Welcome to the July edition of Britt back view, bringing you what's happening in Brubeck and how you can get involved. We are very excited to announce the new. We are Bryn Bank Awards. We will now be running two sets of awards each year. We will be running the new. We are brim bank awards and we are now also running the revamped Australia Awards, the we are Bryn Bank Awards recognized the exceptional contribution, determination and hard work of organizations and community groups making a great difference in Burbank.

The awards will be announced at the we are Bryn Bank, a gala dinner on Friday, the 5th of October at our very own son, Albans Community Center nominations for the we are brim bank awards are now open in five categories. Nominations closed on the 31st of August this year, as I mentioned before, were reverted to the original intent of the Australia Day Awards, and that is to recognize two outstanding individuals who make a positive difference in bryn bank. These are the brim bank citizen of the year and the brim bank.

Young Citizen of the Year nominations for those awards are also now open. Details of the nominations and awards are on our website as a council are very serious about cleaning up rim Bank, so we're launching the stop the rubbish campaign. This is our war on waste and just like the mind-blowing TV series we're set on making changes level. This campaign is about taking action to stop the rubbish in print Bank, and each of you, together with Council, can make a positive change.

We don't want our city spoiled by illegally dumped rubbish that blemishes our municipality and costs ratepayers megabucks to clean up last year, council got around 4,800 reports of illegally dumped rubbish. Each year we spend over $700,000 collecting and disposing this dumped rubbish as a responsible council we're taking steps to reduce illegal dumping and keep the issue top of mind in the community.

We know you're, proud of your city and neighborhoods, and we've made great progress over the last few years to improve parks, beautify Main streets and extensive street planting council has a zero tolerance approach to illegal rubbish, dumping and littering, and has the authority to prosecute offenders. You can help stop the rubbish by reporting any illegal dumping of rubbish to Council. You can report this illegal dumping at Bryn, Bank, tot Vic, gov, dot, au forward, slash, stop all call nine two four nine four thousand and our customer service operators would be pleased to take your call.

As always, we really do value the community input. Don't miss the opportunity to have your say on matters that affect you. Please visit our website and have your same. Thank you. You.