Another Question to Council

I have asked the council to respond to this question as well.

Question to Council

It has been reported that YARRA Ranges Shire will spend $290,000 to help property owners prepare for the bushfire season.

Leader 1/09/2009. Under the heading of :

“Yarra Ranges Shire urges: don’t wait, clean up now”

Free tipping of green waste at shire transfer stations, for a one-month period in October at a cost of $250,000;

Also in the Journal dated the same day:

Shire bears brunt of worst storm in years.

My question

In light of this and the fact that we need to be fire ready I would like the council to consider making the free tipping of branches etc free immediately for the period of at least 2 months or longer and not wait until mid October. The sooner we clean up the better.

If the shire has not already done so, it should also investigate selling the mulch to recover some of the costs as I believe there is a market for this.

When I said “good bye” to the “Hello” tree I asked for the mulch but was told that I needed to pay over $100 if I wanted it so I assume there is money in mulch.

Regards