Tuesday 20 November 2007

Gozzy Rock 2008

as posted on COGsite

Gozzy Rock will be back at Pioneer Park Federation Drive Gosnells in 2008.
Now in its 21st year Gozzy Rock is the City of Gosnells annual contemporary music competition, promoting original music from emerging bands all over Western Australia.

Gozzy Rock comprises of 16 bands which battle it out at the Don Russell Performing Arts Centre over four nights during January and February in 2008. Eight bands will then be selected to play in the final being held on 24 February 2008.

This year Gozzy Rock is partnering with Western Australian Music Industry (WAMI) for the WAMI Festival to include a stellar line up of Western Australian acts (T.B.A), to play along side the eight bands competing in the final.

Stay tuned for more information!!

So download a registration form from here and get your application to the City of Gosnells Admin before 20 December 2007 to be involved in Gozzy Rock 2008. The best of the best will share in prizes worth $5,000 from Kosmic Music.

Heats are at the Don Russell Performing Arts Centre:

25 January 2008
1 February 2008
8 February 2008
15 February 2008

Final: 24 February 2008 at Pioneer Park Gosnells.

as posted on COGsite

Monday 19 November 2007

Annual Electors Meeting ...

this meeting is due to be held on Monday 10th December at 7pm in the Reception Room of the City of Gosnells building, but please note sometimes the date of the meeting does change so keep this date available but watch out for any news of a date change, local electors are given the opportunity to ask questions and hear about the direction our council is taking, it is a great opportunity to question the finanicals and many electors use it to praise the efforts of the council and councilors

Sunday 18 November 2007

Teacher charged with sex with students

as posted on Herald Sun Sunday

A 31-year-old teacher has been charged with having sex with two female students in Perth.

Police say they charged the man, from Gosnells in eastern Perth, on Friday for the alleged offences against two girls between 2005 and 2007.

He was charged with one count of having a sexual relationship with a child under 16 years, a police statement said.

He was also charged with four counts of indecent dealings with a child 16 years or over by a person in a position of authority, and 10 counts of having sexually penetrated a child 16 years or over by a person in a position of authority.

His next court appearance date was not yet known.

as posted on Herald Sun Sunday

Friday 16 November 2007

Population boom boosts funding pressures

City of Gosnells Mayor Olwen Searle JP has called on both major political parties to pledge a boost to infrastructure funding in key growth areas after figures released today show Perth is growing faster than any other capital city in Australia.

“As a member council of the National Growth Areas Alliance, the City of Gosnells is urging the major political parties to focus on local infrastructure needs in the lead-up to this month’s Federal Election.

“Perth is experiencing near record rates of population growth and the City of Gosnells is no exception as the third fastest growth council in the outer metropolitan area.

“The level of unfunded major infrastructure projects has never been greater and without support now, high growth areas like the City of Gosnells will fall behind,” the Mayor said.

Despite the City’s strong rate of growth, it has remained in the State’s top quartile of financially viable local governments through careful economic management.

“We are proven to be sound financial managers but not even good budgeting will see us through the next 20 years, with an estimated population increase of 40,000,” Mayor Searle added.

“Already, the City’s growth has sparked a project backlog worth millions of dollars and the gap continues to widen between what we can fund and what our community needs.

“We have been well supported by the Federal Government in the past and we want to ensure that relationship continues as future funding assistance is vital to the City’s sustainability,” the Mayor said.

“New suburbs like Southern River and Canning Vale have had phenomenal growth in recent years and there are no signs of this slowing down with the City issuing more 3200 building licence approvals a year.

“With these new residential areas comes a need for the City to provide new roads, parks, footpaths, community centres and family services. At the same time, there is still a need to maintain infrastructure in established communities.

“Federal support is vital if we are to meet the demand for road projects in particular, the $4 million widening of Garden Street, between Nicholson Road and Warton Road – a major traffic link for big growth suburbs.

Mayor Searle said the National Growth Areas Alliance was about getting financial support for well run, high growth councils.

“Given the City’s financial track record and strong partnership the Federal Government, I am confident that whoever wins the Federal Election will understand the benefit of providing additional funding so that the City may continue to build strong, vibrant communities.”

Key unfunded projects in the City of Gosnells:

$2.5 million – widening of Corfield Street, Gosnells (Verna Street to Eileen Street)
$2.5 million – bridge duplication (Burslem Drive, Maddington)
$250,000 – traffic signals (Albany Highway-Gosnells Road West intersection)
$1.25 million – widening of Burslem Drive (Olga Road to Albany Highway)
$125,000 – roundabout at Gosnells Road West-Alcock Street intersection
$95,000 – roundabout at Alcock Street-Flax Street-Harmony Fields access
$636,000 – to begin Walter Padbury Reseve redevelopment


as posted on COGsite

Thursday 15 November 2007

for the record ...

Gosnells City Council uses FTR Gold® to improve the efficiency of
fortnightly meetings


Organisation Overview
The City of Gosnells, Western Australia is located 17 kilometres southeast of Perth, the state capital. It encompasses 127 square kilometres, an area about the same size as Paris, and continues to grow rapidly. About 40% of the city area remains undeveloped, but officials anticipate that over AU$1.8 billion commercial and residential development will take place during the next ten years.

Organisational Challenge
As the decision-making body of such a fast-growing city, it falls to the mayor and councillors to manage and facilitate the bidding and funds allocation for projects such as the revitalization of the downtown business district, the renovation of the civic centre and public buildings, and redevelopment of older suburbs to encourage new growth.

Council officers identified the need for recording meetings following several challenges by Councillors as to the accuracy of the minutes. On several occasions, it was alleged that what had been stated at a meeting and what was actually printed in the minutes was completely different, with the recording of comment being open to the interpretation of the minute taker. Consequently, in order to overcome unnecessary dispute, Council officers decided to record proceedings, and began to evaluate appropriate products.

Technology Solution
After considering several solutions, the council decided FTR Gold would best suit its needs. The product was far superior to any other assessed and was chosen for its: ease of use, excellent clarity of recordings, immediate playback facility, compatibility with existing software, instant access to previous recordings, ability to copy part or whole recordings with ease, and its capability of hyperlinking recording times into Microsoft Word™ documents.

The councillors were also impressed by FTR Log Notes,™ a component of the FTR Gold suite, because it’d enable them to take notes during proceedings or while listening to previously recorded audio, and use the notes to refer back to the record.

The Gosnells City Council installed FTR Gold on a standard PC along with Microsoft Office™. They linked the PC to a conference recording microphone system, plugged the microphones into an audio mixer, and configured the sound card in the PC to work with the microphones and audio mixer. The agenda for every city council meeting is created in Microsoft Word™ with hyperlinks alongside the topics for discussion. When activated, each hyperlink refers the listener to the location in the record where that topic was discussed so the listener can hear the corresponding audio. According to Pamela Campbell,

Manager Information Services for the City of Gosnells, there are no more arguments about what was actually said at meetings. “All we have to do is use the FTR Gold system to find and play exactly what was said,” she says.”

Operational Results

The Gosnells City Council has been using the FTR Gold system since August 2001 and has seen a marked improvement in the efficiency of its meetings. Besides solving the problem about “who actually said what at meetings,” FTR Gold has helped make council meetings more orderly.

as posted on ForTheRecord

Wednesday 14 November 2007

Gosnells man missing for eight days


POLICE are seeking the whereabouts of a 38-year-old Gosnells man who was last seen on the afternoon of Tuesday, November 6.

Noel James Acton is described as being 174cm tall, of slim build with long black hair and brown eyes.

Mr Acton was last seen when he attended an appointment at 4.30pm on the afternoon of Tuesday, November 6.

He failed to turn up for work at a Maddington engineering business the next day.

Mr Acton’s car was later located unlocked at his Gosnells residence, and his belongings remain untouched.

Family and friends are concerned for Mr Acton’s welfare, as they consider his disappearance unusual and out of character.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Mr Acton is asked to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

as posted on PerthNow

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the following reply was given ...

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