Cr Alex Makin: Councilor for Montague Ward, City of Port Phillip

Walktober Awards – Highest Level of Community Engagement awarded to Maroondah City Council

Mar 4, 2010

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in Community Engagement, Sustainable Transport, Urban Sustainability

Walktober is an annual event held during October, which encourages community groups, organisations and local government to organise walking as a form of transport within our community. The Walktober Challenge is issued to encourage Councils, community groups and organisations to ‘set the pace’ by being the municipality with the most walking events registered during the…

Media Release: Community Strength indicators released for Maroondah

Mar 3, 2010

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alex

in Business Community, Media Releases

The State Government’s 2008 Indicators of Community Strength at the Local Government Area Level results have been announced and it’s great news for the City of Maroondah. The Survey is conducted by an independent research group for the Department of Health, as part of the inaugural Local Government Area level Victorian Population Health Survey with…

Maroondah Journal: Central planning under fire

Feb 23, 2010

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alex

in Community Engagement, Urban Sustainability

One of the core responsibilities of local government is planning, through assessing development applications and defining the desired characteristics of an area through planning schemes and local policies. Local government, being the closest form of government to people and the community, is best placed to make decisions in regard to planning issues, to ensure a…

Media Release: Council opposes proposed planning changes

Feb 17, 2010

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alex

in Community Engagement, Environment, MAV and ALGA, Media Releases, Urban Sustainability

Maroondah City Council will write to the Planning Minister and the Local Government Minister to express its serious concern with proposed changes to the Planning and Environment Act (the Act). Mayor of Maroondah, Cr Alex Makin, said while the changes contained a number of minor administrative improvements, it was worrying that they also proposed a…

Media Release: Council pushes for conflict of interest law amendments

Feb 17, 2010

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alex

in Media Releases

Maroondah City Council on Monday night endorsed a submission to the State Government identifying issues with the Local Government Act’s conflict of interest provisions. Mayor of Maroondah, Cr Alex Makin, said the submission highlighted Council’s concerns with elements of the provisions, which were established by the State Government in 2008. “Maroondah City Council has a…

Media Release: Maroondah’s new CEO takes office

Feb 17, 2010

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alex

in Arts and Culture, Business Community, Media Releases

The City of Maroondah on Monday welcomed incoming Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Frank Dixon to his first day with Council. Mayor of Maroondah, Cr Alex Makin, extended a warm welcome to Mr Dixon on behalf of Council staff and the community. “Frank brings with him 28 years of local government experience, including four years as…

Delegates’ Report: Entering 2010

Feb 15, 2010

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alex

in Accessibility, Community Engagement, Urban Sustainability

While we are just officially starting the new Council year, December was a busy month, with end of year functions, followed by January, where events and community organisations began to meet for the year ahead. Some of these events include: The Croydon Stroke Support Group End of Year Luncheon on the 17th of December. The…

Conflict of Interest – Government Round Table

Feb 11, 2010

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alex

in Maroondah City Council

This afternoon I attended a round table discussion on the State Government’s Conflict of Interest provisions for Local Government. The session was convened by the State Government and held at Knox City Council, enabling Mayors and council staff to discuss potential reform to the current provisions. While I can appreciate the intent of the Government’s…

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