Cr Cheryl Gaedtke – Ordinary Council Meeting 21 December 2023 – Councillor Report

Cr Cheryl Gaedtke – Ordinary Council Meeting 21 December 2023

Agenda Item #5 Matters of Public Interest
Happy birthday to Mrs Ivy Heck who turned 102 on Friday 1 December. Mrs Heck was born in Marburg in 1921 and spent most of her life in Glamorgan Vale where she married into a dairy farm with her husband Les in 1940. Today Mrs Heck is looked after by staff at Blue Care Lowood Glenwood.

Kilcoy Yowie secured victory in one out of three games in the world of rugby league nines. The Kilcoy Yowie’s open men’s team participated in the Fijian Cup nines tournament on December 1 and 2. Kilcoy Yowie’s President said it was an international debut for many players after securing an invitation at a previous nines comp.

Agenda Item #52 Councillors’ Report
November
29 Ordinary Council Meeting & Workshop Meeting
December
01 Turning on the Christmas Lights – Yowie Park Kilcoy
02 Kilcoy Christmas Street Carnival
04 Meeting with MBCC Cr T Latter & Ms C Tolcher – Woodford
05 Year 3-6 Annual Awards Ceremony – Kilcoy State Primary School
05 Toogoolawah State School Awards Night
06 Mt Kilcoy State School P-6 Award Ceremony
07 Brisbane Valley Heritage Trails Committee Meeting – Harlin
07 Kilcoy Recreation Grounds Advisory Committee Meeting
12 Kilcoy Hospital Auxiliary Meeting
12 Friends of Stonehouse Management Committee Meeting – Moore
13 Meeting Kilcoy Show & Kilcoy Multi-Cultural Meeting
18 Confidential Briefing Session – Esk
20 Reconciliation Queensland – Annual General Meeting 2023 – Zoom
20 Kilcoy Chamber of Commerce – Christmas Celebrations
21 Ordinary Council Meeting & Workshop Meeting

I must sincerely thank the band of busy Mums who form the Kilcoy Christmas Carnival committee. I would like to once again thank our Mayor for performing the official opening of the carnival. The attendance of the event this year was enormous and I believe the biggest carnival yet. I am filled with a profound sense of awe and gratitude being part of our multi-cultural community. The Fijian men sang their beautiful song unaccompanied. John and I along with some dear friends rode our motorbikes and trikes escorting Santa who was positioned in a well decorated RAM. By the reaction of the children, they were totally gob smacked by Santa’s elaborate entry. Finally, thank you so much to the hard working husbands and partners of the Kilcoy Christmas Carnival committee, and to the many heroic sponsors.

It was my pleasure to introduce Ms Tolcher to Cr Latter (MBCC) as a very knowledgeable and experienced equine representative. The conversation was relative to future rail trails in the area.

Congratulations to all school children who participated in their special awards ceremonies. It is always gratifying to witness their hard work and the forthcoming rewards. Of course, none of this would be possible without the strong support of their teaching staff, and Mum, Dads and Carers.