Council Update

Conversation with the GM

Firewood Collection 

With the cooler weather fast approaching, this is a timely reminder for all of us who use wood heaters to warm our homes.  If you don’t buy-in firewood and rely on collecting firewood, please be aware you may only collect firewood on private property with permission of the landowner. 

It is important that firewood collection is sustainable and does not impact on native fauna which may use hollow logs or dead wood as habitat. Our local possums, bats and birds that live in hollow logs use fallen timber and dead trees, leaf litter and branches as shelter.  

A few simple changes can make firewood collection more sustainable:

Collecting firewood, burning or removing dead trees from our roadside verges, Travelling Stock Routes or other Council Parks or Reserves is not permitted.  

Vegetation within roadside corridors and reserves, including dead trees or fallen timber, provide habitat for native animals such as lizards, birds, bats and smaller insects which are protected species.  

If you see a dead tree, it is probably hundreds of years old and is home to many native animals, including nesting birds and microbats which are unique to the Tablelands NSW region.

Council takes great pride in conserving the native vegetation and habitats that make up our riverbanks, parklands and roadside reserves across the region. 

If you see someone collecting firewood, or other material such as plants or rocks, please report it to Council on Ph 6368 2104 or email council@blayney.nsw.gov.au.   

We will need the date and time, location, what activity you observed and if a vehicle was present and if possible, provide Council with the vehicle make, model, colour and registration number.

Council Update

Tender 4/2024 Management of Centrepoint Sport and Leisure Centre

Tenders are invited from suitable providers for the management of the Centrepoint Sport and Leisure Centre situated in Blayney. Centrepoint is a multipurpose facility featuring a 25 metre indoor pool; Aquatic Activity Pool; Childrens Pool and Waterslide; Gymnasium; Group Fitness Room; Dry Courts; Kiosk and associated facilities.

Documentation may be obtained from Council’s e-tendering website: www.vendorpanel.com.au/blayney/tenders  

Closing time: 5.00pm Monday, 22 April 2024.

Tender submissions will only be accepted on the Vendor Panel site.

For all Tender enquiries, contact Mr Andrew Muir, telephone 02 6368 2104.

Positions Vacant

Council currently has the following positions available:

• Manager Development Assessment
• Fleet Mechanic / Permanent or Casual  

• Works Operators / Casual Works Operators
  (no set closing date for application for Works Operators positions)

Please refer to Council’s Employment Opportunities page for an Information Package and details on how to apply for these positions.