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New mayor hopes for ‘inclusive’ community

Brodie CowburnBy Brodie Cowburn15 November 2023Updated:18 July 2024No Comments2 Mins Read
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Mayor elected: JENNA Davey-Burns (left) is the new mayor of Kingston Council. Tracey Davies has been elected deputy mayor. Davey-Burns will lead the council until next year’s local government elections. Picture: Supplied
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JENNA Davey-Burns is the new mayor of Kingston Council.

Davey-Burns was one of six new councillors elected at the 2020 local government elections. She has since served as deputy mayor, and on 8 November was promoted to the role of mayor.

Davey-Burns will take over the job from outgoing mayor Hadi Saab. Tracey Davies was elected deputy mayor – this is the first time women have occupied both mayoral roles at the same time in Kingston Council’s history.

Councillor Georgina Oxley was also nominated for the role of mayor. Davey-Burns was supported by outgoing mayor Hadi Saab, Steve Staikos, Tamsin Bearsley, Tracey Davies, Chris Hill, and Tim Cochrane. Oxley also ran for the deputy mayor role, but was not successful.

After her election, Davey-Burns said her focuses for the next year are collaboration and inclusivity. “I am very focused on building strong, collaborative, and transparent partnerships with our community.  By working together, breaking down barriers and celebrating everyone in our community we can build  an even more cohesive, connected, and inclusive Kingston,” she said.

HADI Saab hands over the mayoral robes to Jenna Davey-Burns. Picture: Supplied

Councillor David Eden asked that nominated councillors be given the opportunity to speak before the vote took place. This request was denied by a majority of councillors – the same councillors who voted to elect Davey-Burns as mayor opposed the presentation of speeches.

The new mayor celebrated the election of two women to the mayoral roles. “How exciting to be part of Kingston’s first all-female mayor and deputy mayor team,” she said.  “Representation matters. Girls and young women deserve to have strong role models and opportunities to take up leadership roles in their schools, clubs, workplaces, and local councils.”

Last year the Victorian Independent Remuneration Tribunal determined that all councillors should receive pay rises each year until 2025 (“Councillors collect healthy pay rise” The News 21/3/22). From 1 July 2023, the Kingston mayor’s base allowance is $126,958, and the deputy mayor’s is $63,480.

Davey-Burns and Davies will serve in their roles until the next local government elections in October 2024.

First published in the Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News – 15 November 2023

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