What's News

MEDIA RELEASE 5 November 2021

What’s News

Re-opening of the library

The library was closed temporarily after notification from NSW Health that a Covid positive community member had visited the venue on Sunday 31 October.

The building was cleaned according to SafeWork standards and all staff members have undertaken the required Covid testing and have returned negative results.

Council has followed the required processes and we will reopen the doors on Sunday 7 October for the usual weekend hours of 10am until 3pm.

Repco Bathurst 1000 Off-track Events

Legends at the Museum

Experience an exclusive evening of viewing at the National Motor Racing Museum taking in the rich history of Australian motor sport before sitting back to enjoy a Q&A with Australian Supercar drivers. Hear their voices shake as they relive some of their most memorable moments at Mount Panorama, including all the unforgiving minutes and uplifting triumphs that the Great Race produces. Catering will be provided with beverages available for purchase.

Tickets are $60pp and can be purchased via https://bit.ly/legendsatthemuseum. Bookings close Sunday 28 November.

Saturday Street Fair

The Saturday Street Fair returns and it has something for everyone. Wander through the market stalls in Kings Parade, listen to live music from talented local artists, and enjoy some of the best local food. There’s plenty for the kids too with $5 show rides and free activities.

Colouring-in competition

All primary school-aged children are invited to take part in this year’s Repco Bathurst 1000 colouring-in competition. Show the best and brightest colours for a chance to win a family pass to the Repco Bathurst 1000 and a Supercars stationary pack. Download a copy from Council’s website or pick up a printed version from one of the businesses participating in the window display competition from Monday, 22 November. Entries must be emailed to events@bathurst.nsw.gov.au by 4pm Sunday 5 December to be in the running. Winners will be announced on Tuesday, 7 December. The competition is open to anyone aged 0 – 12 years old.

Window Display Competition

It’s time for Bathurst businesses to get out the race gear and deck out shop fronts and windows in a race theme. There’s six $500 Bathurst Broadcasters radio advertising vouchers and double passes to the Repco Bathurst 1000 up for grabs for the businesses who showcase the best displays. To register or for more information, visit the Council website.

Expressions of Interest

Volunteers and Market Stalls

The Council Events team is seeking Expressions of Interest from volunteers and market stalls for upcoming events. To be involved or for more information visit bathurst.nsw.gov.au/events.html.

SES Central West Capability Unit

Do you have good IT, admin and communication skills, able to work unsupervised and would like to contribute to managing incidents with other dedicated volunteers. The unit provides specialist operators to support incident management throughout the region or across the State. Each member of the unit receives specialist training in incident management. For more information, phone 0407457160.

Temporary Road Closures

Intersection of Hill and Pepper Streets, Rockley

The intersection will be closed to traffic until approximately 8 November. Access is available up to the intersection for businesses, residents and general traffic. Through traffic will be detoured via East Street and Market Street.

Havannah Street Keppel Street to Rocket Street

Sections of Havannah Street between Keppel and Rocket streets, will be closed at night between 6.30pm to 6.30am from Wednesday 3 November to Thursday 11 November, weather permitting. The temporary road closure is necessary to enable road profiling and resurfacing works.

Animal Desexing Program

The next animal desexing program will commence on Monday, 1 November.

The program is open to pensioners, newstart/jobseeker and healthcare card holders

who are residents of the Bathurst LGA. The animal must be microchipped and

identified on the microchip register system to benefit from this program.

The subsidised cost is as follows:

Dog Female $70.00 Cat Female $55.00

Male $55.00 Male $40.00

Microchipping, pain relief and first vaccination is included for both dogs and cats.

Places are strictly limited, and bookings are essential at the following vets:

Stewart Street Veterinary Hospital 6331 1222.

Bathurst Central Animal Hospital 6332 5800.

JP Services

The community JP Desk in the Bathurst City Centre is open to assist clients face to face who need JP services.

The service is available at Bathurst City Centre on Tuesday afternoon (3.30pm to 6pm) Thursday evenings (5pm to 7pm) and Saturday mornings (9am to 12 noon).

For more information email bathurst@nswja.org.au

Bathurst Art Fair goes digital

The Bathurst Art Fair has gone online this year. This popular Bathurst Regional Art Gallery Society (BRAGS) fundraising event will be exhibited online from 1 – 30 November. To enter your work head to bathurstart.com.au/artfair

Candidate Information webinars

The NSW Electoral Commission is running candidate information webinars in the lead up to the 4 December local government elections. A series of online candidate information sessions will be conducted by the NSW Electoral Commission (NSWEC) in the lead up to the 2021 NSW Local Government elections.

The webinars will cover the following topics:

• iVote explained - 11am, Monday 8 November
• Early voting and election day voting - 11am, Thursday 18 November
• Candidate workers, scrutineers, counting and results - 11am, Tuesday 30 November

Information is available on the website at www.elections.nsw.gov.au

Elections

Local council elections take place on 4 December. The NSW Electoral Commission is looking for people to work at these elections. Working at the election is a good way to earn some money, learn new skills and help your community have their say. For more information visit www.elections.nsw.gov.au

Have Your Say

Presentation of Financial Statements

Council advises that the Ordinary Council meeting to be held on 17 November 2021 will include the presentation of the audited Financial Statements and the Auditor’s Reports for the year ending 30 June 2021.

EOI Former TAFE Precinct

Council has invited Expressions of Interest (EOI) for the redevelopment of the former TAFE Precinct.

The precinct will be a once in a generation opportunity for the Bathurst region. The precinct will include a new public plaza and new buildings, adaptive reuse of the former TAFE and headmaster’s buildings. It is informed by previous community consultation and conservation management plans.

Council is seeking development interest in the precinct with private (not Council) funding. Private funding allows for the full precinct to be developed, it also allows money from the development of new private buildings to fund the new ‘plaza’ and the adaptive reuse of the Heritage Buildings.

Garage Sale Trail

The Garage Sale Trail is set to return to Bathurst over two weekends on November 13-14 and 20-21. Registration to participate is now open. For more information visit Council’s website, follow the BRC Events Facebook page or visit https://www.garagesaletrail.com.au/

Library

International Games Week Celebrations

Bring the family along for a fun afternoon of games. Play together, learn together, laugh together. Two sessions available: Thursday 25 November 4-6pm and Friday 26 November 4-6pm. Bookings essential. Phone 6333 6281.

ENDS

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