Colac Otway Shire Council
Have your say on visitor services
Campaigners are urging the community to support their call for volunteers to be reinstated at Colac’s Visitor Information Centre so they can share their local knowledge of the region with tourists and prospective new residents.
Council debates impact of reputational damage
A Colac Otway Shire councillor says the council’s risk management needs a “sanity check” if it thinks it can withstand up to 20 negative media articles before it feels its reputation is damaged.
Extra time to save former kinder
Apollo Bay community members have been granted 30 extra days to finalise ideas to save the town’s former kindergarten building from being sold.
Survey on visitor services
Local business operators and residents are being asked to share their ideas and thoughts about the tourism service provided to visitors to Colac Otway Shire.
Cat curfew starts next week
Colac Otway cat owners must keep their furry friends confined to their properties between the hours of sunset and sunrise, under a new curfew starting Wednesday.
RISING COSTS: Extra funding approved for kinder playspace contract
Colac Otway Shire Council has approved $350,000 for a Colac kindergarten playspace, despite two councillors raising concerns about increasing construction costs for the project.
Lake park lease to be decided
Colac Otway Shire Council will consider a lease for the Lake Colac Holiday Park which will return ratepayers between $4000 and $4637 a year over the next six years.
MAYORAL INTEREST: Colac Otway Shire councillors to consider election
One of Colac Otway Shire Council’s newest councillors says they will put their hand up to be deputy mayor of the shire and consider being mayor.