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Environment and Sustainability Committee — 2021-08-05
2. Bremer River Shopping Trolley Clean Up Program Report for 2020-2021
Resolution: Moved by Councillor Andrew Fechner:
2. Bremer River Shopping Trolley Clean Up Program Report for 2020-2021
This is a report concerning Council’s 2020-2021 shopping trolley removal program for the Bremer River. Having been recently completed, Council has received a summary report of the key findings and recommendations for the program from the contractor, Healthy Land and Water, which forms the basis of this report.
Recommendation
A. That Council continue to schedule the removal of dumped shopping trolleys on a 3-monthly basis with funding through the waterway health program.
B. That Council undertake further investigations to identify the primary source(s) of dumped shopping trolleys and develop mitigation plans in partnership with key retailers of Riverlink to reduce the incidence of trolley dumping into the river.
C. That additional deterrent measures be investigated to discourage behaviours leading to the dumping of trolleys in the Bremer River.
Councillor Andrew Fechner proposed the following as Recommendation D.
D. That Council write to the retailers listed in the report seeking financial assistance for future shopping trolley clean-up programs initiated by Ipswich City Council.
RECOMMENDATION
Moved by Councillor Andrew Fechner:
Seconded by Councillor Kate Kunzelmann:
A. That Council continue to schedule the removal of dumped shopping trolleys on a 3-monthly basis with funding through the waterway health program.
B. That Council undertake further investigations to identify the primary source(s) of dumped shopping trolleys and develop mitigation plans in partnership with key retailers of Riverlink to reduce the incidence of trolley dumping into the river.
C. That additional deterrent measures be investigated to discourage behaviours leading to the dumping of trolleys in the Bremer River.
D. That Council write to the retailers listed in the report seeking financial assistance for future shopping trolley clean-up programs initiated by Ipswich City Council.
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE
Councillors: Councillors:
Milligan Nil
Fechner
Harding
Madsen
Kunzelmann
The motion was put and carried.
NOTICES OF MOTION
Nil
MATTERS ARISING
Nil
PROCEDURAL MOTIONS AND FORMAL MATTERS
The meeting commenced at 10.44 am.
The meeting closed at 11.01 am.
Mentions: Ipswich
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