Conversations with the Councillors

Conversations with the Councillors

At last Saturday’s Markets, the Historical Society hosted 6 Councillors from TRC at the first ‘Meet the Councillors’ since the last Council elections. This was an initiative of the ‘About Barraba’ business group and many locals took the opportunity to browse the Markets and catch a few minutes with the Councillors to talk local issues.

The Councillors who came to the Markets were Mark Rodda, Judy Coates, Brooke Southwell, Steven Mears, Bede Bourke and Helen Tickle.

Some of the feedback the Councillors heard from locals was; trialling subsidies for new businesses in town, ongoing road improvements between Bingara and Tamworth for day trippers from Tamworth, inconsistencies between GPS and road names, tourism promotion, more street art, additional storage needs for the Historical Society, old railway land needs more frequent mowing, town clock/war memorial repairs, unkept shop fronts in the main street and youth activities and support services.

Councillor Helen Tickle, when a local resident told her of the difficulty directly contacting council staff based in Tamworth, advised that the best way to start was to use the TRC app.

As one local said “this is very good and seems to have been successful. May it become a regular event.”