Council notices for Tuesday 21 May 2013

Would you like to contribute to the betterment of our Shire by joining the board of management?

Council is currently calling for nominations for additional volunteer members to the Mullumbimby Civic Memorial Hall Board of Management. 

Historically, the Mullumbimby Civic Memorial Hall symbolises the strong and independent community spirit of its people. The venue is home to many travelling music and cultural events and has a venue co-ordinator to assist with bookings.  If you can spare a few hours each month, why not be part of our iconic local hall and assist Council with its management. The history of the hall and upcoming events can be found on its web page www.mullumcivic.com.

To be part of this Board of Management, applications for nomination must be submitted on an approved nomination form.  Nomination forms and guidelines can be obtained at the Council Administration Centre, community access points and are also available on Council’s website http://www.byron.nsw.gov.au/expressions-of-interest

Enquiries:   Gayle McCallum, Governance Officer

At the 14 March 2013 Ordinary meeting, Council resolved to publicly exhibit the  amendment to Byron Developer Contributions Plan 2012 in accordance with Clause 28 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000 for a period of 28 days.

 An amendment to the  Byron Developer Contributions Plan 2012 is on exhibition from 30 April 2013 to 27 May 2013 and is available for viewing at Council’s Administrative Offices Mullumbimby, and community access points

 This amendment to the Byron Developer Contributions Plan 2012 is to alter the works schedules for Urban Roads Byron Bay Suffolk Park Catchment (pages A165 and A166 ) and Urban Roads Shire Wide Catchment (pages A168 and A169) to replace the Byron Bay Mini Bypass line item with the Byron Bay Bypass.  This results in a reduction to the cost of works.  There are consequential amendments to the summary tables on pages A2 and A3 of the plan.  The remainder of the plan is unchanged. 

 Enquiries:   Christopher Soulsby – Section 94 Officer on 02 6626 7058

Council is in receipt of the following Development Application(s). Byron Shire Council is the Consent Authority. Any person may view the application(s) and the documents accompanying the application(s) at Council’s Information and Enquiry Counter, Station Street, Mullumbimby from 9.00am to 4.00pm, Monday to Friday (public holidays excepted). Any submission needs to be received by 4.00pm on the last day of the exhibition period.  

Any person may make a written submission to the General Manager in relation to any of the development applications. Where the submission is by way of an objection the submission must set out the grounds of the objection.  

If you are making a submission you may be required to lodge, now or possibly in the future, a “Political Donations and Gifts Disclosure Statement”. It is your responsibility to ensure you meet your obligations to disclose reportable political donations and gifts. A failure to meet your obligations is an offence the penalty for which can include significant fines and/or imprisonment. A Guideline providing detailed information on the disclosure obligations is available at http://www.byron.nsw.gov.au/political-donations or from Council. Council strongly urges you to read the Guideline and satisfy yourself that you are complying with your disclosure obligations prior to lodging a submission. All Political Donations and Gifts Disclosure Statements will be public documents and all information contained in them will be available to the public and government agencies.

Submissions will be made public in accordance with Schedule 1 Part 3 Clause 1(a)(vi) of the GIPA Regulations 2009 as applicable including both the substance of the objection and the identity of the objector. For assistance with this please call Council’s Records Coordinator on 02 6626 7113.

Council will not deal with the application until after the exhibition period has expired.  All submissions will be taken into account in determining the application. 

Please quote the development application and property description when making a submission.

Under Section 356 of the Local Government Act 1993 - “A council may, in accordance with a resolution of the council, contribute money or otherwise grant financial assistance to persons for the purpose of exercising its functions.”

Council wishes to advise that at its Ordinary Meeting held on 18 April 2013 it resolved to grant the following donation from the Mayor’s discretionary allowance:

Enquiries:   Gayle McCallum Tel 02 6626 7045