Mount Isa City Council introduced a new deputy CEO at its first public meeting for 2018.
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Mark Crawley has 17 years experience as CEO in diverse local governments in Queensland including McKinlay Shire Council and most recently Charters Towers Regional Council.
He also runs his own business Mark Crawley Consulting based in Townsville
Mr Crawley comes in on a six-month assignment reporting to acting CEO Sharon Ibardolaza.
Welcoming Mr Crawley, Mayor Joyce McCulloch said Mr Crawley was “vastly experienced” and would be a big help to council in what would be a very busy year ahead.
Among the items expected to be delivered in the new year is Council’s new recycling hub, which they hope will come online around the end of March.
Announcing the plan in March last year Mount Isa City Council said its recycling transfer station at the landfill site for repurposing and recycling the city’s waste was exciting and ground-breaking and would deliver a modern, safer and more convenient facility for residents.
Cr McCulloch also said that Mount Isa City Council would be looking to develop a tourism strategy specifically for Mount Isa this year and would be seeking input from relevant groups.
She also praised the Mount Isa Rodeo Series for organising the New Year’s Eve Rodeo in Mount Isa despite the very hot conditions experienced on the night.
The mayor said this was a new group founded to deliver the rodeo though the Council delivered financial and in-kind support.
She said she hoped this community organisation might some day run the rodeo as a standalone event aside from council and they would be having a debrief session soon to discuss how the rodeo went.
Cr McCulloch also said council were proceeding with a submission into the rural air route inquiry and added she was sending a personal letter to Qantas CEO Alan Joyce.
She noted a comment Mr Joyce made in the media about the need for corporations to be more "socially minded” but said it was hypocritical given that Qantas were not acting socially minded for people living in regional and rural areas.
The public section of the first Mount Isa City Council meeting of 2018 was short with only one item of business discussed as Council supported the liquor licence application for the re-opening Inland Oasis Motel.
The request for a negotiated decision notice for a development permit for the proposed new Bunnings at 89 West St was due to be held in closed business and the result of that request is not yet known.