Nicholls Road Mardan has been closed, adjacent to Mayalls Road, to all through traffic due to a culvert failure resulting in significant scouring under the road pavement.
The Minister for Planning has approved Amendment C115 to the South Gippsland Planning Scheme.
The course is about building confidence for both candidates and communities. You must complete the course to nominate for council.
On advice from the Victorian Chief Health Officer, Professor Brett Sutton, local government elections will go ahead as scheduled for Saturday, 24 October 2020. The Minister for Local Government sought advice from the Victorian Government Solicitor’s Office and Chief Health Officer as to how best to proceed while Victoria is in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
On 27 March 2019, the Council passed a resolution, in which it recorded its satisfaction that there existed a nuisance of the kind alleged by the complainants, but that the nuisance existed only intermittently. The March Resolution recorded the Council’s opinion, under s 62(3)(b) of the Wellbeing Act, that the matter was better settled privately, and identified several methods available for doing so.
Round 1 of this inquiry was on May 12th, 2020
Round 2 has started today (August 11th, 2020) and is streamed live on the Parliament website
COVID-19 public hearings are scheduled for 11, 12, 13 and 25, 26, 27 August 2020.
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Council used to produce the Agenda for an upcoming Council Meeting 14 days ahead of the Council meeting. This was to ensure that the public had sufficient time to read the contents and if desiring to make a public presentation about any matter they had time to organise themselves, to contact council, and to discuss the agenda item with one or more of their local Councillors.
A three-month trial of state-of-the-art safety cameras that will capture distracted drivers on Victoria’s roads will start next week throughout the state.
This report which covers the 12-month period that the Administrators have been in charge makes comparison to the 2019 survey results only. Those results were a massive drop from 2018 due to all the various goings on at the time and the “encouragement” from external “players” who had an interest in removing the Councillors from office. Listen to what the Administrators said in the Council Meeting on this matter.
Quote from Administrator Eisenbise-“We will not be resting on our laurels.”i
South Gippsland Council Meeting July 22nd, 2020 State Government’s Strategic Extractive Resource Areas (SERA) Pilot Project. Council Meeting is live streamed 2pm Wednesday July 22nd, 2020
Dear CEO, Open Letter re Shire Tourism
Great news and congratulations for the grants for the Rail Trail Extension work. However, we would also point out that the grants total $1.4 million and ratepayers will need to stump up $6.2 million
The Age investigation into Labor Party branch stacking in Victoria continues in an Age report on July 16th, 2020 with further questionable governance behaviours from some involved being alleged and described.
As Victorians turn up their gas heaters during the winter chill, the search for new gas off the state’s south west coast will be stepping up with the awarding of two new gas exploration permits.
South Gippsland Shire Council has been successful with its grant application for $800,000 for the Great Southern Rail Trail extension between Korumburra and Nyora. The funding was announced today by Member for Eastern Victoria Jane Garrett MP under the Victorian Government’s 2020/21 Local Sports Infrastructure Fund.
As per requirements in the new Local Government Act 2020, all Councils must compile a Governance Rules policy by Sept 1st, 2020.
As part of the new Governance Rules Council has just put out for public consultation, Council has updated the Council Meeting procedures policy-C82. Question Time has taken a caning.
Council giving Financial Aid to Shops and Community Groups.
Expected to be passed at Council Meeting today. Any small business (with a Shopfront) or community group should explore these three packages. Limited numbers available. Eligibility Criteria and How to Apply.
A Melbourne Mayor has accused the disgraced former Labour Minister for Local Government, Adem Somyurek, of attempting to “take over” local Councils. On the covertly recorded surveillance tapes from “60 minutes” Somyurek is heard to say (brag), “in between sacking Councils….”.
South Gippsland Shire Council is establishing an Economic Development Strategy Advisory Committee and a Visitor Economy Strategy Advisory Committee.
Several ratepayers chose to speak to their submissions in the recent budget s233 process. This process is a legal requirement under the Local Government Act. Council cannot approve a Budget until they have given, AND CONSIDERED, responses from ratepayers.
After reviewing the live stream of this meeting I felt compelled to write a letter of complaint to the Administrators since in my opinion, and it should be self-evident from watching the 5 minutes that I spoke for, that at least two of the 3 administrators were not listening.
At its meeting yesterday, South Gippsland Shire Council resolved to prohibit camping at the Franklin River Reserve due to public health concerns and the damage and inappropriate use of infrastructure. The reserve will be returned to its original use and will be open for day visitation.
The Andrews Labor Government will continue to reduce the cost of sessional kindergarten for families and provide kinders with extra cleaning for all of Term 3 as part of a $45 million support package during the coronavirus pandemic.
Minister for Education James Merlino announced the funding will provide $230 per child for Term 3, which is expected to save parents approximately half the cost of average kindergarten fees. This will mean that on average families will only pay $23 a week for sessional kindergarten in Term 3.
