BALLOT packs are being mailed out this week for the council election. There were 35 nominations for Frankston Council this year. Voting will close at 6pm on 23 October, with results declared on 13 November. Justin Turner What is your occupation? I am a director of a small business & Estate Agency in the city of Frankston. Are you a member of a political party? If so, which one? Im not affiliated with, a member of or endorsed by any political party. What suburb do you live in? I live in Frankston North and have done so since 2012. What…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
BALLOT packs are being mailed out this week for the council election. There were 35 nominations for Frankston Council this year. Voting will close at 6pm on 23 October, with results declared on 13 November. Brad Hill What is your occupation? IT and telecoms engineer Are you a member of a political party? If so, which one? I’ve been a Labor member – but just a member. Not an endorsed candidate. What suburb do you live in? Frankston What is the biggest issue facing council? Value for our rates! And stability – and end to infighting What do you hope…
A SMALL cluster of COVID-19 cases in Frankston has been linked to an outbreak at Chadstone Shopping Centre. The number of active COVID-19 cases in the Frankston postcode jumped by five on Sunday, 20 September, bringing the total number of active cases in the municipality to nine. On 1 October, deputy chief health officer Allen Cheng said that the rise in cases in Frankston involved one household, and had been traced to the outbreak at Chadstone. “On the outbreaks, we have a bit of a situation in Frankston that is linked to the Chadstone cases,” he said. “So at Chadstone,…
THE planning minister has been asked to move the former Kingswood golf site in Dingley Village outside of the state’s Urban Growth Boundary. At their 21 September meeting, councillors voted to write to the minister requesting the change. They also agreed to lobby local MPs to support the change. A report will be presented to the November council meeting, the first after the local government elections, on “the preparation of strategic support for this proposal and for that to be integrated with the review of the Kingston Green Wedge Management Plan”. The Victorian Planning Authority website reads that the purpose…
KINGSTON councillors have rejected a proposal to begin receiving a monthly report of policy and legislation breaches. The report, which would have been made a public document, was suggested by Cr David Eden. The mayor Georgina Oxley and Cr Rosemary West supported Cr Eden’s proposal, but Crs Tamsin Bearsley, Ron Brownlees, Geoff Gledhill, and George Hua opposed. Crs Steve Staikos and Tamara Barth abstained from the vote, and the motion was defeated. Cr Eden said “I don’t think this is something that is a massive new task with investigators and a tremendous amount of work, it is not that. It…