After many phone calls last week to the NSW Police Commissioners and Police Ministers Office, I was very pleased to meet our Western Region Commander Andrew Holland who has given me some solid assurances about the police presence in the Forbes community.
We have developed some ideas about improving the police presence and ensuring our residents are well protected and feel secure.
We look forward to continuing to work with Commander Holland who will implement changes to the rostering system at the Forbes Police Station.
A very important message out of the meeting on Monday was that if residents are in immediate risk to themselves or their property you MUST call 000.
So many residents have told me that they ring and ring the local police station number and get no answer. It is important these calls are logged with 000 so we can get a true account of when police are needed here in our community.
Council will continue to work with the local police and we have shared our LIVE Forbes promotional material to be distribution to new police graduating in the hope of attracting more recruits to our area.
Commander Holland’s new district covers 72% of NSW and he has been making his way around each of the communities, so it was a great opportunity to get to know him on Monday.
Congratulations to Forbes business Topsoil Organics, for its incredible success at the 2025 Western NSW Business Awards winning the Excellence in Sustainability, Excellence in Large Business and Overall Business of the Year.
This sustainable business is growing every day and we congratulate the whole team for their dedication, innovation and hard work.
I was pleased our first ever Public Art Advisory Committee met on Tuesday night.
Thanks to the amazing work of the Forbes Art Society, Forbes has an incredible collection of public art and this working party will now work with council to provide advice and recommendations to Council regarding the management and installation of public art within the Forbes LGA.
God Bless,
Phyllis Miller OAM