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NewsGlamorgan Spring Bay council is set to close three tourism information centresBy Jackson WorthingtonUpdated August 27 2020 - 5:08pm, first published 11:30amBy Jackson WorthingtonUpdated

August 27 2020 - 5:08pm, first published 11:30amFacebookTwitterWhatsappEmailCopyCentres destined for closure despite profits Information centres which will be closed after October in order

to save Glamorgan Spring Bay money made the council more than $10,000 in the past financial year.

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50% off EOFY SaleAll articles from our website & appThe digital version of Today's PaperCrosswords, Sudoku and TriviaAll other regional websites in your areaContinue The council decided to

divest themselves of the centres in May during a closed council meeting.

Community members from across Glamorgan Spring Bay were shocked by the decision with some questioning the councils motives.

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own investigation into Peter Rathjen At the time former mayor Debbie Wisby said the centres were not apart of the core business of the council and the decision to close them would save

$360,000.

She said the council was facing significant financial hardship which had been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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electoral commissioner Now profit and loss figures for the centres published in the last council agenda show they made a profit of more than $10,000 in the 2019/20 financial year.

This is despite the centres being closed for several months due to COVID-19 restrictions and a massive drop in tourism numbers caused by the pandemic.

According to the council's latest briefing document about 33,000 less people visited the information centres than in the 2018/19 financial year.

A note in the agenda, from Tuesday's meeting, said employee costs were down in relation to the centres this year because staff were redeployed to other areas during the lockdown.

Acting mayor Jenny Woods declined to comment.

A new mayor and councillor are set to be appointed to the GSB council in September with byelection voting closing on September 1.

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