Council’s top priority of late has been to secure the “little school” in Sheffield and see it converted to a new medical centre to service the whole municipality. We will see 4 doctors working from the new facility.
The Premier made an announcement at Railton. Here is the link
Now to nut out a way ahead.

Well it has been a big couple of days. The Premier and Cabinet have been in Kentish for a couple of days.
Sunday there was a Community Forum held at Sheffield District School. A BBQ was put on and run by the local S.E.S. The Mayor and Premier both said a few words and then the [...]

I am amazed by Dick Adams. He must not have much time to be at home. Lyons is a big electorate and we see him pretty often here in Kentish.
Dick came up to officially open the new extensions at Kentish Health Centre. I am on the board of Tandara and are very impressed by the [...]

Our new Councillor Brian Inder is keen to see a cable car on Mount Roland. He feels it could be a big money earner for the municipality.
What do you think?
Positives? Negatives?
I am keen to talk more about it. Lots more information before I will form an opinion.
Click here to view a document Brian Inder put [...]

The Mayor is away for a few weeks so the job has been passed on to me. Call me on 0438 912280 if you have anything you need help with.
We have a Council meeting next Tuesday at Railton if you want to come along. Councillors receive their agenda on the Thursday before the meeting. Not [...]

Council is currently looking at differential rating. We have a session on it tonight. It means different land uses could be rated differently. So industry might get a different rate to residential.
Some councils do it some don’t. Up until now we have had one rate for all. Lasts years erratic rates for some sectors made [...]

A curse of a thing now. Council is working on removing it when we can.
Railton Green Hall is now clear
Sheffield Youth Centre will have the asbestos roof replaced
Railton Squash Courts will have the asbestos roof replaced
We will keep plugging away with asbestos removal.

Our GM resigned in March this year. Latrobe’s General Manager Gerald Monson has been holding the fort in the meantime.
Kentish and Latrobe Councils have agreed to share Gerald’s services for  12 months starting in July. It will be a 50/50 arrangement. Council will re-assess then.
Kentish and Latrobe have a formal resource sharing alliance.  Having Gerald [...]

A friend of mine became an Australian citizen yesterday and I got a chance to get involved.
The presiding officer in this case was myself. The Mayor kindly allowed me to oversee the ceremony.
Mahendra and I are pictured.
When I am no longer a councillor it will be events like these that will come quickly to mind. [...]

People often ask “What do you know”? On Council you can sometimes know far more than you even want to. Fact is stranger than fiction so it is said.
There are various things swirling through my mind at the moment:
- how is our Acting GM going? It will take a while to settle in. A 8 [...]