Council has engaged Micromax to undertake a waste and sustainability survey aimed at understanding community satisfaction, importance and awareness of Council-run waste and sustainability programs and activities.
Residents will be randomly selected and called to participate in the survey over the coming weeks. The survey will take about 15 minutes to complete.
As part of Privacy Awareness Week, which is a global campaign that highlights the importance of privacy, residents can take some simple steps to keep personal information secure.
Key steps to protect privacy include storing personal documents such as passports, driving licences, tax returns and bills in a safe place, destroying or shredding personal documents that show your name, address or other personal details, varying passwords and PINs for different accounts, taking care when using public computers to access personal information and disabling auto-connect to public Wi-Fi as well as using a VPN or incognito mode.
Social media can also be made safer by getting permission before sharing photos or videos of someone, not sharing posts that contain personal information or exchanging sensitive information over email as well as thinking before clicking links or sharing posts as social media platforms have around 20 per cent more methods to scam customers than other websites, including malicious advertisements, share buttons and plug-ins.
Mosman residents are invited to attend a community meeting to meet their local Councillors, including those first elected to the role in December 2021, and to learn what’s important to them for Mosman’s future.
The meeting will also provide an opportunity for residents to engage with Councillors, hear about progress on major Council developments and capital works and learn more about Council’s longer term goal of significantly upgrading the Barry O’Keefe Library precinct.
Register to attend the forum which will be held at Mosman Art Gallery’s Grand Hall on Thursday 18 May from 6.30pm to 8.30pm.
Council’s draft (revised) MOSPLAN Delivery Program 2022-2026 (incorporating a review of the 2022-2032 Long Term Financial Plan) and 2023-2024 Operational Plan, Budget and Fees and Charges are currently on exhibition. The draft documents are available here, and can also be viewed at Council’s Customer Service Centre and at Barry O’Keefe Library.
Submissions on the draft documents will be received by Council up until Sunday 14 May. Make your submissions by regular mail, email to council@mosman.nsw.gov.au or via the online submission form.
Two upgrades have recently been completed to public spaces with Council planting selected native shrubs and grasses and adding other enhancements to a small park between Spit Road and Parriwi Road as well as Newall Walk near Barry O’Keefe Library.
The park has been upgraded with the installation of 80m of sandstone garden edging and a mix of native plants including Banksia and Brush Box and the pruning of existing plants, which is hoped will discourage the dumping of household items and litter in the area.
Meanwhile potted plants and a feature Golden Elm have been planted throughout Newall Walk to enhance the area’s aesthetic and a new bench installed for passers-by and nearby workers to take a break.
Mosman Council’s inaugural Cadetship and Traineeship Program is providing three students real-world workplace skills in competitive industries after they successfully gained a prized place in the pilot program which gives them a head-start on pursuing a career in engineering, the arts or community services.
“This is a wonderful initiative with Council providing valuable workplace experience and skills which will help forge their careers and the inaugural intake of trailblazing students is impressive,” Mosman Mayor Carolyn Corrigan said.
Traineeships are offered to those looking to study at a certificate or diploma level for the duration of their course, typically one to two years, while the two-year cadetship is available for university students in their penultimate or final year, enabling them to continue their higher education qualification while gaining direct work experience in their field of study through a combination of work-based learning, training and assessment.
“I’ve been working across several engineering-related projects and it’s been a very interesting experience which will help me determine my future engineering career pathway,” Engineering Trainee Heidi Skerman said.
Mosman Art Gallery Trainee Keira Grundy joined the gallery for her gap-year and has been helping hang exhibitions, preparing e-newsletters and meeting high-profile artists.
“This traineeship is really valuable because I gain real-life experience while pursuing my passion for the arts in a dream job,” she said.
Community Services Cadet Emily Slapp is supporting seniors and will move onto helping Council’s volunteers as well as spending time in youth, community connections and children and families services.
“I’ve enjoyed the balance between administrative work and supporting local residents and it has been very rewarding helping them to connect with important online services,” Emily said.
Several Mosman Council staff started their careers through similar programs, including Acting Senior Civil Engineer Kent Tanaka who joined the organisation as an undergraduate engineer in 2011.
Council hopes to have up to four staff engaged in the Cadet and Traineeship Program across various departments on an ongoing basis.
L to R: Community Services Cadet Emily Slapp with Engineering Trainee Heidi Skerman and Mosman Art Gallery Trainee Keira Grundy
A memorial plaque has been unveiled at the site of the historic former Clifton Gardens Hotel, marking the site of what was once one of Sydney’s most popular hotels, surrounded by picnic and entertainment areas and bush walks.
The plaque sits on a pillar made of sandstock bricks dating back to about 1885 which were salvaged when the hotel was demolished in 1967.
The plaque was designed by Mosman Council for the Mosman Historical Society to mark the hotel’s location.
Residents are being encouraged to pull on their walking shoes for a good cause and join the 2023 Mosman Art Walk which runs from Thursday 23 February to Sunday 12 March.
The community fundraiser is a fun family activity taking in many of Mosman's best retailers which will be displaying original artworks by 40 acclaimed Australian artists including Ken Done, Ann Cape and Stephen Coburn.
Many of the artists live locally and their works, including paintings, prints and sculptures, are often inspired by the local environment, Mosman's beaches, bush, streets and headlands.
The 3km circuit around Mosman Village can be joined anywhere at any time as many times as participants like with all works for sale via QR codes and 30 per cent of proceeds supporting art education at Mosman High with the remainder going to the artist.
For more information visit mosmanartwalk.com.
Repair works will soon begin on a footbridge which connects Harnett Park in Mosman with the Cremorne Reserve footpath.
Workers have cleared a tree which fell from private property in a storm in December which forced the closure of the bridge. The damaged wooden bridge has now been removed and works to prepare and release a tender for a new bridge are currently underway.
Pedestrians are advised to avoid the area by taking an alternative walking route via stairs from Harnett Park, above Mosman Rowers, to Lower Boyle Street and the Lower Spofforth steps.
Access via the footbridge is likely to be closed for several months while work continues to replace the bridge with assistance from North Sydney Council.
Residents are being encouraged to ‘connect, reflect and protect’ to help create safer online spaces for Safer Internet Day on Tuesday 7 February.
Key advice includes connecting safely and with purpose, by keeping apps and devices secure and using social media in positive ways, reflecting before acting, by first considering how what we do and say online may affect others and protecting ourselves and others by taking action, telling family, friends or colleagues about e-safety.
Safer Internet Day is a global event that brings together communities, families, schools and organisations from more than 200 countries to help create safer online spaces.