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October 30, 2016 Original Image size: 709 × 472

Council Watch

CEO’s powers up, councillors down in suggested ‘best practic...

By Hugh Fraser* MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire CEO John Baker has been quick to propose to the new council – with eight new councillors out of 11 – radical changes to meeting procedures that substantially enhance a CEO’s powers while reducing council’s a...

Further delay over prayer or pledge

THE issue of whether or not to start Mornington Peninsula Shire Council meetings with a prayer or a pledge has received another setback. Councillors last week voted against giving the public a say on four options for starting meetings. The options su...