Newcastle councillors will continue meeting at City Hall until June after a delay in completing the council's new offices in Newcastle West.
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The council had planned to be entirely established in Stewart Avenue by February 1, but councillors will not meet in their new chamber until work on a ground-floor digital library is completed in May.
Most staff moved into the building in October while work continued on the ground and top floors.
The council voted in 2018 to move out of the City Hall meeting chamber, but chief executive Jeremy Bath told the Newcastle Herald that the old chamber would be used for the ceremonial first meeting of newly elected councils at the start of each term.
The council resolved on Tuesday night to put the City Hall chamber, councillor room and lord mayor's office and reception room up for hire from July 1 rather than retaining them purely for civic purposes.
The council committed to retain the four civic spaces' "presentation" and "heritage value".
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Michael Parris
Michael Parris reports on politics for the Newcastle Herald. He started at the Herald in 1994 after working in the ABC Newcastle newsroom. Michael spent much of his career as a sub-editor before moving into political reporting in 2017. He was a finalist in the Sports Australia national media awards for his stories about a male-only tennis club in Newcastle. He has covered NSW and federal elections, state and federal budgets and local politics. He has also written extensively about the COVID-19 pandemic with a special focus on data analysis and the effects of lockdowns on the Hunter community.
Michael Parris reports on politics for the Newcastle Herald. He started at the Herald in 1994 after working in the ABC Newcastle newsroom. Michael spent much of his career as a sub-editor before moving into political reporting in 2017. He was a finalist in the Sports Australia national media awards for his stories about a male-only tennis club in Newcastle. He has covered NSW and federal elections, state and federal budgets and local politics. He has also written extensively about the COVID-19 pandemic with a special focus on data analysis and the effects of lockdowns on the Hunter community.
