With the warmer weather just around the corner, Wingecarribee Shire Council is urging locals to sign up and get ready for this year’s bush fire season. Organised in conjunction with the Southern Highlands Rural Fire Service, the ‘Six Week Get Ready Challenge’ sees recipients receive weekly emails with tips to help prepare their families and...
Council’s Finance Committee has recommended that the Mittagong Swim Pool not open for the 2016/17 swim season following the East Coast Low storm event which lashed the Shire in early June. Council will consider this recommendation and confirm its position at the Ordinary Council Meeting on Wednesday 24 August. Extensive inspections by engineers have revealed...
Customers of Wingecarribee Shire Council can now choose to have their Rates Notices and Water and Sewerage Accounts delivered direct to their In-boxes. Council’s Chief Financial Officer, Richard Mooney explained the benefit of the new service. “For some time our customers have been telling us they wanted greater choice and convenience,” he said. “In response...
Wingecarribee Shire Council is reminding residents of their responsibilities when it comes to undertaking tree works on their property. The call comes after a recent incident where a Bowral home-owner was fined $3000 for the removal of a Cedrus deodara without the necessary approvals. Commonly known as a Himalayan Cedar, the tree was removed without...
Wingecarribee Shire Council has today confirmed a small amount of asbestos has been found in a sample of crushed concrete at Council’s Resource Recovery Centre (RRC). The white asbestos (chrysotile) was confirmed via routine laboratory testing. At this stage the amount of asbestos found is unknown. Further tests are currently being undertaken. Council is undertaking...
