At their last meeting on 15 March 2021, when the meeting was closed to the public, the Northern Midlands Council decided to sell the Town Hall in Campbell Town (extract of minutes included below).
It is unknown if this is the outcome of community consultation, as none has been seen.
I am dropping a notice around to shops and residents in Campbell Town, as I fear this decision has been missed by one and all, especially as nothing has been seen in the media about it.
How do the people of Campbell Town feel about their historic Town Hall being sold?
Will they rise up to save their meeting place?
Though I live in Ross, I have attended meetings in this Town Hall, which is also the home of Service Tasmania, and the Campbell Town Museum and Visitor Information Centre.
Now that the Council has developed new meeting rooms at the sports ground, perhaps they believe the Town Hall is no longer wanted.
I wonder if the ratepayers and residents of Campbell Town are happy with this Council decision.
After the Council lost a case in the Supreme Court over a minor planning matter (story below), perhaps the Council are running a fire sale to pay the bill, which would include legal expenses and costs awarded against the Council in the Tribunal and the Supreme Court.
The sale of the Town Hall in Campbell Town might just cover that.
https://www.northernmidlands.
122/21 Property Review: Town Hall, Campbell Town
As per provisions of Section 15(2)(f) of the Local Government (Meeting Procedures) Regulations 2015.
DECISION
A) That Council:
• i) accepts the report from Watershed Solutions; and
• ii) determines to sell the Town Hall in Campbell Town; and
• iii) initiates the sale of the town hall at Campbell Town subject to adherence to Sections 177 and 178 of the Local Government Act 1993.
Cr Davis/Cr Polley
B) That Council in relation to this matter:
i) considered whether any discussion, decision, report or document is kept confidential or released to the public; and
ii) determined to release this decision to the public.
Kim Peart is a long-time resident of Ross, a writer, a keen afficionado of Second Life, and the founder of Space Pioneers.
