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SHIRE CONTACT LIST
Roper Gulf Shire Mayor Tony Jack
Mobile: 0428793132 E-mail: [email protected]
Roper Gulf Shire Deputy Mayor Clair O’Brien
Mobile: 0427398209 E-mail: clair.o’[email protected]
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Berto
Mobile: 0427-799621 Email: [email protected]
Director, Corporate & Community Services
Catherine Proctor
Mobile: 0488-589052 Email: [email protected]
Director Infrastructure & Technical Services
Mark Hagger Mobile: 0488-922249
Email: [email protected]
Manager of Governance & Corporate Planning
Moira McCreesh Phone: 08 8972 9004
Email: [email protected]
Manager Human Resources
Helena Bellotti 08 8972 9012
Email: [email protected]
Finance Manager
Sarah Jane Thurston 08 8972 9028
Email: [email protected]
Headquarters General Number: 08 8972 9000
Headquarters Fax number: 08 8971 2607
Website: www.ropergulf.nt.gov.au
Roper Gulf Shire Council meeting dates:
21 April 10 23 June 10
We want your news!
The next closing date for submissions of Shire-related articles to the newsletter is 26 March 2010
Please submit your news and photos to:
Kyrie de Jong, Customer Service and Records Management Officer [email protected]
Roper Gulf Shire Council Newsletter, Issue 19 Feb 2010 Page 4
Mayor's act of kindness - rescuing a baby long neck turtle from certain death on the highway just south of Adelaide River. The little turtle was mak-ing its way from one side of the road to the other and had narrowly escaped being crushed by three cars before the Mayor arrived on the scene. The Mayor quickly swung into action and helped the little fella get to where he wanted to go. The little turtle is one very lucky and now very happy little chappy. The Mayor was also rather chuffed.
Roper Gulf Shire Council takes an active interest in the environment and is working with LGANT (Local Government Association of the Northern Territory) to explore ways in which local govern-ments can have positive effects on the environ-ment.
All creatures great and small
Our mission
Working as one towards a better
future through effective use of all
Roper Gulf Shire Council Newsletter, Issue 19 Feb 2010 Page 1
February was a significant month for the Shire with Numbulwar community hosting the Febru-ary meeting of Council. This was the first time Roper Gulf Shire Council have held a Council meeting in a Community situated on an Aborigi-nal Land Trust and as it was very successful, Council has decided that the 21st April Council meeting will be held at Minyerri community.
I’d like to take time to thank the people of Num-bulwar for their hospitality during the February meeting of Council I would also like to thank Councillor Numamurdirdi and Shire Services Manager Alan Mole for showing all of the elected members and staff around Numbulwar and introducing us to some of the Numbulwar community members.
One of the decisions made at the February Council meeting was that it is now time for Roper Gulf Shire Council to start developing a strategic plan for the next three years. For the first couple of years of our organisational life we have had one year business plans. This was the best way to go when we were just forming and everything was changing rapidly. Now that things are starting to settle down a bit, we are keen to set the longer term direction of the or-ganisation so that we can best plan for the peo-ple in the Shire. If you have any ideas about where you'd like to see the Shire in three years time, we'd like to hear from you. Please discuss your ideas with your Councillor or your Local Board or get in touch with our Governance and Corporate Services Manager, Moira McCreesh on 89 729 004 or email her on [email protected]
Beautiful country Beautiful people
Issue 19 Feb 10
Newsletter
Message from the
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Berto
Our values H Honesty
E Equality A Accountability
R Respect
T Trust
In late February the Roper Gulf Shire Council met at Numbulwar for two days.
Councilor Kathy-Anne Numamurdirdi showed the elected members around the area and introduced them to lots of people.
Mayor Tony Jack said, “This is beautiful country and we’ve enjoyed meeting the people here. We are really pleased that Councilor Numamurdirdi invited us to Numbulwar.’
‘Thank you to everyone who came and asked questions at the Council meeting. We will follow up the issues you raised with us”.
Photo: Elected members attending to Council business in Numbulwar.
Dianne Hayes, has recently joined the Roper Gulf Shire team as the Governance Support Offi-cer (GSO). Dianne has lived in Katherine for most of her life, and previously worked at Kathe-rine Town Council as a Records Officer. As Roper Gulf Shire Council haven’t had a GSO po-sition before, we thought we’d take some time to interview Dianne about her role in the Shire. Here’s what she had to say:
Q. What does a GSO do? A. My main role is to support the Councillors of Roper Gulf Shire Council - especially around Or-dinary Council meetings and Finance Committee meetings. I organise Councillor travel and ac-commodation for meetings and I compile the agenda and also take minutes at those meet-ings. Where I can, I also support Local Boards and I’ve now been to Jilkminggan and Numbul-war for Local Board meetings. I’m really looking forward to visiting other communities throughout Roper Gulf Shire and assisting them where I can.
Q. What do you like most about your job? A. Overall I’m enjoying all aspects of my role, but I’d have to say I’ve really enjoyed getting to know the Councillors, Local Board and community members. I also like the challenges my role has been giving me and I find I’m learning new things all the time. In the near future I’m looking for-ward to visiting more communities in the Shire and getting to know their Local Board and com-munity members.
Jilkminggan crèche
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Roper Gulf Shire Council Newsletter, Issue 19 Feb 2010 Page 2
Working to keep children’s cultural identity strong is a main focus at Jilkminggan Crèche, along with story telling and learn-ing to read. A parent said, “Small children need to speak better English, learn to think & ex-plore the crèche and what’s there for them. It’s real good that we have a crèche at our community”. “We are working together to keep chil-dren’s cultural identity strong and it is im-portant children can learn to read when they start crawling”, another parent stated.
Staff profile
Left to right staff names – Georgina George, Zelda Wilfred, Helen Reggie, Jen-nifer Doctor, Seloina Willy, Stephanie Walla & Shirley MacDonald (Crèche Su-pervisor)
How to get hold of a Newsletter
Pick up a paper copy from your Service Delivery
Centre, download one from the website or e-mail the Executive Assistant to the CEO for an electronic copy:
Aboriginal Community Veterinary Services have recently won a three year Community Animal Health Program contract. This program is funded to provide veterinary services across most of Roper Gulf Shire. Vet visits are part of Roper Gulf Shire’s Animal Management Program.
As part of their contract, Aboriginal Community Veterinary Services will provide medical care for your domestic animals. Vets will be visiting a location near you, so please bring your dogs, other companion or domestic animals along for check ups and to discuss their health and well-being of your pets. Below are the vet visit dates:
• Barunga – 8th & 9th March
• Werenbun – 12th March (morning)
• Jodetluk – 12th March (afternoon)
• Beswick – 22nd, 23rd & 24th March
• Jilkminggan – 29th, 30th & 31st March
• Mulgan Camp – 1st April
• Bulman – 6th, 7th & 8th April
• Eva Valley – 9th April
• Ngukurr – 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th & 11th June
• Urapunga – 12th June
• Mataranka—18th June.
• Numbulwar – 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th & 25th June
Photo: Children watching as veterinarian per-forms minor procedure on a dog.
There’s plenty to say about the School Nutrition Program otherwise known in Bulman as the SNP.
School has been back for five weeks. Here in Bulman we start work at 6.30am to begin break-fast and lunch preparations for school children. We have to begin work early so everyone has their meals and are ready to start the school day at 8am.
The kids start coming in about 6.45am for their meals which keeps everyone busy. In the last five weeks, the wonderful women here at the Bul-man Women’s Centre have made 1535 school lunches and breakfasts which is a huge accom-plishment.
School Nutrition Program (SNP)
Roper Gulf Shire Council Newsletter, Issue 19 Feb 2010 Page 3
Community vet visits
The next Ordinary Council meet-ing will be held on Wednesday 21st April 2010 at Minyerri.
Permits to enter Aboriginal land will be required to enter the
Minyerri Community. Permits can be obtained from the Northern Land Council (08) 8972 2799.
Ordinary Council meeting