MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire has reduced its proposed kerbside waste fee after community consultation, but residents will still face a significant increase in annual expenses under the 2026/27 budget. At the 29 June council meeting, council confirmed the fee would drop from $570 to $507 per household after consultation with the community. The revised charge is still an approximate 17% increase from last year’s fee of $433. The waste charges are part of a broader rates and charges package increase totalling $249.6m across the shire. Mayor Cr Stephen Batty said the draft budget consultation found residents generally supported the proposed 2.75%…
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A Somerville based company has received a $5,140 fine after deciding to dump waste in a Tyabb drain instead of waiting for the local resource recovery centre to open. Last year, the Shire received a report about a timber waste product dumped in an open drain on Denham Road, Tyabb. After investigating, Council’s Litter Prevention Officers confirmed the source was from the Somerville-based company. Despite being just minutes away from the Tyabb Resource Recovery Centre, the representative of the company told officers they dumped the waste because the facility was closed at the time. The representative also tried to justify the decision…