BYRON SHIRE Council staff have failed in an attempt to force a Byron Bay residents group to supply membership and donor names and addresses through the courts – all without informing councillors.
It comes as Council were also unsuccessful in court on October 31 in recovering part of their $453,129.29 in legal costs from the Butler Street Community Network, who challenged Council’s bypass plans.
A BYRON BAY resident has told The Echo that Byron Shire Council staff have been unable to act on her complaints about her neighbours’ Airbnb activities, which she says are so intrusive she has had to buy earplugs.
‘I’m 71 years old and have been here 21 years,’ she told The Echo.
BYRON SHIRE Council’s Donna Tucker has won the National Team Leader of the Year award at the 2017 National Local Government Customer Service Awards.
“This is a huge accolade for Donna – she is an incredible leader and her enthusiasm for customer service is infectious,” Byron Shire Council’s Acting General Manager, Mark Arnold said.
BYRON SHIRE Council is reviewing the time limits of the pay parking area in Byron Bay.
A report was presented to and endorsed by Council on the 21 September with details of the potential changes to time limits within the pay parking area in Byron Bay.
IN A SAD display of lack of local knowledge, two Greens political factions have come to blows over moving the Byron bus stop to the Butler Street Reserve
Greens Ballina MP Tamara Smith claims there has been a ‘lack of public consultation’ regarding state government plans to place a bus interchange at the site of the Byron markets.
Byron Shire Council’s Open Spaces Team will finish scheduled gardening and turfing works and remove the safety fencing in Railway Park by close of business today, Friday 27, weather permitting – returning full access of the park to the community for the weekend.
The preparatory works involve the removal of the concrete-edged garden beds and two trees to open up pedestrian access to the park from Jonson Street, as part of the Railway Park upgrade.
PART OF THE Butler Street Markets site will be the new home for Byron Bay’s bus exchange in 2018.
The relocation of Byron Bay’s main bus stop will make the town centre more people-friendly.
BYRON SHIRE Council’s website has been down since the weekend Oct 21-22.
Admins for Council’s Facebook page have apologised for the outage.
BYRON SHIRE Council’s Steam Team is putting the heat on Council’s commitment to eliminating the use of herbicides on all high use public lands with the purchase of a new steam weeder.
The machine, supplied by Australian company Weedtechnics, is regarded as one of the best and most efficient on the market, and is being used to kill weeds in public areas in the Byron Shire.
Byron Shire Council wants to kick start the careers of some of our brightest young people with a traineeship or full-time job in Local Government.
Council currently has its largest number of trainee positions available, with an unprecedented six new positions up for grabs for school leavers, University students and graduates in areas including Engineering, Building Surveying, Administration, Records Management, Community Enforcement and Environmental Health.