NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Notice is hereby given that the 2025 Annual General Meeting of the Glamorgan Spring Bay Council will be held at the Triabunna Council Offices, on Tuesday 9 December 2025, commencing at 5.30pm.

Copies of the DRAFT Annual Report are available here and from the Council Offices at 9 Melbourne Street, Triabunna.

Matters relating to the Annual Report will be open for discussion at the Annual General Meeting. Electors of the municipal area are invited to make written submissions for discussion at the Annual General Meeting and submissions will be received by the undersigned up until the close of business on Monday 1 December 2025. All submissions should be e-mailed to the Chief Executive Officer, general.manager@freycinet.tas.gov.au or mailed to PO Box 6, Triabunna, 7190.

Electors wishing to attend the Annual General Meeting must register their attendance by contacting Council’s Executive Officer on 6256 4777.

Alternatively, the meeting will be live streamed, and can be viewed via the Glamorgan Spring Bay Council YouTube channel.

Greg Tory

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Being the General Manager as appointed by Council pursuant to section 61 of the Local Government Act 1993 (Tas).

10 May 2024
Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania

Fresh revaluations in eight municipalities

Fresh valuations for property in eight Tasmanian municipalities have been completed and will be issued from 15 to 31 May 2024.

Over 80,000 new valuations will be issued by the Valuer-General to landowners in the municipal areas of King Island, Flinders Island, Dorset, Derwent Valley, Glamorgan Spring Bay, Launceston, Glenorchy and Waratah-Wynyard, and will reflect property market changes since the previous Fresh Revaluation at 2016 levels.

Roughly one-third of Tasmania is valued every two years under the current valuation cycle and these new valuations will take effect from 1 July 2024.
The valuations for Land Value, Capital Value and Annual Assessed Value provide independent assessments under the Valuation of Land Act 2001.

The Valuer-General has no role in Land Tax matters, nor rates set by Councils when they determine annual budgets. Valuations are not the only data considered by Councils when setting rates.

“The Office of the Valuer-General engage independent valuers to undertake extensive market research through inspection and analysis of actual property sales to determine the value levels of various property types,” said Valuer-General Guy Naish.

“These land valuations reflect property market changes since the local government areas were last valued and are the result of months of hard work and extensive research and analysis by the Office of the Valuer-General,” said Mr Naish.

“In order to ensure the state’s Valuation Roll is accurate, we encourage property owner’s participation in the process by checking the detail and values recorded on their notices once received.”

If a property owner feels the recorded valuation details are not correct, they have 60 days to lodge a formal objection with the Office of the Valuer-General.
Land valuations will remain unchanged in local government areas that aren’t included in this round of valuations.

Further information on the valuations process or to make an objection can be found on the Office of the Valuer-General website at Office of the Valuer-General (OVG) | Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania (nre.tas.gov.au) or by contacting 03 6165 4444 or OVG@nre.tas.gov.au.

ENDS
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Waste Transfer Stations –

The Tasmanian Government is taking action to end homelessness by ensuring all Tasmanians have access to safe, appropriate and affordable housing.

Tasmania’s first 20-year Tasmanian Housing Strategy (the Strategy) sets the ambitious vision to end homelessness by improving the entire housing system for all Tasmanians.

To view the strategy and or action plan, please visit the Tasmanian Housing website below.

Home | Tasmanian Housing Strategy (homestasmania.com.au)

Business and Employment Southeast Tasmania Inc (BEST) is a FREE, flexible and person-centred program supporting the community and businesses in our four local council areas – Sorell, Tasman, Clarence City and Glamorgan Spring Bay (Swansea South).

What can BEST help with:

-Job opportunities.

-Training opportunities.

-Job matching.

-Interview coaching.

-Providing support on interview panels with employers.

-Recruitment of your next employee.

-Small business advice.

-Access to a private meeting room for employers to conduct interviews.

PLUS, SO MUCH MORE

Contact BEST today to see how they can best support YOU.

Visit their website for additional information.

Local people for local jobs – Business & Employment Southeast Tasmania (bestas.com.au)

Community invited to comment on the Final Report of the Future of Local Government Review

The Rockliff Liberal Government has today invited the community to have their say on the Final Report of the Future of Local Government Review.

Minister for Local Government, Nic Street, said that there are a number of key recommendations made in the Final Report and feedback from the community will ensure the best possible outcomes for Tasmanians.

“The Rockliff Liberal Government set the Board with a very ambitious task – to design a more robust and capable system of local government to meet the contemporary and emerging needs of the Tasmanian community,” Minister Street said.

“The Board has now completed that task, producing a package of 37 recommendations covering all aspects of the local government system, from voluntary amalgamations through to councillor performance and council management of local infrastructure.

“It’s now time for councils and the community to let the Government know what they think of these recommendations, as this will inform the Government’s response.

“From the beginning, this Review has highlighted councils’ role in supporting strong local communities. The Government will maintain a focus on the community as we consider the Report and prepare a Government response.

“We have been clear that this Review will not result in forced amalgamations of councils, and that has not changed. There will be no change to council boundaries unless both the councils and communities want them.

“My sincere thanks to the Independent Board Chair, the Hon Sue Smith and her Board members, together with staff in the Office of Local Government, for their incredibly hard work on the Review over the past nearly two years.”

Some of the key recommendations in the Report include:

1. Redefining the role of local government to focus on community wellbeing;
2. Exploring voluntary council amalgamation in five areas initially:
   1. West Coast, Waratah-Wynyard and Circular Head Councils;
   2. Kentish and Latrobe Councils;
   3. Break O’Day, Glamorgan-Spring Bay and Sorell Councils;
   4. City of Hobart and Glenorchy City Councils;
   5. Kingborough and Huon Valley Councils.
3. Requiring all councils to migrate to a common IT system over time, and share their key professional staff, such as environmental health officers;
4. Providing an ongoing professional development program for all councillors; and
5. Ensuring council rate notices provide more useful information that improves public transparency, accountability, and confidence in council financial management decisions.

The Final Report is open for comment until 29 February 2024. The report is available at www.futurelocal.tas.gov.au.

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