Out-of-town meetings attended by Mayor Joyce McCulloch, Deputy Mayor Phil Barwick and Chief Executive Officer Sharon Ibardolaza have helped bring in almost $37 million in funding grants for the Mount Isa region in the first half of this term of Council alone.

The installation of 12 strategically-placed LED lights in two of Mount Isa’s biggest public multi-use sporting ovals is great news for locals who will be able to make use of the facilities for playing sports, training, walking or jogging, even after the sun goes down, Mayor Joyce McCulloch says.

Council wishes to advise that the State Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) will from Friday, March 15, be carrying out extensive median and road works along Marian Street until the end of the year.

There was a huge response to Council’s Waste Amnesty at the weekend, with about six times as many customers taking their rubbish to the Waste Management Facility as what’s normally recorded on a typical weekend.