No images? Click here Friday 17 July 2020A message from Mitchell Shire Mayor David Lowe and Interim CEO Mary AgostinoAs a community we are committed to supporting the return of Stage 3 restrictions across our Shire. Safety is of paramount importance. We know that this is a difficult time in a personal sense for many individuals and we know our small and medium businesses are also facing very tough times. To beat this pandemic, we must all work together. The number of active cases in our Shire has increased over the last week with the latest being 15. Unfortunately, we do not know where those cases are and we continue to ask authorities to give us an indication of locality. However, what we know is that we are not immune to the spread of COVID-19, and we must remain vigilant and only leave for one of these four reasons:
Council service updatesWe've made the tough decision to close our doors for front-facing services at our Customer Service Centres from 5pm Friday afternoon. Don't worry though, we'll still be on hand for you to contact us on 5734 6200 or online at our website. If you have an enquiry that you feel can only be done face-to-face, please give us a call to discuss your options. We've got full details of COVID-19 service changes on our website, but the main changes are summarised below.
Visit our website for the detailed summary. Getting testedIf you are showing any symptoms associated with COVID-19 testing is available in our shire. We would implore you that if you have a sniffle, runny nose or the slightest sore throat, please do the right thing and get yourself tested. In our shire you can attend: GP Respiratory Clinic Wallan 7-11 High Street, Wallan. Appointments are required, please call 5783 0043 Visit the website The Kilmore and District Hospital 1 Anderson Road, Kilmore 3764. Appointment required, please call 5734 2024 (open 7 days) Visit the website Seymour Health 1 Bretonneux St, Seymour 3660. Appointments required, please call 0436 345 573 (open 7 days) Visit the website Local support servicesA reminder that we can also link people up to local support providers including Beyond Housing, FamilyCare, Goulburn Options, Lower Hume Primary Care Partnership, Nexus Primary Health, Goulburn Options, Seymour Health, The Bridge Youth Service and The Kilmore and District Hospital. For details on available services please visit the COVID partnership section on our website or call us on 5734 6200 AdvocacyWe continue to have regular discussions with our local politicians. They have the extremely hard task of keeping everyone safe as well as working towards recovery, especially for our economy. Decision-making during this time is very tough. Be assured we want the very best for our shire, but in a way that protects us all. We continue to monitor our COVID cases and we are pushing to have our shire out of lockdown as soon as possible. We are also seeking support at a State and Federal level to assist the Shire in recovery. We will keep you informed of our approach to this and our success. …and Mitchell ShireWe know these are tough times but we can have some fun thinking about what our new normal may look like. We are hoping to capitalise on our fame of … “and Mitchell Shire” which accompanies any announcement about the COVID lockdown in Victoria and importantly across Australia. When you hear any updates on the local down, it goes Metropolitan Melbourne and Mitchell Shire. We really do get a special mention. So we have been thinking; What would be the four reasons to come to Mitchell Shire post lockdown. It’s pretty simple for us:
Hopefully sooner rather than later the lockdown will be lifted. So think about telling all your friends, relatives and anyone else who has been thinking “I know where Mitchell Shire is” to set a date to get here and see why our patch is so great. We look forward to talking with you soon, Cr David Lowe Mayor, Mitchell Shire Council Mary Agostino Interim CEO, Mitchell Shire Council |