KINGSTON Council’s highest-paid executive has picked up a pay rise. Councillors discussed council CEO John Nevins’ performance after last month’s public council meeting on 12 September behind closed doors as is customary for council employee matters. Councillors decided to hand a 1.4 per cent rise to Mr Nevins bringing his remuneration up to $376,511. Mayor Cr Tamsin Bearsley confirmed “a scheduled annual CEO review, as set out under the current contract, was recently independently facilitated”. Cr Bearsley said the CEO’s salary is in line with similar sized municipalities. Mr Nevins was appointed CEO of Kingston Council in 2005 and his…
Author: Bayside News
WHEN the women of ancient Greece stage a sex strike for peace, sparks fly and the comedy “pops-up” everywhere in Lysistrata, a bawdy anti-war comedy by the playwright Aristophanes. The play kept audiences laughing, and squirming, for 2500 years. Lysistrata is a comic account of a woman’s mission to end the Peloponnesian War. She convinces other women to withhold sexual privileges from their husbands as a means of forcing them to negotiate a peace treaty. The play will be held 8pm, 7, 8, 13, 14 and 15 October, at McClelland College Performing Arts Centre, 26 Alexander Cr, Karingal (enter off…
Police are investigating after a man was found with a gunshot wound in Robinson Road, Carrum Downs, Saturday (1 October) afternoon. Emergency services were called to the scene about 1.30pm. The 39-year-old Cranbourne man, who had a gunshot wound to his leg, was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. A crime scene has been established and police are investigating. Any witnesses or anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000. Source: Victoria Police News – 1 October 2016
A TRUCK lost its trailer in a crash near the intersection of Moorooduc Highway and Barriedale Grove, Baxter, last week. The trailer ended up 20 metres into the scrub on the side of Moorooduc Highway. Emergency services crews reported a strong smell of chemicals coming from the trailer and it was deemed a Hazmat incident. Firefighters in full gas suits used instruments to measure gasses in the trailer before it could be removed – and afterwards they had to be hosed down. The highway was blocked south bound for a few hours. First published in the Frankston Times – 3…
POLICE are looking for two witnesses who may have filmed an assault outside the Portsea hotel mid-year. A 23-year-old man was at the hotel, on Point Nepean Rd, 8.30pm, Sunday 12 June, when he was thrown out by security staff. Police said a fight between the victim and four security staff out front may have been filmed by the man and woman. The victim was hit in the face and knocked unconscious before falling onto the road. He was taken to hospital with serious injuries. Police interviewed a 27-year-old Frankston man who has been released pending further inquiries. Anyone with…