Post No 7 – By Rusty At CoGG, the HR continues to tell Councillors what they need. How many is this now? Let the newly elected councillors and the New Mayor decide what support they need. This appears to be on top of the last 3 positions called Councillor Liaison Officer. I remind you that […]
Post No 6 – By Rusty CoGG and Victorian Gov’t | Issue: Civic building The first flag to indicate that CoGG had decided the location of the new combined Administration and Civic (let’s just call it the civic building) was in the Central Geelong Community Infrastructure (CGAP) released in June 2017. By renaming the area down towards […]
Post No 5 – By Rusty CoGG and Victorian Government | Issue: Central Geelong Community Infrastructure (CGAP) First Draft 1/6/17 This was an interesting document that CoGG had the first draft open for comment from 1/6/17 till 16/6/17. I did make a submission, that to date has not been acknowledged by any of the partners. This […]
Post 4 – By Rusty Got my Voting form. First chance to vote The Andrews government has changed the Minister for Local Government. The member for Kororoit, Ms Marlene Kairouz was appointed in September 2017. Might just send a few letters that remain outstanding from previous Minister. #4 11/10/17
Post No 3 – By Rusty City of Greater Geelong (CoGG) election The new Councillors will have a heavy workload in an attempt to address pressing issues at CoGG. The bureaucrats are rushing on some minor issues and the order of addressing the major issues seems to have slipped in recent months. You only need […]
Post No 2 – By Rusty City of Greater Geelong (CoGG) election Councillor support unit The new Councillors will have a heavy workload in an attempt to address pressing issues at CoGG. One of the Commission of Inquiry’s recommendations was to strengthen the administration support to councillors. This is fine and CoGG have advertised three […]
Brent Lyons-Lee was an apology at the Chamber of Commerce forum. This was the 90 second speech he had prepared On 3 October 2017, Geelong Chamber of Commerce organised a Candidate Forum at Rydges Geelong where each candidate was given 90 seconds to present his or her response to a number of questions and also […]
“I strongly believe in the values of respect, trust and integrity; I have demonstrated these values throughout my professional career and long-term role as President of the South Barwon Cricket Club,” told Darren Hauenstein. On 3 October 2017, Geelong Chamber of Commerce organised a Candidate Forum at Rydges Geelong where each candidate was given 90 […]
Denis O’Bryan: “I got about 2/3 through this. I have attached a copy of my answers (which also include background comments in case the MC had relented and given us a bit more time). I also sent them to the Chamber, saying they will still be relevant if I am elected.” On 3 October 2017, […]
“I want to break my expectations into THREE basic requirements that have to come from Council as we move forward: Transparency, accountability and common sense,” writes Art Sims. On 3 October 2017, Geelong Chamber of Commerce organised a Candidate Forum at Rydges Geelong where each candidate was given 90 seconds to present his or her […]