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Speaker 1: Darwin residents are being reminded that the City of Darwin's

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Speaker 1: pre cyclone cleanup starts this weekend. It's a chance to

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Speaker 1: get rid of old furniture, white goods, spikes, barbecues, electronic

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Speaker 1: waste as well as I understand it by putting it

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Speaker 1: out on the verge for collection. Now joining us in

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Speaker 1: the studio is the City of Darwin CEO Simone Saunders.

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Speaker 2: Good morning, Simone, Morning, Katie.

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Speaker 1: Now tell us a little bit more about how the

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Speaker 1: cyclone clean up all works and what's going to happen

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Speaker 1: this year.

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Speaker 3: So the cyclone cleanup this year, we've got two zones

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Speaker 3: and for Zone one, you need to get your stuff

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Speaker 3: out on the verge this Saturday and Sunday and then

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Speaker 3: the teams will start collection on Monday. And for Zone one,

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Speaker 3: it's in our northern suburbs, so anything from Alowa right

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Speaker 3: out to Lions and Wangouri, Wallagi, Leana, Meahead, Nakara, Moyle,

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Speaker 3: so that really those northern suburbs sort of like Alowa North.

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Speaker 2: And then two weeks later, if.

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Speaker 3: You're in Zone two, which is closer to the city,

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Speaker 3: then you'll have the opportunity to get your stuff out

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Speaker 3: on the verge on the fourteenth and the fifteenth of

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Speaker 3: September on the Saturday Sunday, all right.

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Speaker 1: And which like what items won't be collected is probably,

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Speaker 1: I'm guessing, is.

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Speaker 2: The better way to go.

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Speaker 3: So we ask you not to put out any glass

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Speaker 3: or mirrors, so things that are dangerous to pick up,

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Speaker 3: also paint and liquids, you can take them straight to shelbay,

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Speaker 3: but do not put them out on the verge and

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Speaker 3: anything also that it's a prohibited item, you know, any

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Speaker 3: sort of flares or anything like that. You need to

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Speaker 3: take them into shel bay and we will dispose of

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Speaker 3: them properly. And the other thing with white goods. Quite

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Speaker 3: often we get a lot of fridges. Please take the

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Speaker 3: shelves out of the fridges so that it's easy for

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Speaker 3: the teams to actually lift the fridges up.

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Speaker 2: And we ask you to leave the door, Ajar.

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Speaker 3: Do not close the door because sometimes they're nasty surprises

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Speaker 3: if it's been sitting out for it closed for period,

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Speaker 3: take I think.

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Speaker 2: I think mold sometimes as well.

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Speaker 3: So please open the door, take the shelves out and

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Speaker 3: put them next to the fridge, and it's just easier

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Speaker 3: for our teams to collect I just.

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Speaker 1: Instantly thought of like creepy Crawley's or something, you know,

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Speaker 1: before guys going and collect it in a snake slithering

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Speaker 1: out or something.

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Speaker 2: No, well, which is fair enough.

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Speaker 1: I think you've got to make sure that they're kept

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Speaker 1: safe and that they're able to collect things as easily

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Speaker 1: as possible. We always end up with issues after cyclone

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Speaker 1: cleanup where somebody then ends up leaving all this stuff

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Speaker 1: on the verge. You know, two days later, you're not

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Speaker 1: picking it up at another point, are.

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Speaker 3: You, No, So what we ask is you have to

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Speaker 3: have it out this Saturday Sunday if you're in Zone one,

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Speaker 3: and when the teams start collecting from Monday, they'll do

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Speaker 3: the collections over a two week period. Once your street

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Speaker 3: has been done, they'll take a photo of the street,

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Speaker 3: they'll date stamp it and they'll green it in our

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Speaker 3: system and then we can have a look back and

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Speaker 3: we'll know those things were not out on the verge

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Speaker 3: on the Sunday. So we really ask get them out

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Speaker 3: on Saturday Saturday Sunday.

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Speaker 2: If you're in Zone one.

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Speaker 3: However, though, if you're for seniors or any residents with

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Speaker 3: mobility issues, you can ring assistance and we'll do schedule pickups,

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Speaker 3: but that'll be if you call City of Darwin number

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Speaker 3: eight nine three zero zero three zero zero and ask

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Speaker 3: for an assisted pickup before the twenty seventh of September.

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Speaker 3: Will then schedule those assisted pickups after the Zone two

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Speaker 3: clean up, so after the thirtieth of September.

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Speaker 2: So, yeah, you have that opportunity, but you've got to

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Speaker 2: schedule that early.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, correct, schedule it in ring and then then we'll

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Speaker 3: do that assistant pickups after the thirtieth of September.

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Speaker 1: Now, someone one of the other things that a lot

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Speaker 1: of people have been in contact with us about is

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Speaker 1: the new parking meters they've started popping up now throughout

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Speaker 1: the CBD.

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Speaker 2: When's the roll out set to be complete.

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Speaker 3: So they're still this this end of this week and

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Speaker 3: early next week and then the rollout will be complete.

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Speaker 3: We've actually got a team from pay Stay Up at

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Speaker 3: the moment, so up until Thursday, you'll see pay Day

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Speaker 3: people around the city with blue shirts and they're assisting

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Speaker 3: people with any issues with using the machine or setting

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Speaker 3: up the Pay Stay Up. But you can still get

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Speaker 3: assistants by calling the City of Darwin or coming into

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Speaker 3: the Civic Center as well. But the rollout will be

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Speaker 3: finished by by midnext week. Come with all the new machines.

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Speaker 1: Now, in terms of those teams walking around and helping

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Speaker 1: with people with that paid parking, have you had like

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Speaker 1: are there a lot of people needing assistants because we

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Speaker 1: get a lot of scene. Yes, contact us who are

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Speaker 1: really still unhappy about the rollout of the machines.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, look, we still are having people come in for assistance.

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Speaker 3: I actually help some friends at lunch the other day

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Speaker 3: to set up set up their pay stay apps. Once

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Speaker 3: they're set up, they were like, this is great. I

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Speaker 3: can just pay for what I use. But please, if

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Speaker 3: you're having any concerns, call pay Stay on the one

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Speaker 3: three hundred number.

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Speaker 2: They can assist you.

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Speaker 3: Or come into the Civic center and with the new

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Speaker 3: machines that you can just tap with your with your card,

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Speaker 3: so either your credit card or your debit card. So

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Speaker 3: you put in how long you'd like to park for

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Speaker 3: I want to park for an hour and tap your card.

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Speaker 3: Or you can do pay pay by plate where you

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Speaker 3: put your regio in and then tap your card to

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Speaker 3: pay by plate. But yeah, utilize the teams while they're

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Speaker 3: in town. The Paystay teams and any assistance please yeah,

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Speaker 3: come in, come in to see us or call us

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Speaker 3: Simning too.

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Speaker 1: In terms of the election, obviously on the weekend, I

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Speaker 1: know that Council operates very differently to the Northern Territory government.

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Speaker 1: But does the change in government have much of an

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Speaker 1: impact on council in the way in which you guys

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Speaker 1: are doing things post election?

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Speaker 3: Look, we will work with all governments and we continue.

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Speaker 3: We have a lot of interaction to with the public

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Speaker 3: service here and the actual departments. So for us, our

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Speaker 3: projects still continue and we look forward to working with

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Speaker 3: the new Chief Minister and the new MLAs once we're

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Speaker 3: on board. But for City of dal And it continues,

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Speaker 3: you know, continuity. We're not political in nature, therefore it

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Speaker 3: just continues business as usual.

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Speaker 1: Well fair enough, I've got to got to keep things

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Speaker 1: moving of course, no matter who is in power at

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Speaker 1: that level. Some own Saunders, CEO of the City of Darwin.

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Speaker 1: Always good to catch up with you. Thanks so much

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Speaker 1: for your time this morning. Thanks Katie,