Mornington Peninsula Shire councillors have failed in their bid to elect a new mayor on Tuesday (2 June) after the vote was deadlocked, with Cr Paul Pingiaro to carry on as acting mayor until they reconvene to try again. Councillors were required to convene a meeting to elect a new mayor of the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council after the resignation of the previous mayor, Anthony Marsh. Two councillors nominated for the role of mayor; current acting mayor Cr Paul Pingiaro, and Cr Stephen Batty. Put to a vote, both candidates for the position attracted five of the ten councillors’ votes.…
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THE shire’s mayor Cr Lynn Bowden and her husband Ron Bowden have put their five-lot subdivision in Somerville on the market. The proposal required two appeals to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, including last year when a neighbour objected to the position of the lots. Mornington Peninsula Shire had previously refused a permit and Ron Bowden appealed the decision in the tribunal. The subdivided land of about 5.3 hectares (13 acres) is in the triangle formed by Frankston-Flinders and Grant roads. The shire granted a permit to subdivide on 29 December 2011. Four vacant lots are on the market…