Mount Isa City Council will be asked to support the rebadged Great Western Games again this year.
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The biennial event was last held in 2019 but this year is undergoing a name change to Overlanders Way Festival of Sport reflecting the fact it is held in towns from Charters Towers to Mount Isa.
Wednesday's meeting of Mount Isa City Council will be asked to provide sponsorship in the amount of $5000 to the North Queensland Sports Foundation to facilitate the Mount Isa segment of the event.
"The sport and active recreation communities situated along the Overlanders Way have been extensively negatively impacted by the monsoonal event in 2019 and more recently COVID-19 in 2020," council agenda papers said.
"These impacts have led to the development of the Overlanders Way Festival of Sport to provide support for clubs to develop their internal capacities and return to play. The Festival of Sport will replace the 2021 Great Western Games.
The meeting will also be asked to support Apex's Rock Pop Mime on October 15 to the tune of $6,245.00 ($5000 cash and $1245.00 in-kind).
Other items on the agenda include a material change of use for a Malouf Auto car repair workshop on Marian St and there will be a presentation from International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Australia in honour of Mount Isa being the first city in Queensland to sign the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
Meanwhile In a special meeting on April 14 Council awarded the design and construction of shade structures for the Family Fun Precinct Development Stage 2 to Brisbane-based IDEC Pty Ltd for the sum of $2,258,239.
Council says Stage 2 of the Mount Isa Family Fun Precinct Redevelopment will deliver critical infrastructure improvements to increase the usability, functionality, and appeal of the venue.
The meeting also reviewed a drinking water audit.
Between October 26-29 last year the Queensland Water Supply Regulator undertook an onsite assessment of Council's drinking water service, to determine compliance with the Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008 and its Drinking Water Quality Management Plan.
Council received the formal audit findings on March 4 and QWSR officers attended a meeting with Council on March 17 to discuss the report findings.
The council minutes does not describe the findings but council endorses the proposed response to the Department of Regional Development, Manufacturing and Water and referred the audit report and the response to the Audit and Risk Management Committee for monitoring of the completion of tasks.
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Derek Barry
Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.
Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.
