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Mayoral Christmas message and council opening hours


"If there’s one thing to remember in the midst of the pre-Christmas craziness, is that it will soon be over, and there’ll finally be time to relax and spend time with family and friends over the holiday period.

At Orange City Council, 2016 has been another huge year of delivering services for the people of Orange and helping to build a better, more prosperous community.

One of the highlights for me was to finally see the opening of the enlarged Suma Park dam wall.
This is a project that generations of residents have waited to see happen.

The wall expansion was completed just in time for record rainfalls and record rainfalls meant damage to the roads. So we countered that with a record roads budget of $15.2 million.

Another big achievement for the year was the construction and opening of the Orange Regional Museum, which is attracting hundreds of visitors every week.

Amidst all this $91 million worth of development applications were approved for the year, more than 41,000 people attended a show at the Civic Theatre and close to 140,000 used the Aquatic Centre.

My fellow councillors and I can be proud of what has been delivered to the community this year with the dedication of many council staff members.

We have so much to celebrate in our fantastic community of Orange.

On behalf of all the councillors and staff, and on behalf of my family, I wish you all a very merry Christmas."

- Cr John Davis OAM, Mayor.

Opening hours for council facilities over Christmas:

Over the Christmas/New Year holiday period, the operating hours for Council’s facilities will be the following:

Waste Collection Service

The Resource Recovery Centre will be closed on Christmas Day, Sunday 25 December 2016.

Normal waste collection services will operate on Christmas Day and throughout the Christmas and New Year break.

Civic Centre, Ticketek, Works Depot

26 Dec 2016 to 2 Jan 2017 – CLOSED

3 Jan 2017 – Normal hours resume

Library

24 Dec 2016 – 9.30am to 4pm

25 Dec, 26 Dec and 27 Dec 2016 – CLOSED

28 Dec, 29 Dec and 30 Dec 2016 – 9am to 5pm

31 Dec 2016 – 9.30am to 4pm

1 Jan and 2 Jan 2017 – CLOSED

3 Jan 2017 – Normal hours resume

Visitors Centre, Museum

24 Dec 2016 – 9am to 5pm

25 Dec 2016 – CLOSED

26 Dec 2016 to 2 Jan 2017 – 9am to 5pm

3 Jan 2017 – Normal hours resume

Gallery

24 Dec 2016 – 10am to 4pm

25 Dec and 26 Dec 2016 – CLOSED

27 Dec 2016 to 2 Jan 2017 – 10am to 4pm

3 Jan 2017 – Normal hours resume

Orange Aquatic Centre

24 Dec 2016 – 5.30am to 5pm (will close earlier if patronage levels are lower than anticipated, but not before 4pm)

25 Dec and 26 Dec 2016 – CLOSED

27 Dec 2016 – 10am to 6pm (will close earlier if patronage levels are lower than anticipated, but not before 4pm)

28 Dec, 29 Dec and 30 Dec 2016 – 5.30am to 7.30pm

31 Dec 2016 – 5.30am to 5pm (will close earlier if patronage levels are lower than anticipated, but not before 4pm)

1 Jan 2017 – 9.30am to 6.30pm (will close earlier if patronage levels are lower than anticipated, but not before 4pm)

2 Jan 2017 – 9.30am to 6.30pm (will close earlier if patronage levels are lower than anticipated, but not before 4pm)

3 Jan 2017 – Normal hours resume

Child Care

Spring Street/Yarrawong - Closed from 23 Dec 2016 and will re-open Wed 11 Jan 2017

Courallie - Closed from 23 Dec and will re-open Wed 18 Jan 2017

Out of School Hours

Last day Before and After School Care – 16 Dec 2016

Pupil Free Day Care – 19 Dec and 20 Dec 2016

Vacation Care – Starts 3 Jan 2017

Occasional Care

Closed from 22 Dec 2016 to 11 Jan 2017

Community Information and Services Centre

Closed from 12.30pm 23 December 2016 until 9.00am 16 January 2017

Family Day Care

Closed from 23 December 2016 and will re-open 3 January 2017



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