FRANKSTON Council is not planning to move its meetings behind closed doors, the mayor Nathan Conroy says. Councils across Victoria have been facing increased abuse from members of the public at meetings in the last year. Earlier this month the Municipal Association of Victoria met to discuss the issue of “disruptive behaviour” at Victorian council meetings. Yarra Ranges Council went to the length of banning the public from its meetings earlier this year. Frankston mayor Nathan Conroy has confirmed that Frankston Council is not planning to follow suit. “Frankston City Council has always been committed to safe public participation and…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
FRANKSTON Council’s budget for the next financial year has been approved. The final budget is mostly unchanged from its draft form. It enforces an average rate rise of 0.57 per cent on residential properties, 14.8 per cent for commercial properties, and 33.05 per cent for industrial properties. Frankston Council projects a nearly $28 million accounting surplus for 2023/2024. Its budget for infrastructure projects in the next financial year is more than $78 million. Grant funded expenditure of more than $20 million for a commuter car park at Kananook Station is the largest project council is set to undertake in the…
MPNFL DIVISION ONE BONBEACH got the better of Sorrento in a shootout last Saturday. David Macfarlane Reserve hosted the battle of the Sharks. Sorrento raced out to an early lead at home, but by half-time Bonbeach led by a goal. Sorrento gained the lead back in the third term. They were ahead by 14 points at three-quarter-time. Sorrento’s excellent kicking kept them in a good position. At three-quarter-time they had kicked 12.1. Eleven goals were kicked during the thrilling final term. It was Bonbeach who emerged victorious. Bonbeach defeated Sorrento 16.4 (100) to 16.12 (108). Leigh Poholke booted six goals…
A NEWLY released report has found that housing in Frankston is becoming more unaffordable. The report was commissioned by Frankston Zero, a project which had aimed to eradicate rough sleeping in the Frankston area by this month. The report made 28 recommendations to the Frankston City Strategic Housing and Homelessness Alliance. Between June 2021 and October 2022, 139 people were registered on a list of rough sleepers within Frankston. Just 19 of them were housed in that time. The report read that housing affordability is a consistent problem in Frankston, and is only getting worse. “The number of affordable private…
AN independent panel has recommended changes to the Endeavour Cove precinct planning controls to limit the height of future developments. The Patterson Lakes area is currently subject to complex planning restrictions, and has been the site of controversy. In 2021 the Ombudsman probed decisions made by Kingston Council within the precinct, but did not substantiate allegations of corruption. The planning controls at the site came into focus again last year when VCAT determined that no permission would be required to construct a ten-storey building within it. Kingston Council has since sought to change the planning rules to give itself more…