I have stood firm with two other fellow Councillors to try and save the Colac Library.  Unfortunately, due to the majority decision to proceed, ratepayers will be burdened with $1.3 million of debt for many years to come to fund the Joint Use Library (JUL) experiment.

Council cannot afford to maintain a full library service at the currentContinue reading

Council adopted its new Environment Strategy for 2010 to 2018 at the Council meeting held on 27 January 2010.

The Environment Strategy sets targets for Council's operations as well as identifying major environmental issues that the community wants Council to pursue on their behalf.  These were raised by the community during a number of forumsContinue reading

At the January 2010 meeting Council adopted a revised community consultation policy.   The actual  title of the revised policy is the "Community Engagement Policy".

The draft  was released for comment at the Council's meeting on 28/10/'09.

The previous Council reduced the period allowed for the public to comment on draft Council documentsContinue reading

Colac's public library has, for many decades, been centrally located at Gellibrand Street, Colac, opposite the Colac Railway Station.  The library has been under local control through the Corangamite Regional Library Corporation.  The previous Council worked towards closing the library by replacing it with an unpopular joint use school libraryContinue reading

When I was previously a Councillor between March 2002 and November 2004, the Council improved the opportunity for the public to ask questions by allowing the public to ask questions at “Special” meetings in relation to matters on the agenda.  The public were already permitted to ask questions in writing or in person on any Council matter at theContinue reading