Leetsvale News October 2011  click here for November     Back

Canoe Classic

A reminder that entries close on Friday 7th October at 5pm, in case anyone has been training hard for this classic event which starts on 22 October.

Road Repairs

The potholes in the main driveway have been repaired. I am asking everyone to drive more slowly on that road. The speed limit is 15 kph. The relentless rain has not helped the other road or Graham's plans to try and repair it and it seems there is more rain in store.

Council Garbage disposal

When we were visited by Ben Loiacono from the Hills Shire Council last month, we brought up the subject of waste disposal. Ben said he would ask Cleanaway, the council contractors, if they would provide us with a skip. This is the solution that Cleanaway provides for all the other Parks along the road to Wisemans Ferry. Unfortunately, Ben was told by Cleanaway that they will not provide a skip this far down the road. That was a great disappointment to say the least as we thought the council would have had some clout that we don't have. As you might have guessed attempts to find a contractor other than Cleanaway have so far been futile as no other contractor will cover this area because it is in the area allocated to Cleanaway.

Site & Set Fees due for Oct quarter

The site and other set fees are due between 1st and 14th October. Everyone was sent an annual invoice for the set fees around mid-June for the whole of this contract year. The invoices included site, service, boatshed, TV and extra nominees, as the case may be. However if you can't find your invoice or there has been a change in your circumstances just let me know by email and I will send you another invoice.

Electricity Invoices

The electricity invoices will be sent toward the latter part of this month. I hope to have the total  Origin/Integral electricity bill before the meters are read and the bills sent out this time as we always seem to be just out of step with them.

Council Garbage disposal (cont)

The other possibility we discussed with Ben was to have extra bins during the busy seasons, such as long weekends, Christmas and Easter, when extra bins would handle the excess garbage.  You would think this would be an obvious and straightforward solution and Ben was clearly under the impression that we could just order the extra bins needed during those periods.Unfortunately he did not have any more success than we have and suggested that we contact the council waste management senior coordinator to see if there are other alternatives. 

So, a double disappointment and no cost-effective solution in sight at the moment.