Checking out the fabulous fresh produce at the South Melbourne Market was just one stop on the Mayor’s welcome to Port Phillip tour for new CEO Peter Smith. Formerly CEO at Adelaide City Council, Mr Smith started with Council on 29 May (see page six for more details of his appointment).
Exciting new era Port Phillip Council is moving into a new era of innovation and improvement. Mayor Cr Bernadene Voss
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Arty alternative to buying bottled water
Making it easier to refill with style, artist Georgie Faircloth with the new crowd funded O-Fountain in Alma Park (see page 13). Photo: Chris Cassar
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We have a new Council Plan 2017-27, which for the first time is integrated with our annual Budget, 10-year Financial Plan and Health and Well Being Plan. Linking these important documents means you can easily see everything we want to achieve for our community over the next decade. And there’s plenty of innovation ahead with a focus on improving service delivery, especially around reducing waste and boosting recycling, while better managing water and parking. Our new Chief Executive Officer, Peter Smith, will help us deliver the Plan. Peter brings vast experience from all levels of government, most recently as CEO of Adelaide City, to our Port Phillip family.
This Divercity includes a six page summary of the Council Plan’s key themes and the outcomes you can expect to see in the next year. Of course it will look familiar to many of you because it’s the product of extensive community consultation. This issue also showcases inspiring community initiatives to reduce waste which are a wonderful addition to Council’s sustainability actions. Read about Boomerang Bags volunteers’ sewing bees to replace plastic bags, Beach Patrol’s paper alternative to plastic straws, crafty efforts to transform waste into things we crave and the beautiful O-Fountain in Alma Park. It all goes to show, we are stronger when we work together.