Ipswich in Winter 2022

320 YEARS OF COUNCIL EXPERIENCE RECOGNISED

CEO Sonia Cooper with Dale Hubner, celebrating his 40 years of service with Ipswich City Council

“I have been a labourer, a truck driver, a carpenter and a carpenter supervisor, and now I am a project manager,” Dale said. “Back when I started, the Thorn Street Depot was the main depot for council; it included the ambulance and SES area and housed the entire council workforce – from road gangs to sign writers – plus the mechanical workshop and blacksmith shed. “The carpenters, painters, and plumbers’ workshop ran alongside and had been converted from horse stables.” Ipswich City Council currently employs more than 1,200 people across a range of industries and delivering a wide range of services to the Ipswich community.

The year was 1982. Joh Bjelke-Peterson was the Premier of Queensland; work had just started on Wivenhoe Dam; a loaf of bread cost 77 cents; and Bundamba man, Dale Hubner, started a new job at Ipswich City Council. Forty years on, and Dale attends a barbecue breakfast at the Riverview Depot to celebrate the long service and dedication of 12 Infrastructure and Environment Department employees, who have together racked up 320 years as council officers. Now a Capital Delivery Branch Project Manager, Dale said he has worn many hats in his time at council.

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