Agenda Item #5 Matters of Public Interest

SES Week (12 – 19 September) celebrates thousands of SES volunteers at SES events across Queensland. SES volunteers respond to a range of disasters and emergencies including floods, storms, searches, road crash rescues and more. SES volunteers spent more than 92,000 hours performing operations in the last financial year, on top of more than 330,000 hours of training and preparation. A huge thank you to every SES volunteer.

I wish to congratulate the ambassadors for rural shows who were selected to represent the West Moreton and Brisbane Valley Sub chamber and Rural Ambassador Regional Finals on 2nd September 2023. Congratulations to Toogoolawah Show Society Showgirl Michayla Cowley and Rural Ambassador Stephanie Laycock for progressing to the state finals next year. Good luck to you both!

Congratulations to the following Somerset Regional Groups acquiring funds from Round 116 GCBF – the big one, $100,000 funding round. Esk Bowls Club $35,395.80; Esk P A & I Society $97,840; Coominya Public Hall Inc. $20,500; Lions Camp Duckadang $16,599; Lowood & District Community Kindergarten Assn Inc. $50,536; Toogoolawah Bowls Club Inc. $80,009.

Agenda Item #34 Councillors’ Report

August

22 Briefing – CEO & Councillors – Teams

23 Council Ordinary Meeting & Confidential Workshop – Esk

23 Kilcoy Rodeo Committee General Meeting

28 Lowood RSL 90th Anniversary

29 Kilcoy Interagency Meeting

29 ALGWA (State Branch) Management Committee Meeting – Teams

29 Business Wellness & Thrive Key Note Presentation – Business at Dark – Kilcoy Chamber of Commerce

29 Kilcoy Show Society AGM

30 njumga djum yo:ran ba djuwan Art Exhibition – Mary Cairns Ross Maleny (“Through the smoke they come home”)

31 Kilcoy Recreation Grounds Advisory Committee Meeting

September

01 Australian Citizenship Ceremony – Somerset Civic Centre Esk

02 Esk Men’s Shed – 30 years of sheds

04 Linville Progress Assn General Meeting

05 Friends of Stonehouse Management Committee Meeting – Moore

06 Kilcoy Chamber of Commerce – Deb Frecklington MP special guest

07 Brisbane Valley Heritage Trails General Meeting – Moore

12 Hoof & Hook – Kilcoy Showgrounds

12 Kilcoy State High School P&C Assn General Meeting

12 Kilcoy Hospital AGM

The Kilcoy State High School, Gympie State High School, Kilkivan State School P-10, Noosa District State High School and Victory Christian College hosted the 2023 Gympie District Beef Liaison Group Wide Bay Interschool Hoof & Hook Competition at the Kilcoy Showgrounds from Tuesday 12th September up to and including Thursday 14th September. The event housed seventeen schools located in the Wide Bay, Burnett and Sunshine Coast areas, with 196 students learning from their peers, 78 head of cattle as part of the competition and 40 helpful staff members. The event program consisted of experienced junior handlers, farm Olympics, intermediate junior handlers, novice junior handlers, Ag teacher networking, and junior prime judging. The schools thanked their many sponsors and also thanked council for the improvements undertaken at the fat cattle showing and stabling area.

Photo – Hoof & Hook

Boris, Cheryl, Graeme and Liz.