KINGSTON Council’s new CEO, its fifth in three years, has begun his tenure. Former Melton Council general manager Peter Bean got started in his new role as Kingston Council CEO last week. He was appointed in September. Mr Bean is council’s fifth CEO since August 2019. John Nevins stepped down after 14 years in the top job in August 2019, paving the way for Kingston Council’s first ever female CEO to replace him. Julie Reid lasted 18 months before departing in January 2021 with two years left to run on her contract. An executive summary of a law firm’s report…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
DEMOLITION works are underway at two of the oldest buildings on the Chisholm TAFE site in Frankston. The C and E buildings by Quality Street are currently being knocked down. The buildings are being demolished to make way for the $67 million stage two works taking place at Chisholm TAFE. Chisholm’s director of campus services, infrastructure and IT, Richard Pratten, said the old buildings are no longer fit for purpose. “Many of our past students have shared wonderful memories from their time at the Frankston campus, which have been gratefully received by our team. We hope that they look back…
HUNDREDS of residents have objected to plans to build a childcare centre on Overport Road. The planned childcare facility would be situated at 137 Overport Road in Frankston South. A previous childcare proposal for the site was knocked back by VCAT last year. There have been 278 objections submitted to Frankston Council about the proposal. Council held a meeting last week to hear from residents. The childcare centre is proposed to be allowed to run from Monday to Friday, 6.30am to 6.30pm. It can cater for a maximum of 95 children and 16 staff at any one time. The centre…
KINGSTON Council’s housing strategy and neighbourhood character study has gone through another round of changes, and will be presented to the planning minister soon. At their 25 October meeting, councillors agreed to the proposed changes to the planning strategy. The proposed final overlay will see 77.24 per cent of land available for residential development in Kingston classified as in the “neighbourhood residential zone”, limiting development to two storeys. Just 51.3 per cent of land was in the NRZ when the plan was drafted in 2019. The plan council agreed to in August 2020 had 92.91 per cent of land classified…
WINDS of 98.2 kilometers per hour were recorded in Frankston during a wild storm last week. Frankston State Emergency Service was the state’s busiest SES on the morning of the storm. Up to 11.30am on 29 October, it received 168 calls for assistance. The next busiest SES unit was Ballarat with 140. A total of 2,518 requests for help were made to the SES over the course of the night and morning. Most of the calls made to the SES were about downed trees. 1,936 calls were made to alert the service about fallen trees, and 422 were about building…