45 q Annual Report 2013-2014


Waste Management - Landfill


Landfills are an important part of Victoria’s waste management infrastructure. Choosing appropriates sites, the ongoing supervision of the landfill, and finally, rehabilitation of the land, requires a high level of design, management, and funding to ensure that the environment is protected and community aspirations are met.


Whilst recycling is the preferred option for waste, landfills are still required to manage those wastes that cannot be practically removed from the waste stream.


As part of their approach to training new and existing staff in the waste management procedures, Horsham Rural City Council conducts tours of the current landfill site showing the processes that occur for storage of putrescible waste and land rehabilitation.


Each putrescible waste hole (cell) takes many years from its inception to rehabilitation and involves leasing land from farmers, building the cell, running operations, maintenance and equipment. With each new cell costing $1 million just to build the hole, let alone other costs, managing waste is expensive.


Council’s current putrescible waste hole will hold 54,000 cubic metres of waste. It will be filled within 18 months to 2 years, at which time, rehabilitation of the land occurs.


Each load of waste taken to landfill is covered with 300mm of sandstone, helping to combat rodents and the spread of waste.


Once landfill is ready for rehabilitation, the area is covered with a further 500mm of clay, 700mm of sandstone, and a further 500mm of top soil, ensuring the land is restored to its original condition for cropping or tree planting.


Road Management Plan


The Road Management Plan is a document which describes the maintenance systems in place for the safety of the travelling public.


Key parts of the plans include:


q A system for inspection of roads, footpaths and related assets at intervals that take into account the relative priority of different classes of roads


q The standards which define when defects are to be repaired q The time in which repair is to be made


Council’s first Road Management Plan was completed in 2005, and an update was finalised in February 2014. The outcome of the Road Management Plan will not generally result in any change or reduction in the maintenance level of roads, as the level of service being applied previously was deemed to be appropriate.


It is important to note that the Road Management Plan does not address the construction standards of roads. Across the municipality there are often calls for certain roads to be upgraded, and this is constrained by the amount of funding available. Instead, the purpose of the Road Management Plan is to ensure that roads are maintained to a level reflecting their standard of construction.


Public Conveniences


Horsham Rural City Council maintains 27 public conveniences throughout the municipality. During 2013-2014, the following improvement works were undertaken:


q Bennett Road – internal and external painting, new door jams fitted and minor plumbing works


q Dudley Cornell Park – pipe works replaced due to vandalism


q Roberts Avenue – skylights installed


q May Park – lift off hinges installed and associated works undertaken to make facilities more accessible


q Skate Park – sensor lights installed q Cemetery – wall painted to cover graffiti


q Police Paddock – new toilet ordered to replace toilet that was burnt – due to arrive by September 2014


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