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Subscriber only A new mini-pharmacy will serve more than 1300 Mackay region residents and contribute about $7000 annually to the council s coffers. More than six months after the Mackay Regional Council signed off on the deal, the Department of State Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning has approved a plan to convert 25sq m of the Seaforth Community Hall into a pharmacy. Calen-based Vivid Horizons, which also owns Calen District Pharmacy, secured the tender for the operation that will pay about $7000 annually to Mackay Regional Council. Seaforth hall hire bookings have declined in recent years with the annual income being approximately $1700 and the annual maintenance costs being approximately $30,000, the MRC s September 2020 ordinary meeting agenda stated.
The works, partly funded by the Federal Government s Building Better Regions Funding program, were recently awarded to a contractor and are expected to be completed by the end of June. They are part of the MRC s Mackay Regional Recreational Fishing Strategy 2017 aimed at improving facilities to meet anticipated demand . Given the local demand for boating facilities, the standard of these facilities is a regular focus of complaints from members of the public, MRC documents stated.
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