With summer just around the corner, Wingecarribee Shire Council is urging potential customers of portable pools to think twice before making an impulse purchase. Council’s General Manager Corporate, Strategy and Development Services, Mark Pepping explained that many portable pools required the same security fencing as built-in or above ground pools. “Many portable pool owners are...
Wingecarribee Shire Council has confirmed an unexpected find of non-friable bonded asbestos at the Highlands Golf Club located on the Old Hume Highway in Mittagong. The fragments of asbestos were found away from the public course in the internal access driveway adjacent to the utility area. The immediate area is currently being secured to ensure...
Wingecarribee Shire Council has placed on public exhibition a number of revised policies relating to ethical behaviour after endorsement at its meeting of the 24 October 2018. The three revised policies endorsed by Council include a Fraud and Corruption Control Policy, Public Interest Disclosures Policy and Gifts and Benefits Policy. The policies cover the actions...
Wingecarribee Shire Councillors have used this year’s NSW Local Government Conference to draw attention to a number of issues they believe are affecting local governance both in the Highlands and across the state. Chief amongst the concerns raised at this year’s conference were proposals to amend mandatory State Government Development Application (DA) procedures for new...
