TAFE, Tourism & Hospitality and University.
Thank you to our present and new sponsors - without them this project would not be able to continue:-
Business & Professional Women's Association, Cessnock Achievement Centre, Cessno
